The Global Condition

The Global Condition

Editorial Reviews
Book Description

William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. Now two of his popular books and an essay previously unavailable in book form are brought together in this new paperback edition. In The Human Condition McNeill provides a provocative interpretation of history as a competition of parasites, both biological and human. In The Great Frontier he questions the notion of "frontier freedom" through an examination of European expansion. The concluding essay speculates on the role of catastrophe in our lives. About The Human Condition: "A remarkable tour de force . . . . An elegant, intelligent and scholarly essay."--J. H. Hexter, The New York Times Book Review "A brilliant new interpretation of world history."--David Graber, The Los Angeles Times Book Review About The Great Frontier: There is virtually no one in the profession who can match McNeill as a synthesizer--or, for that matter, as an interdisciplinary historian. . . . There is more insight in this volume than in others of double or triple the length."--David Courtwright, Journal of Interdisciplinary History

The Global Condition,William Hardy McNeill,Princeton University Press,0691025592,Civilization,Emigration and immigration,Frontier and pioneer life,History,History - General History,History: World,Modern - 20th Century,Social history,World - General,European History,History / Modern / 20th Century,History: theory & methods,World History/Comparative History

Books Report:

1. The Great Frontier
2. The Irish World: The History and Cultural Achievements of the Irish People
3. The Logic of History; Putting Postmodernism in Perspective
4. The Patton Papers 1885-1940
5. The Penguin Encyclopedia of American History
6. The Post's New York : Celebrating 200 Years of New York City As Seen Through the Pages and Pictures of the New York Post
7. The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods, and New Directions in the Study of Modern History
8. The Routledge Companion to Historical Studies
9. The South Carolina Rice Plantation: As Revealed in the Papers of Robert F. W. Allston (Southern Classics Series)
10. The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Books Report

Recommended Books

1. Cast-Iron Architecture in America: The Significance of James Bogardus
2. The Justice League Companion
3. The Emergence of Cinematic Time : Modernity, Contingency, the Archive
4. Working Papers, Volume 1, Chapters 1-14 for use with Financial & Managerial Accounting: A Basis
5. The Astd Handbook of Instructional Technology
6. Somatic Embryogenesis and Synthetic Seed I
7. Random, Non-Random and Periodic Faulting in Crystals
8. Semiconductor Radiation Detectors : Device Physics
9. The Lost Upland : Stories of Southwest France
10. The Insomnia Solution : The Natural, Drug-Free Way to a Good Night's Sleep
11. The Animal Lover's Guide to the Internet: More Than 500 of the Most Fun, Information Packed Animal-R
12. The Gardener's Practical Guide to Annuals, Bulbs and Perennials : An illustrated encyclopedia of flo
13. The Road to Berlin
14. Telescopes: Searching the Heavens
15. The Martial Artist's Book of Yoga: Improve Flexibility, Balance and Strength for Higher Kicks, Faste