A Brief History of the Human Race
Why has human history been crowded into the last few thousand years? Why has it happened at all? Could it have happened in a radically different way? What should we make of the disproportionate role of the West in shaping the world we currently live in? This witty, intelligent hopscotch through human history addresses these questions and more. Michael Cook sifts the human career on earth for the most telling nuggets and then uses them to elucidate the whole. From the calendars of Mesoamerica and the temple courtesans of medieval India to the intricacies of marriage among an aboriginal Australian tribe, Cook explains the sometimes eccentric va…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-393-32645-1
- EAN: 9780393326451
- Produktnummer: 1655028
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Masse: H20.1 cm x B13.2 cm x D3.0 cm 431 g
- Auflage: Norton Pbk
- Gewicht: 431
Über den Autor
Michael Cook, a specialist in Islamic history, is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.
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