Publications

This book examines the story of the ‘discovery of America’ through the prism of the history of the Franciscans, a socio-religious movement with a unique doctrine of voluntary poverty. The Franciscans rapidly developed global dimensions, but their often...

Panel on dispossession of African Americans says burying truth keeps Black Americans dispossessed

Ninety-nine years after a mob of poor white people killed 150 to 300 African Americans and destroyed the “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Okla., the city again...

Throughout history, human societies have been organized preeminently as territories—politically bounded regions whose borders define the jurisdiction of laws and the movement of peoples. At a time when the technologies of globalization are eroding...

The Inaugural WIGH Newsletter Fall 2016 summarizes a busy year of events, including the "Soccer as a Global Phenomenon" conference; the "Scales of Global History" conference in São Paulo, Brazil; the Global History seminar; interviews with affiliates...

Drawing on the expertise of sixteen scholars who are at the forefront of rewriting the history of American economic development, Slavery's Capitalism identifies slavery as the primary force driving key innovations in entrepreneurship, finance, accounting...

The March 3-6, 2016 conference "Scales of Global History" was the first meeting of the Global History Network and included faculty and graduate students from all members. Papers from the conference have been collected in this issue of Almanack, a...