To Explain It All: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Popularity of World History Today
This ambitious historiography provides a clear and accessible account of the production and scope of the most influential of the grand narratives of world history, from the time of William McNeill's groundbreaking work to what the author considers the failed approach known as "Big History."
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Book Information
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
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| Publish Date: | 09/18/2019 |
| Pages: | 202 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781475851915 |
| ISBN-10: | 147585191X |
| Language: | English |
Full Description
World history is not a subject; it is all the subjects. Because of this, world history as a discipline has never fit well with the traditional definition of historical research. H.G. Wells wrote the first true book of world history in 1920 and only a few authors have made the attempt to "explain it all" since Wells. In that time, world history has become the chosen subject of polymaths and possesses the most potential to unite all of the fields of knowledge. The subject of world history has developed several approaches, with "Big History" being the most modern, and flawed, of its variants.
