Modern Library Chronicles
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The Modern Library Chronicles are a series of short books, most under 150 pages, intended to introduce readers to a period of history.
A partial list includes:
A partial list includes:
- The Renaissance, by Paul Johnson
- Islam, by Karen ArmstrongKaren ArmstrongKaren Armstrong FRSL , is a British author and commentator who is the author of twelve books on comparative religion. A former Roman Catholic nun, she went from a conservative to a more liberal and mystical faith...
- The Balkans, by Mark MazowerMark MazowerMark A. Mazower is a British historian. His expertise is Greece, the Balkans and, more generally, 20th century Europe. He is currently a professor of history at Columbia University in New York City.-Career:...
- The German Empire: 1870-1918, by Michael SturmerMichael StürmerMichael Stürmer is a right-wing German historian best known for his role in the Historikerstreit of the 1980s, for his geographical interpretation of German history and for an admiring 2008 biography of the Russian leader Vladimir Putin .Born in Kassel, Germany, Stürmer received his education in...
- The Catholic Church, by Hans KüngHans KüngHans Küng is a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and prolific author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic . Küng is "a Catholic priest in good standing", but the Vatican has rescinded his authority to teach Catholic theology...
- Peoples and Empires, by Anthony PagdenAnthony PagdenAnthony Robin Dermer Pagden is an author and distinguished professor of political science and history at the University of California, Los Angeles.-Biography:...
- Communism, by Richard PipesRichard PipesRichard Edgar Pipes is an American academic who specializes in Russian history, particularly with respect to the Soviet Union...
- Hitler and the Holocaust, by Robert S. WistrichRobert S. WistrichRobert Solomon Wistrich is the Neuburger Professor of European and Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the head of the University's Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism. Wistrich is "a leading scholar of the history of antisemitism."-Early...
- The American Revolution, by Gordon S. WoodGordon S. WoodGordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University and the recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution. His book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 won a 1970 Bancroft Prize...
- Law in America, by Lawrence Friedman
- Inventing Japan: 1853-1964, by Ian BurumaIan BurumaBuruma is a nephew of the English film director John Schlesinger, a series of interviews with whom he published in book form.-Works:*The Japanese Tattoo with Donald Richie ISBN 978-0-8348-0228-5...
- The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, by John MicklethwaitJohn MicklethwaitJohn Micklethwait is the editor-in-chief of The Economist.-Biography:Micklethwait was born in 1962 and educated at the independent school Ampleforth College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied history. He worked for Chase Manhattan Bank for two years and joined The Economist in 1987...
and Adrian WooldridgeAdrian WooldridgeAdrian Wooldridge is the Management Editor and 'Schumpeter' columnist for The Economist magazine. Until July 2009 he was The Economist's Washington Bureau Chief and 'Lexington' columnist.... - The Americas: A Hemispheric History, by Felipe Fernandez-ArmestoFelipe Fernández-ArmestoFelipe Fernández-Armesto is a British historian and author of several popular works of history.He was born in London, his father was the Spanish journalist Felipe Fernández Armesto and his mother was Betty Millan de Fernandez-Armesto, a British-born journalist and co-founder and editor of The...
- The Boys' Crusade, by Paul FussellPaul FussellPaul Fussell is an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. His writings cover a variety of genres, from scholarly works on eighteenth-century English literature to commentary on America’s class system...
- The Age of Shakespeare, by Frank KermodeFrank KermodeSir John Frank Kermode was a highly regarded British literary critic best known for his seminal critical work The Sense of an Ending: Studies in the Theory of Fiction, published in 1967 ....
- The Age of Napoleon, by Alistair HorneAlistair HorneSir Alistair Allan Horne is a British historian of modern France. He is the son of Sir James Horne and Lady Auriol Horne ....
- Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory, by Edward J. Larson
- London: A History, by A.N. Wilson
- The Reformation: A History, by Patrick CollinsonPatrick CollinsonPatrick Collinson CBE was an English historian, known as an authority on the Elizabethan era. His most influential work has been about Elizabethan Puritanism. He was Emeritus Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, having occupied the chair from 1988 to 1996...
- Nazism and War, by Richard Bessel
- The City, by Joel KotkinJoel KotkinJoel Kotkin is a professor of urban development, currently a fellow at Chapman University in Orange, CA and the Legatum Institute, a London-based think tank.Kotkin attended the University of California, Berkeley...
- Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics, by David BerlinskiDavid BerlinskiDavid Berlinski is an American educator and author of several books on mathematics. Berlinski is a Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, the hub of the intelligent design movement. Though he criticizes the theory of evolution, Berlinski who is an agnostic,...
- California: A History, by Kevin StarrKevin StarrKevin Starr is an American historian, best known for his multi-volume series on the history of California, collectively called "Americans and the California Dream."-Life:Kevin Starr was born in San Francisco, California....
- Storm from the East: The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West, by Milton ViorstMilton ViorstMilton Viorst is an American journalist.He studied history at Rutgers University. In 1951, he was a Fulbright scholar in France. He returned and attended Harvard University and Columbia University, where he graduated in 1956 in journalism....
- Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game, by George VecseyGeorge VecseyGeorge Vecsey is an American non-fiction author and sports columnist for The New York Times. Vecsey is best known for his work in sports, but has co-written several autobiographies with non-sports figures.-Career:...
- Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous IdeaNonviolence: The History of a Dangerous IdeaNonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea, first published as Nonviolence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea, is a book by Mark Kurlansky. It follows the history of nonviolence and nonviolent activism, focusing on religious and political ideals from early history to the...
by Mark KurlanskyMark KurlanskyMark Kurlansky is an American journalist and writer of general interest non-fiction. He is especially known for titles on eclectic topics, such as cod or salt.... - The Hellenistic Age: A Short History, by Peter GreenPeter Green (historian)Peter Green is a British classical scholar noted for his works on Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age of ancient history, generally regarded as spanning the era from the death of Alexander in 323 BC up to either the date of the Battle of Actium or the death of Augustus in 14 AD...
- A Short History of Medicine, by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
- The Christian World, by Martin Marty
- Prehistory, by Colin Renfrew
- Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History, by Margaret MacMillanMargaret MacMillanMargaret Olwen MacMillan, OC is a historian and professor at the University of Oxford, where she is Warden of St. Antony's College. She is former provost of Trinity College and professor of history at the University of Toronto and previously, at Ryerson University...
- Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment, by Stephen KotkinStephen KotkinStephen Mark Kotkin is Professor of History and director of the Program in Russian Studies at Princeton University. He specializes in the history of the Soviet Union and has recently begun to research Eurasia more generally....
- The Korean War: A History, by Bruce Cummings