The Global Condition: Conquerors, Catastrophes, and Community - Softcover

Mcneill, William Hardy; Mcneill, J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691174148 ISBN 13: 9780691174143

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2017

Synopsis

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 role of catastrophe in our lives.

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Review:

"A remarkable tour de force . . . . An elegant, intelligent and scholarly essay."---J. H. Hexter, New York Times Book Review

"A brilliant new interpretation of world history."---David Graber, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"There is virtually no one in the profession who can match McNeill as a synthesizer--or, for that matter, as an interdisciplinary historian. . . . There is more insight in this volume than in others of double or triple the length."---David Courtwright, , Journal of Interdisciplinary History

"How refreshing in this era of foreboding to read an informed analysis of human prospects ending on a positive note that we are the creators rather than the creatures of our destiny."---L.S. Stavrianos, Journal of World History

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"A brilliant new interpretation of world history."--David Graber, Los Angeles Times Book Review

"There is virtually no one in the profession who can match McNeill as a synthesizer--or, for that matter, as an interdisciplinary historian. . . . There is more insight in this volume than in others of double or triple the length."--David Courtwright, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

"How refreshing in this era of foreboding to read an informed analysis of human prospects ending on a positive note that we are the creators rather than the creatures of our destiny."--L.S. Stavrianos, Journal of World History

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0691174148
• ISBN 13: 9780691174143
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200