Introduction / Daniela Preda -- Opening address / Mario Venturi & Realino Marra -- Lessons from the past : monetary unions in the 19th century Europe / Lara Piccardo -- Robert Triffin et le processus d'integration monetaire europaenne / Ivo Maes -- Le plan werner et la d'couverte d'europe...

This volume suggests a new way of doing global history. Instead of offering a sweeping and generalizing overview of the past, we propose a "micro-spatial" approach, combining micro-history with the concept of space. A focus on primary sources and awareness of the historical discontinuities and...