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Primary Sources in World History

Wealth, Power, and Inequality

James Farr author Patrick J Hearden author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:30th Mar '23

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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 Western intellectual, cultural, or moral superiority.

ISBN: 9781538178638

Dimensions: 236mm x 157mm x 25mm

Weight: 599g

322 pages