The Global Condition : Conquerors, Catastrophes, and Community / / William Hardy McNeill

• Autore: McNeill William Hardy
• Pubblicazione: Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 pages)
• Disciplina: 909
• Soggetto topico: Civilization - History; Emigration and immigration - History; Frontier and pioneer life; Social history; HISTORY / Europe / General
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: McNeillJ
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- 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 -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 popular short books and an essay. The Human Condition provides a provocative interpretation of history as a competition of parasites, both biological and human; The Great Frontier questions the notion of "frontier freedom" through an examination of European expansion; the concluding essay speculates on the role of catastrophe in our lives.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Global Condition
• ISBN: 9781400885107
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163941103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II