Author: Norberto AngelettiPublisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847833580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A fascinating look at the history of Time, the world's most influential newsweekly.
Time
Author: Norberto AngelettiPublisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 9780847833580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A fascinating look at the history of Time, the world's most influential newsweekly.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the World
Author: Felipe Fernández-ArmestoPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191067199
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Imagine the planet, as if from an immense distance of time and space, as a galactic observer might see it—with the kind of objectivity that we, who are enmeshed in our history, can ́t attain. The Oxford Illustrated History of the World encompasses the whole span of human history. It brings together some of the world's leading historians, under the expert guidance of Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, to tell the 200,000-year story of our world, from the emergence of homo sapiens through to the twenty-first century: the environmental convulsions; the interplay of ideas (good and bad); the cultural phases and exchanges; the collisions and collaborations in politics; the successions of states and empires; the unlocking of energy; the evolutions of economies; the contacts, conflicts, and contagions that have all contributed to making the world we now inhabit.
National Geographic Concise History of the World
Author: Neil KaganPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 9780792283645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
A chronology of world history ranges from the dawn of humankind to the present day, examining important events, milestones, ideas, and personalities that occurred simultaneously in different regions of the world.
The Times Illustrated History of the World
Author: Geoffrey ParkerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780723006718
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A lavishly illus and richly mapped global history. A good introduction to the story of humanity. Illus. Quarto.
The Illustrated Timeline of the History of the World
Author: Roshen DalalPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448847974
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
An overview of the history of the world including the ancient world, great civilizations, the medieval world, and the modern world.
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book
Author: James RavenPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198702981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
In 14 original essays, this book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present
National Geographic Visual History of the World
Author: Klaus BerndlPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Islamic World
Author: Francis RobinsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521669931
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Islamic peoples account for one fifth of the world's population and yet there is widespread misunderstanding in the West of what Islam really is. Francis Robinson and his team set out to address this, revealing the complex and sometimes contrary nature of Muslim culture. As well as taking on the issues uppermost in everyone's minds, such as the role of religious and political fundamentalism, they demonstrate the importance of commerce; literacy and learning; Islamic art; the effects of immigration, exodus, and conquest; and the roots of current crises in the Middle East, Bosnia, and the Gulf. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the interaction between Islam and the West, from the first Latin translations of the Quran to the fatwa on Salman Rushdie. This elegant book deliberately sets out to dismantle the Western impression of Islam as a monolithic world and replace it with a balanced view, from current issues of fundamentalism to its dynamic culture and art. Francis Robinson is the editor of two outstanding reference works: Atlas of the Islamic World Since 1500 (Cambridge, 1982) and The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India (1989).
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World
Author: Greg WoolfPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521827751
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
New history richly illustrated in colour and aimed at the general reader.
Our Times
Author: Lorraine GlennonPublisher: Turner Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Organized year-by-year, comprises deftly written entries on a myriad facets of history, art and literature, science, and popular culture. Each entry includes at least one reference forward or backward to a specific year and entry on a related subject or theme. Expert page design allows clear presentation of some 2,500 well-chosen images. Supplemental features include essays by the likes of Stephen Jay Gould, Mary Gordon, and Sir Arthur C. Clarke; contemporary texts selected to illuminate an event or an aspect of the culture pertinent to each year; lists of births and deaths; capsulized stories of international interest and of specifically American interest; and a few lines of tiny print at the foot of each page summarizing significant events and data. In short, this encyclopedia is a good browse and reference, impressively well-planned and executed; it will no doubt be periodically brought up to date beyond its current ending year of 1993. A CD-ROM has reportedly been published in conjunction with the book. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR