The literature of European Unity is large and unwieldy and the conflict of views about European integration has grown, rather than diminished,since the rejection of the British application for membership of E.E.C. Geoffrey Barraclough here surveys the question simply and dispassionately as a continuing problem of European history.
One of the great works of historical reference - Niall Ferguson. Comprehensive and utterly accessible - Jon Snow.
Die Geschichte des Christentums ist eine der spannendsten Geschichten überhaupt. Entstanden als religiöse Sekte in Palästina, erlebte sie ihre erste Blüte in Kleinasien, wurde schließlich im Römischen Reich zur Staatsreligion erhoben und prägt bis heute die gesamte abendländische Kultur. In zwölf Kapiteln schildern kompetente Autoren die Entwicklung des Christentums in den letzten beiden Jahrtausenden, die wechselvollen Beziehungen zwischen Religion und Gesellschaft zwischen Kirche und Kultur, angefangen von den ersten christlichen Gemeinschaften bis in unsere säkularisierte Gegenwart, die das Christentum vor neue Herausforderungen stellt. Zahlreiche Abbildungen und Karten veranschaulichen die Welt des Christentums und dokumentieren ihre bewegte Geschichte
The Times History of the World is an enduring classic of world publishing. First published in 1978, this remarkable book has changed our way of viewing history. It brings the drama of history to the page in a way often imitated but never matched. The New Edition marks the most radical and comprehensive revision of the book since its original publication. Every spread has been redesigned and rewritten, every map and chart extensively reviewed and updated. There is expanded treatment of China, Japan and southeast Asia from the earliest civilizations to today's rapidly evolving regions. The coverage of the United States has been strengthened to allow more material on the post-War period while that on the 20th century has been reorganized to reflect new historical perspectives and the dramatic events of this turbulent century. The result is a work unequalled in its authority, quality and imagination, a masterly overview of the endlessly absorbing story of humanity. Page by page, continent by continent, era by era, the full sweep of human history is revealed in enthralling detail. * Over 520 computer-generated colour maps * Contributions from over 100 leading historians from around the
Prehistory to the Renaissance - This edition produced exclusively for WHSMITH
Traces the history of humanity up to the sixteenth century and examines the contributions of Western and Eastern civilizations
Provides accounts of the civilizations of Asia, Africa, and the Americans. Contains 320 maps with accompanying text.
The work of 100 professional historians, this revised and updated reference book surveys the full story of mankind. 126 colour spreads has been reviewed in detail by a team of historians, and brought up to date to reflect the latest scholarship. Particular attention has been paid to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of new states across Eastern Europe. The growth of economic powerhouses in the Far East is also treated in detail, as are major themes of world importance, such as the North/South divide and the resurgence of the Muslim world. new edition. A major feature is the inclusion of 120 new colour illustrations. The cover has also been redesigned.
"No one is likely to underrate the importance for the rest of Europe--and, indeed, for world history--of the German reaction, beginning in the days of Bismarck, to the crisis of modern industrial capitalism," writes Professor Barraclough, "but the peculiar character of that reaction is only comprehensible in the light of Germany's past. Factors deeply rooted in German history . . . constituted an iron framework, a mold within which were cast all German efforts, from 1870 to 1939, to cope with the problems of modern capitalist society."
