The History Atlas of Europe (History Atlas Series) [Hardcover]

Ian Barnes (Author), Robert Hudson (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0028625846 | ISBN-13: 978-0028625843 | Publication Date: June 1998 | Edition: 1

Europe is the smallest of the world's continents, yet its culture and languages have come to dominate the world we know today.

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Europe's internal boundaries have changed greatly over the years, impacted by shifts in population, religion, and dominant despots; the History Atlas of Europe, by Ian Barnes and Robert Hudson, provides an easy way to grasp those national transformations. It's part of a series from Macmillan that also includes atlases for Africa, Asia, and South America, and while it has a text that's lucid, learned, and engaging, it's the maps that excel. The "Earliest People" map, with its settlements of Australopithecus, Neanderthal, and modern man of the late Upper Pleistocene, makes graphic sense of excavation sites like Lascaux and Szeleta. Other maps show the spread of agriculture (7000-2000 B.C.), early Greece, the span of the Hallstatt Celtic culture, Imperial Rome, the Russian Revolution, and European trade ties circa 1300. There's also a thought-provoking illustration showing where displaced peoples went in postwar Europe, providing relevant data for discussion of contemporary ethnic conflicts. --Stephanie Gold

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan General Reference; 1 edition (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028625846
• ISBN-13: 978-0028625843
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #789,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice artwork, poor quality control, thin bibliography, March 31, 2000

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Mike McNally (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The History Atlas of Europe (History Atlas Series) (Hardcover)

The graphics (and overall production values) for this volume are top notch. However, I've found numerous glaring typographical errors (mostly involving dates), which seem pretty bad for something intended as a condensed historical reference.

Inevitably, much of the historical gloss is severely simplified. A substantial bibliography would have been of great value. However, the "Selected Bibliography" is really limited.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Useful and fascinating, July 19, 2001

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Milantyus "milan3" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The History Atlas of Europe (History Atlas Series) (Hardcover)

I use this as a reference in my work as an editor; it's certainly more helpful than a standard atlas if you're working with texts that need to be explained in historical context--e.g., Polish nationalism in the 19th century. But it's also one of those books that you can easily get lost in and then wonder what happened to the last two hours (while, in my case, I should have been editing).

4.0 out of 5 stars Learning easily Europe's history, February 10, 2001

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Prof. Guedes, Marco Aurelio Peri (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The History Atlas of Europe (History Atlas Series) (Hardcover)

It is really nice to study world history. And I think it is better to study it followed by maps. This book gives me a good brief and general idea of what I wanted on Europe's history. But I must say that some maps aren't well positioned through th book in terms of printing. Some maps I could not see the names or details because I cannot open up the page completely, due to the hardback cover. But overall I am very satisfied with it. Mr. Guedes, Marco Aurelio P. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil