William Hardy Mcneill

Global Condition (eBook, ePUB)

Conquerors, Catastrophes, and Community

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. The Global Condition is a classic work for understanding the grand sweep of world history in brief compass. Now with a new foreword by J. R. McNeill, this book brings together two of William Hardy McNeill's popular short books and an essay. The Human Condition provides a provocative interpretation of history as a competition of parasites, both biological and human; The Great Frontier questions the notion of "frontier freedom" through an examination of European expansion; the concluding essay speculates on the role of catastrophe in our lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781400885107
• Artikelnr.: 47400861

Autorenporträt

William Hardy McNeill With a new foreword by J. R. McNeill

Rezensionen

"A remarkable tour de force . . . . An elegant, intelligent and scholarly essay."--J. H. Hexter, New York Times Book Review