The Global condition : Conquerors, Catastrophes, and Community / William H. McNeill ; with a new foreword by J.R. McNeill.

By:

McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-2016 [author.]

Contributor(s):

McNeill, John Robert [writer of foreword.]

Material type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780691174143
0691174148

Uniform titles:

Works. Selections

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

909 23

LOC classification:

CB69 .M335 2017

NLM classification:

2017 E-712

Contents:

PART I: THE GREAT FRONTIER: FREEDOM AND HIERARCHY IN MODERN TIMES -- Acknowledgments, p.3 -- Lecture I: To 1750, p.5 -- Lecture II: From 1750, p.33 -- PART II: THE HUMAN CONDITION: AN ECOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL VIEW -- 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.

Summary: 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. -- Provided by publisher.

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New Princeton paperback printing, with a new foreword by J.R. McNeill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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. -- Provided by publisher.

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