Marxist History of the World

Neil Faulkner was a historian and archaeologist. He is the author of numerous books, including A Radical History of the World, A People's History of the Russian Revolution and Lawrence of Arabia's War.

• Introduction: Why History Matters1. Hunters and Farmers c. 2.5 million-3000 BCThe Hominid RevolutionThe Hunting RevolutionThe Agricultural RevolutionThe Origins of War and ReligionThe Rise of the Specialists2. The First Class Societies c. 3000-1000 BCThe First Ruling ClassThe Spread of CivilisationCrisis in the Bronze AgeHow History WorksMen of Iron3. Ancient Empires c. 1000-30 BCPersia: the Achaemenid EmpireIndia: the Mauryan EmpireChina: the Qin EmpireThe Greek Democratic RevolutionThe Macedonian EmpireRoman Military ImperialismThe Roman Revolution4. The End of Antiquityc. 30 BC-AD 650The Crisis of Late AntiquityHuns, Goths, Germans, and RomansMother-Goddesses and Power-DeitiesJudaism, Christianity, and IslamArabs, Persians, and Byzantines5. The Medieval Worldc. AD 650-1500The Abbasid RevolutionHindus, Buddhists, and the Gupta EmpireChinese History’s Revolving DoorAfrica: Cattle-Herders, Ironmasters, and Trading StatesNew World Empires: Maya, Aztec, and Inca6. European Feudalismc. AD 650-1500The Cycles and Arrows of TimeThe Peculiarity of EuropeThe Rise of Western FeudalismCrusade and JihadLord, Burgher, and Peasant in Medieval EuropeThe Class Struggle in Medieval EuropeThe New MonarchiesThe New Colonialism7. The First Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions1517-1775The ReformationThe Counter-ReformationThe Dutch RevolutionThe Thirty Years WarThe Causes of the English RevolutionRevolution and Civil WarThe Army, the Levellers, and the CommonwealthColonies, Slavery, and RacismWars of Empire8. The Second Wave of Bourgeois Revolutions1775-1815The EnlightenmentThe American RevolutionThe Storming of the BastilleThe Jacobin DictatorshipFrom Thermidor to Napoleon9. The Rise of Industrial Capitalismc. 1750-1850The Industrial RevolutionThe Chartists and the Origins of the Labour MovementThe 1848 RevolutionsWhat is Marxism?What is CapitalismThe Making of the Working Class10. The Age of Blood and Iron1848-1896The Indian MutinyThe Italian RisorgimentoThe American Civil WarJapan’s Meiji RestorationThe Unification of GermanyThe Paris CommuneThe Long Depression11. Imperialism and War1873-1918The Scramble for AfricaThe Rape of ChinaWhat is Imperialism?The 1905 Revolution: Russia’s Great Dress RehearsalThe Ottoman Empire and the 1908 ‘Young Turk’ Revolution1914: Descent into BarbarismReform or Revolution?The First World War12. The Revolutionary Wave1917-19281917: The February RevolutionDual Power: The Mechanics of RevolutionFebruary to October: The Rhythms of Revolution1917: The October Insurrection1918: How the War EndedThe German RevolutionItaly’s ‘Two Red Years’World RevolutionThe First Chinese RevolutionRevolts Against ColonialismStalinism: The Bitter Fruit of Revolutionary Defeat13. The Great Depression and the Rise of Fascism1929-1939The Roaring TwentiesThe Hungry Thirties1933: The Nazi Seizure of PowerState Capitalism in Russia1936: The French General Strike and Factory OccupationsThe Spanish Civil WarThe Causes of the Second World War14. World War and Cold War1939-1967The Second World War: ImperialismThe Second World War: BarbarismThe Second World War: ResistanceThe Cold WarThe Great BoomMaoist ChinaEnd of Empire?Oil, Zionism, and Western Imperialism1956: Hungary and SuezChe Guevara and the Cuban Revolution15. The New World Disorder1968-presentThe Vietnam War19681968-75: The Workers’ RevoltThe Long Recession, 1973-92What is Neoliberalism?1989: The Fall of Stalinism9/11, the War on Terror, and the New ImperialismThe 2008 Crash: From Bubble to Black HoleThe Second Great DepressionConclusion: Making the Future

'Enlightening and apocalyptic in equal measure'