The Journal of World History publishes research into historical questions requiring the investigation of evidence on a global, comparative, cross-cultural, or transnational scale. It is devoted to the study of phenomena that transcend the boundaries of single states, regions, or cultures, such as large-scale population movements, long-distance trade, cross-cultural technology transfers, and the transnational spread of ideas. Individual subscription is by membership in the World History Association.

Sponsored by the World History Association and the Department of History, College of Arts, Languages & Letters, University of Hawai‘i

The journal editorial office is hosted by Weber State University.

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Book series: Perspectives on the Global Past

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1996 to present

Back content starting in 1990

• Recent Articles

• A Convergence Whose Time Has Come
  Posted on Friday June 07, 2024

• Single Issues
• • Volume 30, Number 1-2, June 2019
    • Other Bandungs: Afro-Asian Internationalisms in the Early Cold War
  • Volume 28, Number 3-4, December 2017
    • Gender and Empire
  • Volume 27, Number 3, September 2016
    • Preaching the Civilizing Mission and Modern Cultural Encounters
  • Volume 26, Number 4, December 2015
    • The British World as World History: Networks in Imperial and Global History
  • Volume 25, Number 4, December 2014
    • Special Issue in Honor of Jerry H. Bentley
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• Author Guidelines

• The Journal of World History publishes research into historical questions requiring the investigation of evidence on a global, comparative, cross-cultural, or transnational scale. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically via the new web portal (jwh.msubmit.net); emailed and mailed article submissions are no longer accepted. Please create an account at this web portal, login, and follow instructions.

  Manuscripts should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17^th edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017). All text, including quotations and footnotes, should be 12 point Times New Roman font, double-spaced with generous margins, and of no more than 12,000 words (including notes). All citations and references should appear in consecutively numbered footnotes, not endnotes. Articles must be anonymous as all articles considered by the editors to have potential for publication will be subject to blind peer review by at least two scholars in the field. Please remove any name, title, or other identifying text from your article that might reveal your identity as an author. Acknowledgements should not appear in the manuscript but can be added to the text later if the article is accepted for publication. A brief (150-word) abstract should be submitted with the original manuscript.

  Submission of a manuscript to the Journal of World History indicates that the material is unpublished and is not being considered concurrently for publication elsewhere, even in a language other than English. Work that will soon be published in substantially the same form as part of a book or made available on the Internet should not normally be submitted. Articles that have been distributed on the Internet via a non-peer-reviewed platform may be considered for publication at the discretion of the editor.

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  Books for review should be sent to: 

  Editor, Journal of World History
  c/o Laura J.. Mitchell
  History Department,
  200 Krieger Hall,
  Irvine, CA 92697-3275.

  We do not accept unsolicited book reviews.

   

• Editorial Board

• Editor

  Laura J. Mitchell, University of California, Irvine

  Editorial Assistant

  R.L. Hughes, University of Hawai‘i

  Editorial Board

  Alison Bashford, University of New South Wales

  Roger B. Beck, Eastern Illinois University, Emeritus

  Antoinette Burton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Li Chen, University of Toronto

  Prasenjit Duara, Duke University

  Ross Dunn, San Diego State University, Emeritus

  Sarah Easterby-Smith, St. Andrews University

  Felicia Gottman, Northumbria University

  Lee Seung-Joon, National University of Singapore

  Paula Michaels, Monash University

  Laura Mitchell, University of California, Irvine

  Ruth Mostern, University of Pittsburgh

  Benjamin Reilly, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

  Giorgio Riello, European Institute in Florence

  Leila Rupp, University of California, Santa Barbara

  Lise Sedrez, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janiero

  Glenda Sluga, University of Sydney

  Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University

  Kerry Ward, Rice University

  Merry Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

  Ali Yaycioglu, Stanford University

   

   

• Indexes

• Articles appearing in Journal of World History are indexed and/or abstracted in:

  Book Review Index

  Canada in Context, 03/2000-

  Clarivate Analytics–
  Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  Current Contents
  Web of Science

  De Gruyter Saur–
  Dietrich’s Index Philosophicus
  IBZ – Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur
  Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur

  EBSCOhost–
  Academic Search Alumni Edition, 1/1/2001-
  Academic Search Complete, 1/1/2001-
  Academic Search Elite, 1/1/2001-
  Academic Search Premier, 1/1/2001-
  Academic Search Ultimate, 1/1/2001-
  Academic Search: Main Edition, 3/1/1992-
  Advanced Placement Source, 1/1/2001-
  America: History and Life, 3/1/1990-
  Current Abstracts, 1/1/2001-
  Historical Abstracts (Online), 3/1/1963-
  History Reference Center, 1/1/2001-
  Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson), 1/1/1965-1/4/1972
  Humanities Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson), 1/1/1965-1/4/1972
  Humanities International Complete, 1/1/2001-
  Humanities International Index, 1/1/2001-
  Humanities Source, 1/1/1965-
  Humanities Source Ultimate, 1/1/1965-
  Library & Information Science Source, 1/2/1966-1/2/1966
  MainFile, 3/1/1992-
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  Political Science Complete, 3/1/1992-
  Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
  Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1983 (H.W. Wilson), 1965/01-1972/12
  SocINDEX, 1/1/1993-
  SocINDEX with Full Text, 1/1/1993-
  Sociological Collection, 1/1/2001-
  TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 1/1/2001-

  Elsevier BV–
  GEOBASE
  Scopus, 1990-

  Gale–
  Academic OneFile, 03/2000-
  Advanced Placement Global History Collection, 03/2000-
  Book Review Index Plus
  Diversity Studies Collection, 03/2000-
  Educator’s Reference Complete, 03/2000-
  Expanded Academic ASAP, 03/2000-
  General OneFile, 03/2000-
  General Reference Center, 03/2000-
  General Reference Center Gold, 03/2000-
  General Reference Centre International, 3/2000-
  InfoTrac Custom, 3/2000-
  InfoTrac Student Edition, 03/2000-
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  Student Resources in Context, 03/2000-
  US History in Context, 03/2000-
  World History Collection, 03/2000 –
  World History in Context, 03/2000-
  World Scholar: Latin America & the Caribbean, 3/2000-

  OCLC–
  ArticleFirst, vol.11, no.1, 2000-vol.22, no.4, 2011
  Electronic Collections Online, vol.11, no.1, 2000-vol.22, no.4, 2011
  Sociological Abstracts (Online), Selective

  ProQuest–
  International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Core
  Military Database, 4/1/1998-
  MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  Periodicals Index Online, 4/1/1992-10/1/2000
  Professional ProQuest Central, 04/01/1998-
  ProQuest 5000, 04/01/1998-
  ProQuest Central, 4/1/1998-
  Research Library, 04/01/1998-
  SciTech Premium Collection, 4/1/1998-
  Social Services Abstracts, Selective
  Sociological Abstracts (Online), Selective
  Technology Collection, 4/1/1998-
  Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Selective