Reviews for World History: Story of Progress

The average rating for World History: Story of Progress based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-02-05 00:00:00 Hazem Hmoud A good and readable survey, becoming somewhat (inevitably) dated. Very good survey of the history of New France and the struggle in both Upper and Lower Canada to pull free of the gravity of the colonies/states to the south. The latter portions of the book were very full of details about parliamentary legerdemain and party political conniving, and that grew a little tiresome and hard to follow for me, especially since the discussion of the arts and humanities in Canada got such short and rushed shrift in the end. Virtually absent from the discussion except in the beginning when the Huron and Iroquois nations figure prominently are First Nations peoples and pretty much all non-European minorities, which neglect while not rendering the book without value, does render it seriously lacking in completeness and accuracy, especially for major cities like Edmonton and Vancouver.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-09-03 00:00:00 Charles Rainey After going to Canada and celebrating Canada Day, it became clear how little I knew of the history of our neighbor to the north. It's fascinating to find out how little they prize independence and didn't really officially become a country until like the 90s. This book was a bit dry, but the history was quite interesting.