An Encyclopedia of World History

By: William L. Langer

This book has been drastically revised since the previous edition. The entire section on prehistory and earliest civilization has been rewritten in the light of recent historical and archeological research. Events of the 20th century have been re-examined from a vantage point not previously attainable, and the significance of persons and movements has been reappraised. Professor Langer has not hesitated to reject material from earlier editions that was in any way outdated. Aware of changes in historical perspective, he has seen the necessity for a considerable expansion of the treatment of art, literature and the other cultural concerns of man. Not only has the text been brought up to date but its many maps and genealogical tables have also been redone. In all of this, though maintaining personal supervision of everything that has gone into the book, Professor Langer has been assisted by many distinguished scholars in the various fields concerned. By a miracle of arrangement and condensation they have succeeded in putting all history from the Paleolithic Period to the Kennedy years in one chronologically arranged volume. An extraordinarily detailed index, itself close to 200 pages in length, brings that history within reach of the reader's fingertips. The section on the modern world deals fully with the beginnings of our own ate, and events that have occurred since 1900 are covered in great detail. Nowhere else can be found so concise and convenient a summary of the past, essential for a proper understanding of the present. Here are the movements and the leaders, the victories and the defeats, the great events and the small that have shaped the world. Here too are summaries of the cultural activities, the scientific progress and the social movements that have made our civilization. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY is the most complete and up-to-date survey of world history available in any language.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000K9PO7U
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Length: 1504 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.8" x 9.7"