Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity

Farming for pro¿ t meant competing with other producers, and that meant increasing ef¿ ciency. British farmers raised productivi ...

Lecture 41: Breakthrough—The Industrial Revolution By the early 19th century, innovation was raising productivity in many sector ...

By the early 19th century, contemporaries began to notice these changes. In 1837, French Revolutionary Blanqui described the cha ...

Lecture 42: Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900 Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900 ............................ ...

and telephone (invented in 1876) revolutionized communications. In 1901, Guglielmo Marconi sent the ¿ rst wireless signal across ...

Lecture 42: Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900 The role and scope of government inevitably increased in societies in wh ...

Growth in industrializing regions was accompanied by sometimes catastrophic decline elsewhere. As productivity rose in the new h ...

Lecture 42: Spread of the Industrial Revolution to 1900 Christian, Maps of Time, chap. 13. Bayly, The Birth of the Modern World. ...

The 20th Century ............................................................................. LECTURE Nineteenth-century milita ...

Lecture 43: The 20 th Century A sixth wave of innovation began at the end of the 20th century. Computerization and the Internet ...

times, mainly through increased use of the three fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas. The lethality of weapons increased ev ...

Lecture 43: The 20 th Century In the most developed capitalist societies, led by the U.S., average consumption levels rose, crea ...

Christian, Maps of Time, chap. 14. Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes. Maddison, The World Economy. What evidence is there that chan ...

Lecture 44: The World That the Modern Revolution Made The World That the Modern Revolution Made ................................ ...

Within just a few generations, the Modern Revolution has destroyed the lifeways and social structures that dominated the Agraria ...

Lecture 44: The World That the Modern Revolution Made has been painful, as it has forced communities with diverse ethical and so ...

Do these diverse changes represent “progress” or “betterment”? With their high productivity, modern societies have the ability, ...

Lecture 44: The World That the Modern Revolution Made Why is it so hard to identify durable structural features of the modern w ...

Human History and the Biosphere.................................................. LECTURE In the 20th century it became apparent ...

Lecture 45: Human History and the Biosphere to manipulate our surroundings, so collective learning necessarily implies an increa ...