With great subtlety Trevor Getz has taken a common European-focused periodization - the long nineteenth century - and turned it on its head. The text is organized according to recognizable key themes of the period, from poltical, economic, environmental and intellectual history. While there is plenty of interesting European history here, the book is striking in the key roles assigned to peoples of Africa, Latin America, and Asia. In sum, this is a highly readable global history of the period that belongs on the shelves and in the classrooms of every serious world historian.

Rick Warner, Associate Professor of History and President of World History Association (2016-2017), Wabash College, USA

Trevor Getz' The Long Nineteenth Century, is a brief, but thorough examination of the dramatic changes the world and its populations underwent between 1750 and 1914. Highly accessible, the work questions assumptions about modernity while simultaneously leveraging it to unfold the dramatic, worldwide shifts taking place across the era. Getz goes beyond artificial boundaries like “East and West” or “Core and Periphery,” to engage students in the complexities of seemingly commonplace terms like Nationalism, Imperialism, and Faith.

Maryanne Rhett, Associate Professor of History, Monmouth University, USA

Trevor Getz has crafted a compelling global narrative of the rise of modernity in the long nineteenth century that brings together critical themes in world history, linking political, economic, intellectual, and environmental histories. Getz presents complex ideas to students, using current scholarship to conceptualize a global experience of modernity, which highlights the diverse perspectives of various groups of peoples and the role of interactions between them in shaping the modern world.

Urmi Engineer Willoughby, Assistant Professor of History, Murray State University, USA