A Marxist History of the World: From Neanderthals to Neoliberals by Neil Faulkne

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE A Marxist History of the World by Neil Faulkner Magisterial analysis of human history, from the first hominid to the Great Recession of 2008. Written from the perspective of ordinary men and women. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 21st century - with economic disaster, war, climate catastrophe and deep class divisions - humans face perhaps the greatest crisis in the long history of our species. The lesson of A Marxist History of the World is that, if we created our past, we can also create a better future. Notes Provides readers with a comprehensive and impressive analysis of human social development - ranging from Lucy, the first hominid, to the economic crisis of 2008. Written from the perspective of ordinary men and women, this fascinating volume combines the insights of earlier generations of Marxist historians with radical new ideas about the historical process. Author Biography Neil Faulkner was a historian and archaeologist. He is the author of numerous books, including A Radical History of the World, A Peoples History of the Russian Revolution and Lawrence of Arabias War. Table of Contents Introduction: Why History Matters1. Hunters and Farmers c. 2.5 million-3000 BCThe Hominid RevolutionThe Hunting RevolutionThe Agricultural RevolutionThe Origins of War and ReligionThe Rise of the Specialists2. The First Class Societies c. 3000-1000 BCThe First Ruling ClassThe Spread of CivilisationCrisis in the Bronze AgeHow History WorksMen of Iron3. Ancient Empires c. 1000-30 BCPersia: the Achaemenid EmpireIndia: the Mauryan EmpireChina: the Qin EmpireThe Greek Democratic RevolutionThe Macedonian EmpireRoman Military ImperialismThe Roman Revolution4. The End of Antiquityc. 30 BC-AD 650The Crisis of Late AntiquityHuns, Goths, Germans, and RomansMother-Goddesses and Power-DeitiesJudaism, Christianity, and IslamArabs, Persians, and Byzantines5. The Medieval Worldc. AD 650-1500The Abbasid RevolutionHindus, Buddhists, and the Gupta EmpireChinese Historys Revolving DoorAfrica: Cattle-Herders, Ironmasters, and Trading StatesNew World Empires: Maya, Aztec, and Inca6. European Feudalismc. AD 650-1500The Cycles and Arrows of TimeThe Peculiarity of EuropeThe Rise of Western FeudalismCrusade and JihadLord, Burgher, and Peasant in Medieval EuropeThe Class Struggle in Medieval EuropeThe New MonarchiesThe New Colonialism7. The First Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions1517-1775The ReformationThe Counter-ReformationThe Dutch RevolutionThe Thirty Years WarThe Causes of the English RevolutionRevolution and Civil WarThe Army, the Levellers, and the CommonwealthColonies, Slavery, and RacismWars of Empire8. The Second Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions1775-1815The EnlightenmentThe American RevolutionThe Storming of the BastilleThe Jacobin DictatorshipFrom Thermidor to Napoleon9. The Rise of Industrial Capitalismc. 1750-1850The Industrial RevolutionThe Chartists and the Origins of the Labour MovementThe 1848 RevolutionsWhat is Marxism?What is CapitalismThe Making of the Working Class10. The Age of Blood and Iron1848-1896The Indian MutinyThe Italian RisorgimentoThe American Civil WarJapans Meiji RestorationThe Unification of GermanyThe Paris CommuneThe Long Depression11. Imperialism and War1873-1918The Scramble for AfricaThe Rape of ChinaWhat is Imperialism?The 1905 Revolution: Russias Great Dress RehearsalThe Ottoman Empire and the 1908 Young Turk Revolution1914: Descent into BarbarismReform or Revolution?The First World War12. The Revolutionary Wave1917-19281917: The February RevolutionDual Power: The Mechanics of RevolutionFebruary to October: The Rhythms of Revolution1917: The October Insurrection1918: How the War EndedThe German RevolutionItalys Two Red YearsWorld RevolutionThe First Chinese RevolutionRevolts Against ColonialismStalinism: The Bitter Fruit of Revolutionary Defeat13. The Great Depression and the Rise of Fascism1929-1939The Roaring TwentiesThe Hungry Thirties1933: The Nazi Seizure of PowerState Capitalism in Russia1936: The French General Strike and Factory OccupationsThe Spanish Civil WarThe Causes of the Second World War14. World War and Cold War1939-1967The Second World War: ImperialismThe Second World War: BarbarismThe Second World War: ResistanceThe Cold WarThe Great BoomMaoist ChinaEnd of Empire?Oil, Zionism, and Western Imperialism1956: Hungary and SuezChe Guevara and the Cuban Revolution15. The New World Disorder1968-presentThe Vietnam War19681968-75: The Workers RevoltThe Long Recession, 1973-92What is Neoliberalism?1989: The Fall of Stalinism9/11, the War on Terror, and the New ImperialismThe 2008 Crash: From Bubble to Black HoleThe Second Great DepressionConclusion: Making the Future Review Enlightening and apocalyptic in equal measure -- GuardianThis 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 author of Roman Britain: A New History (2006). Review Quote Who needs objective history? Not Neil Faulkner, for whom the history of the world is a relentless and disgraceful parade of shame from the brazenly wasteful tribes of the Bronze Age to Maoist Chinas sell-out state capitalism. If nothing else 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. I can guarantee youll beoutraged - either because you agree with him or because you dont! Details ISBN0745332145 Author Neil Faulkner Short Title MARXIST HIST OF THE WORLD Language English ISBN-10 0745332145 ISBN-13 9780745332147 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Series Counterfire Imprint Pluto Press Subtitle From Neanderthals to Neoliberals Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 909 Publication Date 2013-04-05 UK Release Date 2013-04-05 AU Release Date 2013-04-05 NZ Release Date 2013-04-05 Pages 360 Publisher Pluto Press Alternative 9780745332154 Illustrations 15 b&w photographs Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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