Shaping world history : breakthroughs in ecology, technology, science, and politics

著者

書誌事項

Shaping world history : breakthroughs in ecology, technology, science, and politics

Mary Kilbourne Matossian

（Sources and studies in world history）

M.E. Sharpe, 1997

  • : pbk.

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全7件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This innovative survey of world history from earliest times to the present focuses on the role of four factors in the development of humankind: climate, communication and transportation technology, scientific advances, and the competence of political elites. Matossian moves chronologically through fifteen historic periods showing how one or more of the causative factors led to significant breakthroughs in human history. Shaping World History is based on original research and also draws widely from the literature on the history of science, technology, climate, agriculture, and historical epidemiology. This compelling analysis is presented in a personal style and includes reflections on how things work and why they are important.

目次

  • Introduction Major Causes of Breakthroughs
  • Chapter 1 From Hominids to Human Beings
  • Chapter 2 The First Farmers
  • Chapter 3 The Birth of "Civilization"
  • Chapter 4 The Roman Empire and the Han Empire
  • Chapter 5 The Chinese Millennium
  • Chapter 6 Reasoned Dissent
  • Chapter 7 Protestant Maritime Political Culture
  • Chapter 8 The Scientific Revolution of the Seventeenth Century
  • Chapter 9 The Population Explosion
  • Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution in Britain
  • Chapter 11 Social Control Since 1789
  • Chapter 12 Darwin's Dangerous Idea
  • Chapter 13 The Marriage of Science and Technology
  • Chapter 14 Breakthroughs in Science
  • Chapter 15 The Third Communication Revolution
  • conclusion Conclusion

「Nielsen BookData」 より

関連文献： 1件中  1-1を表示

詳細情報

ページトップへ