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Berkshire encyclopedia of world history / William H. McNeill, senior editor ; Jerry H. Bentley and others, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Great Barrington, Mass., : Berkshire Publishing Group, 2005Description: 1 online resource (5 volumes) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780974309170
  • 0974309176
Other title:
  • Encyclopedia of world history
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 903
Online resources:
Contents:
List of entries -- Categories -- Reader's guide -- Maps -- Contributors -- Preface -- A long march: Creating the Berkshire encyclopedia of world history -- Acknowledgments -- Editorial board -- About William H. Mcneill, senior editor -- About the editors -- Photo and quotation credits -- Berkshire world history library -- World history-about the design -- How to spell it and how to say it: 100 important people, places, and terms in world history -- This fleeting world: An overview of human history.
Chapter one: foraging era -- Chapter two: agrarian era -- Chapter three: modern era -- Volume i: -- Abraham-coal -- Volume ii: -- Cold war-global imperialism and gender -- Volume iii: -- Global migrations in modern times-mysticism -- Volume iv: -- Napoleon-sun yat-sen -- Volume v: -- Tang taizong-Zoroastrianism -- This fleeting world: an overview of human history -- Chapter one: foraging era -- Chapter two: agrarian era -- Chapter three: modern era -- Index.
Summary: "A comprehensive encyclopedia of world history with 538 articles that trace the development of human history -- with a focus on area studies, global history, anthropology, geography, science, arts, literature, economics, women's studies, African-American studies, and cultural studies related to all regions of the world"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of entries -- Categories -- Reader's guide -- Maps -- Contributors -- Preface -- A long march: Creating the Berkshire encyclopedia of world history -- Acknowledgments -- Editorial board -- About William H. Mcneill, senior editor -- About the editors -- Photo and quotation credits -- Berkshire world history library -- World history-about the design -- How to spell it and how to say it: 100 important people, places, and terms in world history -- This fleeting world: An overview of human history.

Chapter one: foraging era -- Chapter two: agrarian era -- Chapter three: modern era -- Volume i: -- Abraham-coal -- Volume ii: -- Cold war-global imperialism and gender -- Volume iii: -- Global migrations in modern times-mysticism -- Volume iv: -- Napoleon-sun yat-sen -- Volume v: -- Tang taizong-Zoroastrianism -- This fleeting world: an overview of human history -- Chapter one: foraging era -- Chapter two: agrarian era -- Chapter three: modern era -- Index.

"A comprehensive encyclopedia of world history with 538 articles that trace the development of human history -- with a focus on area studies, global history, anthropology, geography, science, arts, literature, economics, women's studies, African-American studies, and cultural studies related to all regions of the world"--Provided by publisher.

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