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The editorial staff of World
History Connected hopes that each issue engages its readers in the study of
new approaches and content. This
issue features a Forum that puts some flesh on, as well as offers revisionist
analyses of, “the long nineteenth century” and “autonomous history;” expands
our knowledge of the international dimensions of the American Civil War; offers
world historical perspectives from Holland and New Zealand; and analyzes genocide
in all its forms. Some of these
themes re-emerge in the accompanying articles section, where readers will find
essays that address world history pedagogy, with some employing graphs that
make new what to some will be familiar concepts, while other essays offer
resources for research and teaching.
Our next issue, for February 2013, will feature what is
already shaping up to be a major stand-lone resource for research and teaching
about world travelers. Nonetheless,
if any readers have favorite books by world travelers, or analyses of such
travelers’ works, please consider submitting them for consideration as essays
or as book reviews.
Future Forums are projected to address the U. S. and world history,
the American West in world history, colonialism, and frontiers and borders,
among others. Please keep us in mind
for essays and reviews on those topics as well.
Please note that the Call for Readers for the Advanced
Placement Examination in World History to be held this coming June in Salt Lake
City has already appeared. Last
year’s Reading was held there for the first time and proved to be delightful in
terms of weather, accommodation and the physical layout of the reading
itself. Salt Lake City is also an
excellent jumping of point for visits to the great American Southwest or the
Rocky Mountains. There were great informal
mealtime gatherings of people interested in World
History Connected and the World History Association at this past Reading,
which will become annual events. I
hope to see you there!
Marc Jason Gilbert, Editor
Marc Jason Gilbert is Professor of History and National Endowment for the Humanities Endowed Chair in World History at Hawai'i Pacific University. He can be reached at mgilbert@hpu.edu.
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