Encyclopedia of World History
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Cover of the 1948 edition
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| Author | William L. Langer (ed., I-V) Peter Stearns (ed., VI) |
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| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Co. |
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1940 |
| OCLC | 226204766 |
The Encyclopedia of World History is a classic single volume work detailing world history. The first through fifth editions were edited by William L. Langer.
The Sixth Edition was—by the time of its publication—a much needed updating overseen by Peter N. Stearns, and was made available online.
- Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns and thirty prominent historians have combined their expertise over the past ten years to perfect this comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000. — Bartleby.com
Preceding works
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Publication history
First five editions
An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged.
Compiled and Edited by William L. Langer, Coolidge Professor of History, (Emeritus by 1968), Harvard University.
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Sixth Edition (2001)
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- Houghton Mifflin Company (September 2001) ISBN 0-395-65237-5
- James Clarke & Co Ltd. (January 2002) ISBN 0-227-67968-7
- Bartleby.com (online, 2002 through June 2009)
- Easton Press (2006)
