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Maps of Time :An Introduction to Big History - California World History Library
Maps of Time :An Introduction to Big History - California World History Library
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Published:
30 September, 2011
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780520271449 |
| ISBN10 | 0520271440 |
| Number Of Pages | 672 |
| Item Weight | 816 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 43 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | University of California Press |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | 2nd edition |
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"Christian's clarity of style and modesty add grace and subtlety to an ambitious effort." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *
“An ambitious and clearly-written account.” * Future Survey *
“Forges bold and ingenious connections between the physical and social sciences.” * The Age *
"David Christian has given us a state-of-the-art instance of Big History, a work of breathtaking synthesis." * Books & Culture: A Christian Review *
"No brief can possible do even minimal justice to an author and his summa cum laude opus." * Journal of World History *
"No work in this genre [macro-history] is better than David Christian’s Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History. . . . [I]t is a brilliantly executed act of provocation." * The Times *
“A remarkable work of synthesis and scholarship. . . . Christian's Olympian perspective on the story of time is exhilarating.” * The Guardian *
“A good read, a fascinating prospectus for a new kind of history.” * American Scientist *
"Christian has hit a home run. . . . This book should be required reading for any extraterrestrials visiting the earth for the first time." * College & Research Libraries News *
"A fascinating read." * San Francisco Chronicle *
"[Christian's] book is remarkably successful. It has the essential effect of first stimulating and then retaining the reader's interest." * New Scientist *
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Author's Bio
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).