Lecture 2. The Urban Revolution

Published: Aug. 11, 2014, 2:29 p.m.

b'What are the origins of inequality? World history is here seen through the lens of production: before agriculture, agriculture without and then with cities, after agriculture, each phase marked by revolutions. How does Africa relate to this scheme?\\nV. Gordon Childe What Happened in History (1942) \\nMichael E Smith \\u2018V Gordon Childe and the urban revolution\\u2019 (2009 pdf)'