A History of the World in 100 Objects Neil MacGregor BBC British Museum SEALED

Description: BRAND NEW - Factory Sealed - Hardcover - 2010 Edition - No Foxing/Age conditions NB: The plastic wrap on one side has a storage/shelf wear split, through which you can carefully see Publishing Information page: This is a First UK Edition (Hardcover with Dust Jacket), First Printing Published by Allen Lane 2010. Plastic remains predominately sealed around book still. You cannot fully open the wrapper to open-up the book and photograph the internal. It is still very much in a sealed state. I added tape to the plastic to hold the wrap in place and avoid any further splitting of the plastic wrap. See photos. PHOTOGRAPHS FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made...Read Full Description... 'In this book, we travel back in time and across the globe, to see how we humans have shaped our world and been shaped by it over the past two million years. The story is told exclusively through the things that humans have made - all sorts of things, carefully designed and then either admired and preserved or used, broken and thrown away. I've chosen just a hundred objects from different points on our journey - from a cooking pot to a golden galleon, from a Stone Age tool to a credit card, and each object comes from the collection of the British Museum.' [from the introduction] This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentally, as prisms through which we can explore past worlds and the lives of the men and women who lived in them. The book's range is enormous. It begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with an object from the 21st century which represents the world we live in today. Neil MacGregor's aim is not simply to describe these remarkable things, but to show us their significance - how a stone pillar tells us about a great Indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people, how Spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency or how an early Victorian tea-set tells us about the impact of empire. Each chapter immerses the reader in a past civilisation accompanied by an exceptionally well-informed guide. Seen through this lens, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imagined. An intellectual and visual feast, it is one of the most engrossing and unusual history books published in years. PHOTOGRAPHS FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION ALL items come from a smoke-free home.We care for our sale items within a pest-free home with dry, ventilated storage space.Australian seller. 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Price: 144.95 AUD

Location: Newcastle, NSW

End Time: 2025-02-05T11:32:09.000Z

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