The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

by David Wengrow and David Graeber

Book Overview

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution--from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality--and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation

For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike--either free and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250858801
• ISBN13: 9781250858801
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Graeber and Wengrow

This was a historian's dream! There are few authors with as much passion and knowledge, writing about historical facts, that cover as broad a sweep of history as these two men. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Yes, it looks intimidating but much of it is from the sources, bibliography, etc. A joy to read!