Most peoples's idea of the history of the world is hazy and partial. We know bits and pieces - battles in a tiny corner of Europe, kings' love affairs - without ever knowing how they fit together. Here at last are the hidden histories, the continents and communities left out of the conventional textbooks: from the civilisations of Asia, Africa and Latin America to the history of women, which have been submerged beneath the flow of wars and politics. New edition. 2006 "Perhaps every professional historian should be required to write a history of the world in forty thousand words - nothing would be more conducive to humility." - Professor William Beinart, St Antony's College, Oxford
New edition.
Product Code: 9781780260334