Elvin, Mark. The Pattern of the Chinese Past. Stanford, CA: Stanford
University Press, 1973. An inÀ uential analysis of the astonishing burst of
growth during the Song era of Chinese history.
Emiliani, Cesare. The Scienti¿ c Companion. New York: Wiley, 1995. Very
useful explanations for nonscientists of some of the basic scienti¿ c issues
discussed in this course.
Fagan, Brian M. People of the Earth: An Introduction to World Prehistory.
11 th ed. New York: Prentice Hall, 2003. Extremely thorough in its coverage
and probably the most inÀ uential contemporary text on human prehistory.
Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe. The World: A History. Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall, 2007. The most recent and perhaps the most original of a number
of very ¿ ne and beautifully produced textbook surveys of world history.
Fernandez-Armesto has a ¿ ne eye for vivid and illuminating detail.
Flannery, Tim. The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australasian
Lands and People. London: Heinemann, 2001. A delightful, though
polemical, account of the ecological impact of Paleolithic humans on one of
the world’s major world zones, the ice age continent of Sahul.
Flood, Josephine. Archaeology of the Dreamtime: The Story of Prehistoric
Australia and Her People. Sydney and London: Collins, 1983. A highly
accessible account of the archaeology and prehistory of the major continent
in one of the world’s major world zones.
Fortey, Richard. Life: An Unauthorised Biography. London: Flamingo/
Harper Collins, 1998. An engaging account of the history of our Earth and
of life on Earth.
Gamble, C. Timewalkers: The Prehistory of Global Colonization.
Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1995. A thorough history of the
Paleolithic era; focuses on the growing networks of exchange that
enabled Paleolithic humans to migrate to an astonishing range of different
environments.