Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, Second Edition

Overview: Over the past five years, the ,Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History has become the standard reference for world history teaching across the United States. Berkshire's ongoing work with the original group of authors and with dozens of world history teachers (who embraced not only the Encyclopedia but a spin-off classroom publication, This Fleeting World by David Christian) has helped to shape the new, expanded, updated, Written by the world s leading world historians, edited to be appealing to students, and designed for use by teachers in the classroom as well as for research assignments, the second edition of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History contains more of the big picture overview articles that are so valuable in teaching world history, and with many more actual pictures, too some 1,200 in total compared to 499 in the first edition. The new illustration program adds depth and substance to a publication that has already won accolades from reviewers and readers, students and scholars. And, in another important innovation, the illustrations appear in color in the online edition.

One of the great strengths of this unique resource is that although it is accessible to novices and younger users, it is still useful to more advanced researchers and scholars. It succeeds in tying specific and local histories to larger patterns and movements. Overall, this magnificent set provides an interconnected and holistic perspective on human history and is recommended for most libraries. --Booklist

This new and significantly expanded and updated edition [of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History] is strongly recommended as a comprehensive and core library reference for academic and community library reference collections. --Midwest Book Review

This new and significantly expanded and updated edition [of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History] is strongly recommended as a comprehensive and core library reference for academic and community library reference collections. --Midwest Book Review

"Challenging traditional encyclopedias that offer the standard who, what, when, and where, the second edition of the Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History continues to focus on cultural comparisons and interactions using broad themes.... [Other] encyclopedias lack much of the unique content offered in this work, and do not focus on the historical significance of topics such as sweet potatoes and trees or discuss emerging trends such as "big history" and trade cycles. Highly recommended." --Choice