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To Explain It All

To Explain It All

Chris Edwards

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Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Año de edición:
2020
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Historia general y mundial
ISBN:
9781475855906
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This ambitious historiography provides a clear and accessible account of the production and scope of the most influential of the grand narratives of world history, from the time of William McNeill's groundbreaking work to what the author considers the failed approach known as “Big History.”

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