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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374157359
• ISBN13: 9780374157357
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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!