History After the Three Worlds Post-Eurocentric Historiographies

This ambitious volume provides a comparative perspective on the challenges facing the discipline of history as Eurocentrism fades as a lens for viewing the world. Exploring the state of history and the struggle over its ownership throughout the world, the authors address the issues of globalization, postmodernism, and postcolonialism that have been largely ignored by practicing historians despite their importance to cultural studies and their relevance to history. Engaging in a vigorous critique of Eurocentrism, the volume at the same time reaffirms the importance of historical ways of knowing.

Rifa'at Ali Abou-El-Haj is professor of history and teaches in the program of philosophy, interpretation, and culture at the State University of New York, Bing-hamton Vinay Bahl is associate professor of sociology at the Pennsylvania College of Technology Fredrick Cooper (Ph.D., Yale, 1974) is Charles Gibson Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan, where he teaches in the department of history Arif Dirlik is a professor of history and adjunct professor of anthropology at Duke University Peter Gran is professor of history at Temple University Florencia E. Mallon teaches modern Latin American history at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Thomas C. Patterson is professor of anthropology and history at Temple University Roxann Prazniak is Elliott Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College