Primary Sources in World History - 9781538174357

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Primary Sources in World HistoryWealth, Power, and Inequality, Prehistory to 1500, Volume 1\nAuthor(s): James Farr, Patrick J. Hearden\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781538174357, 978-1538174357\nSynopsis\nVolume 1 of this two-volume collection of primary documents covers societies across different geographical regions during the last 5,000 years. While chronologically and geographically comprehensive in scope, this reader will focus on a central theme: the unequal allocation of wealth and power both within individual societies and between different polities ranging from small city-states to large territorial empires. The selected documents reveal that people living at different times and in different places have used similar methods to achieve similar political and economic objectives. By reflecting uniformities as well as diversities in ideas and actions, these documents undermine assertions of W.