{"product_id":"this-fleeting-world-general-reader-edition","title":"This Fleeting World (general reader edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"What a quick  convenient  and persuasive way to begin to understand the confusing world in which we find ourselves!\" --William H. McNeill \"I hope this book will introduce a wider audience to this gifted scientist and teacher.\" --Bill Gates This Fleeting World is the smallest book of big history  telling the story of the universe and history of humanity in less than one hundred pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this compact  accessible  and inspiring guide to the history of everything  from stars and empires to cities  the World Wide Web  capitalism  and globalization. David Christians approach to human history and big history is a call to action  based on a profound and fresh understanding of our place in the universe. This book is essential reading for our time. David Christian asks big questions. Will contemporary challenges will lead to the emergence of a new global system capable of ecological  economic  and political stability? Or is the accelerating pace of change a prelude to a sudden  sharp collapse that will drive many parts of the world back to the productivity levels of the early agrarian era? He presents our origin story and the history of women and men across the entire world  within the framework of the universe explaining  for example  that the chemicals we are made of come from supernovae. He tells the human story as a story of changes: changes in the ways we produce and distribute food  move from place to place  organize ourselves into communities  explore and populate our environment  and both create and respond to crises. He gives us maps of time  history on different temporal-spatial scales  and even offers paths to locate evidence that might challenge his big story. Big history leads to strategies for building a more sustainable world  and Berkshire Publishing is proud to offer this new edition of a big history for our common future. The 2018 edition has been expanded and updated for the general reader; there is also an earlier edition designed for use with AP World History and other courses  which included a teachers guide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986328875061,"sku":"ByrdShop_1614728410","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781614728412.jpg?v=1770896254","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/this-fleeting-world-general-reader-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}