The Times Concise Atlas of World History

by Geoffrey Barraclough

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0723002479
• ISBN13: 9780723002475
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Times Books(NY)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic reference; great value

Unlike many reference books that cover similar material, this book is not too large, heavy or cumbersome to actually use. The paper quality is nice. I love that I can get it in paperback so it's affordable for a reference book. The maps are excellent - I often scan them to show to my class as they're better than the maps in their textbooks. The text provides a synopsis of the era and is just the right length and detail level. Oh, and it even has a thorough index - a must in a reference book but is often substandard in other works. I only wish there was a more recent edition!

simple, interesting, useful.

Although this book is currently out of print I wholeheartedly reccomend that you get it if you can find one. For a brief overview of world history one could not find a more useful document. The narrative is at times quite insightful for such a broad range text, and the graphics are invaluable if you ever need to explain these points to anyone (including yourself).