Lecture 2. The Urban Revolution
What are the origins of inequality? World history…
August 11, 201449m 11s
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Show Notes
What are the origins of inequality? World history is here seen through the lens of production: before agriculture, agriculture without and then with cities, after agriculture, each phase marked by revolutions. How does Africa relate to this scheme?
V. Gordon Childe What Happened in History (1942)
Michael E Smith ‘V Gordon Childe and the urban revolution’ (2009 pdf)