by Michael Cook · W. W. Norton & Company · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780393326451
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«A Brief History of the Human Race» is the historical essay by Michael Cook, published by W. W. Norton & Company in paperback (410 pages, in English).
It surveys human history from prehistory to 9/11, with examples of cultural diversity such as the calendars of Mesoamerica or the marriage customs of Australian Aborigines. It analyzes the factors of historical change, the role of the West in unifying the world, and the contingencies that could have taken it in another direction.
The work was originally published in 2003; this 2005 edition includes maps and illustrations.
A work of popularization aimed at the general public interested in world history and major historical processes.
Michael Allan Cook FBA is a British historian and scholar of Islamic history. Cook is the general editor of The New Cambridge History of Islam.
