James Suzman Books in Order
Explore James Suzman's books in order, with summaries of anthropology and histories of work to compare their subjects and choose which book to read first.
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James Suzman books in publication order
2 books
Affluence Without Abundance
by James Suzman
2017
Anthropologist James Suzman draws on years among southern Africa's San communities to explore their encounter with modern economic life. Their experiences frame questions about work, wealth, equality, and contentment as longstanding ways of living face radical change.
Work
by James Suzman
2020
James Suzman examines the history of work through anthropology, biology, economics, and other disciplines. Moving from foraging societies to agriculture and automation, he questions assumptions about labor's central place in human identity and imagines alternative relationships with it.
Standalone James Suzman books
by James Suzman
2017What We Can Learn from the World's Most Successful Civilisation
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