Product Description

When it comes to world history, battles in tiny corners of Europe and the love affairs of kings often obscure the big picture. The No-Nonsense Guide to World History integrates concisely the conventional narratives of dynastic politics and wars with the stories of the continents and communities, the great civilizations of Asia, Africa and Latin America, and the history of women, that are often missing from standard history texts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #693599 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-04
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Customer Reviews

Just what I've been looking for!
I love this book because it fills in the gaps in my knowledge from random high school history courses. I've only read 40 pages, but every page is so jam-packed that I feel like I've read an entire history book already!

Works for me
This book is worth it's weight in gold, 'nuff said. I use it for My world history course as a secondary aid to the Barron's book. It's easy to read whenever, requires no special skills, and is small and easy to carry, unlike Barron's. What makes this book so great is that it offers facts in an easy to understand form, almost as if you're talking to a classmate who happens to be a lot smarter than you. With so many history books that are way to long and hard to read, it's refreshing to be able to have something to relate too.

A brief *and* complete world history book? Yes, this is....
The authors, regular contributors to the excellent _New
Internationalist_ magazine, have created a book that is
clear, bereft of waste and unnecessary filler.

All major cultures and events are covered, and I don't
mean the "Europe only" history taught in most schools:
African empires, women's history, and the world that
existed white Europe are discussed.

This is by no means a complete book; no book of 10,000
words can be that, but it proves to be a great starting

point: people will read this book and say "I didn't know
that...". It's slim profile and light weight in grams,
not content, also make it a great book for travellers
and college students. I work and travel among cities
and don't have room even for Guizot's book of European
history, but this book fits in nicely.

To quote from the film "Good Will Hunting", when asked by
his psychiatrist what history is worth reading, Hunting
says "Whatever blows your hair back." This is such a book.