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John Grenville was born in Berlin and is Emeritus professor of history at the University of Birmingham. |
The Collins/Harvard/Routledge History Of The World has sold over 200,000 copies and is probably his best known work. |
John Grenville has authored several books which have sold widely in Europe and the U.S.A. read more by clicking links. |
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He has lectured in Europe, the United States, China, visiting Professor the City University of New York, the University of Hamburg, the Peoples University of Beijing, Postdoctoral Fellow of Yale University, Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund and of the Royal Historical Society.He came to England in 1939 on a Kindertransport aged eleven, after leaving school, worked as a laboratory assistant, gardener and prep school teacher attending Birkbeck College in the evening until winning a scholarship to the London School of Economics. Lecturer at Nottingham University, Professor of International History, Leeds University and Professor and Head of modern History at the University of Birmingham. A well known author, he has also worked extensively on documentaries with the BBC and ZDF (second German Television) and was founder of the........ |
With the onset of decolonisation, the rise and fall of fascism and communism, the technological revolution and the rapidly increasing power of the United States, the world since 1900 has witnessed global change on an immense scale .Providing a comprehensive survey of the key events and personalities of this period throughout the world, "A History of the World" includes discussion of topics such as: * the rivalry between European nations |
 A History of the World from the 20th to the 21st Century (fifth edition 2005). |
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| Europe Reshaped 1848-1878 (first edition 1966, fourth edition 2000). |
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| Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy (first edition 1964,second edition 1970). |
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| Politics and Strategy. Studies in American Foreign Policy (first edition 1966,second edition 1970). |
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| The Major International Treaties of the 20th Century (first edition1975,third edition 2000). |
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| The Coming of the Europeans. A History of European discovery and settlement. (Longmans 1962, numerous reprints). |
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