A review by jade_smith
A People's History of the World by Chris Harman

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

This book was so incredibly long (just over 600 pages of dense history) and took me about three months to finish, but was ultimately worth it. Harman offers a super insightful and convincing look at the history of class struggle on a global scale. "People's History" taught me about numerous historical episodes that I'd previously had no idea about, and I genuinely feel like my understanding of the world we currently live in has increased exponentially as a result. Whilst not perfect (no history text ever is, especially those that take a broad scrope like this) this book is an excellent resource and is worth the slog.