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Encyclopedia of World History 7 Volume Set. The final volume contains primary documents, a chronology, and a master index for the set.It contains thematic essays that help students make comparisons and connections across regions and time periods. It is based on primary source documents, carefully chosen to be representative of the six world eras.
Book Preface
In today’s world of globalization, there is a growing trend among historians and students alike to study the common challenges and experiences that unite the human past. “Facts On File” is pleased to announce its new seven-volume “Encyclopedia of World History”, a truly groundbreaking work and one of the first to offer a balanced presentation of human history for a global perspective of the past. A team of distinguished world history academics has brought together scores of specialists in writing signed entries based on the latest scholarship.Based on the National Standards for World History and influenced by the National Standards for World History, this comprehensive and authoritative set is rich in features to make the study of world history easier for students to understand. Arranged in six chronological eras that span from prehistory to the present day, this chronological approach follows the way world history is taught and studied in the classroom. Each volume era begins with essays that tackle large themes – such as agriculture, science and technology, social and class relationships, trade and cultural exchanges, and warfare – that allow students to make connections and trace key global patterns over time. The final volume contains primary documents, a chronology, and a master index for the set.It contains thematic essays that help students make comparisons and connections across regions and time periods. It is based on primary source documents, carefully chosen to be representative of the six world eras. It is informative with cross-referenced entries. It also includes: Chronologies in every volume to help students place events in context; More than 600 illustrations, including a 32-page insert of full-color maps in each volume designed to convey the importance of geography in world history; An appendix in each volume; Further reading sections that encourage further research; Individual volume indexes; And a comprehensive set index.
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OCLC | 226204766 |
The Encyclopedia of World History is a classic single-volume work detailing world history. The first through fifth editions were edited by William L. Langer.
The Sixth Edition was—by the time of its publication—a much needed updating overseen by Sir Peter N. Stearns, and was made available online.
- Renowned historian Sir Peter N. Stearns and thirty prominent historians have combined their expertise over the past ten years to perfect this comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000. — Bartleby.com
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Preceding works[edit]
- Ploetz, Karl (1860s). Auszug aus der alten, mittleren und neueren Geschichte.
A reference work of German and central European history.
- Channing, Edward (1883). Tillinghast, William H (ed.). An Epitome of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History. Houghton Mifflin Company.
A translated and expanded edition of Dr. Karl Ploetz’s ‘Epitome of History’ with new sections on England and the United States.
- Tillinghast, William H, ed. (1915). A Handbook of Universal History. Houghton Mifflin Company.
A revised edition of An Epitome of Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History.
- Barnes, Harry Elmer; Tillinghast, William H; Imlah, Albert H.; Peardon, Thomas Preston; Wuorinen, John Henry, eds. (1925). A Manual of Universal History. Houghton Mifflin Company. LCCN25025211.
A revised and expanded edition of A Handbook of Universal History.
Publication history[edit]
Oxford Encyclopedia Of World History
First five editions[edit]
An Encyclopedia of World History: Advanced, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged.
Compiled and Edited by William L. Langer, Coolidge Professor of History, (Emeritus by 1968), Harvard University.
- First Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1940. LCCN43036919.
A completely rewritten and updated edition of A Manual of Universal History, and its predecessors.
- Revised Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1948. LCCN48011571.
- Revised Third Edition, illustrated with Maps. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1952. LCCN52009589.
- Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged, with Maps and Genealogical Tables. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1968. ISBN0-245-59622-4. LCCN68014147.
- Fifth Edition, revised and enlarged, with Maps and Genealogical Tables. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. April 1972. ISBN0-395-13592-3. LCCN72186219.
Encyclopedia Of World Biography
Sixth Edition (2001)[edit]
Stearns, Peter N (ed.). The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, chronologically arranged.
A completely revised and updated edition of the classic reference work originally compiled and edited by William L. Langer.
Encyclopedia Of World History Pdf 2018 Edition
- Houghton Mifflin Company (September 2001) ISBN0-395-65237-5
- James Clarke & Co Ltd. (January 2002) ISBN0-227-67968-7
- Bartleby.com (online, 2002 through June 2009)
- Easton Press (2006)
Encyclopedia Of World History Pdf Free
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