NEW BOOK FROM VERSO
A People’s History of the World
By Chris Harman
ISBN 9781844672387/£12.99/$19.95/$22 CAN/Paperback
Publication Date: May 1st
THE ONLY RADICAL SOCIAL HISTORY OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION.
“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 respond that I know of only one book that accomplishes this extremely difficult task, and that is Chris Harman’s ‘A Peoples History of the World’.” HOWARD ZINN
“The left… has few accounts which convey as well as this book does the broad sweep of human history.” ROBIN BLACKBURN
Includes:
- Timelines
- Glossaries of people, places and terms
- Guide to further reading
- Detailed index
Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of technological change as well as the impact of powerful individuals and revolutionary ideas, these societies have engendered events familiar to every schoolchild – from the empires of antiquity to the world wars of the twentieth century.
In a bravura conclusion, Chris Harman exposes the reductive complacency of contemporary capitalism, and asks, in a world riven as never before by suffering and inequality, why we imagine that it can – or should – survive much longer. Ambitious, provocative and invigorating, ‘A People’s History of the World’ delivers a vital corrective to traditional history, as well as a powerful sense of the deep currents of humanity which surge beneath the froth of government.
CHRIS HARMAN is the author of numerous books including ‘The Fire Last time: 1968 and After’ and ‘The Lost Revolution: Germany 1918-23’.
EVENTS:
Chris Harman will be giving a talk about May 1968 at the London School of Economics Old Theatre on Saturday, May 3rd. The event begins at 2 pm and will also feature talks by Tariq Ali and Pierre Rousset. All welcome. For more information: http://flavorpill.com/london/events/2008/5/3/students-of-the-world-ignite.
The launch for this book will be held at 5:30 on Friday, 23rd May at Senate House, Wolfson Room (London, UK) where Chris Harman will discuss the process of writing a radical social history of human civilization. All welcome. For more information: http://www.history.ac.uk/ihrseminars/seminar.php?series=148
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