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Imperial Tragedy: From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568 by Michael Kulikowski
Category: History | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser.
For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the definitive split, the Vandal sack of Rome, and the ...Show more
Imperial Tragedy: From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568 by Michael Kulikowski
Category: History | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser.
For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the definitive split, the Vandal sack of Rome, and the ...Show more
Imperial Triumph: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine by Michael Kulikowski
Category: History | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser.
Imperial Triumph presents the history of Rome at the height of its imperial power. Beginning with the reign of Hadrian in Rome and ending with the death of Julian the Apostate on campaign in Persia, it offers an intimate account of the twists and often deadly turns of imperial politics in which successi ...Show more
John F. Kennedy - A Reference Guide to His Life and Works by Ian James Bickerton
Category: Biography | Series: Significant Figures in World History Ser.
John F. Kennedy: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works cover all aspects of his life and work. Despite his short tenure in office, Kennedy shaped the domestic and international direction of the nation for decades to come. He is remembered domestically for the hope and encouragement he instilled in the ...Show more
Marie Curie - The Woman Who Changed the Course of Science by Philip Steele
Category: Children's | Series: National Geographic World History Biographies Ser.
"This short book is written in a clear, readable style, detailing the events of Marie's life that will be of interest to teen readers... It will be an excellent and accessible resource for libraries. Readers will find the prose engaging and Marie's story interesting and inspiring." --VOYA National Geogr ...Show more
New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 by Paul Stephenson
Category: History | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser.
Three hundred action-packed years of Roman history, encompassing the fall of Rome and the rise of a new empire in the East. Long before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique empire, the glittering Constantinople: New Rome.In ...Show more
Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism by Perry Anderson
Category: Popular History | Series: World History Series
The rise of the modern absolutist monarchies in Europe constitutes in many ways the birth of the modern historical epoch. Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, the companion volume to Perry Anderson's Lineages of the Absolutist State, is a sustained exercise in historical sociology to root the developme ...Show more
Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper
Category: Homosapiens | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous dise ...Show more
Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous di ...Show more
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
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