Author: William H. McNeill

William H. Mc Neill’s seminal book The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community (1963) received the National Book Award in 1964 and was later named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of t …

William H. Mc Neill’s seminal book The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community (1963) received the National Book Award in 1964 and was later named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of t …

Schools have taught us to expect that people should live in separate national states. But the historical records shows that ethnic homogeneity was a barbarian trait; civilized societies mingled peopl …

From the Greek professional armies of Alexander, through the Hundred Years War, indeed, to today, mercenaries have been ever-present, their role constantly evolving. In this compelling new history Wi …

From the Greek professional armies of Alexander, through the Hundred Years War, indeed, to today, mercenaries have been ever-present, their role constantly evolving. In this compelling new history Wi …

Religion and Belief Systems in World History human response to (or faith in) some supernatural or suprahuman force has given spiritual sustenance to individuals and communities for far longer than th …

Could something as simple and seemingly natural as falling into step have marked us for evolutionary success? In Keeping Together in Time one of the most widely read and respected historians in Ameri …

In Europe’s Steppe Frontier, acclaimed historian William H. Mc Neill analyzes the process whereby the thinly occupied grasslands of southeastern Europe were incorporated into the bodies-social of thr …

In this magnificent synthesis of military, technological, and social history, William H. Mc Neill explores a whole millennium of human upheaval and traces the path by which we have arrived at the fri …

In this magisterial history, National Book Award winner William H. Mc Neill chronicles the interactions and disputes between Latin Christians and the Orthodox communities of eastern Europe during the …

The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, Mc Neill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a numb …

Renowned historian William H. Mc Neil provides a brilliant narrative chronology of the development of Western civilization, representing its socio-political as well as cultural aspects. This sixth ed …

The inauguration of Robert Maynard Hutchins as the fifth President of the University of Chicago in 1929 coincided with a drastically changed social and economic climate throughout the world. And Hutc …

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