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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Humans The 300,000-Year Struggle for Equality James Lorimer and Company	Historian Alvin Finkel builds on the work of archaeologists, anthropologists and historians to present the very long view of the history of the human species. His focus is not on the leaders …		416	2024	View
From NEW! Preface and Introduction Why Do We Need a “People’s History” for the Planet? From: Humans View James Lorimer and Company	In this introductory chapter, the author explains that most histories examine the course of events from the perspective of elites, whereas this book embraces the method of social historians and …		9	2024	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Foraging Societies From: Humans View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, the author examines early hunter-gatherer societies, first looking at Sapiens, Neanderthals and then various peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas. He finds …		31	2024	$3.10 Add
From NEW! The Arrival of Agriculture From: Humans View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at the advent of agricultural societies and sedentary lifestyles, it inspects what effect these developments had on the egalitarian values of their foraging ancestors …		36	2024	$3.60 Add
From NEW! Early Empires and Popular Resistance From: Humans View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the resistance of ordinary people to the ruling of elites as societies became increasingly stratified. It explores slave revolts, popular rebellion and religious movements …		43	2024	$4.30 Add