Global and world history address the deep structural changes that
have shaped human experience. Many are material, related to
environmental and climatic alteration, to the domestication of
livestock and development of agriculture, to technology, to
disease, and to variations in human immunity, reproduction, and
physiology.
Others are social and cultural, touching upon issues of
migration, trade, language development and differentiation,
institutions of enslavement and of freedom, traditions of marriage
and child-rearing, the emergence of large-scale political
organization from early kingdoms to vast empires, republics and
federations, and the management of war and peace.
To deal with such challenging issues, global historians draw
upon new techniques of analysis and comparison. But they also
continue venerable traditions, inherited from the earliest
civilizations, of narrating the past on the most comprehensive and
significant scale possible.
This book examines the long search for an integrated human
story, and particularly the points at which rapid changes of
philosophy and perspective in the twentieth century transformed the
historical disciplines. It provides the perfect introduction to
global history for students and scholars alike.
General
| Imprint: |
Polity Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
December 2007 |
| First published: |
March 2008 |
| Authors: |
PK Crossley
|
| Dimensions: |
215 x 139 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
152 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7456-3301-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-7456-3301-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780745633015 |
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