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Navigating world history : historians create a global past / Patrick Manning.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Manning, Patrick, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History--Study and teaching.
- History.
- World history--Research.
- World history.
- Research.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 425 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- Summary:
- In this book, Patrick Manning provides the first comprehensive overview of the academic field of world history. He reviews patterns of research and debate, and proposes guidelines for study by teachers and by researchers in world history. The text is current on topics from human evolution to industrial development in Song-dynasty China to today's disease patterns--and links these disparate topics into a coherent course.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-413) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403961190
- 1403961174
- OCLC:
- 50270463
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