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Are war and inequality inevitable, because evolution made men
competitive and dominant? Think again with this entertaining yet
powerful new history of âtrueâ human nature. How did humans, a
species that evolved to be cooperative and egalitarian, develop
societies of enforced inequality? Why did our ancestors create
patriarchal power and warfare? Did it have to be this way? Elites
have always called hierarchy and violence unavoidable facts of
human nature. Evolution, they claim, has caused men to fight, and
peopleâstarting with men and womenâto have separate, unequal
roles. But that is bad science. Why Men? tells a smarter story of
humanity, from early behaviours to contemporary cultures. From
bonobo sex and prehistoric childcare to human sacrifice, Joan of
Arc, Darwinism and Abu Ghraib, this fascinating, fun and important
book reveals that humans adapted to live equally, yet the earliest
class societies suppressed this with invented ideas of difference.
Ever since, these distortions have caused female, queer and
minority suffering. But our deeply human instincts towards equality
have endured. This book is not about what men and women are or do.
Itâs about the privileges humans claim, how they rationalise
them, and how we unpick those ideas about our roots. It will change
how you see injustice, violence and even yourself.
A reassessment of the naval mutinies of 1797, arguing that the
mutinies were more industrial dispute than expression of French
revolution inspired political radicalism. The naval mutinies of
1797 were unprecedented in scale and impressive in their level of
organisation. Under threat of French invasion, crews in the Royal
Navy's home fleet, after making clear demands, refused to sail
until their demands were met. Subsequent mutinies affected the
crews of more than one hundred ships in at least five home
anchorages, replicated in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian
Ocean. Channel Fleet seamen pursued their grievances of pay and
conditions by traditional petitions to their commanding officer,
Admiral Richard Howe, but his flawed comprehension and
communications were further exacerbated by the Admiralty. The
Spithead mutiny became the seamen'slast resort. Ironically Howe
acknowledged the justice of their position and was instrumental in
resolving the Spithead mutiny, but this did not prevent occurrences
at the Nore and elsewhere. The most extensive approach sinceConrad
Gill's seminal and eponymous volume of 1913, The Naval Mutinies of
1797 focuses on new research, re-evaluating the causes, events,
interpretations, discipline, relationships between officers and
men, political inputs and affiliations and crucially, the role of
the Irish and quota men. It poses new answers to old questions and
suggests a new synthesis - self-determination - the seamen on their
own terms. ANN VERONICA COATS is senior lecturer in the the School
of Civil Engineering and Surveying at the University of Portsmouth
and is Secretary of the Naval Dockyards Society. PHILIP MACDOUGALL
is a writer and historian, author of seven books, with a
doctorateon naval history from the University of Kent at
Canterbury.
It is a common perception that all is not well with the world - and
in particular with the USA. It is not that George W Bush is crazy.
Even if he is, the advisers around him are sophisticated enough.
Like the Reagan and Clinton administrations before them, they are
trying to solve a problem. Industrial profits are declining. In the
US, this has produced unemployment, privatisation of public
services and recession and their answer has been globalisation and
war. For the poorer countries of the world, the consequences of
this policy have been devastating. This powerful and immensely
readable book shows that American policy that is aimed at solving
domestic problems has enormous consequences for the rest of the
world.
Devon has a range of beautiful landscapes, breathtaking coastline
and historical heritage. Photographer Jonathan Neale has captured
Devon's essence in this collection of stunning images. With rugged
moorland and hills, peaceful villages and towns, beautiful rural
landscapes and river valleys, magnificent coastlines, scenic
estuaries, fascinating wildlife, and man-made treasures, Devon in
Photographs displays the south of the county at its best. For those
who are proud to live in the county, as well as those visiting,
this book is a must. Look through these photographs and you will
quickly see why this area in the south-west of England has such
enduring appeal.
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Lost at Sea (Paperback)
Jonathan Neale
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Discovery Miles 1 940
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This latest addition to The New Press's People's History series
offers an incisive account of the war America lost, from the
perspective of those who opposed it on both sides of the
battlefront as well as on the homefront. The protagonists in
Neale's history of the "American War" (as the Vietnamese refer to
it) are common people struggling to shape the outcome of events
unfolding on an international stage--American foot soldiers who
increasingly opposed American military policy on the ground in
Vietnam, local Vietnamese activists and guerrillas fighting to
build a just society, and the American civilians who mobilized to
bring the war to a halt. His narrative includes vivid, first-person
commentary from the ordinary men and women whose collective actions
resulted in the defeat of the world's most powerful military
machine.
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