Transcultural History Theories, Methods, Sources /

• Main Authors: Herren, Madeleine (Author), Rüesch, Martin (Author), Sibille, Christiane (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context,
• Subjects: History.; Culture > Study and teaching.; History, general.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

For the 21st century, the often-quoted citation ‘past is prologue’ reads the other way around: The global present lacks a historical narrative for the global past. Focussing on a transcultural history, this book questions the territoriality of historical concepts and offers a narrative, which aims t...