Big history and the future of humanity

"Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that places human history within the context of the history of life, the Earth, and the universe"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Spier, Fred 1952- (Author)
Resource Type:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, West Sussex, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2015.
Edition:	Second edition.
Subjects:	Civilization > Philosophy. History > Philosophy. World history > Philosophy. Human evolution. Human ecology. Biocomplexity. Complexity (Philosophy)
Online Access:	Cover image

Table of Contents:

Introduction to big history
General approach
Cosmic evolution : the emergence of simple forms of complexity
Our cosmic neighborhood : the emergence of greater complexity
Life on the Earth : the widening range of complexity
Early human history : the emergence of the greatest known complexity
Recent human history : the development of the greatest known complexity
Facing the future
Appendix: A short time line of big history.