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16%OFFNeil Faulkner - A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals - 9780745332154 - V9780745332154
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A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals

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Description for A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals Hardback. Magisterial analysis of human history, from the first hominid to the Great Recession of 2008. Written from the perspective of ordinary men and women. Series: Counterfire. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10-15 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBG; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
This magisterial analysis of human history - from 'Lucy', the first hominid, to the current Great Recession - combines the insights of earlier generations of Marxist historians with radical new ideas about the historical process.

Reading history against the grain, Neil Faulkner reveals that what happened in the past was not predetermined. Choices were frequent and numerous. Different outcomes - liberation or barbarism - were often possible. Rejecting the top-down approach of conventional history, Faulkner contends that it is the mass action of ordinary people that drives great events.

At the beginning of the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Counterfire
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745332154
SKU
V9780745332154
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About Neil Faulkner
Neil Faulkner was a historian and archaeologist. He is the author of numerous books, including A Radical History of the World, A People's History of the Russian Revolution and Lawrence of Arabia's War.

Reviews for A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals
'Enlightening and apocalyptic in equal measure'
Guardian 'This book will make you stop and think and give you a taste of what it must have felt like to be a firebrand buoyed up by righteous revolutionary zeal in October 1917. If you like your blood boiled, this is the history for you'
Guy de la Bédoyère, historian and ... Read more

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