Robert Tignor

Robert Tignor, general editor emeritus (Ph.D., Yale University) is professor emeritus and the Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University and the three-time chair of the history department. With Gyan Prakash, he introduced Princeton’s first course in world history thirty years ago. Professor Tignor has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in African history and world history and has written extensively on the history of twentieth-century Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya. Besides his many research trips to Africa, Professor Tignor has taught at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and the University of Nairobi in Kenya.

Robert Tignor

Robert Tignor, general editor emeritus (Ph.D., Yale University) is professor emeritus and the Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University and the three-time chair of the history department. With Gyan Prakash, he introduced Princeton’s first course in world history thirty years ago. Professor Tignor has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in African history and world history and has written extensively on the history of twentieth-century Egypt, Nigeria, and Kenya. Besides his many research trips to Africa, Professor Tignor has taught at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and the University of Nairobi in Kenya.

Books by Robert Tignor

  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, A, Paperback, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive.
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, B, Paperback, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, Combined Volume, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive.
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, 1, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive.
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, 2, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible and interactive.
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, A, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, B, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

    Robert Tignor, Jeremy Adelman, Peter Brown, Benjamin Elman, Stephen Kotkin, Gyan Prakash, Brent Shaw, Stephen Aron, Xinru Liu, Suzanne Marchand, Holly Pittman, Michael Tsin

    Fifth Edition, C, E Book, 2017

    Global connections and comparisons, now more accessible
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present

    Jeremy Adelman, Elizabeth Pollard, Clifford Rosenberg, Robert Tignor

    Seagull Third Edition, Combined Volume, Paperback, 2021

    A compelling global storytelling approach to world history
  • Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present

    Jeremy Adelman, Elizabeth Pollard, Clifford Rosenberg, Robert Tignor

    Seagull Third Edition, 1, Paperback, 2021

    A compelling global storytelling approach to world history