Maps of Time by David Christian
Beginning with the Big Bang, this work views the interaction of the natural world with the arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. It opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts you through the evolution of the planet before human habitation.
"No work in this genre [macro-history] is better than David Christian's Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History... [I]t is a brilliantly executed act of provocation." - The Times "Forges bold and ingenious connections between the physical and social sciences." - The Age "A good read, a fascinating prospectus for a new kind of history." - American Scientist"
David Christian is Professor in the Department of History at San Diego State University. He is the author of Living Water: Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation (1990), Imperial and Soviet Russia: Power, Privilege and the Challenge of Modernity (1997), and A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Volume 1: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire (1998).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520235007 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520235002 |
| Title | Maps of Time |
| Author | David Christian |
| Series | California World History Library |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 2004-02-23 |
| Number of pages | 664 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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