Global Imperative - An Interpretive History of the Spread of Humankind

Informationen zum Autor Robert P. Clark is professor of government and politics at George Mason University Klappentext This book delves into 100 millennia of human history to create a unified explanation for humankind's need to spread itself across the globe. It reveals the spread of humans and their cultures to be part of an ongoing struggle to supply the needs of an increasingly large and complex society. Zusammenfassung This book delves into 100 millennia of human history to create a unified explanation for humankind's need to spread itself across the globe. It reveals the spread of humans and their cultures to be part of an ongoing struggle to supply the needs of an increasingly large and complex society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword -- Introduction: Why Globalization? -- Out of Africa -- The Neolithic Revolution -- Ancient Cities and Trade Routes -- The Age of Discovery -- The Partnership of Steam and Coal -- Petroleum and the Internal Combustion Engine -- Part One: Prelude to the Information Age -- Part Two: The Information Age -- Part Three: Cities and Global Systems in the Information Age

Product details

• Authors: Robert P Clark, Robert P. Clark
• Assisted by: Raymond Grew (Editor), Bruce Mazlish (Editor)
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.1997
• EAN: 9780813331812
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3181-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Global History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte, Politische Bildung und Zivilgesellschaft