To Explain It All: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Popularity of World History Today
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To Explain It All: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Popularity of World History Today
By (Author) Chris Edwards
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
18th September 2019
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Teaching of a specific subject
Educational: Social sciences, social studies
General and world history
909
Physical Properties
Paperback
202
Width 153mm, Height 230mm, Spine 15mm
308g
Description
World history is not a subject; it is all the subjects. Because of this, world history as a discipline has never fit well with the traditional definition of historical research. H.G. Wells wrote the first true book of world history in 1920 and only a few authors have made the attempt to explain it all since Wells. In that time, world history has become the chosen subject of polymaths and the field possesses the most potential to unite all of the disciplines of knowledge. The subject of world history has developed several approaches, with Big History being the most modern, and flawed, of its variants.
Author Bio
Chris Edwards, EdD, teaches World History, AP World History, and English in the Midwest. He is the author of numerous books on science, philosophy, and educational theory. He directs a summer institute for math and science teachers, is a frequent contributor to Skeptic magazine, and has presented his teaching methodology nationally through publications and presentations through the National Council for Social Studies.
