UsHumans.net: Table of Contents
Part One
How and when the universe and the Earth began
Newton's motion equation and the gravitational force
The electric force and light waves
Chapter 3
How and when the Universe began
Measuring the distance and speed of stars, and their chemical composition
Gravitational formation of stars and planets
How and when atoms first formed
Star formation and stellar fusion
Chapter 4
How and when the Earth began and the effects of its moving continents on life
Initial formation of the Earth
Tectonic plates and the factors that affect climate
Part Two
The nature of a human
Electrical binding in atoms as the physical basis of the molecules of biology and life
DNA naturally duplicates itself and builds and operates entire individuals
Science, living matter, and religion
Evolution and the sequence of life forms that have occurred on the Earth
Chapter 6
The emergence of humans
The transition to the human variety of ape
Food packets determine social size
Chapter 8
Primate social systems and the origins of our emotions, language, and morals
Social system of nonprimate mammals
Complex social systems require bigger brains and promote sympathy, empathy, and self-awareness
The social systems of common chimpanzees and Bonobos
What do these primate social systems tell us about ourselves?
Matrilineages, patrilineages, and cross-cousin marriages
Scientific studies of language ability in apes
Origin and purpose of our feelings and emotions
Origin and purpose of our morals
Chapter 9
The gatherer-hunter way of life: the Kalapalo Indians of Central Brazil
Part Three
Origin and development of religion, government and civilization
Chapter 10
The religion of gatherer-hunter peoples: the power in the bush
Deities and the power in the bush
Chapter 11
Human Political Forms: Bands, Tribes, Chiefs, and States
Ranked and socially stratified society
Chapter 12
The origin of Farming, Cities, and the Civilization of us Humans
Plant and animal domestication
Farming villages and irrigation
King and queen, palace and government
Invention of war: by the leader, for the leader
Our modern religions of moral behaviors
Some views of the people of the Hindu faith
Some views of those of us humans who are Christian
Some views of those of us humans who are Buddhists
People who are humanists celebrate humanity
Chapter 14
Our Civilization, From Ancient to Modern
Astronomy, mathematics, and reading tea-leaves
The Ancient Greeks present our first explanations of nature not given in terms of deities
Confucian respect for helpful elders binds families, society, and government
Emperor, administration, and a bureaucratic system based on merit
Religious festivals, deities, and the ancestor cult
Bathing, cosmetics, and clothing
Servants, laborers, and peddlers
State monopolies, taxes, and currency
Old age, death, and inheritance
Holidays, entertainment, and clothing
The feudal and manorial system, Magna Carta, and peasant revolt
Growing wool industry expands trade
Europeans inherit knowledge expanded in Islamic lands
Our ideas for specific liberties resulting from specific injustices
Worth of individuals over states
Government by and for the people
Balancing the spread powers of government
Constitution of the United States
Numerous travelers talk of other cultures
Social affects of factory life
Colonial beginnings and immigrants from the world
Differing agricultural economies of the early U.S.
Rapid westward expansion of twenty miles per year
Social and economic classes and enslaved people
Food, food-storing, and cooking
Families bartered goods at the General Store
Agricultural and social events
Mutually beneficial exchange of help among community members
Mining, ore processing, and blacksmithing
Lead, tin, pewter, copper, brass and silver working
English mechanics were sought to build the first U.S. factories
Debate of benefits and drawbacks of industrialization
Debate over the role of government in any coming industrialization
Production techniques mixed as industrialization requires power and decades to mature
No employees exist for the first factories
Corporations for pooling business funds
Lowell mills operated by northeastern girls, then immigrants
Factory clothing replaces homemade
Handmade shoes and instruments
Varieties of products fill our homes
The South chooses to remain agricultural
Many of us factory workers struggle to earn money for bread and rent
Interrelated elements of the economy
Peddlers, freight haulers, and entertainers
Canals transport people and goods between east and west
Cities and industry grow and spread Westward
Industrialization, urbanization, and commercialization
Labor strikes of the 1880s and 1890s
The role of government and courts in industrialization
When a nation chooses to industrialize today
Movies, sports, and other entertainment
Part Four
Today's society, business, and government
Chapter 17
The computer and its uses
Chapter 18
Today's global business
Global corporations from Europe, Japan, and the U.S.
Global manufacturing blurs imports and exports
Political power of global corporations
Global corporations and governing one's national economy
Global corporations search the world for the cheapest labor
Products of global corporations sold mostly to people within the richest nations
Entertainment, book, news, and record businesses
Monitoring each customer's purchases
Monitoring customer and voter emotions
Today's worldwide migration of 75 million job-seekers per year
Franchises and preferential agreements between corporations
Global products but not global culture
Globalization is not yet global
Governing global corporations with independent, sovereign nations
Reasons for a people to change their government
Authoritarian governments of Eastern Europe from 1945-1989
Taiwan's conversion from authoritarian to democratic government
African government before, during, and after independence
Guiding principles for U.S. foreign policy
A global, democratic assembly of democratic nations
Chapter 20
How Washington shares power today
Branches of government in the U.S.
Political power and legislation through consensus-building
The president can set the agenda
Abuse of presidential power and legislative reactions
Congress and its recent further spreading of power, and the power of congressional staff
Role of television and marketing in politics
Campaign marketing, and the talents needed to campaign compared with those needed to govern
Lobbies, political action committees, and issue marketing
Chapter 21
Today's big-city way of life for two boys in Chicago
Chapter 22
The science of government through measurements of the success of government's efforts
Rates of child neglect and abuse
Putting the indicators to work measuring the success of our efforts to govern
National and global surveys of social-health indicators
Importance of social-health indicators
Well-being and the quality of life in the past
Appendix
Goal and Happiness Survey
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