What Happened in History
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What Happened in History is a landmark 1942 book by archaeologist V. Gordon Childe that synthesizes prehistory and early human civilization into a broad, Marxist-influenced narrative of social and technological development.
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| What Happened in History canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain long-term patterns in human development
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make archaeological evidence accessible to general readers ⓘ |
| author | V. Gordon Childe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coversPeriod |
Bronze Age
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Neolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ Stone Age NERFINISHED ⓘ early urban civilizations ⓘ |
| describedAs |
classic of Marxist-influenced prehistory
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landmark work in archaeological synthesis ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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archaeology ⓘ history of technology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Neolithic revolution
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class relations in early societies ⓘ economic foundations of social change ⓘ relationship between technology and society ⓘ urban revolution ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist historiography
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archaeology ⓘ prehistory ⓘ social history ⓘ world history ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
comparative cross-cultural analysis
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materialist view of history ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century archaeology
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social archaeology ⓘ world-systems approaches to prehistory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marxism
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historical materialism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
early human civilization
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human prehistory ⓘ social development ⓘ technological development ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Marxist interpretation of historical development
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broad narrative of social evolution ⓘ integration of archaeological and historical data ⓘ synthetic overview of prehistory ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| structure | chronological survey from early hominids to early civilizations ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
modes of production
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stages of social development ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | from early hominids to early historic civilizations ⓘ |
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