Shaping World History: Breakthroughs in Ecology, Technology, Science, and Politics (Sources and Studies in World History) - Hardcover

Matossian, Mary Kilbourne

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ISBN 10: 0765600617 ISBN 13: 9780765600615

Verlag: Routledge, 1997

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Book by Matossian Mary Allerton Kilbourne

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This innovative survey of world history from earliest times to the present focuses on the role of four factors in the development of humankind: climate, communication and transportation technology, scientific advances, and the competence of political elites. Matossian moves chronologically through fifteen historic periods showing how one or more of the causative factors led to significant breakthroughs in human history. Shaping World History is based on original research and also draws widely from the literature on the history of science, technology, climate, agriculture, and historical epidemiology. This compelling analysis is presented in a personal style and includes reflections on how things work and why they are important.

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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.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0765600617
• ISBN 13: 9780765600615
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 266