A Radical History of the World (eBook)

Neil Faulkner (Autor)

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2018
592 Seiten
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-1-78680-327-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A history of the world that proves that nothing can stay the same.

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History is a weapon. The powerful have their version of events, the people have another. And if we understand how the past was forged, we arm ourselves to change the future.This is a history of struggle, revolution and social change: of hominids, hunters and herders; of emperors and slaves; of patriarchs and women; of rich and poor; of dictators and revolutionaries. From the ancient empires of Persia and Rome to the Russian Revolution, the Vietnam War, and the 2008 Crash, this is a history of greed and violence, but also of solidarity and resistance.Many times in the past, a different society became an absolute necessity. Humans have always struggled to create a better life. This history proves that we, the many, have the power to change the world.

Autor

lt;p>Neil Faulkner is a historian and archaeologist. He is the author of numerous books, including A Radical History of the World (Pluto, 2018), A People's History of the Russian Revolution (Pluto, 2017) and Lawrence of Arabia's War (Yale, 2016).

Inhalt

Series Preface


Introduction


1. Hunters and Farmers c. 7 million-3000 BP


2. The First Class Societies c. 3000-1000 BC


3. Ancient Empires c. 1000-30 BC


4. The End of Antiquity c. 30 BC- AD 650


5. The Medieval World c. AD 650-1500


6. European Feudalism c. AD 650-1500


7. The First Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions 1517-1660


8. Absolutist Europe and Capitalist Globalisation 1660-1775


9. The Second Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions 1775-1815


10. The Rise of Industrial Capitalism c. 1750-1850


11. The Age of Blood and Iron 1848-1873


12. Imperialism and War 1873-1918


13. The Revolutionary Wave 1917-1928


14. The Great Depression and the Rise of Fascism 1929-1939


15. World War and Cold War 1939-1967


16. The World on Fire 1968-1975


17. The New World Disorder 1975-2008


18. Capitalism’s Greatest Crisis? The Early Twenty-First Century


Conclusion: Making the Future


Timeline


Sources


Bibliographical Notes


Select Bibliography


Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.9.2018
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Absolutism • Agriculture • Ancient Greece • Ancient Rome • aristocracy • arms race • Austria-Hungary • Berlin • bolsheviks • Bourgeoisie • Britain • Capitalism • China • Christianity • Civil Rights • Cold War • Colonialism • communism • Democracy • Economic crisis • Empire • Engels • Fascism • feudalism • First World War • France • French Revolution • Globalisation • Hitler • imperialism • Industrial Revolution • Iron Age • Islam • Italy • Marx • Medieval • mercantilism • Neanderthals • Racism • Reformism • Russia • Second World War • Slavery • Social Class • Soviet Union • Stalin • Trotsky • warfare • Women
• ISBN-10: 1-78680-327-5 / 1786803275
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78680-327-6 / 9781786803276