La Historia Del Mundo En 100 Objetos (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
a sweeping and epic history that still manages to dive (somewhat) deeply into its subjects, and yet never gets stale thanks to short chapters that jump around the world. my only issue with the book is that i repeatedly kept thinking about how many of the objects shouldn't be in the british museum -- they should probably be back in their country of origin -- but to his credit macgregor brings up this issue a few times, and ultimately if you focus on the objects themselves and the settings in which they were created, you really can be whisked away to another time and place, and feel much more fulfilled for it. I had originally intended to read this book in a piecemeal fashion. However the author's style and tone, plus the judicious selection of potted histories was arresting enough to have me read it through.A history of the world through the description and discussion of objects is not new, although it is fairly unusual. What makes this history unique is that they are all contained under one roof - The British Museum.It is a fascinating read, short bursts each subsequent piece in a natural ideological progression from the previous but generally at a geographic remove.
What do You think about La Historia Del Mundo En 100 Objetos (2012)?
Simply the best history writing! Entertaining, informing, and inspiring!
—kayhager
