The Oxford Handbook of World History

by Jerry H. Bentley

Book Overview

The Oxford Handbook of World History presents thirty-two essays by leading historians in their respective fields. The chapters address the most important issues explored by contemporary world historians. These broadly fall into four categories: conceptions of the global past, themes in world history, processes of world history, regions in world history.

Chapters on conceptions deal with issues of space and time as treated in the field of world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199235813
• ISBN13: 9780199235810
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 625 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.9" x 9.7"