In areas that interest me but where I am mostly ignorant (so many!), usually my main goal is to have the “big picture”. ie, I won't read a book on Austrian economics or a book on Kantianism — I'd rather read a comprehensive overview of the different fields within the area, the key concepts and authors, the timeline of events, and the different schools of thought involved. I prefer to do that first before I zoom in on anything in particular.

Question:

in

#philosophy,
#ethics (moral philosophy),
#politics (political science/philosophy),
#economics or
#history,

do you know of a good book like what I'm describing (a “mind map”, a “map” of the field)?