What’s the Significance?
big history, liv
cosmic calendar, liv
comparative history, lx
the three Cs, lx
Big Picture Questions
Next Steps: For Further Study
David Christian, Maps of Time (2004). A brilliant survey of “big history” by a leading world historian.
Ross Dunn, ed., The New World History (2000). A collection of articles dealing with the teaching of world history.
Patrick Manning, Navigating World History (2003). An up-to-date overview of the growth of world history, the field’s achievements, and the debates within it.