A History of the World in 100 Objects

from pierthinker

Magnificent! MacGregor gives his personal history of mankind using as his touchpoints one hundred objects selected from the collections of the British Museum in London (of which he is the Director). The objects are presented in chronological order and each receives a short essay (mostly around 3 ...

from Bookoholic73

I so like this book! Not only does one travel in time, one also travels around the entire world, and learns so much. (if one only could remember as well!!!) Well written, accessible and clever at the same time, but never ever pretentious, just so interesting you do not like to put it down. Wonder...

from Sullywriter

A beautifully designed and illustrated, endlessly fascinating tour of human civilization from its beginning to now through artifacts from all over the world. Insightful, completely engaging, and filled with many surprises.

from freelancer_frank

This is a book about common humanity. Each object is accompanied by a commentary, all of around equal length, that places the object in context, describes its features and explains what it reveals about the society in which it was made, and about humanity in general. The commentaries manage the d...

from arielfl

The genesis of this book sprung from a radio program on the BBC in which the British Museum attempted to tell the history of the world in 100 objects. The book is the fruition of the radio program. I think the book did a pretty good job of covering items from all periods all over the planet and s...