A History Of The World In 100 Objects

Author: Neil MacGregor

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  • : $30.00 NZD
  • : 9780241951774
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
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  • : 0.462664
  • : June 2012
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 30.0
  • : August 2012
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  • : Neil MacGregor
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  • : Paperback
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  • : English
  • : 930.1
  • : very good
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  • : 614
  • : HBG
  • : Illustrations (some col.), maps
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Barcode 9780241951774
9780241951774

Description

Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, A History of the World in 100 Objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in today. Seen through MacGregor's eyes, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imagined. A stone pillar tells us about a great Indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people; Spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency; and an early Victorian tea-set speaks to us about the impact of empire.

Author description

Neil MacGregor has been Director of the British Museum since August 2002. He was previously Director of the National Gallery in London from 1987 to 2002.