V. Gordon Childe Bücher

This book is the classic introduction to the history of early man. Starting more than 340,000 years ago, when man's ability to make a fire and fashion stone tools helped him to survive among the wild beasts, it traces his development as a food producer, the emergence of cities and states, the rise of foreign trade, and the urban revolution. Contents include: Chronological Table for Egypt and Mesopotamia, Human and Natural History, Organic Evolution and Cultural Progress, Time Scales, Food Gatherers, the Neolithic Revolution, Prelude to the Second Revolution, the Urban Revolution, the Revolution in Human Knowledge, the Acceleration and Retardation of Progress.

Highlighting significant advancements in early twentieth-century social sciences, this work captures the latest research and insights during a pivotal historical period. It serves as a comprehensive overview, reflecting the evolving understanding of various social science disciplines at a time marked by critical discoveries and intellectual growth.

Highlighting the advancements in early twentieth-century social sciences, this work captures the latest research and insights during a pivotal historical period. It serves as a comprehensive overview of various disciplines, reflecting the transformative discoveries that shaped the era.

Originally published in 1946, this book presents in what can arguably be described as an unusual way, a slice of Scottish social life by applying to prehistory the principles of Marxism as practised by Soviet scholars of Russian prehistory.