list of historians by area of study - World history
- Ferdinand Braudel (1902-1985) - Social and economic history
- Francis Fukuyama (born 1955) - "End of history" thesis
- Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944) - World history and geography for younger readers
- William McNeill (born 1917) - Author of The Rise of the West
- Jackson J. Spielvogel - Pennsylvania State University, author of several major world history textbooks
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975) - Wrote landmark text A Study of History
- Immanuel Wallerstein
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