From Apes to Apps - Jason Ripper

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Auteur(s) : Jason Ripper

Editeur : Taylor & Francis Ltd

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/01/2031

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 240

ISBN : 0765636573

Résumé :

How was the earth first populated? How big can an empire get? What causes a civilization to decline? How does body type affect a culture? These and other fascinating topics are explored in From Apes to Apps, a collection of twenty-five original essays penned by Jason Ripper. The subjects are high-interest and addressed from a global and comparative perspective. These topics demonstrate to the reader through cultural comparisons the differences and similarities that are characteristic of and form the essence of the human experience. The essays cover a variety of themes, in particular, social, cultural, economic, biological, and technological issues. They reflect concepts and questions that span civilizations and time. The essays are chronologically arranged, fast-paced narratives that use storytelling techniques to heighten reader interest. History is presented as an intriguing account of the rise of world civilizations.

The topics covered represent a wide variety of exploration and range in scope from the populating of the earth, animal and plant domestication: a better lifestyle, gender roles in antiquity, trade routes and intercultural exchanges, plagues and their consequences, yearning for the dream world, communication technology, to migration and the peopling of today?s world.

Biographie:

Migration and the Peopling of the Earth: The DNA Trail

Domestication of Plants and Animals, A Better Lifestyle: China, Africa, and the Americas

Why Does a Civilization Decline? Indus Valley, Angor, and the Moche Civilization in Peru

Gender Roles in Ancient Cultures: China, Greece, and India

Legalism and Eastern Philosophies

The Religious Melting Pot: Confucius, The Buddha, and Jesus

Which Side Is Which? Coinage and Propaganda: Republican Roman Families and a Hellenistic Mystery Coin.

How Large Can an Empire Get? Han China, The Persian Empire, and Rome

Christianity and Eastern Mystery Religions: The Great War for Acceptance

Cross-Cultural Exchanges on Frontier Borders: China, the Greeks, Carthage, and Rome

Trade Routes and the Expansion of Intercultural Relations: Europe's Amber Road, Asia's Silk Road, and African Trade Routes

A Comparative Look at Feudalism: China, Europe, India, and Japan

Cultural Interaction: Moslems and the West and Moslems in India

Engineering an Empire in the Americas: Mexico and Peru

Colonization or Trade? The Americas and Asia

Drugs and World Trade: Chocolate, Opium, and the Coffee Bean

Hidden Treasures: The Role of Underwater Archaeology in Deciphering Humanity's Past

The Khan's Lost Fleet

The Steamship Arabia

Concepts of Nature and the Industrial Revolution

Plagues and Their Consequences: The Black Plague, Smallpox, The 1917 Flu Pandemic, and Aids

World's Fairs and Cultural Exchange:

The 1851 London Worlds Fair

The 1939 New York Worlds Fair (World of Tomorrow)

The 2005 Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan

Yearning for the Dream World: Peach Blossom Spring, Brigadoon, and Shangri-La

Education versus Entertainment: Movies and the Cultural Learning Experience

Russian Film

Japanese Cinema

Hollywood and History

India's Film Heritage

Love and Gender in Southeast Asia

Body Types and Culture

Communications Technology: Past and Future

The Printing Press

The Radio

Television

The Internet

The Future

Migration and the Peopling of Today's World

Sommaire:

How was the earth first populated? How big can an empire get? What causes a civilization to decline? How does body type affect a culture? These and other fascinating topics are explored in From Apes to Apps, a collection of twenty-five original essays penned by Jason Ripper. The subjects are high-interest and addressed from a global and comparative perspective. These topics demonstrate to the reader through cultural comparisons the differences and similarities that are characteristic of and form the essence of the human experience. The essays cover a variety of themes, in particular, social, cultural, economic, biological, and technological issues. They reflect concepts and questions that span civilizations and time. The essays are chronologically arranged, fast-paced narratives that use storytelling techniques to heighten reader interest. History is presented as an intriguing account of the rise of world civilizations.

The topics covered represent a wide variety of exploration and range in scope from the populating of the earth, animal and plant domestication: a better lifestyle, gender roles in antiquity, trade routes and intercultural exchanges, plagues and their consequences, yearning for the dream world, communication technology, to migration and the peopling of today's world.