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General History for Colleges and High Schools
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779 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1906
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February 2, 2019
You get the most out of this book if you stop reading after the fall of Rome, and part of that simply is the nature of the period being covered. The first chapters are consistent and well organized and I especially liked the coverage of ancient Near Eastern history with it's one civilization per chapter, while still managing to be very informative for a world history book.
Apparently this was the result of an attempt to amalgamate two separate world history textbooks. Greece and Rome cover way too much space in my opinion and as I kept reading I wondered how he was going to fit the remaining history into the provided pages. The eras become increasingly telescoped and I didn't like it. There's an attempt to be thematic and give an overall coverage of medieval times but then he starts going back country by country giving an individual recap.
It isn't easy to cover medieval and modern history. There's a lot of streams to traverse, but I've seen it done in a better manner. I stopped reading around the 17th century. There were about 100 pages left the book went up to the late 19th century and the remaining amount of space didn't seem like it was likely to do the period justice.
Apparently this was the result of an attempt to amalgamate two separate world history textbooks. Greece and Rome cover way too much space in my opinion and as I kept reading I wondered how he was going to fit the remaining history into the provided pages. The eras become increasingly telescoped and I didn't like it. There's an attempt to be thematic and give an overall coverage of medieval times but then he starts going back country by country giving an individual recap.
It isn't easy to cover medieval and modern history. There's a lot of streams to traverse, but I've seen it done in a better manner. I stopped reading around the 17th century. There were about 100 pages left the book went up to the late 19th century and the remaining amount of space didn't seem like it was likely to do the period justice.
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