History of the World - JM Roberts

History of the World - JM Roberts: 'History of the World' by J. M. Roberts (226 words)
by Kathryn - written on 10.07.00 (Very useful, 89 readings)
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This 1109 page book relates the human story from the first emergence of the genus Homo to the end of the Cold War. It goes without saying that a book with such a broad scope as this must of necessity deal with trends and generalities. The book does however do a very good job of balancing the need to provide a general sketch with the need to provide interesting and detailed accounts that engross the reader and prevent it from being a dry stream of facts. It is a remarkable achievement that one person should distil this amount of information into a single coherent and enjoyable volume. Anyone who wants to learn about specific periods of history will need to ...