ISBN10: 0521763339, ISBN13: 9780521763332, [publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge] Hardcover Hardcover. Volume 1 of the Cambridge World History is an introduction to both the discipline of world history and the earliest phases of world history up to 10,000 BCE. In Part I leading scholars outline the approaches, methods, and themes that have shaped and defined world history scholarship across the world and right up to the present day. Chapters examine the historiographical development of the field globally, periodisation, divergence and convergence, belief and knowledge, technology and innovation, family, gender, anthropology, migration, and fire. Part II surveys the vast Palaeolithic era, which laid the foundations for human history, concentrating on the most recent phases of hominin evolution, the rise of Homo sapiens and the very earliest human societies through to the end of the last ice age. Anthropologists, archaeologists, historical linguists and historians examine climate and tools, language, and culture, as well as offering regional perspectives from across the world. Divided between a study of the discipline of world history and an examination of its earliest phases, the volume introduces key frames of analysis that shaped world history across time periods, with essays on overarching approaches, methods and themes, as well as chapters surveying human history up to 10,000 BCE. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, ...

ISBN10: 0521763339, ISBN13: 9780521763332, [publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge] Hardcover Hardcover. Volume 1 of the Cambridge World History is an introduction to both the discipline of world history and the earliest phases of world history up to 10,000 BCE. In Part I leading scholars outline the approaches, methods, and themes that have shaped and defined world history scholarship across the world and right up to the present day. Chapters examine the historiographical development of the field globally, periodisation, divergence and convergence, belief and knowledge, technology and innovation, family, gender, anthropology, migration, and fire. Part II surveys the vast Palaeolithic era, which laid the foundations for human history, concentrating on the most recent phases of hominin evolution, the rise of Homo sapiens and the very earliest human societies through to the end of the last ice age. Anthropologists, archaeologists, historical linguists and historians examine climate and tools, language, and culture, as well as offering regional perspectives from across the world. Divided between a study of the discipline of world history and an examination of its earliest phases, the volume introduces key frames of analysis that shaped world history across time periods, with essays on overarching approaches, methods and themes, as well as chapters surveying human history up to 10,000 BCE. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US ...
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ISBN10: 0521763339, ISBN13: 9780521763332, [publisher: Cambridge University Press] Hardcover Volume introducing key frames of analysis and themes that shaped world history, and surveying the earliest phases of human history. Editor(s): Christian, David; Hughes-Warrington, Marnie. Series: The Cambridge World History. Num Pages: 516 pages, 30 b/w illus. 19 maps 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3B; HBG; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 948. . 2015. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2015]