California World History Library: Maps of Time : An Introduction to Big History (Series #2) (Edition 2) (Paperback)

from Garp83

"Superlative -- The Most Important Book of the Decade" I have just completed reading Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History, by David Christian, and even after more than 500 small-font pages of dense ideas, I inhaled the final section - twin appendices actually - and audibly exhaled a satis...

from Stbalbach

A new discreet field of history called "Big History" that examines history from the start of time through to the present, looking for common themes, using a multi-disciplinary approach, not limited to just the written record. Mammoth tomb, well illustrated, worth the price for the bibliography al...

from stretch

Is the written historical record enough to explain the history of civilization? David Christian would argue that it isn't, Maps of Time is a condensed, single volume argument based on his introductory lectures on the topic of "Big History". Big History as defined by Christian is the history of ev...

from auntmarge64

I hardly know where to begin with this book, because it gathers so many threads and gives the reader so many directions to think about and investigate. I've taken the last year to read a couple of chapters a month, and I still find myself going back over some of the observations and connections m...

from solla

The concept is to cover the big, worldwide, or in the beginning even universe wide trends. The book, about 500 pages and another 100 of notes, begins with the big bang, and ends with the present and speculations about possible futures. I find that there are things that I like and don't like about...