World History - Page 37

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution

The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a c...

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Pirates: A New History, from Vikings to Somali Raiders

A global account of pirates and their modus operandi, from the Middle Ages to the present day In the...

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Ramesses the Great: Egypt's King of Kings

The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for th...

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Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage

** TO BE READ ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK FROM 30 JAN 2023 **'As much le Carré as it is Hidden F...

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From Rebel to Ruler: One Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party

“The definitive, candid, and absorbing history of a political organization…A vital account, based on...

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The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter

A case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past f...

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Size: How It Explains the World

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill GatesThe New York Times bestselling aut...

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The Word: On the Translation of the Bible

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A History of the Bible, this is the story of how the Bib...

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The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East

How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages Fo...

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Faith in Markets: Christian Capitalism in the Early American Republic

In the first half of the nineteenth century, the United States saw both a series of Protestant relig...

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Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil

In this magisterial study, Timothy Mitchell rethinks the history of energy, bringing into his grasp...

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Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History

PERHAPS THE GREATEST VICTORY OF THE OPPRESSED OVER THEIR OPPRESSORS IN ALL HISTORYThe end of slavery...

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Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion

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Ways of Eating: Exploring Food through History and Culture

What we learn when an anthropologist and a historian talk about food.From the origins of agriculture...

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Tears of History: The Rise of Political Antisemitism in the United States

For many Jews, for more than a century, the United States has seemed to be a safe haven. There has b...

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