Lifelines from Our Past

Overview

This book offers an extraordinary interpretation of world history, from the paleolithic era to the present. Renowned historian L.S. Stavrianos conceptualizes human history into three categories: kinship societies, tributary societies, and capitalist societies.

Key Concepts

In each, he discerns and studies four "life-line" issues - ecology, gender relations, social relations, and war - that encompass the broadest areas of human experience.

Revised Edition

The revised edition projects forward to the twenty-first century, offering the author's views on possible future scenarios involving the same lifeline issues.