| Preface |
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| I. Prehistory, Beginnings-1000 BCE |
| Animal Herders |
| Cave Painters |
| Chieftains |
| Farmers |
| Fishers |
| Food Preparers |
| Gatherers |
| Healers |
| Hunters |
| Metalworkers |
| Potters |
| Shamans |
| Textile Workers |
| Toolmakers |
| Warriors |
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| II. Ancient Egypt and the Near East, 3200-500 BCE |
| Architects |
| Boat Builders |
| Carpenters |
| Embalmers |
| Farmers |
| Food Preparers |
| Miners |
| Officials |
| Painters |
| Pharaohs |
| Priests and Priestesses |
| Prophets |
| Scribes |
| Slaves |
| Soldiers |
| Stonemasons |
| Storytellers |
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| III. Ancient Asia, 3000 BCE-500 CE |
| Acrobats |
| Architects |
| Calligraphers |
| Emperors |
| Farmers |
| Hydraulic Engineers |
| Jewelers |
| Merchants |
| Musicians |
| Philosophers |
| Poets |
| Scholars |
| Sculptors |
| Shamans |
| Warriors |
| Weavers |
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| IV. Ancient Greece, 2000-30 BCE |
| Actors |
| Architects |
| Athletes |
| Farmers |
| Historians |
| Household Managers |
| Mathematicians |
| Merchants |
| Metalworkers |
| Orators |
| Philosophers |
| Physicians |
| Playwrights |
| Poets |
| Priests and Priestesses |
| Sailors |
| Sculptors |
| Slaves |
| Soldiers |
| Tyrants |
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| V. Ancient Rome, 1000 BCE-500 CE |
| Barbers and Hairdressers |
| Cooks |
| Couriers |
| Emperors |
| Farmers |
| Gladiators |
| Glassblowers |
| Historians |
| Household Managers |
| Orators |
| Popes |
| Priests |
| Prostitutes |
| Satirists |
| Senators |
| Slaves |
| Soldiers |
| Tutors and Teachers |
| Vestal Virgins |
| Winemakers |
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| VI. The Byzantine Empire and Russia, 300-1500 CE |
| Actors and Dancers |
| Architects |
| Bishops |
| Emperors and Empresses |
| Eunuchs |
| Farmers |
| Goldsmiths |
| Jewelers |
| Merchants |
| Physicians |
| Sailors |
| Soldiers |
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| VII. The Islamic World, 600-1500 CE |
| Alchemists |
| Caliphs |
| Cooks |
| Farmers |
| Hunters |
| Imams |
| Mathematicians |
| Merchants |
| Poets |
| Soldiers |
| Weavers |
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| VIII. Africa, 3000 BCE-1500 CE |
| Blacksmiths |
| Farmers |
| Fishers |
| Food Preparers |
| Hunters |
| Kings and Queens |
| Musicians and Singers |
| Pastoralists |
| Potters |
| Shamans |
| Warriors |
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| IX. The Americas, 3000 BCE-1500 CE |
| Architects |
| Astronomers |
| Farmers |
| Fishers |
| Food Preparers |
| Goldsmiths |
| Hunters |
| Kings and Emperors |
| Merchants |
| Musicians and Dancers |
| Potters |
| Priests and Priestesses |
| Shamans |
| Warriors |
| Weavers |
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| X. Central and East Asia, 500-1500 |
| Actors |
| Acupuncturists |
| Astrologers |
| Cooks |
| Emperors |
| Farmers |
| Gunsmiths |
| Monks and Nuns |
| Painters |
| Printers |
| Sailors |
| Samurai |
| Soldiers |
| Storytellers |
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| XI. Medieval Europe, 500-1500 |
| Architects |
| Blacksmiths |
| Cooks |
| Crusaders |
| Farmers |
| Innkeepers |
| Kings and Queens |
| Knights |
| Lawyers |
| Lords and Ladies |
| Merchants |
| Millers |
| Monks and Nuns |
| Poets |
| Priests |
| Shoemakers |
| Stonemasons |
