David Christian is Professor in the Department of History at San Diego State University. He is the author of Living Water: Vodka and Russian Society on the Eve of Emancipation (1990), Imperial and Soviet Russia: Power, Privilege and the Challenge of Modernity (1997), and A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia: Volume 1: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire (1998).
An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, "Maps of Time" is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies - all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of 'Big History.' "Maps of Time" opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture, the emergence of cities and states, and the birth of the modern, industrial period right up-to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope, finely focused in its minute detail, this riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, lays the groundwork for world history - and Big History - true as never before to its name.
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隻能看看手邊有什麼東西能寫進來的…… David Armitage, 'What's the Big Idea? Intellectual History and the Longue Durée,' History of European Ideas 38.4 (2012): 493-507. Connie Barlow, Green Space, Green Time: The Way of Science (New York 1997). Cynthia S. Br...
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評分試圖把自然科學和社會科學結閤起來來解釋從宇宙産生以來130億年的曆史,係統體係的超規模龐大,涉及學科內容的廣泛,讓人看書時很難讀下去,更彆說讀懂。這本書的作者,“大曆史”奠基人剋裏斯蒂安在教授這門課程時需要一節課上好幾個學科教授一起共同完成課堂教學,可想而知,...
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圖書標籤: 曆史 全球史 BigHistory 大曆史導論 DavidChristian 曆史學 history 美國
Still have reservations about big history, but this book sends shivers down my spine. A must-read especially for the sci-fi fans among historians.
評分召喚史前史與人類史的互通,將人類的曆史置於生物圈甚至整個宇宙的曆史之中,在當下學術和知識日益碎片化的情況下,試圖打破學科界限,提供統閤性的新知識,講述瞭從宇宙大爆炸至今,宇宙、地球、生命、人類的“大曆史”。在人類愈發自我中心主義化的今天,將眼光放大到絕地天通的曆史境界,或許可以避免井底觀天。It's ebook is available in wechat public page: iAudioBook
評分召喚史前史與人類史的互通,將人類的曆史置於生物圈甚至整個宇宙的曆史之中,在當下學術和知識日益碎片化的情況下,試圖打破學科界限,提供統閤性的新知識,講述瞭從宇宙大爆炸至今,宇宙、地球、生命、人類的“大曆史”。在人類愈發自我中心主義化的今天,將眼光放大到絕地天通的曆史境界,或許可以避免井底觀天。It's ebook is available in wechat public page: iAudioBook
評分我真是在憑良心打分,雖然這本書看得我血管都快爆瞭。
評分召喚史前史與人類史的互通,將人類的曆史置於生物圈甚至整個宇宙的曆史之中,在當下學術和知識日益碎片化的情況下,試圖打破學科界限,提供統閤性的新知識,講述瞭從宇宙大爆炸至今,宇宙、地球、生命、人類的“大曆史”。在人類愈發自我中心主義化的今天,將眼光放大到絕地天通的曆史境界,或許可以避免井底觀天。It's ebook is available in wechat public page: iAudioBook
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