Big history surveys the past on all scales up to those of cosmology. It answers questions explore... more Big history surveys the past on all scales up to those of cosmology. It answers questions explored in traditional creation stories and universal histories, but it does so with the methods and the evidence of modern scientific scholarship. Though still marginal within historical scholarship, big history is attracting increasing interest and holds out the promise of a fruitful unification of different disciplines that study the past at many different scales. This paper discusses the emergence of big history and its current status and role within historical scholarship.
Contents Preface Introduction: What Is Big History and How Do We Study It? Seeing the Big Picture... more Contents Preface Introduction: What Is Big History and How Do We Study It? Seeing the Big Picture Seeing the Whole of the Past What Is Big History? The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates Summary Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements Seeing the Big Picture Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements Summary Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System The Early Earth-a Short History Shaping of Earth's Surface Summary Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life Seeing the Big Picture How Life Changes through Natural Selection Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth A Brief History of Life on Earth Summary ...
nations. One of the big questions is that regarding the resilience of forced labour regimes into ... more nations. One of the big questions is that regarding the resilience of forced labour regimes into the twentieth century, well after formal abolition of slavery. The role of the state in modifying and enforcing forced labour regimes is crucial. Six case studies in four chapters deal with the early twentieth century and the Second World War, arguing that forms of bondage were retained and modified in each case, prompting the continuation of older forms of resistance alongside emerging collective protests. Chapters from the other volumes mentioned at the beginning of this review would extend the comparative case studies of this crucial period. This volume can be productively read alone and provides an essential contribution to IOW slavery studies, comparative slavery, and world history. Together, however, the series constitutes a foundation of collective and collaborative scholarship that has provided a new foundation for analysing bondage in the Indian Ocean that not only present numerous case studies across the entire region but also suggest avenues for further research.
Big history surveys the past on all scales up to those of cosmology. It answers questions explore... more Big history surveys the past on all scales up to those of cosmology. It answers questions explored in traditional creation stories and universal histories, but it does so with the methods and the evidence of modern scientific scholarship. Though still marginal within historical scholarship, big history is attracting increasing interest and holds out the promise of a fruitful unification of different disciplines that study the past at many different scales. This paper discusses the emergence of big history and its current status and role within historical scholarship.
Contents Preface Introduction: What Is Big History and How Do We Study It? Seeing the Big Picture... more Contents Preface Introduction: What Is Big History and How Do We Study It? Seeing the Big Picture Seeing the Whole of the Past What Is Big History? The Basic Shape of the Story: Increasing Complexity A Framework: Eight Major Thresholds of Big History A Note on Chronological Systems and Dates Summary Chapter 1 The First Three Thresholds: The Universe, Stars, and New Chemical Elements Seeing the Big Picture Threshold 1: Big Bang Cosmology and the Origin of the Universe Threshold 2: The Origin of Galaxies and Stars Threshold 3: The Creation of New Chemical Elements Summary Chapter 2 The Fourth Threshold: The Emergence of the Sun, the Solar System, and the Earth Threshold 4: The Emergence of the Sun and Solar System The Early Earth-a Short History Shaping of Earth's Surface Summary Chapter 3 The Fifth Threshold: The Emergence of Life Seeing the Big Picture How Life Changes through Natural Selection Threshold 5: The Emergence of Life on Earth A Brief History of Life on Earth Summary ...
nations. One of the big questions is that regarding the resilience of forced labour regimes into ... more nations. One of the big questions is that regarding the resilience of forced labour regimes into the twentieth century, well after formal abolition of slavery. The role of the state in modifying and enforcing forced labour regimes is crucial. Six case studies in four chapters deal with the early twentieth century and the Second World War, arguing that forms of bondage were retained and modified in each case, prompting the continuation of older forms of resistance alongside emerging collective protests. Chapters from the other volumes mentioned at the beginning of this review would extend the comparative case studies of this crucial period. This volume can be productively read alone and provides an essential contribution to IOW slavery studies, comparative slavery, and world history. Together, however, the series constitutes a foundation of collective and collaborative scholarship that has provided a new foundation for analysing bondage in the Indian Ocean that not only present numerous case studies across the entire region but also suggest avenues for further research.
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