TITLE: Plagues and Peoples AUTHOR: William Hardy McNeill DATE PUBLISHED: 1998, first published 1976 FORMAT: ebook ISBN-13: 9780307773661 ____________________________ DESCRIPTION: "Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering...
This is a sort of fictionalized history, which the author referred to as a “chronicle” rather than a novel. It spans about 350 years in the history of Višegrad, Bosnia, telling the story of the town and its Ottoman-era bridge from the 16th century to World War I. The book dips into the lives of indi...
Covering approximately 7000 years of civilization over the entire world in less than 900 pages for a general audience is a tall order. The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community by W.H. McNeill was written over 50 years ago that changed historical analysis by challenging the leading the...
Interesting book that shows history in another light.
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I'm gonna pass for now. It feels a little too much like Guns, Germs and Steel and 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus.
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