A History of Big History
Big History is a seemingly novel approach that seeks to situate human history within a grand cosmic story of life. It claims to do so by uniting the historical sciences in order to construct a linear and accurate timeline of 'threshold moments' beginning with the Big Bang and ending with t...
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Format: | Buch |
Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2023
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Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Elements in Historical Theory and Practice
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Schlagworte: | Antike Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte Geschichte: Theorie und Methoden HISTORY / Historiography History: theory & methods |
Umfang: | 75 Seiten |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 1. Introduction: what is big history?; 2. A history of big history; 3. Big history in theory and practice; 4. Conclusion; Bibliography.