The Unifying Forces of Humankind is a “big history” tracing our human journey from prehistory and the earliest civilizations (which believed their cultures were the absolute center of the world), culminating in the telecommunications revolution, which created a global village.

It identifies 11 unifying forces: Talking and Writing, the Spiritual Impulse, the Wheel, Money, Law, Paper and the Printing Press, Intercontinental Trade, Organic Revolution, Measurement of Time, High Speed Transportation, and the Telecommunications Revolution. Dr. Stoffer details how these forces first appeared in human history, combined with each other, and evolved to make us “fully human as one body, mind, and spirit.”

The book is richly illustrated with 190 photos and other illustrations, and is thoroughly documented with references. In his world travels and research, Dr. Stoffer has found that people are more alike than different, possessing a common and compassionate humanity — the fabric of The Unifying Forces and the inspiration for this book.