From Caves to Capitalism

This ambitous and exciting text offers a major introduction to pre-industrial society and industrialisation in the context of world history, aiming to explore the range and variety of societies and behaviour that can usefully be studied by social scientists and to trace the antecedents of industrialisation. Encompassing a fascinating spectrum of debates and illustrative examples drawn both from the Western and non-Western worlds, the focus on social structure, cultural variety and the dynamics of social change makes this an intriguing and important study in historical and comparative sociology.