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Embraces the whole of history, rather than disconnected dynasties and events - all in one slim volume. Who was the first black queen? How much do you know about China's history? Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best.
This No-Nonsense Guide gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional textbooks , from the civilizations of Africa, Asia and Latin America to the history of women. This updated and revised edition includes a new chapter from the perspective of the end of the first decade of the 21st century and includes material on the financial crisis and the world response to climate change.
About the Author: Chris Brazier has been co-editor at New Internationalist magazine since 1984. Previous publications include Vietnam: The Price of Peace and Raging Against the Machine (editor). He is also principal writer for UNICEF’s The State of the World’s Children report.
This No-Nonsense Guide gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional textbooks , from the civilizations of Africa, Asia and Latin America to the history of women. This updated and revised edition includes a new chapter from the perspective of the end of the first decade of the 21st century and includes material on the financial crisis and the world response to climate change.
About the Author: Chris Brazier has been co-editor at New Internationalist magazine since 1984. Previous publications include Vietnam: The Price of Peace and Raging Against the Machine (editor). He is also principal writer for UNICEF’s The State of the World’s Children report.
'The No-Nonsense Guide to World History is vivid, informal and informative. Perhaps every professional historian should be required to write a history of the world in forty thousand words - nothing would be more conducive to humility.'
Professor William Beinart, St Anthony's College, Oxford
'Possibly the greatest dip-your-toe-into-the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-human-history guide out there. Kudos to Chris Brazier.'
Amazon 5-Stars Customer Review
'This book is worth it's weight in gold, enough said. What makes this book so great is that it offers facts in an easy to understand form, almost as if you're talking to a classmate who happens to be a lot smarter than you. With so many history books that are way to long and hard to read, it's refreshing to be able to have something to relate too.'
Amazon 5-Stars Customer Review
'This short book is an excellent introductory guide to some of the key aspects of world history that are not readily available in the more "standard" history books. It sheds some light on the people, struggles, and nationalities that are often overlooked. I highly recommend this book for those that may not have time for a thick 800-page volume but would still like to stay informed.'
Amazon 5-Stars Customer Review
'The No-Nonsense Guide To World History is an iconoclastic survey of the hidden histories, continents, and communities usually overlooked and unmentioned by traditional, Eurocentric, and patriarchal oriented world history textbooks. Chris Brazier reveals the civilizations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The history of women (often neglected because most histories are written by men with a focus on wars and politics) is also brought to the reader's attention. Integrating these suppressed and ignored histories with more familiar narratives of imperial dynasties and superpower struggles, we are provided both context and historical outline.'
Amazon 5-Stars Customer Review
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| Supplier | New Internationalist |
| Product Keys | Educational, Recycled |
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