Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index
From 2,000,000 B.C. to A.D.2000 : the roots and routes of culture -- Culture and climate -- Culture and religion -- Cross-century worldviews -- Cultural spectacles -- Cultural black holes -- Cognitive processes -- The Pacific Rim : thr fourth cultural ecology -- The China phenomenon -- Americanization versus Asianization -- Culture and globalization -- Empires-past, present, and future -- After September 11