A Foot in the River by Felipe Fernandezarmesto
Compared to other animals, the way humans live - our manners, morals, habits, experiences, relationships, technology, values - changes at a bewildering speed. Why is this? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto offers some revolutionary answers to this fundamental question about our species - and speculates on what they mean for our future.
A mix of wide and deep learning and rigorous argument, beautifully written.. [a] delightful and indispensable book. * John Gray, Literary Review *
everyone interested in the human animal and the concept of culture ought to read it. * Wall Street Journal *
Full of important insights into change and human history ... a powerful counter blast to those contemporary thinkers who think that evolution can explain just about everything. * Paul Richardson, Church of England Newspaper *
This is a stimulating and wide-ranging read. * Network Review *
everyone interested in the human animal and the concept of culture ought to read it. * Wall Street Journal *
Full of important insights into change and human history ... a powerful counter blast to those contemporary thinkers who think that evolution can explain just about everything. * Paul Richardson, Church of England Newspaper *
This is a stimulating and wide-ranging read. * Network Review *
Felipe Fernández-Armesto is the William P. Reynolds Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. His work has been recognized as pioneering across a very wide range of fields, including global history, environmental history, colonial history, maritime history, religious history, art history, the history of ideas, Mediterranean history, Spanish history, American history, the history of cartography, and the history of language. He has published numerous best-selling history books, including Civilizations, Millennium, 1492: The Year Our World Began, and Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration, also published by Oxford University Press, which was awarded the World History Association Prize.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198744429 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198744420 |
| Title | A Foot in the River |
| Author | Felipe Fernandezarmesto |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2015-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Prizes | Winner of Shortlisted for the British Academy's 2017 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Transcultural Understanding. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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