{"product_id":"big-history-between-nothing-and-everything-9780073385617","title":"Big History Between Nothing and Everything","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig History: Between Nothing and Everything\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the past not just of humanity, or even of planet Earth, but of the entire universe.  In reading this book instructors and students will retrace a voyage that began 13.7 billion years ago with the Big Bang and the appearance of the universe.  Big history incorporates findings from cosmology, earth and life sciences, and human history, and assembles them into a single, universal historical narrative of our universe and of our place within it.ââ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first edition of \u003ci\u003eBig History: Between Nothing and Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, is written by the pioneers of the field, and presents a framework for learning about anything and everything. It encourages students to think critically about our cumulative history and the future of the world through a variety of lenses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstructors and students can now access their course content through the Connect digital learning platform by purchasing either standalone Connect access or a bundle of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContentsPreface     Introduction: What Is Big History and How Do We Study It?     Seeing the Big Picture   Seeing the Whole of the Past   What Is Big History?   The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity   A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History   A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates   Summary   Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements     Seeing the Big Picture   Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe   Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars   Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements   Summary   Chapter 2     The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth     Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System   The Early Earth—a Short History   Shaping of Earth’s Surface   Summary   Chapter 3     The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life     Seeing the Big Picture   How Life Changes through Natural Selection   Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth   A Brief History of Life on Earth   Summary   Chapter 4     The Sixth Threshold: Hominines, Humans, and the Paleolithic Era     Seeing the Big Picture   Hominine Evolution: 8 Million to 200,000 Years Ago   Threshold 6: The Appearance of Homo sapiens   The Paleolithic Era: 200,000 to 10,000 Years Ago   Summary   Chapter 5     The Seventh Threshold: Origins of Agriculture and the Early Agrarian Era     Seeing the Big Picture   Threshold 7: Agriculture   Explaining the Agricultural Revolution   The Early Agrarian Era   The Emergence of Consensual Power   Summary   Chapter 6     Mini-Threshold: The Appearance of Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations     Seeing the Big Picture   Defining Cities, States, and Agrarian Civilizations   The Buildup of Resources and Collective Learning   Uruk, the First City, in Sumer, the First State   Cities and States in Other Regions   Summary   Chapter 7     Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 1     Seeing the Big Picture   Introduction to the Agrarian Later Era   The Era of Agrarian Civilizations   First Trend: The Expansion, Power, and Effectiveness of Agrarian Civilizations and Their Administrations   Summary   Chapter 8     Afro-Eurasia during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations: Part 2     Seeing the Big Picture   Second Trend: The Establishment of Significant Networks of Exchange among Agrarian Civilizations of Afro-Eurasia   Third Trend: Evolving Social and Gender Complexity   Fourth Trend: The Generally Slow Pace of Change and Growth   Summary   Chapter 9     Other World Zones during the Era of Agrarian Civilizations     Seeing the Big Picture   Agrarian Civilizations of the American Zone   The Pacific and Australasian World Zones   Chapter 10     On the Brink of a Threshold: Toward the Modern Revolution     Seeing the Big Picture   The Approach of the Modern Revolution   Why Rates of Innovation Increased: Drivers of Innovation   The World in 1000 CE   The Postclassical Malthusian Cycle: Before 1350 CE   The Early Modern Malthusian Cycle: 1350 to 1700 CE   The World in 1700 CE   Summary   Chapter 11     Crossing the Eighth Threshold: Breakthrough to Modernity     Seeing the Big Picture   Threshold 8: The Modern World\/Anthropocene   Social, Agricultural, and Industrial Revolution in Great Britain   The Spread of the Industrial Revolution   Political Revolution: The Rise of the Modern State   The Emergence of Two Worlds—Developed and Developing   Other Consequences of the Industrial Revolution   Summary   Chapter 12     The Anthropocene: Globalization, Growth, and Sustainability     Seeing the Big Picture   Introduction   Part 1: Political and Military Changes   Part 2: Growth—More Humans Consuming More   Part 3: The Impact of Growth and Industrialization on Lifeways and Societies   Part 4: The Anthropocene and the Human Impact on the Biosphere—Is Growth Sustainable?   Summary   Chapter 13     The History of the Future     Seeing the Big Picture   Future 1: The Near Future   Future 2: The Next Few Thousand Years   Future 3: The Remote Future   Conclusion—The End of the Story: Humans in the Cosmos   Summary   Glossary     Credits     Index","brand":"McGraw-Hill Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036411265367,"sku":"9780073385617","price":151.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780073385617.jpg?v=1750932007","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/big-history-between-nothing-and-everything-9780073385617","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}