A Radical History of the World

CONTENTS
Introduction
1 Hunters and Farmers c. 7 million–3000 BP
2 The First Class Societies c. 3000–1000 BC
3 Ancient Empires c. 1000–30 BC
4 The End of Antiquity c. 30 BC–AD 650
5 The Medieval World c. AD 650–1500
6 European Feudalism c. AD 650–1500
7 The First Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions 1517–1660
8 Absolutist Europe and Capitalist Globalisation 1660–1775
9 The Second Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions 1775–1815
10 The Rise of Industrial Capitalism c. 1750–1850
11 The Age of Blood and Iron 1848–1873
12 Imperialism and War 1873–1918
13 The Revolutionary Wave 1917–1928
14 The Great Depression and the Rise of Fascism 1929–1939
15 World War and Cold War 1939–1967
16 The World on Fire 1968–1975
17 The New World Disorder 1975–2008
18 Capitalism’s Greatest Crisis? The Early Twenty-first Century
Conclusion: Making the Future
Timeline
Sources
Bibliographical Notes
Select Bibliography
Index