The Way of the World
Subtitle: from the dawn of civilizations to the eve of the twenty-first century
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Knopf
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780679446095
Description: David Fromkin provides arresting and dramatic answers to the questions we ask ourselves as we approach the new millennium. He maps and illuminates the paths by which humanity came to its current state, giving coherence and meaning to the main turning points along the way by relating them to a vision of things to come.

His unconventional approach to narrating universal history is to focus on the relevant past and to single out the eight critical evolutions that brought the world from the Big Bang to the eve of the twenty-first century.
Table of contents: title: Part one : Past.; title: Becoming human; title: Inventing civilization; title: Developing a conscience; title: Seeking a lasting peace; title: Part two : Present.; title: Achieving rationality; title: Uniting the planet; title: Releasing nature's energies; title: Ruling ourselves; title: Part three : Future.; title: Anticipating what comes next; title: Holding people together; title: Taking nature's place; title: Entering yet another American century