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Available
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Publication
Puffin (1985), Edition: 2, 304 pages
Description
Desde la asuncion de que los libros de Critica han formado parte del bagaje intelectual y moral de una generacion de espanoles y latinoamericanos, a las puertas del siglo XXI nacio esta coleccion de bolsillo para poner al alcance de una nueva generacion de lectores, a precios minimos, aquellos libros ya publicados que por su calado y actualidad sea oportuno recuperar junto a titulos originales que tengan algo que aportar a la construccion de una cultura critica, esto es, libre.
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A better than expected history from the stone age to the Roman Empire.
This was written in 1954, so can obviously be forgiven for omitting vast amounts of material; in particular this is very much the western canon view of the world --- no Africa, Australia or Americas, and very very little India or
What I found especially interesting was a concentration towards the end of the book on the class structure and the economy (especially the failings of said economy) in bronze and iron age times.
The fact that I've not seen this covered much in modern texts makes me wonder whether it was a fanciful construction of the Marxist-inspired times, something we are now wise enough to realize we cannot speculate about, or whether the fashion operates in the reverse, that it is our times that refuse to acknowledge and discuss what is clearly obvious.
Certainly this is an issue I'd like to know more about.
This was written in 1954, so can obviously be forgiven for omitting vast amounts of material; in particular this is very much the western canon view of the world --- no Africa, Australia or Americas, and very very little India or
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China. What I found especially interesting was a concentration towards the end of the book on the class structure and the economy (especially the failings of said economy) in bronze and iron age times.
The fact that I've not seen this covered much in modern texts makes me wonder whether it was a fanciful construction of the Marxist-inspired times, something we are now wise enough to realize we cannot speculate about, or whether the fashion operates in the reverse, that it is our times that refuse to acknowledge and discuss what is clearly obvious.
Certainly this is an issue I'd like to know more about.
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LibraryThing member antiquary
I understand Childe was resopected in his time but is now rather obsolete.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1942
Physical description
304 p.; 7 x 5 inches
ISBN
0140551573 / 9780140551570
Local notes
FB
Other editions
What Happened In History by GORDON CHILDE (Paperback)