Work, sex and power the forces that shaped our history
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 ra...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Pluto Press
2015©2015, 2015
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | 289 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780745333403 0745333400 9780745333410 0745333419 |