World History Sources
Atlas of World Cultures; a Geographical Guide to Ethnographic Literature
"This is the first comprehensive atlas of world cultures that also provides bibliographic background materials so the user can access information about the behavior, habits, beliefs, customs, population size, and changes through time of different cultures around the world."
Countries and Their Cultures
"The focus of Countries and Their Cultures is on the cultures of the countries around the world, what is and what is not commonly shared culturally by people who live in the country. These commonly shared cultural traits include history, food, social stratification, political life, marriage, family, kinship, gender roles and status, religion, and the arts.
Encyclopedia of the World's Nations
This encyclopedia incorporates three major encyclopedias into one set - The Encyclopedia of the Third World, The Encyclopedia of the First World, and The Encyclopedia of the Second World. This consolidation surveys 190 nations and provides "a broad range of information based on a standard classification system, accompanied by an equally broad range of statistical data". The aim of the new encyclopedia is "to reflect the emerging world in the new millennium".Encyclopedia of World History
This encyclopedia covers world history from the beginning of man through to the twentieth century. Included are numerous maps and genealogical tables. "The backbone of this book is chronology which, in the case of general economic trends, religious and artistic movements, and intellectual currents, is both hard to define and of relatively less significance. For methodological reasons, if for no other, we could give but flight emphasis to these aspects of history."
Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery
"So manifest is slavery to the whole of human history that it is difficult to try to understand the modern world without considering one of the most perplexing elements of the human condition. Making sense of slavery, and all of its associated elements and consequences, encompasses much of human history."
Hutchinson Dictionary of World History
This source "..has been compiled with the intention of providing as great a coverage as possible of global events from earliest times to the present day within a single volume." "The emphasis of the dictionary is on what is generally recognized as the historical era: that is, the period more properly the province of the historian working from surviving records, than that of the archaeologist working from surviving artifacts. The coverage is based on the three main divisions of history --period, nation, and topic. Major civilizations, events, and leaders, as well as, the world's nations, have all been included."
Illustrated Book of World Rankings
Intended "...as an international scorecard that compares and ranks over 190 nations of the world according to their performance in almost 300 key areas." "Each ranking or group of related rankings is preceded by an introduction highlighting the salient features and peculiarities of the topic covered."
Macmillan Encyclopedia of World Slavery
"...while cotton was the predominant crop in the nineteenth-century United States, more New World slaves were involved in the production of sugar than of any other product. Slaves in mainland North America and elsewhere in the New World were also used in the cultivation of tobacco, rice, indigo, wheat, and coffee. Many thousands toiled in mines. Others hawked foods on the streets of colonial cities or cut trees in American forests; still others were among the first industrial workers in Virginia or were cowboys in Brazil or South Carolina." "Even this wide range of tasks, however, does not approach the diversity of employments to which slaves have been put in the history of the world.""Most slaves in the ancient Mediterranean came from other cultures, cultures that Greeks and Romans viewed as 'barbarian'. But there were Greek slaves in Greece and Italian slaves in Rome. In Asia particularly, ethnicity seems not to have prohibited captivity, and there were Chinese slaves in China, Javanese in Java, Japanese in Japan, and Korean in Korea. Africans regarded themselves as members of many distinct groups, and those who were Muslims regarded those who were not as kaffirs--unbelievers--and thus enslavable."
New York Public Library Book of Chronologies
This volume uses a "...chronological scheme to present in clearest possible terms a vast array of reference information on history and culture. Unlike other chronologies of important dates and events, however, this book features chronologies on topics as diverse as literature, Antarctic exploration, the development of airplanes, football, and famous movies."
Oxford Atlas of World History
In order by date, this atlas looks at a variety of influences on the world. Included are health, population, politics, expansion, geography, ethnicity, religion, and economics which make this a great addition for those studying world history.
Statistical Abstract of the World
This book profiles 185 UN member nations with the purpose to serve as "...guide to a world of information, covering such topics as the geography, demographics, healthcare, organization of government, science and technology and trade of the country."World at Arms: the Reader's Digest Illustrated History of World War II
Following the war from 1930's Germany to its aftermath is the goal of this volume. It includes maps, photographs, and text. The "Reference Section" is a comprehensive chronology of the war including the human cost of the war.
World Conflicts And Confrontations
This four volume set covers conflicts within and between the nations of the world.World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties
This three volume set covers political systems and parties world wide including those after the break up of the Soviet Union.World History since 1914
This handbook brings together "...chronological, statistical and tabular information which is not to be found elsewhere within the confines of a single volume. The handbook covers not only political and diplomatic events but also the broader fields of social and economic history. It includes biographies of important individuals, a glossary of commonly used historical terms, and a topic bibliography."
World Population Growth and Aging: Demographic Trends in the Late Twentieth Century
This volume "...assembles data from official sources intended to show the larger outlines of what has been happening to population; the countries with populations of 300,000 or more in 1985 and regions recognized by the United Nations are all represented."
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
The aim of this encyclopedia is to provide "a new approach to analytical and basic data on each country, as a separate political unit, and as a member of a vast family of nations". Individual articles on countries primarily include sections on government, history, economy, and education.
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