The Modern Library Chronicles are a series of short books published by the American publisher, Modern Library. Most of the books are under 150 pages in length and intended to introduce readers to a period of history.
A partial list includes:
- The Renaissance, by Paul Johnson
- Islam: A Short History, by Karen Armstrong
- The Balkans, by Mark Mazower
- The German Empire: 1870-1918, by Michael Stürmer
- Küng, Hans (2001). The Catholic Church: A Short History. New York. ISBN 0-679-64092-4.
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- Communism, by Richard Pipes
- Hitler and the Holocaust, by Robert S. Wistrich
- The American Revolution, by Gordon S. Wood
- Law in America, by Lawrence Friedman
- Inventing Japan: 1853-1964, by Ian Buruma
- The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
- The Americas: A Hemispheric History, by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
- The Boys' Crusade, by Paul Fussell
- The Age of Shakespeare, by Frank Kermode
- The Age of Napoleon, by Alistair Horne
- Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory, by Edward J. Larson
- London: A History, by A.N. Wilson
- The Reformation: A History, by Patrick Collinson
- Nazism and War, by Richard Bessel
- The City, by Joel Kotkin
- Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics, by David Berlinski
- California: A History, by Kevin Starr
- Storm from the East: The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West, by Milton Viorst
- Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game, by George Vecsey
- Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky
- The Hellenistic Age: A Short History, by Peter Green
- A Short History of Medicine, by F. Gonzalez-Crussi
- The Christian World, by Martin Marty
- Prehistory, by Colin Renfrew
- Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History, by Margaret MacMillan
- Uncivil Society: 1989 and the Implosion of the Communist Establishment, by Stephen Kotkin
- The Korean War: A History, by Bruce Cummings
- The Romantic Revolution: A History, by Tim Blanning
References
- "Library". Modern Library. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- "Chronicles". Modern Library. Retrieved 2011-03-15.