Format:
Online-Ressource (xxvii, 642 p)
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ill
Edition:
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
Series Statement:
The California world history library 2
Content:
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
Note:
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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520950672
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520203119
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Maps of Time An Introduction to Big History
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Weltgeschichte
URL:
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