I’m really getting tired of vapid historical analysis which completely sidelines any notions of class, or literally anything other than the mainstream misconstruing of history though great man theory
Silvia Fererici’s Caliban and the Witch is basically a people’s history of western European feudalism and is an awesome read, a pretty rich text.
Walter Rodney’s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa covers a lot of the transition specifically of Africa, but is maybe less fun to read.
I haven’t read it, but heard 1491 is a great source for Turtle Island.
Was just gonna mention caliban and the witch, it’s an excellent resource for feudal-era class analysis.
1491 is an excellent read, I highly recommend
The USSR had a political economy textbook that devotes the first chapter to pre-capitalist economies https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/authors/pe/
How the World Works by Paul removedshott. you can use the bibliography as a reading list as well.
Some that I haven’t seen mentioned yet:
- Galeano - open veins of latin america
- clr james - the black jacobins
Hobsbawm is also known for his Marxist history tomes, but I haven’t finished any of those yet.
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On my phone so I won’t search the specific vids, but I believe Michael Hudson would be a good source for 0-1500 AD (and even back to the days of ancient Sumeria).
Here’s a link to an article of his on the subject, anyways. https://michael-hudson.com/2018/04/palatial-credit-origins-of-money-and-interest/
I’ve watched a few of his talks on the history of economics, and in particular on the history of debt (and the jubilee/debt forgiveness systems which had been found across the world, to which the Romans, Greeks, and then the inherited systems of debt in Europe were a notable exception).
From his website alone, it seems like he has many books on the subject (as well as more contemporary ones). I’ve not read them but imagine they cover topics he’s spoken of in his many interviews I’ve watched:
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I have his super imperialism but also haven’t read it yet.
Are you me? Same… I really need to get to reading my books honestly, I have a ton but never get to them.
I wind up reading fanfics, listening to talks/analysts, or reading articles and excerpts once in a while on my phone/PC instead.
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True, my logic is much the same as well. Though you’re clearly starting and reading more of them than me (it tends to be nil).
Not completely throughout but decent book on the development of industry in the US -> “Behemoth, by joshua freeman”
