Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Situating the agenda : the many systems of the first global age
  • pt. 2. Oceans, routes and ports : systems and networks
  • pt. 3. Other networks : military, scientific, and terrestrial
  • pt. 4. Dynamic cooperative commercial, financial, and cultural networks in Europe and Asia
  • pt. 5. Systemic theories and the pitfalls of comparative history writing.