A Short History of the World (H. G. Wells)
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| Author(s) | H.G. Wells |
| Subject(s) | General history |
| Publisher | The Bodley Head and Penguin Books |
| Publication date | 1922 |
| Pages | 344 |
| ISBN | 0-14-144182-8 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK] |
| OCLC Number | 45755675 |
A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by H.G. Wells first published by Cassell & Co, Ltd Publishing in 1922. It was republished under Penguin Classics in 2006. The book was largely inspired by Wells earlier 1919 work The Outline of History.[1][2]
The book is 344 pages in total[3] , and tells of the history of the world, starting with the believed origins of the Earth around 2,000 million years ago,[4] now thought to be 4,404 million years according to 2005 estimates.[5] The book then goes on to explain the, at the time believed, development of the Earth and life on Earth,[6] until reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the Cradle of Civilisation.[7] The book ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and the League of Nations in 1922.[8][9]
References
- ^ http://www.bartleby.com/86/
- ^ http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780141441825,00.html?A_Short_History_of_the_World_H.G._Wells
- ^ Michael Sherborne introduction to H.G. Wells and A Short History of the World
- ^ Penguin Edition Notes The World In Time par. 2 page. 356
- ^ "Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the Earth 4.4 Gyr ago". Nature
- ^ http://www.math.chalmers.se/~ulfp/Review/shorthistory.pdf University of Gothenburg review
- ^ History is One manifesto NY:Ginn
- ^ The Open Conspiracy 1928
- ^ Outline of History, a precursor of A Short History of the WOrld, Ch. 41
