{"product_id":"the-way-of-the-world","title":"The Way of the World - From the Dawn of Civilizations to the Eve of the Twenty-first Century","description":"\"Ambitious.... The truth is that Fromkin's outline is persuasively thought out and presented.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the human race approaches the 21st century, questions of our past trouble us as much as those that concern our future. How did we get here? Where--and how--did Homo sapiens originate? How did we, precariously bipedal, come to dominate the animal kingdom, direct the flow of the Euphrates, fly a rocket to the moon?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Fromkin, author of \u003cb\u003eA Peace to End All Peace\u003c\/b\u003e and finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critic Circle Award, provides an arrestingly cogent answer in \u003cb\u003eThe Way of the World\u003c\/b\u003e. With insight and sound scholarship, he reveals how human culture has evolved according to the principles of self-determination--from the footsteps of the first hominids 3.5 million years ago to the efforts of contemporary democracies' to establish a global, lasting peace. Here is a world history wherein early forms of Christianity give way to rationalism, the tyranny of kings crumbles to the merits of representative government, and modern science presents us with the master key to the future. Refreshingly positive, David Fromkin reminds us of the astounding record of human achievement, and the potential in each of us to improve the way of our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. Fromkin recounts 'the greatest story ever told' exceedingly well, aided by a deep knowledge and an elegant prose style.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThe Way of the World\u003c\/b\u003e is worldly, civilized, genial.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50972464513312,"sku":"9780679766698","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780679766698.jpg?v=1764173408","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/the-way-of-the-world","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}