A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium

The best-selling comprehensive history of the world from the perspective of struggling peoples throughout the ages--updated with new material and a foreword by Howard Zinn

From the earliest human societies to the Holy Roman Empire, from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, from the Industrial Revolution to the end of the twentieth century, Chris Harman provides a brilliant and comprehensive history of the human race. Eschewing the standard accounts of "Great Men," of dates and kings, Harman offers a groundbreaking counter-history, a breathtaking sweep across the centuries in the tradition of "history from below."

In a fiery narrative, he shows how ordinary men and women were involved in creating and changing society and how conflict between classes was often at the core of these developments. While many scholars see the victory of capitalism as now safely secured, Harman explains the rise and fall of societies and civilizations throughout the ages and demonstrates that history moves ever onward in every age. This magisterial study is essential reading for anyone interested in how society has changed and developed and the possibilities for further radical progress.

"I have had many people ask me if there is a book which does for world history what my book A People's History of the United States does for this country. I always responded that I know of only one book that accomplishes this extremely difficult task, and that is Chris Harman's A People's History of the World." --Howard Zinn

Author: Chris Harman
Publisher: Verso
Published: 05/02/2017
Pages: 752
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 2.30d
ISBN13: 9781786630810
ISBN10: 1786630818
BISAC Categories:
- History | World | General
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Social Science | Regional Studies

About the Author
Chris Harman (1942-2009) was the editor of Socialist Worker and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party in Britain. He wrote many articles, pamphlets and books including Class Struggles in Eastern Europe, Explaining the Crisis, Economics of the Madhouse, How Marxism Works and The Lost Revolution: Germany 1918 to 1923.