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ISBN: 0-9743091-0-9
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“A masterful title that weaves together social, scientific, anthropological, and geographical influences on world history, this set will be the benchmark against which future history encyclopedias are compared… [and] belongs on the shelves of all high-school, public, and academic libraries. In short: buy it. Now.” --BOOKLIST Starred Review, January 2005 Berkshire Encyclopedia of World HistorySenior Editor: William H. McNeill, University of Chicago, Emeritus Editors : Jerry Bentley, University of Hawaii, David Christian, San Diego State University, David Levinson, Berkshire Publishing Group LLC, J. R. McNeill, Georgetown University, Heidi Roupp, World History Center and Judith Zinsser, Miami University "This pioneering Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History is designed to help both beginners and experts to sample the best contemporary efforts to make sense of the human past by connecting particular and local histories with larger patterns of world history." --William H. McNeill, author of The Rise of the West and The Human Web 
The Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History is the first true encyclopedic reference on world history. It is designed to meet the needs of students, teachers, and scholars who seek to explore -- and understand -- the panorama of our shared history of humans. Anyone who loves history -- including those who are making history today -- will find this work an endless source of fascinating, thought-provoking coverage of events, people, patterns, and processes. The encyclopedia was developed by an editorial team of over 30 leading scholars and educators, led by William H. McNeill, Jerry H. Bentley, David Christian, David Levinson, J. R. McNeill, Heidi Roupp, and Judith Zinsser. Its 550 articles were written by a team of 330 historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and other experts from around the world. The first copies arrived on 31 October 2004, the 87th birthday of senior editor Bill McNeill. Watch an interview with Bill McNeill and David Christian.
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The associate editorial board includes: Ross Dunn, Ryba Epstein, Brian Fagan, Daniel Headrick, Kailai Huang, Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Tom Laichas, Erick Langer, Craig Lockard, Pamela McVay, Carl Nightingale, Patrick O’Brien, Hugh Page, Jr., Paul Philip, Mrinalini Sinha, and Peer Vries. |
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The encyclopedia takes a dynamic world history perspective, showing connections and interactions and change over time and place. Major articles by leading scholars, including Martin Marty and Immanuel Wallerstein, examine essential themes and patterns such as Art, Disease, Government, Religion, Science, and War and Peace. Branching out from these overviews are hundreds of articles on processes, movements, places, events, and people. Students and teachers at the high school and college levels, as well as scholars and professionals, will turn to this definitive work for a connected, holistic, view of world history -- the story of humans and their place in the universe.