The Historians' History of the World: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Jennywren129 (talk | contribs) updated urls for uiowa.edu links |
|||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
'''''The Historians' History of the World''''', subtitled ''A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by over two thousand of the Great Writers of all Ages'', is a 25-volume [[w:encyclopedia|encyclopedia]] of [[world history]] originally published in [[w:English language|English]] near the beginning of the [[w:20th century|20th century]]. It is quite extensive and its perspective is entirely Western [[w:Eurocentric|Eurocentric]].{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} It was compiled by [[Henry Smith Williams]], a medical doctor and author of many books on medicine, science, and history, as well as other authorities on history, and published in New York in 1902 by [[Encyclopædia Britannica]], it was also published in London printed by Morrison & Gibb Limited, of Edinburgh. A second edition was published in 1907. Two further volumes were subsequently released, dealing with the First World War. |
'''''The Historians' History of the World''''', subtitled ''A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by over two thousand of the Great Writers of all Ages'', is a 25-volume [[w:encyclopedia|encyclopedia]] of [[world history]] originally published in [[w:English language|English]] near the beginning of the [[w:20th century|20th century]]. It is quite extensive and its perspective is entirely Western [[w:Eurocentric|Eurocentric]].{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} It was compiled by [[Henry Smith Williams]], a medical doctor and author of many books on medicine, science, and history, as well as other authorities on history, and published in New York in 1902 by [[Encyclopædia Britannica]], it was also published in London printed by Morrison & Gibb Limited, of Edinburgh. A second edition was published in 1907. Two further volumes were subsequently released, dealing with the First World War. |
||
Others involved were historian [[Walter Lynwood Fleming]], and [[Rupert Hughes]] as editor.<ref>http:// |
Others involved were historian [[Walter Lynwood Fleming]], and [[Rupert Hughes]] as editor.<ref>http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/bai/kemm.htm</ref> |
||
Digital reproductions of the volumes are available via the [[Google Books]] project (links below). Most have been converted to the [[DjVu]] file format and made available on archive.org.<ref>https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Historians%20History%20Of%20The%20World</ref> |
Digital reproductions of the volumes are available via the [[Google Books]] project (links below). Most have been converted to the [[DjVu]] file format and made available on archive.org.<ref>https://archive.org/search.php?query=The%20Historians%20History%20Of%20The%20World</ref> |
||
Revision as of 14:32, 29 April 2015
The Historians' History of the World, subtitled A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by over two thousand of the Great Writers of all Ages, is a 25-volume encyclopedia of world history originally published in English near the beginning of the 20th century. It is quite extensive and its perspective is entirely Western Eurocentric.[citation needed] It was compiled by Henry Smith Williams, a medical doctor and author of many books on medicine, science, and history, as well as other authorities on history, and published in New York in 1902 by Encyclopædia Britannica, it was also published in London printed by Morrison & Gibb Limited, of Edinburgh. A second edition was published in 1907. Two further volumes were subsequently released, dealing with the First World War.
Others involved were historian Walter Lynwood Fleming, and Rupert Hughes as editor.[1]
Digital reproductions of the volumes are available via the Google Books project (links below). Most have been converted to the DjVu file format and made available on archive.org.[2]
List of Volumes
Volume I: Prolegomena, Egypt, Mesopotamia
The prolegomena discuss various topics relating to the practice of historical study.
Volume II: Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, minor nations of Western Asia
Volume III: Greece to the Peloponnesian war
Volume IV: Greece to the Roman conquest
Volume V: The Roman Republic
Volume VI: The early Roman empire
Volume VII: The later Roman Empire
Volume VIII: Parthians, Sassanids, and Arabs, the Crusades and the Papacy
Volume IX: Italy
Volume X: Spain and Portugal
_%C2%B7_HHWXI26.svg)
Volume XI: France, 843-1715
Volume XII: France, 1715-1815
Volume XIII: France, 1815-1904; Netherlands
Volume XIV: The Netherlands (concluded), the Germanic empires
Volume XV: Germanic empires (concluded)
Austria-Hungary (concluded)
The History of Modern Germany
Volume XVI: Scandinavia, Switzerland to 1715
Volume XVII: Switzerland (concluded), Russia and Poland
Volume XVIII: England to 1485
Volume XIX England, 1485-1642
Volume XX: England, 1642-1791
Volume XXI: Scotland, Ireland, England since 1792
Volume XXII: The British colonies, the United States (early colonial period)
Volume XXII supplement: Australia and New Zealand
Published 1908, and containing two additional chapters on Australia and four on New Zealand.
Volume XXIII: The United States (concluded), Spanish America
Volume XXIV: Poland, the Balkans, Turkey, minor Eastern states, China, Japan
Volume XXV: Index
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Historians' History of the World.