Author(s): James C. Davis

History

The history of humankind is spellbinding. In The Human Story, James C. Davis swiftly and clearly tells how ancient peoples settled down and founded cities, how they conquered neighbors and established religions, and how, much later, humans waged world wars and journeyed into space.

Davis writes with wit and feeling, using pungent anecdotes to explain why Europeans were frightened to learn that Earth is not the center of the universe; to discuss why the American who wrote "all men are created equal" owned one hundred and fifty slaves; and to show how Communist China's Great Leap Forward proved to be a great leap back.

Davis believes that though we live in an age of many doubts, humans are advancing. As The Human Story ends, he concludes: "The world's still cruel; that's understood, / But once was worse. So far so good."