Histories of Nations: How Their Identities Were Forged

Now in paperback, this global bestseller is an engaging and informative read on the history of a diverse array of countries.

Global histories tend to be written from the limited viewpoint of a single author and a single perspective, which results in an inevitable bias. In this book, however, twenty-eight different writers and scholars from around the world contribute, giving engaging, often passionate accounts of their own nation’s history.

The countries featured in Histories of Nations have ...