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Maps of Time : An Introduction to Big History (2004)

di David Christian

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Serie: California World History Library (2)

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An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies-all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture, the emergence of cities and states, and the birth of the modern, industrial period right up to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope, finely focused in its minute detail, this riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, lays the groundwork for world history-and Big History-true as never before to its name.… (altro)
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An introduction to big history
  jhawn | Jul 31, 2017 |
The book's existence is more important than the contents herein. Maps of Time acts as a guiding text for the Big History movement, and thus spends its time trying to narrate the universe's history within its bindings. Because of this fact, Maps of Time has issues. This isn't saying its a bad book - it's far from it - rather the book as an object and as a text is more important than the book's actual message - a problem with Big History from a philosophical standpoint. ( )
  MarchingBandMan | Apr 4, 2017 |
Over dit 500-pagina dikke boek heb ik ruim twee maanden gedaan, intensief notitie nemend. Dat wil zeggen dat het zeker de moeite loont. Hoewel ik zelf gevormd ben als historicus, en dus wel hecht aan degelijke detailstudies, ben ik toch ook gevoelig voor auteurs die proberen de grote lijnen te zien. Daar is moed voor nodig en natuurlijk ook een grondige voorbereiding, zin voor nauwkeurigheid, en vooral een talent om uit de chaotische hoeveelheid details een verhaallijn te distilleren. Christian heeft in dit boek gekozen voor het hoogst mogelijke vogelperspectief, te beginnen bij de Oerknal, en uiteindelijk uitkomend bij het heden, met zelfs een blik vooruit naar de komende eeuwen en millennia.
Ik ben onder de indruk van de belezenheid van de auteur en zijn vermogen om daadwerkelijk de grote lijnen te vatten en begrijpelijk te presenteren; tegelijk doet hij moeite om niet in de ijle hoogte blijven, en om zijn verhaallijnen concreet te stofferen. Ronduit impressionant was het hoofdstuk waarin hij de grote tendensen binnen de agrarische samenlevingen, gaande van ongeveer 3000 voor Christus tot 1500 na Christus, in 1 enkel hoofdstuk samenvat.
Maar uiteraard bevat zo'n ambitieus werk ook een heleboel zwaktes. De belangrijkste vind ik dat Christian, hoewel hij dat zelf bestrijdt, toch uitgaat van een bovenbouw-onderbouw-model: in bijna alle hoofdstukken is het de economische inrichting van de samenleving die de belangrijkste motor is van verandering, politieke en vooral culturele ontwikkelingen komen nauwelijks aan bod. In de tweede plaats springt Christian nogal gemakkelijk mee met modieuze trends in de historiografie: zo hangt hij zijn hoofdstuk over het ontstaan van de moderne mens helemaal op aan 1 enkel wetenschappelijk artikel waarin het ontstaan van die homo sapiens om plausibiliteitsredenen rond 250.000 jaar geleden wordt gesitueerd; in dezelfde lijn gaat hij vlotjes mee met de recente publicaties die stellen dat de Chinese economie vanaf het jaar 1000 tot en met de 18de eeuw vele keren groter en diverser was dan de West-Europese/Atlantische economie (daar zijn inderdaad wel aanwijzingen voor, maar de bewijskracht ervan blijft voorlopig toch nog problematisch). En tenslotte heb ik ook mijn bedenkingen bij zijn laatste, futurologische hoofdstuk dat neerkomt op een zuiver ecologisch manifest (waar natuurlijk wel goede redenen voor zijn, maar als historicus huiver ik bij politieke stellingnames die het verleden als bewijsmateriaal ge(mis)bruiken. ( )
  bookomaniac | Feb 11, 2014 |
A new way of looking at history. Sweeping in scope. An ambitious pverview. ( )
  clifforddham | Feb 2, 2014 |
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 made and seeing the world around me in different ways.
David Christian is probably the best-known teacher of Big History, and this book is possibly the Bible of the field. Big History looks at ALL of history, from the Big Bang to modern life and its trajectory, as one area of study encompassing all fields of scientific and historical research. This book approaches our present by beginning with the formation of the universe, through the development of galaxies and our solar system, our sun, and our planet, and then life itself. As the narrative moves forward in time the history slows down, so that life on Earth, especially human life, is examined in more detail. A major focus is the impact of humanity on the pace of natural changes to the planet and other species (most obviously in climate change and species extinctions), but much of Christian’s emphasis is on the extraordinary swiftness of the evolution of humanity itself and consideration of whether we can survive our success. The last chapter takes an admittedly weak stab at forecasting the future, but the rest of the book is a treasure trove. ( )
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An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings. Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies-all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture, the emergence of cities and states, and the birth of the modern, industrial period right up to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope, finely focused in its minute detail, this riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, lays the groundwork for world history-and Big History-true as never before to its name.

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