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The theme of motion is an organizing principle for this text, as a way to complicate our understanding of World History and blur our constructed historical borders. Embracing motion as a key organizing principle helps World in Motion present an engaging and coherent perspective on world history, while simultaneously challenging the silences and complicating the borders once created by the field. Click here to read more, and view the Table of Contents for both volumes

About the Authors:

Erik Gilbert received his BA in Classical Greek at the College of William and Mary. He got his MA in History at the University of Vermont and completed his PhD in 1996. His current research involves using plant genetics to study the movement of food crops from Asia to Africa in the early history of the Indian Ocean. He is currently a Professor of History at Arkansas State University.

Jonathan T. Reynolds received his BA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with majors in Honors History, Anthropology, and Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations. He completed his PhD in African History at Boston University in 1995. He is currently a Regents Professor of History at Northern Kentucky University, where he teaches courses on African, World, Imperialism, Technology, Distance, and Food History, as well as on Historical Methodology. He is the current President of the World History Association.