Jewish History Atlas: Second Edition
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few reference works have achieved the clarity and scope of Martin Gilbert's Jewish History Atlas, a landmark cartographic chronicle of the Jewish people from antiquity to the modern era. Through more than 100 meticulously researched maps — crafted with cartography by Arthur Banks and T. A. Bicknell — Gilbert presents the sweeping narrative of Jewish history: migration, persecution, diaspora, cultural flourishing, and the birth of the State of Israel, all rendered in precise geographic and historical detail. Gilbert, one of the most prolific and respected historians of the twentieth century, argues through visual evidence with characteristic authority and economy, allowing maps to speak where dense prose might obscure. This second edition refines and expands upon the first, making it an indispensable tool for scholars, students, and general readers alike. As a companion to Gilbert's broader atlas series — which includes British History Atlas, American History Atlas, and First World War History Atlas — this volume situates Jewish experience within the grand currents of world history, leaving the reader with a profound sense of both the fragility and the resilience of a civilization shaped across millennia.
Author: Martin Gilbert
Format: Paperback
Genre: Atlases
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few reference works have achieved the clarity and scope of Martin Gilbert's Jewish History Atlas, a landmark cartographic chronicle of the Jewish people from antiquity to the modern era. Through more than 100 meticulously researched maps — crafted with cartography by Arthur Banks and T. A. Bicknell — Gilbert presents the sweeping narrative of Jewish history: migration, persecution, diaspora, cultural flourishing, and the birth of the State of Israel, all rendered in precise geographic and historical detail. Gilbert, one of the most prolific and respected historians of the twentieth century, argues through visual evidence with characteristic authority and economy, allowing maps to speak where dense prose might obscure. This second edition refines and expands upon the first, making it an indispensable tool for scholars, students, and general readers alike. As a companion to Gilbert's broader atlas series — which includes British History Atlas, American History Atlas, and First World War History Atlas — this volume situates Jewish experience within the grand currents of world history, leaving the reader with a profound sense of both the fragility and the resilience of a civilization shaped across millennia.