Big Questions In History
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Big Questions In History
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Author : Harriet Swain
language : en
Publisher: Arrow
Release Date : 2006
Big Questions In History written by Harriet Swain and has been published by Arrow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
What Wins Wars? Why Do Empires Rise And Fall? What Makes A Great Leader? What Causes Nationalism?How Do Spiritual Movements Spread?These Are Questions In The Forefront Of Our Minds Today But They Meant Just As Much To People In The Past. How Did Earlier Generations Tackle Them? And How Far Can Historians Use The Lessons Of The Past To Help To Find Some Answers?Drawing On Examples Ranging From Ancient Greece To Tony Blair'S Britain, Leading Historical Thinkers Address 20 Of The Really Big Questions That Have Been Asked Over The Centuries About The Course Of Human Events. While Richard Evans Asks What History Is, Ian Kershaw Considers How Personality Affects Politics, Lisa Jardine Looks At The Impact Of Technology On Social Change, Felipe Fernández-Armesto Measures The Influence Of Geography, David A Bell Assesses What Causes Nationalism And Colin Renfrew Considers How Civilisations Develop. Others Examine Why Revolutions Happen, How Spiritual Movements Spread, Why Economies Collapse, How Intellectual Movements Start, And What Impact Our Physical Bodies And Our Private Lives Have On Changing History.Each Essay Is Accompanied By Commentary By A Journalist, Discussing The Differing Views Of Other Leading Thinkers, Today And In The Past. The Result Is A Stimulating Ride Over Continents And Across Centuries In Search Of Answers That Are Sometimes Surprising, Often Controversial, And All Of Great Relevance To How We Live Today.
The History Manifesto
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Author : Joanna Guldi
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-10-02
The History Manifesto written by Joanna Guldi and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-02 with History categories.
A call to arms to historians and everyone interested in history in contemporary society. This title is also available as Open Access.
The Routledge Companion To Big History
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Author : Craig Benjamin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-08-01
The Routledge Companion To Big History written by Craig Benjamin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-01 with History categories.
The Routledge Companion to Big History guides readers though the variety of themes and concepts that structure contemporary scholarship in the field of big history. The volume is divided into five parts, each representing current and evolving areas of interest to the community, including big history’s relationship to science, social science, the humanities, and the future, as well as teaching big history and ‘little big histories’. Considering an ever-expanding range of theoretical, pedagogical and research topics, the book addresses such questions as what is the relationship between big history and scientific research, how are big historians working with philosophers and religious thinkers to help construct ‘meaning’, how are leading theoreticians making sense of big history and its relationship to other creation narratives and paradigms, what is ‘little big history’, and how does big history impact on thinking about the future? The book highlights the place of big history in historiographical traditions and the ways in which it can be used in education and public discourse across disciplines and at all levels. A timely collection with contributions from leading proponents in the field, it is the ideal guide for those wanting to engage with the theories and concepts behind big history.
Big Questions In Ecology And Evolution
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Author : Thomas N. Sherratt
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2009-02-20
Big Questions In Ecology And Evolution written by Thomas N. Sherratt and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-20 with Social Science categories.
Why do we age? Why cooperate? Why do so many species engage in sex? Why do the tropics have so many species? When did humans start to affect world climate? This book provides an introduction to a range of fundamental questions that have taxed evolutionary biologists and ecologists for decades. Some of the phenomena discussed are, on first reflection, simply puzzling to understand from an evolutionary perspective, whilst others have direct implications for the future of the planet. All of the questions posed have at least a partial solution, all have seen exciting breakthroughs in recent years, yet many of the explanations continue to be hotly debated. Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution is a curiosity-driven book, written in an accessible way so as to appeal to a broad audience. It is very deliberately not a formal text book, but something designed to transmit the excitement and breadth of the field by discussing a number of major questions in ecology and evolution and how they have been answered. This is a book aimed at informing and inspiring anybody with an interest in ecology and evolution. It reveals to the reader the immense scope of the field, its fundamental importance, and the exciting breakthroughs that have been made in recent years.
The Big Questions Of Science
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Author : Antonino Del Popolo
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2024-10-29
The Big Questions Of Science written by Antonino Del Popolo and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-29 with Science categories.
Of all the species that live on this planet, as far as we know, man is the only one capable of awareness; observing the sky, understanding its beauty, and asking questions about the meaning of life and that of death, on the beginning and the end, both about the Universe and man himself. The questions range in all directions: why is there something instead of nothing? Who is the architect of reality, and why does it appear to us as it does, rather than in some other way? What's the point of all this? Where does life originate, and what are the origins of the Universe that encompasses it?This book aims to introduce and address the questions that are often asked and answer with the knowledge that science provides us. Where does all the matter we are made of come from and what constitutes the Universe? Is it true that there is matter and energy whose existence can be intuited only indirectly, as the existence of the wind is deduced from leaves' motion? Einstein was right in his revolutionary description of reality, on nature of space and time, inextricable units in their apparent dichotomy. Does each observer truly observe a 'different' time from another observer? Can we move back and forth in the time? How space and time are modified by astronomical objects such as black holes, and what is the nature of the latter? Will time and the Universe end and how did they originate? The Universe is incredibly vast, housing hundreds of billions of galaxies within the observable Universe alone. Beyond what we can observe, there may exist an unimaginably vast expanse that extends infinitely and beyond our imagination. Our Universe, enormous as it may be, is not the only one. That's all predicted by certain cosmological and physical theories. Is life unique to Earth, or does the Universe harbor other forms of life that remain undiscovered to us?
Teaching History With Big Ideas
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Author : S. G. Grant
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2010-07-16
Teaching History With Big Ideas written by S. G. Grant and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-16 with Education categories.
