The Handshake: A Gripping History,Ella Al-Shamahi

-About this book

‘It is a little book of wonder, it’s fantastic’ Chris Evans
‘A fabulously sparky, wide-ranging and horizon-broadening little study … joyously unboring’ Sunday Times
Friends do it, strangers do it and so do chimpanzees – and it’s not just deeply embedded in our history and culture, it may even be written in our DNA. The humble handshake, it turns out, has a rich and surprising history.
So let’s join palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi as she embarks on a funny and fascinating voyage of discovery – from the handshake’s origins (at least seven million years ago) all the way to its sudden disappearance in March 2020. Drawing on new research, anthropological insights and first-hand experience, she’ll reveal how this most friendly of gestures has played a role in everything from meetings with uncontacted tribes to political assassinations – and what it tells us about the enduring power of human contact.
Because the story of the handshake … is far from over.

-Contents

Introduction

1 Origin Story: Where Does the Handshake Come From?
2 Symbolism: What Does the Handshake Mean?
3 Finger Snaps and Penis Shakes: Handshakes, Greetings and Cultures
4 A Step-by-Step Guide to the Handshake
5 The Hand of Destiny: History’s Best Handshakes
6 The Hand of Doom: History’s Worst Handshakes
7 Demise: Is This the End of the Handshake?
Epilogue

Acknowledgements
Notes

-cractéristiques

Date de parution :25 mars 2021

Éditeur : Profile Books

Langue : Anglais

NB.de pages : 176 pages

ISBN-10 : 1788167805

ISBN-13 : 978-1788167802

Poids de l’article : 264 g

Dimensions : 13.8 x 2.1 x 20.4 cm