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珍奇屋中的世界史
(france) Christian Gratalop
From sewing needles to rickshaws, from sweet potatoes to pineapples, you may have never thought that behind insignificant little things there may be long years and vast mountains and rivers. This book contains more than 30 short articles, each of which is a close-up of a large canvas of the world, full of exotic customs, and recording our connection with the world from ancient times to the present. Let us follow the author to his house of curiosities, travel through time and space through small items, and learn about bits and pieces of the history of the world. This is a gift for those who are curious: how sewing needles allowed the earliest humans to appear on the American continent; how humans tamed the horse and relied on it to conquer the world; where is Columbus's body buried; what historical changes did the rickshaw go through in various countries around the world before it became the most common means of transportation in Shanghai... It turns out that what changes the world, creates history, and connects the entire world into a whole is a common thing around us! The threads that connect the world are sometimes thin, sometimes colorful, sometimes tough, sometimes fragile, often full of surprises, yet all within reason. This thread is ourselves.
From sewing needles to rickshaws, from sweet potatoes to pineapples, you may have never thought that behind insignificant little things there may be long years and vast mountains and rivers. This book contains more than 30 short articles, each of which is a close-up of a large canvas of the world, full of exotic customs, and recording our connection with the world from ancient times to the present. Let us follow the author to his house of curiosities, travel through time and space through small items, and learn about bits and pieces of the history of the world. This is a gift for those who are curious: how sewing needles allowed the earliest humans to appear on the American continent; how humans tamed the horse and relied on it to conquer the world; where is Columbus's body buried; what historical changes did the rickshaw go through in various countries around the world before it became the most common means of transportation in Shanghai... It turns out that what changes the world, creates history, and connects the entire world into a whole is a common thing around us! The threads that connect the world are sometimes thin, sometimes colorful, sometimes tough, sometimes fragile, often full of surprises, yet all within reason. This thread is ourselves.