In the case studies that make up the bulk of this book, middle and high school history teachers describe the decisions and plans and the problems and possibilities they encountered as they ratcheted up their instruction through the use of big ideas. Framing a teaching unit around a question such as 'Why don't we know anything about Africa?' offers both teacher and students opportunities to explore historical actors, ideas, and events in ways both rich and engaging. Such an approach exemplifies the construct of ambitious teaching, whereby teachers demonstrate their ability to marry their deep knowledge of subject matter, students, and the school context in ways that fundamentally challenge the claim that history is 'boring.'
What
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Author : Mark Kurlansky
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-06-06
What written by Mark Kurlansky and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-06 with Social Science categories.
What is What? Could it be that noted author Mark Kurlansky has written a very short, terrifically witty, deeply thought-provoking book entirely in the form of questions? A book that draws on philosophy, religion, literature, policy-indeed, all of civilization-to ask what may well be the twenty most important questions in human history? Or has he given us a really smart, impossibly amusing game of twenty questions? Kurlansky considers the work of Confucius, Plato, Shakespeare, Descartes, Nietzsche, Freud, Hemingway, Emily Dickinson, the Talmud, Charles de Gaulle, Virginia Woolf, and others, distilling the deep questions of life to their sparkling essence. What? supplies endless fodder for thoughtful conversation but also endless opportunity to ponder and be challenged by-and entertained by-these questions in refreshingly original ways. As Kurlansky says, In a world that seems devoid of absolute certainties, how can we make declarative statements? Without asking the questions, how will we ever get to the answers? With his striking black-and-white woodcut illustrations throughout, this handsome volume is a tour de force that packs a tremendous wallop in a deliciously compact package.
World History
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Author : Eric Vanhaute
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-24
World History written by Eric Vanhaute and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-24 with History categories.
World History: An Introduction provides readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to understand the global historical perspective and how it can be used to shed light on both our past and our present. A concise and original guide to the concepts, methods, debates and contents of world history, it combines a thematic approach with a clear and ambitious focus. Each chapter traces connections with the past and the present to explore major questions in world history: How did humans evolve from an endangered species to the most successful of them all? How has nature shaped human history? How did agricultural societies push human history in a new direction? How has humankind organized itself in ever more complex administrative systems? How have we developed new religious and cultural patterns? How have the paths of ‘The West’ and ‘The Rest’ diverged over the last five centuries? How, at the same time, has the world become more interconnected and "globalized"? How is this world characterized by growing gaps in wealth, poverty and inequality? Sharp and accessible, Eric Vanhaute’s introduction to this exciting field demonstrates that world history is more of a perspective than a single all-encompassing narrative: an instructive new way of seeing, thinking and doing. It is an essential resource for students of history in a global context.
History Of Intellectual Culture 2 2023
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Author : Charlotte A. Lerg
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-10-24
History Of Intellectual Culture 2 2023 written by Charlotte A. Lerg and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-24 with History categories.
The second issue of the yearbook History of Intellectual Culture (HIC) dedicates a thematic section to modes of publication. This volume addresses recent advances in publication studies and stresses the cultural formation of knowledge. By exploring and analyzing layers of presenting, sharing, and circulating knowledge, we invite readers to critically engage with questions of media uses and publishing practices and structures, both historically and in our contemporary digital age. The articles in this volume attest to the great variety of publication modes and perspectives, from the potential and limits of digitizing newspapers such as the New York Times to questions of positionality in building and using Wikipedia, from translation policies and female participation to the genre of university histories.
The Oxford Handbook Of History And International Relations
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Author : Mlada Bukovansky
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-08-08
The Oxford Handbook Of History And International Relations written by Mlada Bukovansky and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-08 with Political Science categories.
Historical approaches to the study of world politics have always been a major part of the academic discipline of International Relations, and there has recently been a resurgence of scholarly interest in this area. This Oxford Handbook examines the past and present of the intersection between history and IR, and looks to the future by laying out new questions and directions for research. Seeking to transcend well-worn disciplinary debates between historians and IR scholars, the Handbook asks authors from both fields to engage with the central themes of 'modernity' and 'granularity'. Modernity is one of the basic organising categories of speculation about continuity and discontinuity in the history of world politics, but one that is increasingly questioned for privileging one kind of experience and marginalizing others. The theme of granularity highlights the importance of how decisions about the scale and scope of historical research in IR shape what can be seen, and how one sees it. Together, these themes provide points of affinity across the wide range of topics and approaches presented here. The Handbook is organized into four parts. The first, 'Readings', gives a state-of-the-art analysis of numerous aspects of the disciplinary encounter between historians and IR theorists. Thereafter, sections on 'Practices', 'Locales', and 'Moments' offer a wide variety of perspectives, from the longue durée to the ephemeral individual moment, and challenge many conventional ways of defining the contexts of historical enquiry about international relations. Contributors come from a range of academic backgrounds, and present a diverse array of methodological and philosophical ideas, as well as their various historical interests. The Oxford Handbooks of International Relations is a twelve-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and innovative engagements with the principal sub-fields of International Relations. The series as a whole is under the General Editorship of Christian Reus-Smit of the University of Queensland and Duncan Snidal of the University of Oxford, with each volume edited by specialists in the field. The series both surveys the broad terrain of International Relations scholarship and reshapes it, pushing each sub-field in challenging new directions. Following the example of Reus-Smit and Snidal's original Oxford Handbook of International Relations, each volume is organized around a strong central thematic by scholars drawn from different perspectives, reading its sub-field in an entirely new way, and pushing scholarship in challenging new directions.