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Plagues and People
Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history as seen through the …
The Rise of the West
The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the …
Maps Of Time
An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, "Maps of Time" is world history on an …
Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History
Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life
History of Western Civilization
Renowned historian William H. McNeil provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-political as well as cultural …
The Human Web
World-historical questions such as these, the subjects of major works by Jared Diamond, David Landes, and others, are now of great moment as global frictions increase. In a …
World Environmental History
World Environmental History, a Berkshire Essential, explores how the biosphere is affected by human interventions such as climate change, deforestation, waste management, water and …
The Pursuit of Power
Shows the interrelatedness of technical, military, political, and economic history and examines the changes introduced by the industrialization of war
Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History
Mythistory and Other Essays
Hutchins' University
The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the fifth President of the University of Chicago in 1929 marked the beginning of an extraordinarily vibrant period for the university …