From the Publisher of the English edition: From the bestselling author of A History of the World in Six Glasses, this is a riveting history of humanity told through the foods we eat. Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance; it has acted as a tool of…
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The agrarian sociology of ancient civilizations
by Weber, Max
fromVerso world history series
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The agrarian sociology of ancient civilizations
by Weber, Max
fromVerso world history series
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Type: Book
The agrarian sociology of ancient civilizations
by Weber, Max
fromVerso world history series
0
Type: Book
Max Weber, widely recognized as the greatest of the founders of classical sociology, is often associated with the development of capitalism in Western Europe and the analysis of modernity. But he also had a profound scholarly interest in ancient societies and the Near East, and …
An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations that contradict the standard narrative. Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed …
"This volume is the outcome of collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers, historians and agronomists, and frequently uses experiments in archaeology. It aims to establish new common ground for integrating different approaches and for v…