{"product_id":"neanderthals-to-nations-a-history-of-everyone-9781480954489","title":"Neanderthals to Nations: A History of Everyone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNeanderthals to Nations\u003c\/em\u003e is a one-stop read in understanding why the world is as it is today. The book starts off in the 21st century with the world suffering from developmental inequities, global violence, and climate change. It then explains how the architects of human destiny- geography, culture and technology- shaped the planet and its people to become what we are today. Starting fourteen billion years ago, the story takes the reader back to the present day, explaining how nations and people evolved to become what they currently are.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way, the reader discovers: \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat \"www\" really stands for (and its not \"worldwide web\"); \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow Confucius made China great; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe keys to the U.S. and China's current governance systems in ancient Greece;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReligion; why the East is (still) inscrutable to the Western minds, how religion evolved and why it continues to be popular today; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe U.S. Constitution came from where?; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow the pope determined the cultural destiny of Latin America; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow the Suez Canal and oil remade the Middle East's Future; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe evolution of country cultures: how the U.S., British, French, German, Latin American, Chinese, Japanese and others came to be as they are today; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy the Palestinians and Israel are at loggerheads, why 9\/11 really happened and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow racism began and continues. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Born and raised in Leicester, England, John S. Hill. Ph.D. was educated at Alderman Newton's Boy's School. Aston, and Lancaster Universities. He worked in Manchester and London before moving to the USA to complete a Ph.D. at the University of Georgia in International Business. He taught at the University of Alabama, traveling and publishing widely before retiring there as a Miller Professor in 2012. Married to Linda with two sons, Christopher and Richard, Dr. Hill divides his time between Athens, Georgia and Leicester, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorrance Publishing Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480954489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.39d","brand":"John S. Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403404374197,"sku":"9781480954489","price":30.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9544173b-ecc2-4e36-bffa-f89d383eba16.jpg?v=1774969105","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/neanderthals-to-nations-a-history-of-everyone-9781480954489","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}