Mathias Albert is Professor of Political Science at Bielefeld University. Tobias Werron is Professor of Sociological Theory at Bielefeld University.

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• Introduction: World Society and Its Histories: The Sociology and Global History of Global Social Change ~ Mathias Albert and Tobias WerronEvery Epoch, Time Frame or Date that Is Solid Melts into Air. Does It? The Entanglements of Global History and World Society ~ Mathias AlbertPeriodization in Global History: The Productive Power of Comparing ~ Angelika EppleCommunication, Diff erentiation and the Evolution of World Society ~ Boris HolzerField Theory and Global Transformations in the Long Twentieth Century ~ Julian GoOrganization(s) of the World ~ Martin KochParticularly Universal Encounters: Ethnographic Explorations into a Laboratory of World Society ~ Teresa Koloma BeckFrom the First Sino-Roman War (That Never Happened) to Modern International-cum-Imperial Relations: Observing International Politics from anEvolution Theory Perspective ~ Stephan StetterNationalism as a Global Institution. A Historical-Sociological View ~ Tobias WerronStates and Markets: A Global Historical Sociology of Capitalist Governance ~ George LawsonThe Impact of Communications in Global History ~ Heidi TworekThe ‘Long Twentieth Century’ and the Making of World Trade Law ~ James StaffordThird-Party Actors, Transparency and Global Military Affairs ~ Thomas MüllerTechnical Internationalism and Global Social Change: A Critical Look at the Historiography of the United Nations ~ Daniel Speich Chassé