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 emancipation"--

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Main Authors: Graeber, David (Author), Wengrow, D. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Edition:First American edition.
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245 1 4 |a The dawn of everything :  |b a new history of humanity /  |c David Graeber and David Wengrow. 
246 3 |a New history of humanity 
250 |a First American edition. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Farrar, Straus and Giroux,  |c 2021. 
300 |a xii, 692 pages :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 24 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
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500 |a "Originally published in 2021 by Allen Lane, Great Britain"--Title page verso. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-673) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a "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"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
650 0 |a Civilization  |x Philosophy. 
650 0 |a Social history. 
650 0 |a World history. 
690 0 |a McCarter, Christine Anne Lemoine tribute. 
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