Chris Brazier

The No-Nonsense Guide to World History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Embraces the whole of history, rather than disconnected dynasties and events - all in one slim volume.

Produktdetails

• No-Nonsense Guides
• Verlag: New Internationalist
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 109mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 159g
• ISBN-13: 9781780260334
• ISBN-10: 1780260334
• Artikelnr.: 33443215

Autorenporträt

Chris Brazier has been co-editor at New Internationalist magazine since 1984. Previous publications include Vietnam: The Price of Peace and Raging Against the Machine (editor). He is also principal writer for UNICEF's The State of the World's Children report.

Inhaltsangabe

In the beginning
Pharoahs and priestesses
Superpowers and barbarians
God and the spirit
Greek and Latin
The rise and rise of religion
Light in the East
Wars of the cross
Glory and murder in the New World
The hidden continent
Shadow of the Sun King
The American way
The power and plenty of Asia
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
Revolution
Carving up the world
Total war
The power of the workers
Capitalism and fascism
The radical 20th century
Shaping the new century