History of western civilization
Subtitle: a handbook
By: William H. McNeill.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 672
Description: Renowned historian William H. McNeil provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-political as well as cultural aspects. This sixth edition includes new material for the twentieth-century period and completely revised bibliographies. An invaluable tool for the study of Western civilization, the Handbook is an essential complement to readings in primary and secondary sources such as those in the nine-volume University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization.