Maps of time : an introduction to big history / David Christian.

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Main Author: Christian, David, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
Series:California world history library ; 2
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245 1 0 |a Maps of time :  |b an introduction to big history /  |c David Christian. 
260 |a Berkeley :  |b University of California Press,  |c c2004. 
300 |a xxii, 642 p. :  |b ill., maps ;  |c 24 cm. 
440 0 |a California world history library ;  |v 2 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-594) and index. 
505 0 |a pt. 1: The inanimate universe. The first 300,000 years : origins of the universe, time, and space -- Origins of the galaxies and stars : the beginnings of complexity -- Origins and history of the Earth -- pt. 2: Life on Earth. The origins of life and the theory of evolution -- The evolution of life and the biosphere -- pt. 3: Early human history : many worlds. The evolution of humans -- The beginnings of human history -- pt. 4: The Holocene : few worlds. Intensification and the origins of agriculture -- From power over nature to power over people : cities, states, and "civilizations" -- Long trends in the era of agrarian "civilizations" -- pt. 5: The modern era : one world. Approaching modernity -- Globalization, commercialization, and innovation -- Birth of the modern world -- The great acceleration of the twentieth century -- pt. 6: Perspectives on the future. Futures -- Appendix 1: Dating techniques, chronologies, and timelines -- Appendix 2: Chaos and order. 
650 0 |a Civilization  |x Philosophy. 
650 0 |a Human evolution. 
650 0 |a World history. 
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