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London : Pluto Press, 2015

1 online resource (xi, 276 pages)

ISBN 9781783712724 (PDF eBook)

ISBN 9781783712731 (EPUB eBook)

ISBN 9781783712748 (Kindle eBook)

ISBN 9780745333403

ISBN 9780745333410

Print version: Thompson, Willie. Work, sex and power : the forces that shaped our history. London : Pluto Press, 2015 xi, 276 pages ISBN 9780745333403

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: The fabric of history -- Cosmos, creatures and consciousness -- Cooperation, stone, bone and dispersal -- Neolithic transformation and its consequences : settlement, wealth and social differentiation -- Gender differentiation, sex and kindred -- Status differentiation, hierarchy and hegemony -- Exploitation and violence -- Ethics, ambitions, crime and punishment -- Origins of belief in the supernatural and the first salvation religions -- Monotheism -- Imagined communities : signs and symbols, identities and nations -- A broad view : the rhythm of Empire -- Human reality in transformation : modern population, migration and labour -- Inhuman powers : capitalism, industry and their consequences -- No such thing as a free lunch : trade-offs, opportunity cost and the dynamic of unintended consequences -- Social critique -- Socialism : its promise and paradox -- Desperately seeking significance.

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(OCoLC)905914196