"The articles in this issue are based upon papers discussed at the World History Conference ... held at Wesleyan University on March 25-26, 1995" -- P. [1].
Includes bibliographical references.
World history and its critics / Philip Pomper -- The changing shape of world history / William H. McNeill -- Reflections on The end of history, five years later / Francis Fukuyama -- History's forgotten doubles / Ashis Nandy -- Identity in world history : a post-modern perspective / Lewis D. Wurgaft -- The world-system perspective in the construction of economic history / Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod -- Periodizing world history / William A. Green