A concise history of the world /
Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
- xii, 395 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Cambridge concise histories .
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.