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Finding fairness : from pleistocene foragers to contemporary capitalists / Justin Jennings.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jennings, Justin, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fairness--Social aspects--History.
Fairness.
Social justice--History.
Social justice.
Fairness--Political aspects--History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Gainesville, Florida : University Press of Florida, [2021]
Summary:
"Providing a sweeping, archaeologically grounded view of human history, Justin Jennings explores the origins, endurance, and elasticity of ideas about fairness and how these ideas have shaped the development of societies at critical moments over the last 20,000 years"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Fair is Fair
Evolving and Sustaining Fairness
Becoming Human
Settling Down
Village and Pastoral Life
Urbanization and the State
Empires and the Other
Equality, Nation-States, and Global Capitalism
Finding Fairness in a Changing World
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
0-8130-5772-8
OCLC:
1159629987

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