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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney; Adam Seligman (Introduction by)
Category: Politics | Series: World History Ser.
In one of the truly great classics of twentieth-century political economy, R. H. Tawney addresses the question of how religion has affected social and economic practices. He does this by a relentless tracking of the influence of religious thought on capitalist economy and ideology since the Middle Ages. ...Show more
Romans by Anthony Marks
Category: Educational | Series: Illustrated World History S.
This is a fantastic new edition of the internet-linked reference title of life in Roman times. It includes all sorts of information on Roman people from the food they ate, the clothing they wore, gods they worshipped and what they did for fun. Illustrations, maps and timelines make learning easy. Intern ...Show more
The Decline and Rise of Democracy - A Global History from Antiquity to Today by David Stasavage
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracies Die A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this history teaches us about the future Historica ...Show more
The Decline and Rise of Democracy - A Global History from Antiquity to Today by David Stasavage
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracies DieA new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this teaches us about the future Historical account ...Show more
The Fate of Rome by Kyle Harper
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton History of the Ancient World Ser.
How climate change and disease helped to bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases ...Show more
The Great Encounter of China and the West, 1500 1800 by D. E. Mungello; David E. Mungello
Category: History | Series: Critical Issues in World and International History Ser.
A fourth edition of this book is now available. In the twenty-first century, China has emerged as the leading challenger to U.S. global dominance. China is often seen as a sleeping giant, emerging out of backwardness toward modernization. However, this vast country is not newly awakening, but rather ret ...Show more
The Hindenburg in Flames: How a Photograph Marked the End of the Airship by Michael Burgan; Dan Grossman (Consultant Editor)
Category: Children's Non Fiction | Series: Captured World History Ser.
When it went down in flames, the Hindenburg went down in history. The era of airship travel ended with a disastrous explosion May 6, 1937. Sam Shere's photo of the Hindenburg in flames has been called the most famous news photograph ever taken. The entire episode--from first flash to destruction--took l ...Show more
The Mystery of the Kibbutz - Egalitarian Principles in a Capitalist World by Ran Abramitzky
Category: History | Series: Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
How the kibbutz movement thrived despite its inherent economic contradictions and why it eventually declined The kibbutz is a social experiment in collective living that challenges traditional economic theory. By sharing all income and resources equally among its members, the kibbutz system created stro ...Show more
The Origin of Empire Rome from the Republic to Hadrian (264 BC - AD 138) by David Potter
Category: History | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser.
Capturing the pivotal moment when Rome transformed from a republic to a world empire, spanning over three hundred action-packed years. In 264 BC, a Roman army was poised to cross from southern Italy into Sicily. They couldn't know that this crossing would be Rome's first step on its journey from local ...Show more
The Panthay Rebellion - Islam, Ethnicity and the Dali Sultanate in Southwest China, 1856-1873 by David Atwill
Category: History | Series: Verso World History Ser.
A history of the Panthay Rebellion against the Chinese imperial court The Panthay Rebellion of 1856-1873 held the armies of the Qing dynasty at bay for nearly two decades. This account by David Atwill offers a remarkable panorama of the cosmopolitan frontier society from which the rebellion sprang. Th ...Show more
The Persistence of the Old Regime - Europe to the Great War by Arno J. Mayer
Category: History | Series: Verso World History Ser.
In this classic work which analyzes the context in which thirty years of war and revolution wracked the European continent, the great historian Arno Mayer emphasizes the backwardness of the European economies and their political subjugation by aristocratic elites and their allies. Mayer turns upside dow ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War by Robert J. Gordon
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an e ...Show more