I read a portion of this in college and I remember not being too fond of it, and I've just sort of heard it's not a good book, sorta racist and eurocentric. I'm wondering what the real criticisms of this book are though since looking at a summary its seems sort of materialist?
Mostly wondering since my dad, who has not read a book since probably 1973, is getting a copy from the library and I want to know what chud shit I'm gonna have to deal with at the dinner table for the next couple months.
Racist as shit and still whitewashes the genocide a fuck ton, but the first time someone has actually even bothered to try a good-faith read of the situation. Put it this way: If you only went off of information from the book you could fill in the gaps later, unlike the American education system which flat out anti-informs you. You could certainly do a lot worse but come on, you have so many better books you can pull from who take an effort beyond the bare minimum and aren't dripping with the blood of colonialism. Why are you reading chud books when you have the entire leftist library at your disposal?