Road Through Time: The Story of Humanity on the Move - Brossura

Soderstrom, Mary

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0889774773 ISBN 13: 9780889774773

Casa editrice: Univ of Regina Pr, 2017

Riassunto

Accessible and entertaining, Mary Soderstrom begins Road Through Time with the story of how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in Persia, the Andes, and the Roman Empire. She then sails across the seas, and introduces the first railways, all before plunking us down in the middle of a massive, modern freeway.The book closes with a view from the end of the road, literally and figuratively: asking, can we meet the challenges presented by a mode of travel dependent on hydrocarbons, or will we decline, as so many civilizations have in the past?

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Univ of Regina Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0889774773
• ISBN 13: 9780889774773
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 231
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile