Goliath's Curse (Hardback)
Kemp, Luke (Author)
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A new history of humanity told through the lens of collapse, from Neanderthals to AI, and what it means for our uncertain future.
Reviews
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation . . . The lessons he has drawn are often striking: people are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites, while past collapses often improved the lives of ordinary citizens . . . scholarly, but the straight-talking Australian can also be directGuardian - Damian CarringtonUnlike Jared Diamond's formative 1997 bestseller Guns, Germs and Steel, which f...
ISBN (SKU)
9780241741238
Pages
448
Weight
846g
Dimensions
240x160x49
Imprint
Viking
Published
30, July, 2025
Genres
Society & Culture
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