Geoffrey Barraclough Knihy

One of the great works of historical reference - Niall Ferguson. Comprehensive and utterly accessible - Jon Snow.

Originally published in 1982, this atlas of world history - like its parent volume, 'The Times' Atlas of World History - combines original maps with text, and offers a comprehensive view of the story of humanity. From the emergence of the first hominids five million years ago to the collapse of the Soviet Union, the full sweep of human history is covered. This atlas makes a companion for anyone who seeks to understand the past, and is useful as a reference for all who study and enjoy history.

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

"Professor Barraclough treats the medieval papacy as an historical phenomenon developing and changing in response to changing historical circumstances. Contents: Foreword; The Medieval Papacy; I Beginnings; II The Rise of the Medieval Papacy; III The Age of Reform; IV The Papal Monarchy; V The Papacy at the Dawn of a New Age; Bibliographical Notes; List of Illustrations; Index.

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.

"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."

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.