The Global Condition : Conquerors, Catastrophes, and Community / William Hardy McNeill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McNeill, William Hardy, author.

Contributor:

McNeill, J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Emigration and immigration--History.

Emigration and immigration.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Social history.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. The Global Condition is a classic work for understanding the grand sweep of world history in brief compass. Now with a new foreword by J. R. McNeill, this book brings together two of William Hardy McNeill's popular short books and an essay. The Human Condition provides a provocative interpretation of history as a competition of parasites, both biological and human; The Great Frontier questions the notion of "frontier freedom" through an examination of European expansion; the concluding essay speculates on the role of catastrophe in our lives.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Part I. The Great Frontier: Freedom and Hierarchy in Modern Times

Acknowledgments

Lecture I: To 1750

Lecture II: From 1750

Part II. The Human Condition: An Ecological and Historical View

Microparasitism, Macroparasitism, and the Urban Transmutation

Microparasitism, Macroparasitism, and the Commercial Transmutation

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

OCLC:

978904764