The Dawn of Everything

A trailblazing account of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the emergence of “the state,” political violence, and social inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation.

“Textured, surprising, paradoxical, inspiring… It aims to replace the dominant grand narrative of history not with another of its own devising, but with the outline of a picture, only just becoming visible, of a human past replete with political experiment and creativity.” —William Deresiewicz, The Atlantic

“An instant classic… Fatalistic sentiments about human nature melt away upon turning the pages… [The Dawn of Everything] sits in a different class to all the other volumes on world history we are accustomed to reading…” —Giulio Ongaro, Jacobin