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The human web / J. R. McNeill (2003)
Titre : The human web : A bird's-eye view of world history Type de document : Monographie Auteurs : J. R. McNeill, Auteur ; William H. McNeill, Auteur Editeur : W. W. Norton Année de publication : 2003 Importance : 350 p. Format : 15 x 23 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-0-393-92568-5 Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Histoire des sciences et techniques
[Termes IGN] carte ancienne
[Termes IGN] civilisation
[Termes IGN] monde (géographie historique)
[Termes IGN] toile d'araignée mondialeRésumé : (Editeur) Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to project its goods and power around the world from the fifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and the steam engine just once? World-historical questions such as these, the subjects of major works by Jared Diamond, David Landes, and others, are now of great moment as global frictions increase. In a spirited and original contribution to this quickening discussion, two renowned historians, father and son, explore the webs that have drawn humans together in patterns of interaction and exchange, cooperation and competition, since earliest times. Whether small or large, loose or dense, these webs have provided the medium for the movement of ideas, goods, power, and money within and across cultures, societies, and nations. From the thin, localized webs that characterized agricultural communities twelve thousand years ago, through the denser, more interactive metropolitan webs that surrounded ancient Sumer, Athens, and Timbuktu, to the electrified global web that today envelops virtually the entire world in a maelstrom of cooperation and competition, J. R. McNeill and William H. McNeill show human webs to be a key component of world history and a revealing framework of analysis. Avoiding any determinism, environmental or cultural, the McNeills give us a synthesizing picture of the big patterns of world history in a rich, open-ended, concise account. Note de contenu :
Chapter 1: The Human Apprenticeship
Chapter 2: Shifting to Food Production, 11,000 to 3,000 Years Ago
Chapter 3: Webs and Civilizations in the Old World, 3500 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.
Chapter 4: The Growth of Webs in the Old World and America, 200 to 1000 C.E.
Chapter 5: Intensified Traffic in the Old World and American Webs, 1000–1500 C.E.
Chapter 6: Spinning the Worldwide Web, 1450–1800
Chapter 7: Breaking Out and Locking In, 1750–1914
Chapter 8: The Mixing Bowl since 1890
Chapter 9: ConclusionsNuméro de notice : 22151 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Nature : Monographie Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=73834 Réservation
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