Thisvolumecombinesapresent-dayandhistoricalconcernonthetopicofglobalpublicsbetweenthecommunicationrevolutionofthe1870sandthedigitalage.Buildingonearliertheoriesofpublicspheres,ValeskaHuberandJ羹rgenOsterhammelexpandthenotionofglobalpublicsnotonlygeographicallybutalsobychartingnewthematicterritory,describingglobalpublicsascourtsofglobalopinion,asmarketplaces,orasarenasforcompetition.Asthefirsthistoricalvolumeevertocombinedifferentfacetsofglobalpublicsrangingfrominfrastructures,thepress,filmandtheatretohumanrightspolitics,itbringstogetherestablishedandemergingauthorsinthefieldofhistoryandfromrelateddisciplinessuchasgeography,sociology,andliteraturewhoexplorehowglobalpublicswereconfigured,imagined,andfragmented.Inthisway,GlobalPublics:TheirPowerandTheirLimitsnotonlyprovidesanewconceptualframeworkandimportantcasestudiesbutalsoshowshowhistoriesofglobalcommunicationmightbestudiedinthefuture.
