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Ambitious. The truth is that Fromkins outline is persuasively thought out and Washington Post Book World
As the human race approaches the 21st century, questions of our past trouble us as much as those that concern our future. How did we get here? Whereand howdid Homo sapiens originate? How did we, precariously bipedal, come to dominate the animal kingdom, direct the flow of the Euphrates, fly a rocket to the moon?
David Fromkin, author of A Peace to End All Peace and finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critic Circle Award, provides an arrestingly cogent answer in The Way of the World. With insight and sound scholarship, he reveals how human culture has evolved according to the principles of self-determinationfrom the footsteps of the first hominids 3.5 million years ago to the efforts of contemporary democracies to establish a global, lasting peace. Here is a world history wherein early forms of Christianity give way to rationalism, the tyranny of kings crumbles to the merits of representative government, and modern science presents us with the master key to the future. Refreshingly positive, David Fromkin reminds us of the astounding record of human achievement, and the potential in each of us to improve the way of our world.
Mr. Fromkin recounts the greatest story ever told exceedingly well, aided by a deep knowledge and an elegant prose Wall Street Journal
The Way of the World is worldly, civilized, Boston Globe
Author: David Fromkin
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/25/2000
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.18w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780679766698
Language: English
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