New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2014. A Companion to Global Historical Thought provides an in-depth overview of the development of historical thinking from the earliest times to the present, across the world, directly addressing the issues of historical thought in a globalized context. It complements the Companion to Western Historical Thought, placing non-Western perspectives on historiography at the center of the discussion. From the Contents: 14. The World of Modern Japanese Historiography: Tribulations and Transformations in Historical Approaches (Curtis Anderson Gayle).