The No-Nonsense Guide to World History
by Brazier, ChrisFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-08-03
Publisher(s): New Internationalist Pubns Inc
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Summary
Who was the first black queen? How much do you know about China's history? Most people's knowledge of world history is hazy and incomplete at best. This No-Nonsense Guide to World History gives a full picture, revealing the hidden histories and communities left out of conventional textbooks-from the civilizations of Africa, Asia, and Latin America to the history of women. Â It includes a final chapter on how climate change, 9/11, the Iraq war, corporate power, and China's headlong growth fit into the broader patterns of world history. Â 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 (as editor). He is also a principal writer for UNICEF's The State of the World's Children report.
Table of Contents
| In the beginning | p. 10 |
| Pharaohs and priestesses | p. 17 |
| Superpowers and barbarians | p. 22 |
| God and the spirit | p. 27 |
| Greek and Latin | p. 32 |
| The rise and rise of religion | p. 39 |
| Light in the East | p. 46 |
| Wars of the cross | p. 52 |
| Glory and murder in the New World | p. 60 |
| The hidden continent | p. 68 |
| Shadow of the Sun King | p. 76 |
| The American way | p. 81 |
| The power and plenty of Asia | p. 88 |
| Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite | p. 92 |
| Revolution | p. 97 |
| Carving up the world | p. 102 |
| Total war | p. 111 |
| The power of the workers | p. 114 |
| Capitalism and Fascism | p. 117 |
| The radical 20th century | p. 124 |
| Postscript : shaping the new century | p. 136 |
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