Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present, Second Edition - Hardcover

Tignor, Robert; Adelman, Jeremy; Aron, Stephen; Brown, Peter; Elman, Benjamin; Kotkin, Stephen; Liu, Xinru; Marchand, Suzanne; Pittman, Holly; Prakash, Gyan; Shaw, Brent; Tsin, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393925471 ISBN 13: 9780393925470

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

True to its title, this uniquely integrated text highlights the stories and themes in world history that tied cultures and regions together, and in some cases, drove them apart.

In this second edition, the book's non-Eurocentric approach continues with expansions of the original eleven world history "turning point" stories from the modern period to include ten more "turning point" stories from the earlier periods of world history. From the history of the world's first cities built on the great rivers of Afro-Eurasia, to the formation of the Silk Road, to the rise of nation-states, and the story of modern globalization, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart provides students with the stories that changed history and enables them to make the connections they need in order to better understand how the world came to be what it is today.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Tignor (Princeton University) is Professor Emeritus and the Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University and the former three-time chair of the history department. With Gyan Prakash, he introduced Princeton’s first course in world history nearly twenty years ago. Professor Tignor has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in African history and world history and written extensively on the history of twentieth century Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya. Besides his many research trips to Africa, Professor Tignor has taught at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and the University of Nairobi in Kenya.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393925471
• ISBN 13: 9780393925470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1072