The Global Condition: Conquerors, Catastrophes, and Community

by William H. McNeill

Book Overview

William H. McNeill is known for his ability to portray the grand sweep of history. Now two of his popular books and an essay previously unavailable in book form are brought together in this new paperback edition. In The Human Condition McNeill provides a provocative interpretation of history as a competition of parasites, both biological and human. In The Great Frontier he questions the notion of "frontier freedom" through an examination of European...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691025592
• ISBN13: 9780691025599
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"