The Webs of Humankind: A World History (Vol. 1)

A cohesive, single-author world history built around the webs of interaction that stitched together regions and over time, the globe. A leader in the field presents a cohesive narrative of world history that effectively addresses the main challenge of the introductory survey: how to navigate beginning students through the vast detail of the subject. McNeill uses connective webs - along which trade, religious beliefs, technologies, pathogens, and much else traveled - to organize details and keep the big picture in view. Students emerge with clear takeaways and a strong sense of the basic dynamics of world history. John McNeill's The Webs of Humankind