Global Historical Sociology

Julian Go is a Professor of Sociology at Boston University. He is author of American Empire and the Politics of Meaning (2008) and Patterns of Empire: The British and American Empires, 1688 to the Present (Cambridge, 2012). George Lawson is Associate Professor in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His books include The Global Transformation with Barry Buzan (Cambridge, 2015), The Global 1989: Continuity and Change in World Politics, edited with Chris Armbruster and Michael Cox (Cambridge, 2010), and Negotiated Revolutions: The Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile (2005).

'Global Historical Sociology is a virtuoso guide to bringing 'the global in' to the understanding of political and social history. This collection is a compelling, agenda-setting statement for both historical sociology and international relations. The editors, Julian Go and George Lawson, advance a persuasive theoretical case for this shared project, while the individual contributors dive more deeply into questions of empire, capitalism, and global modernity in chapters that are exemplars of historically-engaged social analysis.' Elisabeth S. Clemens, William Rainey Harper Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago

• Introduction. For a global historical sociology Julian Go and George Lawson; Part I. States, War, and Revolution: 1. Real mythic histories: circulatory networks and state centrism Matt Norton; 2. Soldiers, armies, and wars in global context Tarak Barkawi; 3. A global historical sociology of revolution George Lawson; Part II. Empire, Race, and Sexuality: 4. Following 'the deeds of men': slavery, 'the global' and international relations Zine Magubane; 5. The crisis of Europe and colonial amnesia: freedom struggles in the Atlantic biotope Robbie Shilliam; 6. Sex, gender and sexuality in colonial modernity: towards a sociology of webbed connectivities Vrushali Patil; Part III. Capitalism and Political Economy: 7. The global, the historical, and the social in the making of capitalism Ho-fung Hung; 8. The influence of trade with Asia on British economic theory and practice Emily Erikson; 9. Asian incorporation and the collusive dynamics of western 'expansion' in the early modern world Andrew Phillips; 10. Worlding the rise of capitalism: the multi-civilizational roots of modernity John Hobson; Conclusion. Global historical sociology and transnational history: history and theory against eurocentrism Andrew Zimmerman.