- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409046394
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 944
World History
A New Perspective
- Published: 1 September 2010
- ISBN: 9781409046394
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 944
Pioneering...an impressive feat of scholarship. Clive Ponting has embraced a daunting task with commendable success.
Times Literary Supplement
Large, ambitious and often enthralling, it is a successful attempt to look at the unfolding of worlds history from an entirely new perspective...The joy and originality of this book is that Ponting offers us very little that is unfamiliar.
Literary Review
Few single-volume efforts have covered so much ground in terms of sheer time-scale and territory, and the general reader will find plenty of useful reference material...Ponting is at his best on technology and the economy, and his description of Europe's waning influence since the 1940s makes perfect sense.
Spectator
This is a history book with a difference. It is imaginative in its approach, courageous in its execution and expansive in its sweep of interest...His approach is radical and interesting...It is a fine example of how a radically new point of departure can cast light on a range of areas over which the specialists will continue to do battle long into the future.
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