What Happened In History
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From the dawn of primitive tool-making to the twilight of the Roman Empire, What Happened in History presents one of the most audacious and sweeping surveys of human civilisation ever committed to print. V. Gordon Childe, the pre-eminent Australian-British archaeologist and prehistorian of the twentieth century, chronicles the great arc of human progress through a Marxist-materialist lens, arguing that the defining transformations of society — the Neolithic Revolution, the Urban Revolution, the rise of literate city-states — were driven not by the deeds of great men, but by the collective ingenuity of anonymous masses responding to material conditions. Childe's prose is lucid and authoritative, distilling vast archaeological evidence into a narrative that is as accessible as it is intellectually formidable. First published in 1942 and reissued repeatedly as a Pelican paperback, the work became a cornerstone of popular historical and archaeological thought, influencing generations of scholars and curious readers alike. For anyone who has ever wondered how humanity leapt from cave to city, this classic work offers an answer both rigorous and revelatory — and the questions it raises about the nature of progress remain startlingly unresolved.
Author: Gordon Childe
Format: Paperback
Genre: Ancient history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the dawn of primitive tool-making to the twilight of the Roman Empire, What Happened in History presents one of the most audacious and sweeping surveys of human civilisation ever committed to print. V. Gordon Childe, the pre-eminent Australian-British archaeologist and prehistorian of the twentieth century, chronicles the great arc of human progress through a Marxist-materialist lens, arguing that the defining transformations of society — the Neolithic Revolution, the Urban Revolution, the rise of literate city-states — were driven not by the deeds of great men, but by the collective ingenuity of anonymous masses responding to material conditions. Childe's prose is lucid and authoritative, distilling vast archaeological evidence into a narrative that is as accessible as it is intellectually formidable. First published in 1942 and reissued repeatedly as a Pelican paperback, the work became a cornerstone of popular historical and archaeological thought, influencing generations of scholars and curious readers alike. For anyone who has ever wondered how humanity leapt from cave to city, this classic work offers an answer both rigorous and revelatory — and the questions it raises about the nature of progress remain startlingly unresolved.