List Of Illustrations.§List Of Tables And Maps.§§Series Editor's Preface.§§Acknowledgements.§§Introduction.§§The Organization Of The Book.§§Problem One: 'Prime Movers' And The Economic Factor.§§Problem Two: Global History And Post-Modernism.§§Problem Three: The Continuing 'Riddle Of The Modern'.§§Conforming To Standards In Bodily Practice.§§Building Out From The Body: Communications And Complexity.§§Afterword.§§Part I: The End of The Old Regime:.§§1. Old Regimes And 'Archaic Globalisation':.§§Peasants And Lords.§§The Politics Of Difference.§§Powers On The Fringes Of States.§§Harbingers Of New Political Formations.§§The Pre-History Of 'Globalisation'.'Archaic' And Early Modern Globalisation.§§Prospect.§§2. Passages From The Old Regimes To Modernity:.§§The 'Last Great Domestication' And 'Industrious Revolutions'.§§New Patterns Of Afro-Asian Material Culture, Production And Trade.§§The Internal And External Limits Of Afro-Asian 'Industrious Revolutions.'.§§Trade, Finance And Innovation: European Competitive Advantages.§§The Activist, Patriotic State Evolves.§§Critical Publics.§§The Development Of Asian And African Ecumenes.§§Conclusion: 'Backwardness', Lags And Conjunctures.§§3. Convergent Revolutions, 1780-1820:.§§Contemporaries Ponder The World Crisis.§§A Summary Anatomy Of The World Crisis, C. 1720-1820.§§Sapping The Legitimacy Of The State: From France To China.§§The Ideological Origins Of The Modern State.§§Nationalities Versus States And Empires.§§The Third Revolution: Polite And Commercial Peoples Worldwide.§§Prospect.§§Part II: The Modern World In Genesis:.§§4. Between World Revolutions, C. 1815-1860.§§Assessing The 'Wreck Of Nations'.§§British Maritime Supremacy, World Trade And Agrarian Recovery.§§Emigration: A Safety Valve.§§The Losers In The 'New World Order', C. 1815-65.§§Problems Of Hybrid Legitimacy - Whose State Was It?.§§The State Gains Strength - But Not Enough.§§Wars Of Legitimacy In Asia: A Summary Account.§§Economic And Ideological Roots Of The Asian Revolutions.§§The Years Of Hunger And Rebellion In Europe, 1848-51.§§The American Civil War As A Global Event.§§Convergence Or Difference?.§§Reviewing The Argument.§§5. Industrialisation And The New City:.§§Historians, Industrialisation And Cities.§§The Progress Of Industrialisation.§§Cities As Centres Of Production And Consumption.§§The Urban Impact Of The Global Crisis, 1780-1820.§§Race And Class In The New City.§§Working Class Politics.§§World-Wide Urban Cultures And Their Critics.§§Conclusion.§§6. Nation, Empire And Ethnicity: C. 1860-1900:.'Theories' Of Nationalism.§§When Was Nationalism?.§§Whose Nationalism?.§§Perpetuating Nationalisms: Memories, National Associations And Print.§§From Community To Nation: The Eurasian Empires.§§Where We Stand With Nationalism.§§Peoples Without States; Persecution Or Assimilation?.§§Imperialism And Its History In The Late Nineteenth Century.§§Dimension Of The 'New Imperialism'.§§A World Of Nation States?.§§The Persistence Of Old Patterns Of Globalisation.§§From Globalisation To Inter- Nationalim.§§Inter-Nationalism In Action.§§Conclusion.§§Part III: State And Society In The Age of Imperialism:.§§7. Myths And Technologies Of The Modern State.§§Dimensions Of The Modern State.§§The State And The Historians.§§Problems Of Defining The State.§§The Modern State Takes Root; Geographical Dimensions.§§Claims To Justice And Symbols Of Power.§§The State's Resources.§§The State's Obligations To Society.§§Tools Of The State.§§State, Economy And Nation.§§A Balance Sheet: What Had The State Achieved?.§§8. The Theory And Practice Of Liberalism, Rationalism, Socialism And Science.§§Contextualising 'Intellectual' History.§§The Corruption Of The Righteous Republic: A Classic Theme.§§Righteous Republics World-Wide.§§The Advent Of Liberalism And The Market: Western Except
