A Short History of the World

A Short History of the World
ISBN-10
019511504X
ISBN-13
9780195115048
Series
A Short History of the World
Category
World history
Pages
539
Language
English
Published
1993
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Author
John Morris Roberts

Description

Vividly written, this "scholarly examination . . . of the major events of the past" ("The Bookwatch") brings the outstanding breadth of scholarship and international scope of the larger "History of the World" within the grasp of every home, school, and library. Roberts brilliantly tells the story of the growing power of humans to remake the world and to control their destinies.

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