Modern Library Chronicles

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The Modern Library Chronicles are a series of short books published by the American publisher, Modern Library. Most of the books are under 150 pages in length and intended to introduce readers to a period of history. [1]

A partial list includes: [2]

  1. The Renaissance, by Paul Johnson
  2. Islam: A Short History , by Karen Armstrong
  3. The Balkans, by Mark Mazower
  4. The German Empire: 1870-1918, by Michael Stürmer
  5. Küng, Hans (2001). The Catholic Church: A Short History . New York. ISBN   0-679-64092-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link), by Hans Küng
  6. Peoples and Empires, by Anthony Pagden
  7. Communism, by Richard Pipes
  8. Hitler and the Holocaust, by Robert S. Wistrich
  9. The American Revolution, by Gordon S. Wood
  10. Law in America, by Lawrence Friedman
  11. Inventing Japan: 1853-1964, by Ian Buruma
  12. The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
  13. The Americas: A Hemispheric History, by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
  14. The Boys' Crusade, by Paul Fussell
  15. The Age of Shakespeare, by Frank Kermode
  16. The Age of Napoleon, by Alistair Horne
  17. Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory, by Edward J. Larson
  18. London: A History, by A.N. Wilson
  19. The Reformation: A History, by Patrick Collinson
  20. Nazism and War, by Richard Bessel
  21. The City, by Joel Kotkin
  22. Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics, by David Berlinski
  23. California: A History, by Kevin Starr
  24. Storm from the East: The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West, by Milton Viorst
  25. Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game, by George Vecsey
  26. Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky
  27. The Hellenistic Age: A Short History, by Peter Green
  28. A Short History of Medicine, by F. Gonzalez-Crussi
  29. The Christian World, by Martin Marty
  30. Prehistory, by Colin Renfrew
  31. Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History, by Margaret MacMillan
  32. Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment, by Stephen Kotkin
  33. The Korean War: A History, by Bruce Cummings
  34. The Romantic Revolution: A History, by Tim Blanning

References

  1. ↑ "Library". Modern Library. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
  2. ↑ "Chronicles". Modern Library. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
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