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A concise history of the world / Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Series: Cambridge concise historiesPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015Description: xii, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107028371 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9781107694538 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909 23
LOC classification:
  • D 21  W651c 2015
Contents:
Introduction; 1. Foraging and farming families (to 3000 BCE); 2. Cities and classical societies (3000 BCE-500 CE); 3. Expanding networks of interaction, 500 CE-1500 CE; 4. A new world of connections, 1500 CE-1800 CE; 5. Industrialization, imperialism, and inequality, 1800-2015; Index.
Summary: A global history of humankind as producers and reproducers from the Paleolithic to the present. Renowned social and cultural historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks brings a new perspective to world history by examining the social and cultural developments that are at the heart of the big questions in world history today.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) D 21 W651c 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000152040

Cambridge concise histories

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction; 1. Foraging and farming families (to 3000 BCE); 2. Cities and classical societies (3000 BCE-500 CE); 3. Expanding networks of interaction, 500 CE-1500 CE; 4. A new world of connections, 1500 CE-1800 CE; 5. Industrialization, imperialism, and inequality, 1800-2015; Index.

A global history of humankind as producers and reproducers from the Paleolithic to the present. Renowned social and cultural historian Merry Wiesner-Hanks brings a new perspective to world history by examining the social and cultural developments that are at the heart of the big questions in world history today.

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