Discusses global historical research as a global and diverse movement. Case studies focus on China, Germany and the United States.

Introduction: neglected diversities; 1. Movements and patterns: environments of global history; 2. A term and a trend: contours in the United States; 3. On the margins of a troubled nation - approaches in Germany; 4. Another world? Thinking globally about history in China; Epilogue: global history in a plural world; Bibliography; Index.

Dominic Sachsenmaier is Assistant Professor of Trans-Cultural and Chinese History at Duke University.