After Eden: A Short History of the World

To solve the problems of the twenty-first century, historian John Charles Chasteen argues that we must first know our shared human story.

In After Eden, prominent Latin American historian John Chasteen presents a concise down-to-earth, fast-paced narrative of world history, from the Big Bang to the present, animated by stories of people from all walks of life and enriched by insightful analysis and the author’s extensive world travel. To tackle today’s major problems of global inequality and...