The Human Journey offers a truly concise yet satisfyingly full history of the world from ancient times to the present. The book's scope, as the title implies, is the whole story of humanity, in planetary context. Its themes include not only the great questions of the humanities-nature versus nurture, the history and meaning of human variation, the sources of wealth and causes of revolution-but also the major transformations in human history: agriculture, cities, iron, writing, universal religions, global trade, industrialization, popular government, justice, and equality.
In each conceptually rich chapter, Kevin Reilly concentrates on a single important period and theme, sustaining a focused narrative and analytical perspective. Free of either a confined, limiting focus or a mandatory laundry list of topics, this book begins with our most important questions and searches all of our past for answers. Well-grounded in the latest scholarship, this is not a fill-in-the-blanks text, but world history in a grand humanistic tradition.
An instructor's manual includes questions for classroom discussion, substance exam questions, evaluative questions, critical thinking questions, and multiple choice questions, also available in a test-bank format.
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Kevin Reilly is professor of history at Raritan Valley College. He has also taught at Rutgers, Columbia, and Princeton.
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List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter 1 The Long Prologue: From 14 Billion Years Ago
Chapter 2 The Brave New World of City, State, and Pasture: From 3000 BCE
Chapter 3 Eurasian Classical Cultures and Empires: 600 BCE-200 CE
Chapter 4 The Spread of New Ways in Eurasia: 200 CE-1000 CE
Chapter 5 The Making of an Afro-Eurasian Network: 1000 CE-1450 CE
Chapter 6 Parallel Worlds of Inner Africa, the Americas, and Oceania: Before 1450
Chapter 7 Empires and Encounters in the Early Modern Era: 1450-1750
Chapter 8 The Roots of Globalization: 1450-1750
Chapter 9 Breaking Out and the First Modern Societies: 1750-1900
Chapter 10 The Great Disturbance by Global Empires: 1750-1940
Chapter 11 The Modern World and Global Realignments: The Past Century
Chapter 12 Beneath the Surface of Globalization and Modernity:
The Past Century
Index
About the Author