The history of man
Subtitle: from the first human to primitive culture and beyond
By: Carleton S. Coon. line drawings by Richard Albany. Photographs by Reuben Goldberg
Edition: 2d ed., rev.
Publisher: J. Cape
Published: 1962
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: Anthropology
Work titles: Story of man
Notes: Published in New York in 1954 under title: Story of man.
Table of contents: title: Towards an understanding of history; title: The earliest men; title: Of flint, fire & early society; title: The skilled hunter & healer; title: The tiller & herdsman; title: The cold & the sea; title: The power of the sun; title: Wheels, metal & writing; title: Iron & empire; title: Gunpowder; title: A new world; title: From coke to atoms; title: A vision of paradise.