A History of World Societies, Volume 1: to 1600 (ebook) pdf

[Denny Ates]

A History of World Cultures is the first book that attempts to bring together the many strands of anthropology since the beginning of the modern era. Through archaeology, anthropology and linguistics, author McKy Smith traces the history of all human cultural groups across the world. While many of the book's topics are familiar, others like the role of ritual in religious movements, or language as a tool of power, are new to many readers.

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Smith offers wide-ranging discussions on such topics as why some cultures develop symbolic rituals, while others do not, and how these rituals affect the groups they exist in. Smith also provides an extended exploration of what he calls "the Other Side," offering an alternative view on what exactly makes human beings tick.

Smith begins his history of the world by describing his background as a child growing up in Ireland during the IRA storming of the Monastery at Armagh in IRA loyalist time. Although he never lived in Ireland, he said that he always longed for the return of the clerical IRA. When he watched The Claddagh, a film about the life of James Joyce, he decided that this novel would be his next project. Arriving in Britain after the war, he worked in a printing press in Manchester and became a magazine writer before being drawn to anthropology and linguistics, which would become his special talent.
Smith writes in a clear, engaging style that is at once personal and engaging. While the book has many interesting topics, the book's title refers to a more basic aspect of human history that will appeal to many readers. The history of the world is fascinating and compelling, especially when examined within the larger context of human history. In A History of World Cultures, Kevin Rudd Smith provides an engaging primer on the development of culture through history.