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The Unending Frontier: An Environmental History of the Early Modern World

By John F. Richards (NHC Fellow, 1979–80; 2000–01) It was the age of exploration, the age of empire and conquest, and human beings were extending their reach—and their numbers—as never before. In the process, they were intervening in the world's natural environment in equally unprecedented and dramatic ways. A sweeping work of environmental history, The Unending … Continued

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This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity

By David Christian (NHC Fellow, 2006–07) This Fleeting World is the smallest book of big history, telling the story of the universe and history of humanity in less than one hundred pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this compact, accessible, and inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to … Continued