A short history of the world

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Title:

Author:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

ISBN:

9780141441825

Personal Author:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2006.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 371 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Series:

Penguin classics

Series Title:

Penguin classics

General Note:

"Useful as a preparatory excursion before the reading of the author's much fuller and more explicit Outline of history is undertaken ... It is not an abstract or condensation of that former work"--Pref.

"First critical edition of the Short history"--P. xxvii.

"The present ... edition restores the original 1922 text, which has been completely reset, removing a number of misprints ... end-notes have been added ... amendments have been made to the text ... for greater clarity and consistency"--Note on the text.

"First published 1922"--T.p. verso.

Subject Term:

World history.

Histoire universelle.

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Summary

Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of the First World War, this is a brilliantly compelling account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. Along the way, Wells considers such diverse subjects as the Neolithic era, the rise of Judaism, the Golden Age of Athens, the life of Christ, the rise of Islam, the discovery of America and the Industrial Revolution. Breathtaking in its scope and passionate in its intensity, this history remains one of the most readable of its kind.