Brief History of the Human Race (Record no. 221502)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0393052311
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Transcribing agency AL
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 930
Item number COOB
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Personal name Michael Cook
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9 (RLIN) 19705
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Title Brief History of the Human Race
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. W W Norton & Company
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2003
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxiv,385 p.
Other physical details HB
Dimensions 21x14 cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 26.95
Currency code $
Unit of pricing 26.95
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A global account of how and why human history unfolded as it did from the rise of agriculture to the fall of the Twin Towers. 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 variety in human cultural expression. He guides us from the prehistoric origins of human history across the globe through the increasing unification of the world, first by Muslims and then by European Christians in the modern period, illuminating the contingencies that have governed broad historical change.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Neolithic Revolution
9 (RLIN) 19706
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Paleollthic Background
9 (RLIN) 19707
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Islamic Civilization
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Topical term or geographic name entry element European Expansion
9 (RLIN) 19709
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Modern World
9 (RLIN) 19710
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name COOK (Michael)
9 (RLIN) 19711
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