ebooks American Rhone: How Maverick Winemakers Changed the Way Americans Drink by Patrick J. Comiskey in History

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An introduction to a new way of looking at history; from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day; Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang; David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna; including human beings.Cosmology; geology; archeology; and population and environmental studies—all figure in David Christian's account; which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe; the stars and the galaxies; the sun and the solar system; including the earth; and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture; the emergence of cities and states; and the birth of the modern; industrial period right up to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope; finely focused in its minute detail; this riveting account of the known world; from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming; lays the groundwork for world history—and Big History—true as never before to its name.