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William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. The Global Condition is a classic work for understanding the grand sweep of world history in brief compass. Now with a new foreword by J.R. McNeill, this book brings together two of William Hardy McNeill's popula...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton : |
| Publication Dates: | [1992] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. The Global Condition is a classic work for understanding the grand sweep of world history in brief compass. Now with a new foreword by J.R. McNeill, this book brings together two of William Hardy McNeill's popular short books and an essay. The Human Condition provides a provocative interpretation of history as a competition of parasites, both biological and human; The Great Frontier questions the notion of "frontier freedom" through an examination of European expansion; the concluding essay speculates on the r |
| Item Description: | New Princeton paperback printing, with a new foreword by J.R. McNeill, 2017. |
| Carrier Form: | xxv, 171 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780691174143 (paperback) : 0691174148 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | CB69 |
| CLC: | K103 |
| Call Number: | K103/M169-1 |
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Acknowledgments, p.3 -- Lecture I: To 1750, p.5 -- Lecture II: From 1750, p.33 -- Acknowledgments, p67 -- Microparasitism, Macroparasitism, and the Urban Transmutation, p.69 -- Microparasitism, Macroparasitism, and the Commercial Transmutation, p.100 -- PART III: CONTROL AND CATASTROPHE IN HUMAN AFFAIRS, p.133. |