The History of the World
Author : Sir Walter Raleigh
Publisher :
Page : 1390 pages
File Size : 42,99 MB
Release : 1614
Category : History, Ancient
ISBN :
Author : Sir Walter Raleigh
Publisher :
Page : 1390 pages
File Size : 42,99 MB
Release : 1614
Category : History, Ancient
ISBN :
Author : Nicholas Popper
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 36,55 MB
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226675009
Imprisoned in the Tower of London after the death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603, Sir Walter Ralegh spent seven years producing his massive History of the World. Created with the aid of a library of more than five hundred books that he was allowed to keep in his quarters, this incredible work of English vernacular would become a best seller, with nearly twenty editions, abridgments, and continuations issued in the years that followed. Nicholas Popper uses Ralegh’s History as a touchstone in this lively exploration of the culture of history writing and historical thinking in the late Renaissance. From Popper we learn why early modern Europeans ascribed heightened value to the study of the past and how scholars and statesmen began to see historical expertise as not just a foundation for political practice and theory, but as a means of advancing their power in the courts and councils of contemporary Europe. The rise of historical scholarship during this period encouraged the circulation of its methods to other disciplines, transforming Europe’s intellectual—and political—regimes. More than a mere study of Ralegh’s History of the World, Popper’s book reveals how the methods that historians devised to illuminate the past structured the dynamics of early modernity in Europe and England.
Author : Sir Walter Raleigh
Publisher :
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 27,87 MB
Release : 1971
Category : History, Ancient
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Author : Andrew Marr
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 10,39 MB
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0230767532
Fresh, exciting and vividly readable, this is popular history at its very best. Our understanding of world history is changing, as new discoveries are made on all the continents and old prejudices are being challenged. In this truly global journey, political journalist Andrew Marr revisits some of the traditional epic stories, from classical Greece and Rome to the rise of Napoleon, but surrounds them with less familiar material, from Peru to the Ukraine, China to the Caribbean. He looks at cultures that have failed and vanished, as well as the origins of today’s superpowers, and finds surprising echoes and parallels across vast distances and epochs. A History of the World is a book about the great change-makers of history and their times, people such as Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, Galileo and Mao, but it is also a book about us. For ‘the better we understand how rulers lose touch with reality, or why revolutions produce dictators more often than they produce happiness, or why some parts of the world are richer than others, the easier it is to understand our own times.’
Author : School Specialty Publishing
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 28,68 MB
Release : 2001-02-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781561890897
A comprehensive history of our world, from the dawn of human history to the present day.
Author : Sir Walter Raleigh
Publisher :
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 1829
Category : English literature
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Author : Tom Standage
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,82 MB
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0802718590
New York Times Bestseller * Soon to be a TV series starring Dan Aykroyd “There aren't many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history.” -Los Angeles Times Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola: In Tom Standage's deft, innovative account of world history, these six beverages turn out to be much more than just ways to quench thirst. They also represent six eras that span the course of civilization-from the adoption of agriculture, to the birth of cities, to the advent of globalization. A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century through each epoch's signature refreshment. As Standage persuasively argues, each drink is in fact a kind of technology, advancing culture and catalyzing the intricate interplay of different societies. After reading this enlightening book, you may never look at your favorite drink in quite the same way again.
Author : Richard Overy
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 11,51 MB
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 000735066X
Discover the scope of the world’s history
Author : John Morris Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1276 pages
File Size : 49,2 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 0199936765
A survey of the major events, developments, and personalities that have shaped human history.
Author : Margaret Duncan Kelly
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 42,99 MB
Release : 1906
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ISBN :