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THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD by O A Westad and J. M. Roberts (2013 HC){H4}
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “The corners of the book are bumped.”
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780199936762
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199936765
ISBN-13
9780199936762
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117182744
Product Key Features
Edition
6
Book Title
History of the World
Number of Pages
1280 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Renaissance, Modern / General, World
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.7 in
Item Weight
61.7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-041862
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Acclaim for earlier editions "A stupendous achievement...the unrivalled world history of our day." --A.J.P. Taylor,The Observer "Intelligently organized, insightful, and balanced...a fine addition to any library." --The Christian Science Monitor "It is greatly to John Roberts's credit that after a generation on the Oxford tutorial treadmill he can write so lively and so continuously interesting a book."--The Economist "Roberts writes well, with style and verve and wit."--Library Journal "It is always something of an amazement that anyone would be courageous enough to attempt such a work--and in fewer than 1,000 pages--but Roberts clearly succeeds with a steady, clear-headed style that carries the reader along through the centuries."--Chicago Tribune "Epic yet readable, perfect for those who find History of the Universe too daunting to crack."--The Philadelphia Inquirer, Acclaim for earlier editions "A stupendous achievement...the unrivalled world history of our day." --A.J.P. Taylor, The Observer "Intelligently organized, insightful, and balanced...a fine addition to any library." --The Christian Science Monitor "It is greatly to John Roberts's credit that after a generation on the Oxford tutorial treadmill he can write so lively and so continuously interesting a book."--The Economist "Roberts writes well, with style and verve and wit."--Library Journal "It is always something of an amazement that anyone would be courageous enough to attempt such a work--and in fewer than 1,000 pages--but Roberts clearly succeeds with a steady, clear-headed style that carries the reader along through the centuries."--Chicago Tribune "Epic yet readable, perfect for those who find History of the Universe too daunting to crack."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
Dewey Decimal
909
Table Of Content
BOOK ONE BEFORE HISTORY Introduction 1 The Foundations 2 Homo Sapiens 3 The Possibility of Civilization BOOK TWO CIVILIZATIONS Introduction 1 Early Civilized Life 2 Ancient Mesopotamia 3 Ancient Egypt 4 Intruders and Invaders 5 The Beginnings of Civilization in South Asia 6 Ancient China 7 The Other Worlds of the Ancient Past 8 Transformations BOOK THREE THE CLASSICAL AGE Introduction 1 Remaking the Old World 2 The Greeks 3 The Hellenistic World 4 Rome 5 Christianity and Western Transition 6 Classical India 7 Classical China BOOK FOUR THE AGE OF DIVERGING TRADITIONS Introduction 1 The Central Eurasian Crossroads 2 Islam and the Arab Empires 3 Byzantium and Its Sphere 4 The New Near East and the Making of Europe 5 India 6 Imperial China 7 Japan 8 Worlds Apart 9 Europe: The Possibility of Change 10 New Limits, New Horizons BOOK FIVE THE MAKING OF THE EUROPEAN AGE Introduction 1 Qing China and Mughal India 2 A New Kind of Society: Early Modern Europe 3 Authority and Its Challengers in Europe 4 The New World of Great Powers 5 Europe's Assault on the World 6 World History's New Shape 7 Ideas Old and New BOOK SIX THE GREAT ACCELERATION Introduction 1 Long-term Change 2 Political Change in an Age of Revolution 3 Political Change: A New Europe 4 Political Change: The Anglo-Saxon World 5 The European World Hegemony 6 Imperialism and Imperial Rule 7 Asian Metamorphoses BOOK SEVEN THE END OF THE EUROPEAN AGE Introduction 1 Strains in the System 2 The Era of the First World War 3 The Making of a New Asia 4 The Ottoman Heritage and the Western Islamic Lands 5 The Second World War 6 Decolonisation and Cold War BOOK EIGHT OUR OWN TIME Introduction 1 Revolutions in Science and Perceptions 2 The Cold War World 3 Crises and Détente 4 The Closing of an Era 5 Openings and Closures 6 Whole World History
Synopsis
First published in 1976, J.M. Robert's The New History of the World is a one of the landmark works of our era. It has been fully revised and updated to offer a substantial, authoritative, and truly global narrative of world history., J.M. Roberts's renowned History of the World is widely considered the finest available one-volume survey of the major events, developments, and personalities of the known past, offering generations of readers a tour of the vast landscape of human history. In this new edition, Bancroft Prize-winning historian Odd Arne Westad has completely revised this landmark work to bring the narrative up to the twenty-first century, including the 9/11 attacks and the wars in the Middle East. Westad utilizes the remarkable gains in scholarship in recent decades to enhance the book's coverage of early human life and vastly improve the treatment of India and China, Central Eurasia, early Islam, and the late Byzantine Empire, as well as the history of science, technology, and economics. The result is a truly remarkable work of compression and synthesis, sweeping through thousands of years of history, weaving the stories of empires, art, religion, economics, and science into a lucid and engaging narrative. Ranging from the early hominids and the emergence of Mesopotamian civilizations and ancient Egypt, the book illuminates such topics as the Roman Empire, the explosive arrival of Islam, the rise and fall of samurai rule in Japan, the medieval kingdoms of sub-Saharan Africa, the Mongol conquests, and the early modern expansion of Europe across the globe; also covered are the struggle for American independence, the French Revolution, the colonial empires, Japan's startling modernization, and the World Wars. With over 90 informative maps, The History of the World remains the finest, most readable survey in print.
LC Classification Number
D20.R65 2013
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