The Times Atlas of World History

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The Times Complete History of the World (Ninth Edition)
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The ninth edition as The Times Complete History of the World
Editor Richard Overy
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre Atlas, History
Publisher Times Books Limited
Publication date
October 2015
Media typePrint (Hardback with slipcase)
Pages432
ISBN 978-0-00-815026-6
The Times Atlas of World History (First Edition)
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The first edition cover
Author Geoffrey Barraclough
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre Atlas, History
Publisher Times Books Limited
Publication date
 1978
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages360
ISBN 0-8437-1125-6
OCLC 10526520

The Times Atlas of World History is a historical atlas first published by Times Books Limited, then a subsidiary of Times Newspapers Ltd and later a branch of Collins Bartholomew, which is a subsidiary of HarperCollins, and which in the latest editions has changed names to become The Times Complete History of the World. The first two editions were created by Barry Winkleman, the editorial director of Times Atlases and Managing Director of Times Books. They were edited by the Oxford Chichele Professor of Modern History Geoffrey Barraclough. It contains large full color plates and commentary on each map or set of maps. Includes approximately 600 maps covering the date span of 3000 BCE to 1975. It has been revised and reprinted for many times and the latest edition is the ninth edition, published in 2015, and reflects on the modern world up to the 21st Century. [1]

Contents

Content

It contains seven sections:

The book is prefaced with an eleven page "World Chronology" which is quick-view timeline across general geographic regions. It is suffixed with a Glossary (38 pages), helpful in cross-referencing names and places, and an index (26 pages).

Each section is further divided into given subjects and contain between one and nine maps, charts to show economic, demographic, manufactures, agricultural output, drug trade and other data as needed. Occasionally illustrations are included on a topic.

In the introduction to the first edition, Geoffrey Barraclough notes that the desire of The Atlas was to provide a history based on the viewpoint of its creators, hence the spread of Islam, for example, is centred at Mecca, as might have been the view of the seventh century Arabs.

Publication information

The Atlas, first published in 1978 in London, UK, sold more than two million copies in many languages. Its stated aim was to describe the major processes and events of world history across a broad canvas and omit tiny details of, say, ruling families, minor battles etc. It wished to give a dynamic view of population migrations, economic developments such as agriculture and industrialisation, wars, the spread of religions and political ideologies.

It was created by Barry Winkleman, the Publishing Director of The Times, and Geoffrey Barraclough, Chichele Professor of Modern History at Oxford University. They assembled a team of some 100 leading historians. [2]

Following the death of Geoffrey Barraclough in 1984, three other editors have since edited the atlas. The third edition was edited by Norman Stone, then Geoffrey Parker for the fourth, and Richard Overy for the fifth to the present ninth edition. Also, since the fifth edition the atlas was fully updated with digitalized maps and is renamed The Times Complete Atlas of World History, along with its smaller version of The Times Compact History of the World, previously known as The Times Concise Atlas of World History.

Editions

Edited by Geoffrey Barraclough

Edited by Norman Stone

Edited by Geoffrey Parker

Edited by Richard Overy as The Times Complete History of the World

Reviews

In the latest eighth edition of The Times Complete History of the World, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson stated that the atlas "conveys a sense not only of time, but also of place"; while English journalist and presenter Jon Snow commented that "in the internet age, proof positive that this reference book still has the edge by a considerable margin". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Book Details : The Times Complete History of the World - Richard Overy - Hardcover". www.harpercollins.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-10-11.
  2. ↑ Geoffrey Barraclough (1994). The Times Atlas of World History. ISBN   9780723005346.
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110721060255/http://marketing.harpercollins.co.uk/Contents/Title/Pages/default.aspx?objId=47972. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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