International History: A Cultural Approach offers an innovative history of modern international relations that stresses cultural themes. In place of the usual focus on great-power rivalries, diplomatic negotiations, military conflict, and other phenomena in which sovereign nations are the key players, this book focuses on intercultural relations as individuals, races, religions, and non-state actors interact across national boundaries, to provide a fresh perspective on modern international history. Among the themes covered are: - Nationalism and cosmopolitanism - Migration - Cross-cultural encounters - Consumerism and youth cultures - Environmental transformations - Economic and technological globalization Akira Iriye and Petra Goedde's approach offers a deeper understanding of international history, focusing on people and their cultures rather than just state level interactions.

Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of History (Emeritus), Harvard University, USA. He has written extensively on the interaction between Asia and the United States and is an authoritative voice in the field. He is the recipient of the Yoshino Sakuzô Prize.

International History: A Cultural Approach offers an innovative history of modern international relations that stresses cultural themes. In place of the usual focus on great-power rivalries, diplomatic negotiations, military conflict, and other phenomena in which sovereign nations are the key players, this book focuses on intercultural relations as individuals, races, religions, and non-state actors interact across national boundaries, to provide a fresh perspective on modern international history.

Among the themes covered are:
- Nationalism and cosmopolitanism
- Migration
- Cross-cultural encounters
- Consumerism and youth cultures
- Environmental transformations
- Economic and technological globalization

Akira Iriye and Petra Goedde's approach offers a deeper understanding of international history, focusing on people and their cultures rather than just state level interactions.

Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
List of Illustrations

Introduction

Part I The Rise of the Modern

1. Dialectics of Nationalism and Internationalism
2. Cross-Cultural Encounter
3. Imagined Communities
4. Modern Consciousness

Part II Movement and Empire
5. Movements
6. Imperial cultures
7. Racial Formations
8. Cultural Internationalism

Part III Global Cultures
9. Visions of Modernity
10. Modernity in Crisis
11. Cold War Cultures
12. Challenging the Cold War Consensus

Part IV Transnational Connections
13. Cultural Globalization, 1970-1990
14. The Growth of Non-State Actors
15. The Post-Cold War World
16. The World Today

Conclusion
Further Readings
Notes
Index