The Encyclopedia of World History: Sixth Edition - Tapa blanda

A completely revised and updated edition of the reference work originally compiled and edited by William L. Langer, now packaged together with a fully searchable CD-ROM, covering all of world history.

Peter N. Stearns is provost and professor of history at George Mason University and is the author or editor of more than seventy books, most recently the Encyclopedia of European Social History. Among his other works are Gender in World History and Teaching, Learning and Knowing History. He lives in Virginia, USA. Contributing Editors to the 6th Edition Joshua A. Fogel, Sandria Freitag, William Harris, Bennett Hill, Brij V. Lal, Abraham Marcus, Richard Roberts, Joseph W. Trotter, John Voll, Barbara Weinstein. Contributing Editors to Earlier Editions Crane Brinton, Geoffrey Brunn, George Busalla, Robert S. Chamberlain, Carleton Coon, Paul P. Cram, Frank M. Cross Jr, Sterling Dow, Robert H. Dyson Jr, John K. Fairbank, Charles S. Gardner, Hans W. Gatzke, Marija Gimbutas, Madeneine Gleason, Mason Hammond, Carol R. Harting, Stephen N. Hay, James B. Hedges, Halil Inalcik, Michael Karpovich, Melvin Kranzberg, William L. Langer, Dwight E. Lee, Derwood Lockard, Donald C. McKay, Robert H. Pfeiffer, Edwin O. Reischauer, Penfield Roberts, Robert O. Schlaifer, William Thomson, J.A.B. Van Buitenen, Lauriston Ward.