{"product_id":"2026200014419-secondhand-what-happened-in-history","title":"What Happened In History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew works have reshaped our understanding of human civilization as profoundly as What Happened in History, a sweeping synthesis that traces humanity's journey from the earliest Stone Age foragers to the collapse of the ancient world. V. Gordon Childe, one of the twentieth century's most formidable archaeologists and prehistorians, presents a bold, materialist narrative of social evolution — chronicling how successive revolutions in food production, metallurgy, urban organization, and trade transformed scattered bands of hunters into the complex civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. Written with remarkable clarity and intellectual ambition, the work argues that technological and economic forces are the true engines of historical change, framing prehistory not as a dim prologue but as the very foundation of everything that followed.\n\nChilde's prose is authoritative yet accessible, making dense archaeological evidence feel urgent and alive — a rare achievement in a field often buried beneath academic jargon. The book stands as a landmark of materialist historiography, drawing on Marxist frameworks without sacrificing scholarly rigour, and it remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how and why human societies rise, transform, and ultimately decline. First published in 1942 and reissued as a Pelican Original, its enduring relevance raises a question that haunts every page: if history follows discernible patterns, what does the arc of past civilizations tell us about our own?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216202113243,"sku":"2026200014419-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e9d0f03d-320d-4682-a5c1-dc3b58177e41.png?v=1788405248","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014419-secondhand-what-happened-in-history","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}