Title:
Humans : the 300,000 year struggle for equality
Author:
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
Toronto : James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
416 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781459419544
Abstract:
"For 300,000 years humans have pushed for equality in their societies. For the first time ever, historian Alvin Finkel brings together the evidence to tell the story of the 99% who have constantly sought to live in a society of equals."-- Provided by publisher.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Preface: humans: a people's history -- Introduction: why do we need a "people's history" for the planet? -- Foraging societies -- The arrival of agriculture -- Early empires and popular resistance -- From feudalism to capitalism: the role of the common people in the "middle ages" -- European imperialism and popular resistance -- Capitalist economic development and popular responses before the first world war in Europe -- Capitalist economic development and popular responses before the first world war outside Europe -- Popular reaction to the first world war and the 1930s great depression -- From the second world war to cold war and post-colonialism, 1939-1980 -- The era of neoliberalism: popular struggles in a time of reaction, 1980-2020s -- Climate change, pandemics, warfare, and the search for a better world: the 2020s viewed in the context of global human history -- Conclusion: what are the prospects for humanity?
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Language:
English
