General and Regional Histories
The General and Regional Histories is a series of historical books published by UNESCO on general and regional history. The emerged from "57 years of work" series was started in 1952, includes six major subject areas or collections ( collections ) in 51 volumes (with different volumes and partial volumes). More than 1,800 historians and experts from around the world have contributed to it.
According to UNESCO, the collection aims to create a culturally relevant perspective. It represents the point of view of the populations concerned, whose pasts have often been distorted, discredited or treated as peripheral to the history of the colonizers and the ruling nations - those who usually make history. The idea here is to rediscover the consciousness of a people and the vision they develop from their own destiny. This shift in perspective is reflected in the significant number of local historians with impeccable academic qualifications who have contributed to this collection as editors and writers.
The responsible presidents of the scientific committees were Georges-Henri Dumont ( History of Humanity ), Elikia M'bokolo ( General History of Africa ), Chahryar Adle ( History of the Civilizations of Central Asia ), German Carrera Damas ( General History of Latin America ) , Fitzroy Richard Augier ( General History of the Caribbean ) and Idris el Hareir ( The Different Aspects of the Islamic Culture ).
Most of the volumes are available online, mostly in English.
Overview
- History of Humanity
- General History of Africa
- History of Civilizations of Central Asia
- General History of Latin America
- The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture
- General History of the Caribbean
References and footnotes
- ↑ UNESCO presents collection of General and Regional Histories ( UNAOC )
- ↑ General and Regional Histories ( UNESCO )
- ↑ UNESCO presents collection of General and Regional Histories ( UNAOC )
literature
- Christina Lembrecht: Books for everyone: UNESCO and the worldwide promotion of the book 1946–1982. ( Archive for the History of the Book Industry - Studies, Volume 9) 2013 ( partial online view )