Big history : from the Big Bang to the present / Cynthia Stokes Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Cynthia Stokes.

Contributor:

Linden, Teri Clark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World history.

Human ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

Unabridged.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

audio file

Summary:

Extend the human story backward for the five thousand years of recorded history and it covers no more than a millionth of a lifetime of the Earth. Yet how do we humans take stock of the history of our planet, and our own place within it? A ?vast historical mosaic" (Publishers Weekly) rendered engaging and accessible, Big History interweaves different disciplines of knowledge to offer an all-encompassing account of history on Earth. Since its publication, Cynthia Brown's ?world history on a grand scale" (Kirkus) has been translated into nine languages and has helped pr

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; PART I The Depths of Time and Space; 1. Expanding into Universe (13.7 Billion - 4.6 Billion Years Ago); 2. Living Earth (4.6 Billion - 5 Million Years Ago); 3. Human Emergence: Oe Species (5 Million - 35,000 Years Ago); 4. Advanced Hunting and Gathering (35,000 - 10,000 Years Ago); PART II Ten Thousand Warm Years; 5. Early Agriculture (8000 - 3500 BCE); 6. Early Cities (3500 - 800 BCE); 7. The Afro-Eurasian Network (800 BCE - 200 CE); 8. Expanding the Afro-Eurasian Network (200-1000 CE)

9. Emergence of American Civilizations (200-1450 CE)10. One Afro-Eurasia (1000-1500 CE); 11. Connecting the Globe (1450 - 1800 CE); 12. Industrialization (1750-2000 CE); 13. What Now? What Next?; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Participant:

Narrator: Teri Clark Linden.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-274) and index.

ISBN:

9781595588456

1595588450

OCLC:

819511090