"What makes this book stand out is the way in which Mazlish situates sociology in the broader context of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century social thought. This is the most interesting treatment I have read of how there came to be a felt need for sociology, of how a place was created in [...]

This ground-breaking work brings together an important collection of essays from an international range of contributors to set globalization in its historical context. Through these thematically focused essays, the history of the world is examined in key themes that transcend national boundaries suc[...]