World Historians
- Christopher Bayly, The Birth of the Modern World: Global Connections and Comparisons, 1780–1914 (London, 2004)
- Philip D. Curtin (1922-2009), The World and the West: The European Challenge and the Overseas Response in the Age of Empire. (2000) 308 pp. ISBN 978-0-521-77135-1. online review
- Christopher Dawson. (1889-1970) Religion and the Rise of Western Culture(1950) excerpt and text search
- Francis Fukuyama (1952– ) The End of History and the Last Man (1992)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1830, philosopher of world history
- William McGaughey, Five Epochs of Civilization (2000).
- William H. McNeill (born 1917); see especially The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community (1963)
- McNeill, Robert, and William H. McNeill. The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History (2003) excerpt and text search
- Patrick Manning, Navigating World History: Historians Create a Global Past (2003)
- Carroll Quigley (1910-1977), The Evolution of Civilizations (1961), Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time (1966), Weapons Systems and Political Stability: A History (1983)
- Pitirim Sorokin (1889–1968), Russian-American macrosociology; Social and Cultural Dynamics (4 vol., 1937–41)
- Oswald Spengler (1880-1936), German; Decline of the West (1918–22) vol 1 online; vol 2 online; excerpt and text search, abridged edition
- Peter Stearns, USA; World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity, 7th ed. (2009); Encyclopedia of World History, 6th ed. (2001)
- Arnold J. Toynbee, British; A Study of History (1934–61); see especially A Study of History.
- Eric Voegelin (1901–1985) Order and History (1956–85)
- Immanuel Wallerstein, world systems; leftist but not Marxist
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