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The timetables of history : a historical linkage of people and events / Bernard Grun.
LIBRA D11 .G78 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grun, Bernard, 1901-1972.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chronology, Historical--Tables.
- Chronology, Historical.
- Genre:
- Tables.
- Tables (Data)
- Physical Description:
- 835 pages ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition, revised Touchstone edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2005.
- Summary:
- THE NEW FOURTH REVISED EDITION . A vast and absorbing resource, the fourth edition of " The Timetables of (TM) History" spans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day. With nearly 100 pages of new material, including: Recent breakthroughs in science and technology. New achievements in the visual arts and music. Milestones in religion, philosophy, and learning. The rise and fall of nations and the emergence of historical figures. Landmarks in the drama of daily life around the world.
- Notes:
- "A Touchstone book."
- Based on Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplan.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0743270037
- OCLC:
- 60557532
- Publisher Number:
- 9780743270038
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