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A concise history of the modern world 1500 to the present. This book tells the story of humankind as producers a. Bergen situates the holocaust in its historical, political, social, cultural, and. The books innovative time line truly sets it apart, allowing readers to scan across a spread and explore a single area or compare contemporary. Jul 12, 2001 since its original publication in 1992, this book has become the standard history of world population. The books succinct structure will make it useful in the classrooms of service academies, professional military education, and civilian institutions. The world history project is dedicated to making a free, opencontent, standardized textbook on world history based on the ap world history standard. The concise encyclopedia of world history offers the global reading public, students, and professors a handy, complete, and accurate guide to all political formations since the beginning of history. By its own admission it is not extremely in depth which i think is helpful, it gives you an overview of the story. Bentley, head of the concise historys advisory board is professor of history at the university of hawaii, editor of the journal of world history, and an expert in the history of crosscultural interactions.
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The book concludes with a discussion of the contemporary challenges, often shared with neighbours, that shape the country today. By investigating the major changes in world history during the past five hundred years, woodruff explains to what extent world forces have been responsible for shaping both the past and the present. A concise history of the world offers a clear chronological structure with thematic emphases on cultural and social history, and on production and reproduction, that are. Geoffrey parkers revised text maintains the book s reputation for excellence, incorporates the latest research and seamlessly integrates expert the fifth edition of the times concise history of the world is an authoritative overview of world history, presented in a. While they were, sadly, wrong about the latter, they were right that no war had ever been like it. National geographic concise history of the world, neil. Tracing the term from its earliest roots and situating it within a number of relevant contexts from postcolonialism to postmodernism, theo dhaen examines. The latest edition of this classic text has been updated to reflect current trends and implications for future demographic. From the first hominids to the headline events of today, this national geographic easyaccess history book presents worldshaping events, revolutions in politics. Bentley, head of the concise historys advisory board is professor of history at the university of hawaii, editor of the journal of world history. Roberts and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Its a book as beautiful as it is useful, as authoritative as it is entertaining. The routledge concise history of world literature taylor.
The huge value of this book is that it looks at history at the global level, whereas we are accustomed to considering say european or english or american history. Since the book includes so many short references to events, individual people, and political organizations, a reader without some background in global history would feel overwhelmed by all the details. A concise history of world population wiley online books. As a fresh interpretation of indian history from the mughals to the present, it has informed students across the world.
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With over 90 informative maps, the history of the world remains the finest, most readable survey in print. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. By investigating the major changes in world history during the past five hundred years, woodruff explains to what extent world forces have been. Its underlying purpose is to explain the links between nature, culture, and population and thereby to look at ways of preventing future environmental collapse and human catastrophe. Wiesnerhanks brings a new perspective to world history by examining social and cultural developments across the globe, including families and. Most serious students of history, on the other hand, would probably tend to look to more specialized works. Oral histories that were later written down, including the book of genesis, the rig veda, and the popul vuh, focused especially on the actions of gods and on humandivine interactions. Buy a concise history of the world cambridge concise histories by merry wiesnerhanks isbn. To see a concise timeline showing the four eras of history used by the students friend, click here. National geographic concise history of the world book depository. This extraordinary book tells of the rise and fall of empires and civilizations.
A singlecolume history of the modern world is bound to be concise, and when it takes the modern world s start as 1500 it makes it even trickier to avoid just skating over the surface. This book is a great overview of the crusades and their historical significance. A concise history of the world cambridge concise histories. Human history, or the history of humanity or history of the world, is the carefully researched description of humanitys past. The concise history of world religions is a fantastic journey with national geographic, following the rise and fall of faiths across centuries and around the world. Oct 31, 2015 buy a concise history of the world cambridge concise histories by merry wiesnerhanks isbn. Mar 01, 20 this book is the ideal guide to an increasingly popular and important term in literary studies. Unlike other texts that tend to be dominated by political and economic narratives, this book takes social and cultural issues particularly those focused on gender, the family, sexuality, and material culture as its primary focus.
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