The Oxford history of the world /
"Volume contributors try to see the world whole, as a single unit of study, with objectivity hard to attain for humans trapped in their own history. The volume reviews the changes that really have taken place all over the planet, and present them in a tiny compass, such as a galactic observer m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Volume contributors try to see the world whole, as a single unit of study, with objectivity hard to attain for humans trapped in their own history. The volume reviews the changes that really have taken place all over the planet, and present them in a tiny compass, such as a galactic observer might behold from an immense distance in time and space. Humans have a dazzling array of contrasting ways of behaving, whereas other species—though many of them resemble us closely in bodies and genes—encompass a comparatively tiny range of differences. Humans have vastly more lifeways and foodways, social structures and political systems, means of representing and communicating, rites and religions than any other cultural animal—even the great apes who are most like humans. That variety is the subject-matter of this book"--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | "The text of this edition was published in The Oxford Illustrated History of the World in 2019"--Page iv. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps, charts |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-460) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191980022 0191980021 9780192884046 0192884042 |