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| Imprint: ABC-CLIO |
| Publication Date: 12/2010 |
| Pages: 8400 |
| Volumes:
20 |
| Size:
8 1/2x11 |
| Format | | Price | | ISBN-13 | | Print | | $1,845.00 | | 978-1-85109-929-0 |
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Subject Area(s):
World History
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World History Encyclopedia
Alfred J. Andrea, General Editor
Carolyn Neel, Associate General Editor
An unprecedented academic undertaking reflecting an extraordinary new vision of world history, this landmark multivolume encyclopedia focuses on specific themes of human development across cultures era by era, providing the most in-depth, expansive presentation available of the development of humanity from a global perspective. Well-known and widely respected historians worked together to create and guide the project in order to offer the most up-to-date visions available.
In the fields of history and history education, there is a growing trend toward focusing on “the big picture”—a history unlimited by borders focusing less on dates and countries and more on the defining themes of modern life. By examining these larger themes—population trends, environmental interactions, human migrations, religion and philosophy, science and technology, art and culture, and political organization—we broaden our perspective and begin to gain the deeper understanding necessary to function effectively in today's global arena.
A monumental undertaking. A stunning academic achievement. ABC-CLIO's World History Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive work to take a large-scale thematic look at the human species worldwide. Comprised of 20 volumes covering 9 distinct eras, plus an introductory volume, it charts the extraordinary journey of humankind, revealing crucial connections among civilizations in different regions through the ages.
Within each era, the encyclopedia highlights pivotal interactions and exchanges among cultures within eight broad thematic categories (population and environment, society and culture, migration and travel, politics and statecraft, economics and trade, conflict and cooperation, thought and religion, science and technology). Aligned to national history standards and packed with images, primary resources, current citations, and extensive teaching and learning support, the World History Encyclopedia gives students, educators, researchers, and interested general readers a means of navigating the broad sweep of history unlike any ever published.
Features
• Contributions by a team of over 800 historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and other academics, focused on a world-based view of history, including well-known researchers as well as innovative newcomers who have made remarkable contributions. This multi-faceted approach offers a work that combines orthodox views with creative new perspectives
• Twenty-one volumes covering the breadth of human history, in nine eras: Beginnings of Human Society; Early Civilizations 4000-1000 B.C.E.; Classical Traditions 1000 B.C.E.-300 C.E.; Expanding Regional Civilizations 300-1000; Intensified Hemispheric Interactions 1000-1500; The First Global Age 1450-1770; The Age of Revolutions 1750-1914; Crisis and Achievement 1900-1945; Promises and Paradoxes 1945-Present
• General chronologies plotting large-scale changes in human organization, in areas such as population flow, technological development, and the evolution of social and political institutions
• Special “pointer” sidebars make it easy to navigate by directing readers to related entries in surrounding eras
• Hundreds of images and maps, plus charts and bibliographies
• A wide range of primary source excerpts (some translated into English for the first time) giving students firsthand exposure to the raw materials of historical researchHighlights
• No other reference offering a thematic presentation of world history provides such depth and breadth of coverage
• Designed to meet and exceed state and national standards, giving instructors, librarians, and curriculum specialists an innovative work of impeccable scholarship, reliable content, and practical utility
• Covers world history both chronologically and thematically, making it possible for researchers and students to take any number of paths through history
• Begins with an overview volume that describes the organization of the encyclopedia and introduces students to the methods, principles, and driving questions that motivate researchers in this field
Carolyn Neel, Ph.D. is a project editor for ABC-CLIO and teaches web courses for Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR. Her research and teaching focus is in the field of World History. She served as Program Chair and Treasurer of the World History Association for the years 2007-2009. In addition to her work at ABC-CLIO, she wrote the web content and nine of the episodes of the Annenberg Bridging World History series.
Mark Aldenderfer, Ph.D., is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. His published works include Great Events from History. The Ancient World, Prehistory–476 C.E. and Montane Foragers: Asana and the South-Central Andean Archaic.
Kevin M. McGeough, Ph.D., is assistant professor of archaeology at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. His published works include ABC-CLIO's The Romans: New Perspectives, a volume in the Understanding Ancient Civilizations series.
William E. Mierse, Ph.D., is professor of art history and classics at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. His published works include Sardis from Prehistoric to Roman Times: Results of the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, 1958–1975 and Temples and Towns in Roman Iberia: The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Sanctuary Designs from the Third Century B.C. to the Third Century A.D.
Wilfred J. Bisson, Ph.D, is professor emeritus, Keene State College, Keene, NH. His published works include
Global Connections: The World in the Early Medieval Age 600–900 and Countdown to Violence: the Charlestown Convent Riot of 1834.
Alfred J. Andrea, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of world history at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. His published works include Contemporary Sources for the Fourth Crusade and The Human Record: Sources of Global History. In 2002, he served as Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Louisville, where he offered a multi-disciplinary seminar on early world history.
Dane A. Morrison, Ph.D., is professor of early American history and former chair of the Department of History at Salem State College in Salem, MA. He is author of A Praying People: Massachusett Acculturation and the Failure of the Puritan Mission 1600–1690 and editor of American Indian Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Contemporary Issues.
Jeffrey M. Diamond, Ph.D., is assistant professor in the Department of History at College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. His published works include A 'Vernacular' for a 'New Generation'? Historical Perspectives about Urdu and Punjabi, and the Formation of Language Policy in Colonial Northwest India. He has held a Fulbright Fellowship, was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell, and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.
James H. Overfield is professor of history and chair of the Department of History at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. His published works include Sources of Twentieth-Century Global History and The Human Record—Sources of Global History, coauthored with Alfred J. Andrea.
H. Micheal Tarver, Ph.D., is dean, College of Arts and Humanities at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, AR, and a member of the Grupo de Analisis Socio-Politico de Venezuela at the Universidad de Los Andes in Merida, Venezuela. He is also editor of the World History Bulletin. His published works include five books on Venezuelan history.
Andrew J. Waskey is associate professor of social science in the Division of Social Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA. His published works include over 300 encyclopedia entries in over 40 encyclopedias. He was the winner of several awards including the Emma Gaillard Boyce memorial Award in music at Columbia Theological Seminary and the University System of Georgia Chancellor's Award for study abroad.
Fred Nadis, Ph.D., is an independent scholar based in Santa Barbara, CA. His published works include Wonder Shows: Performing Science, Magic, and Religion in America as well as articles and essays in numerous publications.
Alexander Mikaberidze is assistant professor of European history in the department of history and social sciences, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, LA. His books include The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon versus Kutuzov and The Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, which received First Prize at the 2005 Literary Awards of the International Napoleonic Society.
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