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The structure of big history from the big bang until today

Title
The structure of big history from the big bang until today / Fred Spier.
Author
Spier, Fred, 1952-
Publication
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©1996.

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Description
ix, 113 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"The social and natural sciences have more in common than most people would perhaps suspect. This thought-provoking study, the first of its kind ever attempted, presents a single straightforward structure which unites the latest scientific views on the history of the Universe, the Solar System, Earth, life and humankind. It contributes to a better understanding of some long-standing academic controversies, such as the root causes for the origins of humankind, the rise of agriculture and the emergence of early states."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Civilization > Philosophy
  • Human evolution
  • Civilization > Philosophy
  • Human evolution
  • Evolution
  • Geschichte
  • Herrschaftssystem
  • Humanökologie
  • Kultur
  • Mensch
  • Natur
  • Wereldgeschiedenis
  • Civilisation > Philosophie
  • Homme > Évolution
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-113).
Contents
I. General approach. Regimes as structuring elements for cosmic, planetary and human history. Human regimes. Inorganic regimes -- II. Human life between micro and macro regimes. Astronomical regimes. Organic and biological regimes -- III. Human cultural regimes. Human ecological regime transformations as the major structuring principle of human history -- IV. Three major ecological regime transformations as structuring principle for human history. The first great ecological regime transformation: the domestication of fire. The gatherer-hunter social regime. Sedentary gatherers and hunters. The second great ecological regime transformation: the transition to an agrarian regime. The evolving agrarian social regime. Agrarian social regime differentiation and development. The third great ecological regime transformation: the transition toward an industrial regime. Social regime transformations. Planetary ecological regime development.
ISBN
  • 9053562206
  • 9789053562208
LCCN
97108243
OCLC
  • ocm36412752
  • 36412752
  • SCSB-378733
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library