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    Maps of time : an introduction to big history / David Christian ; foreword by William H. McNeill ; with a new preface.

    By: Christian, David, 1946- [author.]Contributor(s): McNeill, William HMaterial type: TextTextSeries: California world history library: Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011Edition: Second editionDescription: (xxvii, 642 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Subject(s): Civilization -- Philosophy | Human evolution | World history | History | Geography | HISTORY -- General | HISTORY -- World | Civilization -- Philosophy | Human evolution | World historyGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Maps of Time : An Introduction to Big History, With a New Preface.DDC classification: 901 LOC classification: CB19 .C477 2011Online resources: Image
    Contents:
    COVER; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE TO THE 2011 EDITION; Introduction: A Modern Creation Myth?; PART I. THE INANIMATE UNIVERSE; 1. The First 3OO,OOO Years: Origins of the Universe, Time, and Space; 2. Origins of the Galaxies and Stars: The Beginnings of Complexity; 3. Origins and History of the Earth; PART II. LIFE ON EARTH; 4. The Origins of Life and the Theory of Evolution; 5. The Evolution of Life and the Biosphere; PART III. EARL Y HUMAN HISTORY: MANY WORLDS; 6. The Evolution of Humans; 7. The Beginnings of Human History
    PART IV. THE HOLOCENE: FEW WORLDS8. Intensification and the Origins of Agriculture; 9 From Power over Nature to Power over People: Cities, States, and "Civilizations"; 10. Long Trends in the Era of Agrarian "Civilizations"; PART V. THE MODERN ERA: ONE WORLD; 11. Approaching Modernity; 12. Globalization, Commercialization, and Innovation; 13. Birth of the Modern World; 14. The Great Acceleration of the Twentieth Century; PART VI. PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE; 15. Futures; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
    Summary: 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 stars.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    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 stars.

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    COVER; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE TO THE 2011 EDITION; Introduction: A Modern Creation Myth?; PART I. THE INANIMATE UNIVERSE; 1. The First 3OO,OOO Years: Origins of the Universe, Time, and Space; 2. Origins of the Galaxies and Stars: The Beginnings of Complexity; 3. Origins and History of the Earth; PART II. LIFE ON EARTH; 4. The Origins of Life and the Theory of Evolution; 5. The Evolution of Life and the Biosphere; PART III. EARL Y HUMAN HISTORY: MANY WORLDS; 6. The Evolution of Humans; 7. The Beginnings of Human History

    PART IV. THE HOLOCENE: FEW WORLDS8. Intensification and the Origins of Agriculture; 9 From Power over Nature to Power over People: Cities, States, and "Civilizations"; 10. Long Trends in the Era of Agrarian "Civilizations"; PART V. THE MODERN ERA: ONE WORLD; 11. Approaching Modernity; 12. Globalization, Commercialization, and Innovation; 13. Birth of the Modern World; 14. The Great Acceleration of the Twentieth Century; PART VI. PERSPECTIVES ON THE FUTURE; 15. Futures; APPENDIX 1; APPENDIX 2; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

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