False Economy. A Surprising Economic History of the World, Paperback - Alan Beattie

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DescriptionFrom the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution fro...

Written by a pioneer in the quantitative and macroeconomic analysis of economic history, this book combines qualitative histories with quantitative...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alan HartThe False Messiah is Volume I of a monumental history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, Zionism: The Real Enemy of...

An erudite and affectionate history of the Basque people, a nation without a country, the origins of which go back to pre-Roman times, and whose ow...

The author of }A People's History Of The Russian Revolution{ presents a tour de force of radical history comparable to Howard Zinn's }A People's Hi...

Men dominate history because they write it. This book offers a reappraisal which aims to re-establish women's importance at the centre of the world...

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This global history as the Chinese would write it gives brilliant and unconventional insights for understanding China's role in the world, especial...

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The Oxford Illustrated History of the World is the story of humanity itself, from earliest times to the present day, and the changes-good and bad-w...

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Reducere. A sweeping history that tracks the development of trade and industry across the world, from Ancient Rome to today. From the development of internat...

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DescriptionThe completely updated edition of J. M. Roberts and Odd Arne Westad's widely acclaimed, landmark bestseller The Penguin History of the W...

DescriptionOf the more than one hundred books that H. G. Wells published in his lifetime, this is one of the most ambitious. Spanning the origins o...

Reissued with a major new chapter on the 2008 financial crisis. A history of the world through the lens of money, indicating the financial stories ...

E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publica...

E. H. Gombrich's bestselling history of the world for young readers tells the story of mankind from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb, focusing not ...

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DescriptionImmanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century's greatest works of social...

Ruling the World tells the story of how the largest and most diverse empire in history was governed, everywhere and all at once. Focusing on some o...

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Reducere. Werner Sombart (1863-1941) was one of the leading German economists and social scientists of the late 19thand early 20thcenturies. The son of an in...

Werner Sombart (1863-1941) was one of the leading German economists and social scientists of the late 19thand early 20thcenturies. The son of an in...

Reducere. A sweeping and original work of economic history by Michael Lind, one of America's leading intellectuals, Land of Promise recounts the epic story o...

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Reducere. First published in 1973, this is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D. and 17...

The story of King Arthur is one of the best known in English history: he was the boy who was schooled by Merlin and who claimed his right to lead t...

Nick O'Donovan tells the story of how the techno-optimism once associated with the rise of the knowledge economy came to be supplanted by widesprea...

Reducere. Reveals an ancient race of Little People, the catalyst for the emergence of the first known civilizations - Traces the common roots of key words an...

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Andrew Hartropp looks at how Christ's followers are to do justice in our economic relationships: as individuals, as households, in the workplace an...

DescriptionThere is an old adage that says, "Truth is stranger than fiction." This is the way it was told in the fascinating stories about the famo...

This book provides a scholarly but accessible account of British regional development during the twentieth century, focusing on the emergence and d...

DescriptionSydney Brenner was born in South Africa and educated at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Medicine and Science). He then mo...

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Reducere. Men dominate history because men write history. There have been many heroes, but no heroines. This is the book that overturns that -phallusy of his...

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DescriptionWhat is blockchain? What is Bitcoin? How can central banks be instrumental in guiding a nation's economy? What are the underlying causes...

The third edition of Political Economy: The Contest of Economic Ideas is a fully updated overview of the political economy and its connection with ...

'Here's the history that really matters' Financial TimesPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Duncan WeldonNumber of pages: 352Publication ...