Mary Kilbourne Matossian

Shaping World History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This innovative survey of world history from earliest times to the present focuses on the role of four factors in the development of humankind: climate, communication and transportation technology, scientific advances, and the competence of political elites. Matossian moves chronologically through fifteen historic periods showing how one or more of the causative factors led to significant breakthroughs in human history. Shaping World History is based on original research and also draws widely from the literature on the history of science, technology, climate, agriculture, and historical epidemiology. This compelling analysis is presented in a personal style and includes reflections on how things work and why they are important.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780765600615
• ISBN-10: 0765600617
• Artikelnr.: 21046556

Autorenporträt

Matossian, Mary Kilbourne

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Major Causes of Breakthroughs
Chapter 1 From Hominids to Human Beings
Chapter 2 The First Farmers
Chapter 3 The Birth of "Civilization"
Chapter 4 The Roman Empire and the Han Empire
Chapter 5 The Chinese Millennium
Chapter 6 Reasoned Dissent
Chapter 7 Protestant Maritime Political Culture
Chapter 8 The Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century
Chapter 9 The Population Explosion
Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution in Britain
Chapter 11 Social Control Since 1789
Chapter 12 Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Chapter 13 The Marriage of Science and Technology
Chapter 14 Breakthroughs in Science
Chapter 15 The Third Communication Revolution
conclusion Conclusion