by Geoffrey Parker · HarperCollins Publishers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780723004141
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«The Times Illustrated World History» is the illustrated world history edited by Geoffrey Parker, published by HarperCollins in paperback (480 pages).
In 26 chapters it narrates the history of humanity from its origins to the fall of the Iron Curtain, the Gulf War and subsequent events. It includes a chronology of world history, bibliography and thematic and proper-name indexes, as well as revisions to earlier chapters.
Second edition, in English; the cover bears the subtitle 'A Channel Four book'. The previous edition of this work was published in 1986 under the title 'The World: An Illustrated History'.
Intended as a study manual and reference work, it is useful for students and general readers seeking a global overview of history.
Noel Geoffrey Parker is an English historian specialising in the history of Western Europe, Spain, and warfare during the early modern era. His best-known book is The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800, first published by Cambridge University Press in 1988.
