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The dawn of everything : a new history of humanity / David Graeber and David Wengrow.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graeber, David, author.
- Wengrow, D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization--Philosophy.
- Civilization.
- Civilization--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 691 pages : maps, plans ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Allen Lane, 2021.
- Summary:
- "A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution-from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of "the state," political violence, and social inequality-and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation"-- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Farewell to humanity's childhood, Or, why this is not a book about the origins of inequality
- Wicked liberty: The indigenous critique and the myth of progress
- Unfreezing the Ice Age: In and out of chains: the protean possibilities of human politics
- Free people, the origin of cultures, and the advent of private property (not necessarily in that order)
- Many seasons ago: Why Canadian foragers kept slaves and their Californian neighbours didn't; or, the problem with 'modes of production'
- Gardens of Adonis: The revolution that never happened: how Neolithic peoples avoided agriculture
- The ecology of freedom: How farming first hopped, stumbled and bluffed its way around the world
- Imaginary cities: Eurasia's first urbanites
- in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, Ukraine and China
- and how they built cities without kings
- Hiding in plain sight: The indigenous origins of public housing and democracy in the Americas
- Why the state has no origin: The humble beginnings of sovereignty, bureaucracy, and politics
- Full circle: On the historical foundations of the indigenous critique
- Conclusion: The dawn of everything.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-673) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780241402429
- 0241402425
- OCLC:
- 1237349194
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