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Review: "A Brief History of the World"

Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 06:15AM |

A Brief History Of The World by Peter N. Stearns

Another of my least favorite Teaching Company courses: dry, academic, and about as un-vivid as a lecture series can be. I love overviews and introductions, and have always wanted to go through a good intro to world history. But this one bored me to distraction. Biggest of many failings: Prof. Stearns is far more interested in justifying the academic discipline of "World History" than he is in telling us about world history.

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