The Human Web
In their concise overview of global history, the McNeills explore the webs that have drawn humans together in patterns of interaction and exchange, cooperation and competition since earliest times. From the thin, localized webs of early agricultural communities to the dense, electrified global web of today, human history unfolds in a clear, understandable way in this original view.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0-393-05179-X
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 47
- Pages
- 350
- Suggested Grades
- 9th - 12th
- Historical Setting
- 11,000 BC - 1941 AD
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Copyright
- 2003
Chapters
- 0 Introduction
- 1 The Human Apprenticeship
- 2 Shifting to Food Production, 11,000 - 3,000 Years Ago
- 3 Webs & Civilizations in the Old World: 3500 BCE - 200 CE
- 3 Webs & Civilizations in the Old World: The First Civilizations
- 3 Webs & Civilizations in the Old World: Rise of Bureaucratic Empire
- 3 Webs & Civilizations in the Old World: Portable, Congregational Religions
- 3 Webs & Civilizations in the Old World: Indian Civilization
- 3 Webs & Civilizations in the Old World: Chinese Civiliation
- 3 Webs & Civilizations in the Old World: Greek & Roman Civilizations
- 3 Webs & Civilizations in the Old World: Population, Environment, and Disease
- 3 Webs & Civilizations in the Old World: Conclusion
- 4 The Growth of Webs in the Old World & America, 200-1000 CE: Shifts in Relative Wealth & Power
- 4 The Growth of Webs in the Old World & America, 200-1000 CE: Expanding & Thickening the Old World Web
- 4 The Growth of Webs in the Old World & America, 200-1000 CE: New Roles for Religion
- 4 The Growth of Webs in the Old World & America, 200-1000 CE: Emergence of an American Web
- 4 The Growth of Webs in the Old World & America, 200-1000 CE: Conclusion, Common Patterns
- 5 Thickening Webs, 1000-1500: Overview
- 5 Thickening Webs, 1000-1500: How China Became the First Market Society
- 5 Thickening Webs, 1000-1500: The Transformation of Islam
- 5 Thickening Webs, 1000-1500: Christendom's Thickening Web
- 5 Thickening Webs, 1000-1500: The Old World Web's Pacific Flank
- 5 Thickening Webs, 1000-1500: Southern & Northern Frontiers of the Old World Web
- 5 Thickening Webs, 1000-1500: The American Webs & Conclusion
- 6 Spinning the World Wide Web, 1450-1800: The World's Webs as of 1450
- 6 Spinning the World Wide Web, 1450-1800: Fusing & Extending the World's Webs, 1450-1800
- 6 Spinning the World Wide Web, 1450-1800: The World the Web Made 1500-1800
- 6 Spinning the World Wide Web, 1450-1800: Conclusion
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914: The Progress of the Web
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914: Igniting the Population Explosion
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914: New Foundations for Politics
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914: The Industrial Revoluation
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914: Impacts of the Industrial Revolution
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914: Abolition of Slavery and Serfdom
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914: Globalization in the Age of Imperialism
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914: Ecological Change
- 7 Breaking Old Chains, Tightening the New Web, 1750-1914: Conclusion
- 8 Strains on the Web: The World Since 1890
- 8 Communications and Ideas
- 8 The Marriage of Science and Technology
- 8 Population and Urbanization
- 8 Energy and Environment
- 8 Retreat from Globalization: War and Depression, 1914-41
- 8 Resurgent Globalization: War and the Long Boom Since 1941
- 8 Conclusion
- 9 Big Pictures & Long Prospects
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