The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2021
- ISBN
- 9780374157357
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374157359
ISBN-13
9780374157357
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13050067685
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dawn of Everything : a New History of Humanity
Number of Pages
704 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Civilization, Life Sciences / Evolution, Social History, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, World
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2 in
Item Weight
31.1 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-025790
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
909
Synopsis
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution--from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality--and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and equal innocents, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternatively, by taming our baser instincts. David Graeber and David Wengrow show how such theories first emerged in the eighteenth century as a conservative reaction to powerful critiques of European society posed by Indigenous observers and intellectuals. Revisiting this encounter has startling implications for how we make sense of human history today, including the origins of farming, property, cities, democracy, slavery, and civilization itself. Drawing on pathbreaking research in archaeology and anthropology, the authors show how history becomes a far more interesting place once we learn to throw off our conceptual shackles and perceive what's really there. If humans did not spend 95 percent of their evolutionary past in tiny bands of hunter-gatherers, what were they doing all that time? If agriculture, and cities, did not mean a plunge into hierarchy and domination, then what kinds of social and economic organization did they lead to? The answers are often unexpected, and suggest that the course of human history may be less set in stone, and more full of playful, hopeful possibilities, than we tend to assume. The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom, new ways of organizing society. This is a monumental book of formidable intellectual range, animated by curiosity, moral vision, and a faith in the power of direct action. Includes Black-and-White Illustrations
LC Classification Number
CB19.G69 2021
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- 4***b (460)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBrand new book. Flawless shipping. Marked only by the awful analysis, these authors have attempted in their rewriting of history. Not recommended reading.
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- 4***b (460)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBrand new book. Flawless shipping. Marked only by the awful analysis, these authors have attempted in their rewriting of history. Not recommended reading.
- o***o (1029)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe book is wonderful. Thank you so much!
- s***o (388)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseBook arrived safely today. Thank you.
- _***b (89)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseOn time quick delivery. This was a good deal and much appreciated for the upcoming school year. Now if I could only find a teacher guide.