A History of the World in 100 Objects

by Neil MacGregor

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'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...Read more
  • ISBN10 1846144132
  • ISBN13 9781846144134
  • Publish Date 25 October 2010
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 30 May 2012
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Allen Lane
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 736
  • Language English