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Chargement... From Then to Now: A Short History of the World (2011)par Christopher Moore
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. This was a nice overview covering many areas of history throughout the world. It is a fairly short book, so it doesn't get too in-depth. You would have to refer to other sources to get more detail. Overall I found it an enjoyable and interesting read. The book itself is slightly oversized, so it is better suited to a coffee table or a book stack than a book shelf. At 184 pages, it is indeed a short history of the world. Moore begins with the hunter gatherers of 50,000 years ago and brings readers up to date. What's always interesting with books like these is to see what the author chooses to leave out of the narrative and it's obviously quite a bit. Moore does make a noble effort to include African, east Asian, Middle Eastern, and pre-Columbian history here, but the emphasis is still slanted toward western civilization. Considering the monumental task of trying to write a condensed world history for young people, Moore's effort is an admirable one. I was glad to win a copy of this book even though when I applied I didn't realise it was for kids or young adults. Although I'm a long way from being a young adult the book immediately appealed to me. An overview of world history that avoids an overly Euro-centric view and yet doesn't become too PC. Illustrated with watercolour paintings that avoid most of the stereotypes too, I wondered whether it would attract the ipod generation. I needn't have worried. My 12 year old son and 16 year old daughter both asked to read it after I was finished. Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. This is a solid book. The historical facts are accurate and well-written. The artwork is very nice. There wasn't a whole lot going on here that I didn't already know, but I did really enjoy the little tidbits of interesting information provided in colored boxes every few pages. At 184 pages, it was not an overwhelming read; however, at 184 pages, it was not terribly enlightening. And at 25cm tall and 21cm long, it's definitely a coffee-table book and not anything I think I would have found occasion to read otherwise. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML:Just 50,000 years ago, our hunter-gatherer ancestors ventured off the African savannah and into the wider world. Now, our technology reaches far out into the cosmos. How did we get to where we are today? With lively text and colorful illustrations, From Then to Now explains how individual societies struggled to find their own paths, despite war, disease, slavery, natural disasters, and the relentless growth of human knowledge. From Hammurabi to Henry Ford, from Incan couriers to the Internet, from the Taj Mahal to the Eiffel Tower, from Marco Polo to Martin Luther King, from Cleopatra to Catherine the Great, from boiled haggis to fried tarantulas ?? this is no less than the story of humanity. It??s the story of how we grew apart over all those years of migration and division, and how ?? as we recognize our common heritage and our often mixed ancestry ?? we can come together. An index, maps, and notes make this a must-have reference Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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An ambitious book that seeks to give a bare bones overview of the history of humanity from humanoids in Africa, through hunter-gatherer societies, to farming and the rise of nations and technologies. The history seeks to be inclusive rather than eurocentric, and covers nations and peoples worldwide. Moore crafts his history in an engaging and easy-to-read narrative form that will appeal to fiction and nonfiction readers alike. Illustrations by Krystoforski recreate famous artifacts, artwork, and photos in impressionistic paintings with a consistent style, which are placed as accents on text pages. This strategy helps the large and otherwise straightforward book avoid appearing like a textbook. Index and world map are included. Notably lacking is bibliography or reading list. ( )