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ESCAPE FROM ROME THE FAILURE OF EMPIRE AND THE ROAD TO by SCHEIDEL WALTER
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing t ...Show more
Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity by Walter Scheidel
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing th ...Show more
The Great Leveler - Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century by Walter Scheidel
Category: History | Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality ...Show more
The Great Leveler : Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century' by Walter Scheidel
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality ...Show more
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