Reading
Jürgen Osterhammel

The sensational 19th century

Mon, 22.08.2016
3:45 PM Edinburgh Futures Institute (EIBF)

The rise of cities such as Paris and Calcutta; the development of rail and road networks; migration and the slave trade: just some of the subjects covered in Jürgen Osterhammel’s epically-titled, panoramic history of the 19th century, The Transformation of the World. Dazzling, dramatic and acclaimed, Osterhammel’s masterpiece also ranges from civil war in the United States to the invention of film and photography.