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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Christian |
| ISBN: | 0520235002 9780520235007 0520244761 9780520244764 |
| OCLC Number: | 52458844 |
| Description: | xxii, 642 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1: The inanimate universe. The first 300,000 years : origins of the universe, time, and space -- Origins of the galaxies and stars : the beginnings of complexity -- Origins and history of the Earth -- pt. 2: Life on Earth. The origins of life and the theory of evolution -- The evolution of life and the biosphere -- pt. 3: Early human history : many worlds. The evolution of humans -- The beginnings of human history -- pt. 4: The Holocene : few worlds. Intensification and the origins of agriculture -- From power over nature to power over people : cities, states, and "civilizations" -- Long trends in the era of agrarian "civilizations" -- pt. 5: The modern era : one world. Approaching modernity -- Globalization, commercialization, and innovation -- Birth of the modern world -- The great acceleration of the twentieth century -- pt. 6: Perspectives on the future. Futures -- Appendix 1: Dating techniques, chronologies, and timelines -- Appendix 2: Chaos and order. |
| Series Title: | California world history library. |
| Other Titles: | Introduction to big history |
| Responsibility: | David Christian. |
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Abstract:
Beginning with the Big Bang, this work views the interaction of the natural world with the arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. It opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts you through the evolution of the planet before human habitation.
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"No work in this genre [macro-history] is better than David Christian's Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History.... [I]t is a brilliantly executed act of provocation." - The Times "Forges bold and ingenious connections between the physical and social sciences." - The Age "A good read, a fascinating prospectus for a new kind of history." - American Scientist" Read more...
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- Civilization -- Philosophy.
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