Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xxvii, 642 p)
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ill
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780520244764
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1283279738
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9780520271449
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9781283279734
Serie:
The California world history library 2
Inhalt:
An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies-all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of ""Big History."" Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe, the star
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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pt. 1. The inanimate universept. 2. Life on earth -- pt. 3. Early human history : many worlds -- pt. 4. The holocene : few worlds -- pt. 5. The modern era : one world -- pt. 6. Perspectives on the future.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780520950672
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0520203119
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Maps of Time An Introduction to Big History
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Soziologie
Schlagwort(e):
Weltgeschichte
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