Mary Kilbourne Matossian

Shaping World History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A survey of world history from earliest times to the present, focusing on the role of ecology (climate, demography and agriculture) in the development of humankind. It also considers the role that technological innovation has played in humans' attempts to cope with the natural world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9780765600622
• ISBN-10: 0765600625
• Artikelnr.: 21492037

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