Introduction / Akira Iriye
1. States and the changing equations of power / Wilfried Loth ; Introduction ; Postwar upheavals ; A global cold war ; New players ; An emerging world order
2. Opening doors in the world economy / Thomas W. Zeiler ; Introduction ; Closed doors ; Shut and unlocked doors ; Prying open the door ; The open door
3. Into the anthropocene : people and their planet / J. R. McNeill and Peter Engelke ; Introduction ; Energy and population ; Climate and biological diversity ; Cities and the economy ; Cold war and environmental culture
4. Global cultures / Petra Goedde ; Introduction ; Cold war cultures ; People and goods on the move ; Challenging cultural norms ; Human rights and globalization
5. The making of a transnational world / Akira Iriye ; Introduction ; Postwar transnationalism ; The transnationalization of humanity ; Layers of transnationalism ; The twenty-first century.
