Architects of World History / Kenneth R. Curtis -- En Route to World Environmental History / J.R. McNeill -- Gender Intersections / Merry Wiesner-Hanks -- No Great Divergence : Reaching World History Through East Asian Studies / Kenneth Pomeranz -- Cultural and Religious Exchanges / Dominic Sachsenmaier -- Law and World History / Lauren Benton -- Africa in the World : From National Histories to Global Connections / Kerry Ward -- Big History / David Christian -- In Search of a Global Cultural History / Jerry Bentley with Karen Jolly.