Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History
- ISBN-10
- 0520235002
- ISBN-13
- 9780520235007
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 642
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-02-23
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- David Christian
Description
A history of the world from the big bang to the present. "Big history" is a new approach to world history that joins the history of the world as a physical entity to human history. David Christian is the leading proponent of this approach to world history.
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