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- catalog abstract "How did we get here? David Fromkin provides arresting and dramatic answers to the questions we ask ourselves as we approach the new millennium. He maps and illuminates the paths by which humanity came to its current state, giving coherence and meaning to the main turning points along the way by relating them to a vision of things to come. His unconventional approach to narrating universal history is to focus on the relevant past and to single out the eight critical evolutions that brought the world from the Big Bang to the eve of the twenty-first century. He describes how human beings survived by adapting to a world they had not yet begun to make their own, and how they created and developed organized society, religion, and warfare. He emphasizes the transformative forces of art and the written word, and the explosive effects of scientific discoveries. He traces the course of commerce, exploration, the growth of law, and the quest for freedom, and details how their convergence led to the world of today. - Jacket flap. Tells the story of mankind from the dawn of civilization through the end of the twentieth century, concentrating on the human experience of change, especially with regard to the way people organize and govern themselves, and how they deal with issues of war, peace, and survival.".
- catalog contributor b11089747.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "1. Becoming human. --2. Inventing civilization. --3. Developing conscience. --4. Seeking a lasting peace. --5. Achieving rationality. --6. Uniting the planet. --7. Releasing nature's energies. --8. Ruling ourselves. --9. Anticipating what comes next. --10. Holding people together. --11. Taking nature's place. --12. Entering yet another American century.".
- catalog description "How did we get here? David Fromkin provides arresting and dramatic answers to the questions we ask ourselves as we approach the new millennium. He maps and illuminates the paths by which humanity came to its current state, giving coherence and meaning to the main turning points along the way by relating them to a vision of things to come. His unconventional approach to narrating universal history is to focus on the relevant past and to single out the eight critical evolutions that brought the world from the Big Bang to the eve of the twenty-first century. He describes how human beings survived by adapting to a world they had not yet begun to make their own, and how they created and developed organized society, religion, and warfare. He emphasizes the transformative forces of art and the written word, and the explosive effects of scientific discoveries. He traces the course of commerce, exploration, the growth of law, and the quest for freedom, and details how their convergence led to the world of today. - Jacket flap.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-235) and index.".
- catalog description "Tells the story of mankind from the dawn of civilization through the end of the twentieth century, concentrating on the human experience of change, especially with regard to the way people organize and govern themselves, and how they deal with issues of war, peace, and survival.".
- catalog extent "253 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Way of the world.".
- catalog identifier "0679446095".
- catalog isFormatOf "Way of the world.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf,".
- catalog relation "Way of the world.".
- catalog subject "909 21".
- catalog subject "D23 .F76 1998".
- catalog subject "World history.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Becoming human. --2. Inventing civilization. --3. Developing conscience. --4. Seeking a lasting peace. --5. Achieving rationality. --6. Uniting the planet. --7. Releasing nature's energies. --8. Ruling ourselves. --9. Anticipating what comes next. --10. Holding people together. --11. Taking nature's place. --12. Entering yet another American century.".
- catalog title "The way of the world : from the dawn of civilization to the eve of the twenty-first century / David Fromkin.".
- catalog type "text".