The Human Web Mcneill Ebook
A brilliant synthesis of world history by distinguished father-and-son historians, organized around the theme of unfolding webs of human connection. All of humanity today lives in a 'unitary maelstrom of cooperation and competition,' and the global spread of ideas, information, and experience constitutes the overarching structure of human history.
The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History. World-historical questions such as these, the subjects of major works by Jared Diamond, David Landes, and others, are now of great moment as global frictions increase. In a spirited and original contribution to this quickening discussion, two renowned historians, father and son. Reviews of the The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History / Edition 1 Until now in regards to the book we have now The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History / Edition 1 PDF comments consumers haven't however quit the review of the sport, or otherwise see clearly still.
William McNeill is one of the great masters of world history, and J. McNeill has pioneered the study of environmental history. The collaborative result is a vivid and illuminating vision of the human experience spanning 12,000 years.
The first human webs of our distant ancestors were formed through the rise of speech, migration, and primitive agricultural groupings. Metropolitan webs became integrated into the 'old world web' connecting Eurasia and North America, and in the last century, local and regional webs have merged into an increasingly dense cosmopolitan web. Driven by the search for efficiency and advantage, humans have engineered increasingly complex social organizations creating the wealth and power - but also the inequality and societal antagonisms - on display today.
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Description “This pioneering Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History is designed to help both beginners and experts to sample the best contemporary efforts to make sense of the human past by connecting particular and local histories with larger patterns of world history.” – William H. McNeill, author of The Rise of the West and The Human Web From the big bang to the 21st century, the renowned Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History provides an integrated view of human and universal history. In its 580 articles, eminent scholars examine environmental and social issues by exploring connections and interactions made over time (and across cultures and locales) through trade, warfare, migrations, religion, and diplomacy. The Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History has become the standard reference for world history teaching across the United States. Berkshire’s ongoing work with the original group of authors and with dozens of world history teachers (who embraced not only the Encyclopedia but a spin-off classroom publication, This Fleeting World by David Christian) has helped to shape the new, expanded, updated, and much enhanced second edition.