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World History is a field of Historical Study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s . It examines History from a global perspective. OVERVIEW Unlike most history writing of the 19th and most of the 20th centuries, which focused on narratives of individuals, and on national and ethnic perspectives, World History looks for common (how processes of world history have drawn people of the world together) and difference (how Pattern s of world history reveal the diversity of the human experience). The study of world history is in some ways a product of the current period of accelerated Globalization . This period is tending both to integrate various cultures and to highlight their differences. The advent of World History as a distinct field of study was heralded in the high schools and colleges. Many new Textbook s are being published with a World History approach. ANALOGOUS WORKS Many works are analogous to World History, in that they discuss "the history of the world" in a unified framework — For example, it was a genre popular in the 19th century with Universal History , and with Christian historians going back to at least the 4th century. Other analogous works include:
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