The dawn of everything a new history of humanity
"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 emancipatio...
| Main Authors: | Graeber, David (Author), Wengrow, D. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2021.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| 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"-- |
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| Item Description: |
"Originally published in 2021 by Allen Lane, Great Britain"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: |
xii, 692 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-673) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780374157357 0374157359 |
| Author Notes: |
He earned his BA in anthropology from State University of New York at Purchase in 1984. He earned his masters and doctorate from the University of Chicago. He did ethnographic research in central Madagascar which he used for his PhD thesis (1997). He was a prolific author. His books included Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011), The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement (2013), The Utopia of Rules (2015), Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (2018), and in fall 2021, Farrar, Straus & Giroux will publish The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, written with David Wengrow. David Graeber died on September 2, 2020 at the age of 59. (Bowker Author Biography) |