The Global Condition : Conquerors, Catastrophes, and Community /
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 popula...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; PART I The Great Frontier: FREEDOM AND HIERARCHY IN MODERN TIMES; Acknowledgments; Lecture I: To 1750; Lecture II: From 1750; PART II The Human Condition: AN ECOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL VIEW; Acknowledgments; Microparasitism, Macroparasitism, and the Urban Transmutation; Microparasitism, Macroparasitism, and the Commercial Transmutation; PART III Control and Catastrophe in Human Affairs; Notes; Index.