| Students |
| Troubadours |
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| XII. The Emergence of Modern Europe, 1500-1700 |
| Actors |
| Bankers |
| Clockmakers |
| Cooks |
| Courtiers |
| Farmers |
| Jesters |
| Kings and Queens |
| Ministers (Protestant) |
| Painters |
| Playwrights |
| Poets |
| Printers |
| Scientists |
| Soldiers |
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| XIII. The World beyond Europe, 1500-1776 |
| Architects |
| Conquistadors |
| Explorers |
| Farmers |
| Geishas |
| Governors |
| Mapmakers |
| Missionaries |
| Pirates |
| Silversmiths |
| Slave Traders |
| Sumo Wrestlers |
| Traders |
| Travel Writers |
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| XIV. The Age of Reason, 1700-1800 |
| Chemists |
| Composers |
| Cossacks |
| Dancers |
| Economists |
| Encyclopedists |
| Farmers |
| Grammarians |
| Highwaymen and Highwaywomen |
| Kings and Queens |
| Mathematicians |
| Novelists |
| Tailors and Seamstresses |
| Theologians |
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| XV. A Time of Revolutions, 1776-1825 |
| Balloonists |
| Candle Makers |
| Executioners |
| Farmers |
| Generals |
| Journalists |
| Militiamen |
| Painters |
| Presidents |
| Priests |
| Schoolteachers |
| Vice Presidents |
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| XVI. Spheres of Influence, 1776-1914 |
| Anthropologists |
| Big Game Hunters |
| Bureaucrats |
| Explorers |
| Farmers |
| Guides |
| Missionaries |
| Naturalists |
| Rajahs |
| Sailors |
| Soldiers |
| Taxidermists |
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| XVII. The Rise of Nationalism, 1815-1914 |
| Cowboys |
| Diplomats |
| Evangelists |
| Geologists |
| Lecturers |
| Librarians |
| Paleontologists |
| Photographers |
| Poets |
| Postal Workers |
| Prime Ministers |
| Professors |
| Sociologists |
| Songwriters |
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| XVIII. The Power of the Industrial Revolution, 1800-1914 |
| Biologists |
| Charity Workers |
| Chimney Sweeps |
| Detectives |
| Factory Workers |
| Farmers |
| Fire Fighters |
| Magicians |
| Maids and Butlers |
| Mayors |
| Miners |
| Morticians |
| Nurses |
| Office Workers |
| Police Officers |
| Railroad Engineers |
| Tycoons |
| Union Leaders |
| Vaudevillians |
| Whalers |
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| XIX. The World at War, 1914-1945 |
| Airplane Pilots |
| Chaplains |
| Comedians |
| Cryptographers |
| Deep-Sea Divers |
| Dictators |
| Efficiency Experts |
| Physicians |
| Physicists |
| Psychologists |
| Singers |
| Soldiers |
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| XX. The Cold War, 1945-1991 |
| Ambassadors |
| Astronauts |
| Broadcast Journalists |
| Computer Scientists |
| Legislators |
| Peace Corps Volunteers |
| Popes |
| Presidents |
| Soldiers |
| Spies |
| Translators and Interpreters |
| Vice Presidents |
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| XXI. A Global World, 1914-Present |
| Athletes |
| Chefs |
| Farmers |
| Fashion Designers |
| Film Actors |
| Film Directors |
| Flight Attendants |
| Grocers |
| Lawyers |
| Plumbers and Electricians |
| Real Estate Agents |
| Rock Musicians |
| Screenwriters |
| Social Workers |
| Teachers |
| Television Evangelists |
| Travel Agents |
| Veterinarians |
| Video Game Designers |
| Web Site Designers |
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| Afterword: The Future of Work |
| Recommended Print Resources |
| Recommended Online Resources |
| Index |
