The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events [Paperback]

The new fourth revised edition

A vast and absorbing resource, the fourth edition ofThe Timetables of ™Historyspans millennia of human history. Unlike any other reference volume, this book gives a sweeping overview of the making of the contemporary world by mapping out at a glance what was happening simultaneously, from the dawn of history to the present day.

With nearly 100 pages of new material, including:

-Recent breakthroughs in science and technology
-New achievements in the visual arts and music
-Milestones in religion, philosophy, and learning
-The rise and fall of nations and the emergence of historical figures
-Landmarks in the drama of daily life around the world A unique, encyclopedic book -- rewarding, informative, entertaining.
-- The Wall Street Journal A fascinating and useful book for a great number of people.
-- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The Timetables of ™Historycan give us a feel for the fluidity and many-sidedness of past experience...[and] can help us see what we thought we already knew in a lively new perspective.
-- Daniel J. Boorstein, from his Foreword