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Experiencing World History
An intensive introduction to global social history themes, covering early societies to the 20th century
Covering early societies, the classical, postclassical, and modern periods, and the 20th century, and blending the great advances in historical research over the past quarter century, Experiencing World History represents an important addition to the teaching of world history.
Focusing on major issues in social history in the context of world history and divided into five chronological sections that highlight the mixture of change and continuity, the volume traces key aspects of society over time, among them gender; work and leisure; state and society; culture contact and population patterns.
Truly global in scope, Experiencing World History includes deep coverage of all the major areas including Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. A brief introduction ties the social history themes to more conventional world history coverage, and an epilogue after each of the five sections suggests overarching themes and connections.
Covering early societies, the classical, postclassical, and modern periods, and the 20th century, and blending the great advances in historical research over the past quarter century, Experiencing World History represents an important addition to the teaching of world history.
Focusing on major issues in social history in the context of world history and divided into five chronological sections that highlight the mixture of change and continuity, the volume traces key aspects of society over time, among them gender; work and leisure; state and society; culture contact and population patterns.
Truly global in scope, Experiencing World History includes deep coverage of all the major areas including Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. A brief introduction ties the social history themes to more conventional world history coverage, and an epilogue after each of the five sections suggests overarching themes and connections.
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498 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2000
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July 7, 2011
You read (or skip) page after page full of common-place opinions, theories etc. on the development
of civilization, so well-known and written about (thousands of times), that boredom takes you to
soporific levels. If you speed up to present days, with a quarter of the book yet to go, then you
hope: well, now I'll come across an original idea, a deep thought about the next decades, that jus-
tifies why the author took the trouble to write this book. Nothing of the sort, the last quarter
is devoted to the index.
of civilization, so well-known and written about (thousands of times), that boredom takes you to
soporific levels. If you speed up to present days, with a quarter of the book yet to go, then you
hope: well, now I'll come across an original idea, a deep thought about the next decades, that jus-
tifies why the author took the trouble to write this book. Nothing of the sort, the last quarter
is devoted to the index.
June 13, 2020
So I actually didn't read more than like 1 paragraph of this book...but I didn't like it and since I am done with APWorld History, I am also done with this book.
July 9, 2014
An excellent, balanced exploration of social history. Succinctly explains major trends in the development of work, leisure, and gender issues.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews