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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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Includes index. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 4, 2015). |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The fabric of history -- Cosmos, creatures and consciousness -- Cooperation, stone, bone and dispersal -- Neolithic transformation and its consequences : settlement, wealth and social differentiation -- Gender differentiation, sex and kindred -- Status differentiation, hierarchy and hegemony -- Exploitation and violence -- Ethics, ambitions, crime and punishment -- Origins of belief in the supernatural and the first salvation religions -- Monotheism -- Imagined communities : signs and symbols, identities and nations -- A broad view : the rhythm of Empire -- Human reality in transformation : modern population, migration and labour -- Inhuman powers : capitalism, industry and their consequences -- No such thing as a free lunch : trade-offs, opportunity cost and the dynamic of unintended consequences -- Social critique -- Socialism : its promise and paradox -- Desperately seeking significance. |
| Summary |
The forces that shape our history are always contentious, yet our fascination with what drives the actions of the human race is inexhaustible. In 'Guns, Germs, and Steel', Jared Diamond proposed one set of forces; Willie Thompson, in 'Work, Sex, and Power', suggests a far more radical and fundamental trio. Deploying decades of experience as a historian, Thompson re-establishes a materialist narrative of the entire span of human history, drawing on a vast range of contemporary research. |
| Note |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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English. |
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Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.
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Marx, Karl, 1818-1883. (OCoLC)fst00030215
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Socialism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
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HISTORY -- World.
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Socialism. (OCoLC)fst01123637
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Världshistoria.
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Historiematerialism.
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General & world history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thompson, Willie. Work, sex and power : the forces that shaped our history. London : Pluto Press, ©2015 xi, 276 pages 9780745333410 |
| ISBN |
9781783712724 (electronic bk.) |
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1783712724 (electronic bk.) |
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0745333419 |
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9780745333410 |
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0745333400 |
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9780745333403 |
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1783712740 (kindle) |
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9781783712748 (kindle) |
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1783712732 (EPUB) |
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9781783712731 (EPUB) |
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