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History of the World Map by Map (DK History Map by Map)
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History of the World Map by Map, DK/Smithsonian, 2018, ISBN 9781465475855, Dewey 911, 440pp.
Bland:
Farming presented as progress--no admission that it was resorted to only when the abundant game was gone.
Equates socialism with the USSR. p. 234. (In fact, socialism is public schools, and all other government-provided public services. The USSR was autocracy.)
Says slavery "contributed" to the Industrial Revolution. Actually, the Industrial Revolution was /founded/ on slavery: chattel slavery and wage-slavery. p. 212. Tells us slaves were emancipated after the U.S. Civil War--but doesn't say how little changed, after the end of Reconstruction, under the sharecropping system, Jim Crow, and a Southerner-dominated Supreme Court. p. 257.
No admission that the U.S. /forced/ Japan into WWII by using the U.S. Pacific fleet to prevent fuel from reaching Japan. Pretends that, had Japan not attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. might have accepted Japanese domination of Asia. p. 301.
No mention of Zionist terrorism leading to the formation of Israel.
Understates U.S. crimes in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
No mention that /half/ of the world's plant and animal species became extinct since 1950.
Prehistory 7 million years ago - 3000 BCE (before written records)
The Ancient World 3000 BCE - 500 CE (before the collapse of Rome)
The Middle Ages 500 CE - 1450 CE (before Gutenberg printing press)
The Early Modern World 1450 - 1700 (before the Industrial Revolution)
Revolution and Industry 1700 - 1850 (before peak of British Empire)
Progress and Empire 1850 - 1914 (before WWI)
The Modern World 1914 - Present (before peak of U.S. empire)
Earliest known evidence of fire use 1 million years ago in southern Africa.
Bland:
Farming presented as progress--no admission that it was resorted to only when the abundant game was gone.
Equates socialism with the USSR. p. 234. (In fact, socialism is public schools, and all other government-provided public services. The USSR was autocracy.)
Says slavery "contributed" to the Industrial Revolution. Actually, the Industrial Revolution was /founded/ on slavery: chattel slavery and wage-slavery. p. 212. Tells us slaves were emancipated after the U.S. Civil War--but doesn't say how little changed, after the end of Reconstruction, under the sharecropping system, Jim Crow, and a Southerner-dominated Supreme Court. p. 257.
No admission that the U.S. /forced/ Japan into WWII by using the U.S. Pacific fleet to prevent fuel from reaching Japan. Pretends that, had Japan not attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. might have accepted Japanese domination of Asia. p. 301.
No mention of Zionist terrorism leading to the formation of Israel.
Understates U.S. crimes in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
No mention that /half/ of the world's plant and animal species became extinct since 1950.
Prehistory 7 million years ago - 3000 BCE (before written records)
The Ancient World 3000 BCE - 500 CE (before the collapse of Rome)
The Middle Ages 500 CE - 1450 CE (before Gutenberg printing press)
The Early Modern World 1450 - 1700 (before the Industrial Revolution)
Revolution and Industry 1700 - 1850 (before peak of British Empire)
Progress and Empire 1850 - 1914 (before WWI)
The Modern World 1914 - Present (before peak of U.S. empire)
Earliest known evidence of fire use 1 million years ago in southern Africa.
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May 14, 2021 10:18PM
Hi! You seem to know a lot about history so I’m interested to know what book you would recommend. I have two elementary kids who are homeschooling and they want to dive deeper on World History. Thank you in advance.
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History books(*) I would give to age 10+
(**) best books for elementary-school kids
(***) most-accessible for kids
(**) Asimov's Chronology of the World, 1991 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The single best history book I know. Don't be afraid to give it to an elementary-school kid.
(**) The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History, Colin McEvedy, John Woodcock (illustrator), 1961 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Excellent maps, Roman Empire through 15th Century
(*) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address, 1933 https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_cent...
There Is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America, Philip Dray, 2010 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters, James W. Douglass, 2008 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(**) A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn, 1980 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The People of the Abyss, Jack London, 1903 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(*) Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism, Joel Andreas, 2003 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(*) War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier
by Smedley D. Butler, 1935 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(**) The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
by Edward E. Baptist, 2013 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(*) A People's History of the Supreme Court: The Men and Women Whose Cases and Decisions Have Shaped Our Constitution, Peter Irons, 1999 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Long Shadows: Veterans' Paths to Peace, David Giffey (Editor), 2006 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Origins of the Federal Reserve System: Money, Class, and Corporate Capitalism, 1890-1913, James Livingston, 1989 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty, 2014 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Second World War, Antony Beevor, 2012 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II, 2017, Svetlana Alexievich, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, Tony Judt, 2006, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(*) Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, Reza Aslan, 2013 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(*) Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky, Noam Chomsky, 2002 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions, Mark Juergensmeyer (Editor), https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(*) The Sword is Forged, Evangeline Walton, 1984 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Historical fiction
(*) The Strength of the Strong, Jack London, 1909 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... Fiction. Or is it?
(*) The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois, 1903 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age, Robert N. Bellah, 2011 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life, Nick Lane, 2015 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(**) The North Woods (Time-Life American Wilderness Series), Percy Knauth, 1972 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
(***) The Cartoon History of the Universe I, Vol. 1-7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great (The Cartoon History of the Universe, #1), Larry Gonick, 1980 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
This is definitely worth a look. Easy to read, surprisingly informative.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, Tim Weiner, 2007 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9...
And check out historian Heather Cox Richardson's blog, where she writes of current events of the day in the context of history. Her post for yesterday gives a nice synopsis of the use of racism to keep the wealthy in power, 1870-2021:https://heathercoxrichardson.substack...
More at https://heathercoxrichardson.substack...
Kids are curious and eager to learn. They want to know what and where and when and why and how and who. Let them surprise you with how ready they are to find out how the world got this way.
Wow, you’re so very virtuous! All of the right takes; gold star! A+
