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Human Race: 10 Centuries of Change on Earth
Ian Mortimer
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Description for Human Race: 10 Centuries of Change on Earth
Paperback. Sweeping through the last thousand years of human development, this book is a treasure chest of the lunar leaps and lightbulb moments that, for better or worse, have sent humanity swerving down a path that no one could ever have predicted. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 195 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
We are an astonishing species. Over the past millennium of plagues and exploration, revolution and scientific discovery, woman’s rights and technological advances, human society has changed beyond recognition.
Sweeping through the last thousand years of human development, Human Race is a treasure chest of the lunar leaps and lightbulb moments that, for better or worse, have sent humanity swerving down a path that no one could ever have predicted.
But which of the last ten centuries saw the greatest changes in human history?
History’s greatest tour guide, Ian Mortimer, knows what answer he would give. But what’s ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099593386
SKU
V9780099593386
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99-99
About Ian Mortimer
Dr Ian Mortimer is the Sunday Times-bestselling author of the Time Traveller's Guides to Medieval England, Elizabethan England, Restoration Britain and Regency Britain, as well as four critically acclaimed medieval biographies. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1998. His work on the social history of medicine won the Alexander Prize in 2004 and was published ... Read more
Reviews for Human Race: 10 Centuries of Change on Earth
Mortimer is an entertaining guide on this superb time-travel journey of human innovations
Julia Richardson
Daily Mail
An ambitious study of the last millennium
Evening Standard
An excellent romp through the past millennium of British (and particularly English) history… Highly entertaining, well written and packed with lively characters and surprising facts.
Ian Morris
... Read more
Julia Richardson
Daily Mail
An ambitious study of the last millennium
Evening Standard
An excellent romp through the past millennium of British (and particularly English) history… Highly entertaining, well written and packed with lively characters and surprising facts.
Ian Morris
... Read more