Boom and Bust. A Global History of Financial Bubbles, Hardback - John D. Turner

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The O'Leary Years charts the rise and fall of Leeds United at the turn of the 21st century, as a gifted crop of youngsters took the club to the hig...

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Now shortlisted for the 2012 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award and the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is a ...

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Looking at the eleventh century to the twentieth century, Kuroda explores how money was used and how currencies evolved in transactions within loca...

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A history of the global nature of the radical union, The Industrial Workers of the World

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Mennonite Farmers is a pioneering work that brings faith into conversation with the land in distinctive ways.Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Pr...

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This informative and thought-provoking account of civilization's complete dependence on copper, and what extracting it from the earth really means ...

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DescriptionA global history of restaurants beyond white tablecloths and ma tre d's, Dining Out presents restaurants both as businesses and as venue...

The collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study argues tha...

This book follows the emergence and transformation of the watch industry throughout the world from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the p...

For millennia, cavalry was the premier combat arm. Horses gave armies mobility and speed; often cavalry charges, either on the enemy's flanks and i...

DescriptionCompassion traces the ways in which various societies across the globe have responded to the vulnerable among them from early human hist...

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline beca...

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Sul's history of the international ginseng trade reveals the cultural aspects of international capitalism and the impact of this single commodity o...

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The first truly global history of sport, covering everything from football to baseball, boxing to motor racing.Illustrations: 98 illustrations

DescriptionJulian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer's guide to Autumn in culture In this...

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressAuthor(s): Rens BodIllustration(s): 11 Illustrations, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and whiteTra...

DescriptionCoal, gas, and oil have powered our societies for hundreds of years. But the pace at which we use them changed dramatically in the twent...

For fashion buffs, romantics, and brides-to-be, a fascinating collection of wedding garb and glamour through pop culture and history.The Way We Wed...

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In this fascinating study, Matthew J. Kuiper the story of how Islam became a world religion and cultural phenomenon of immense scale, astonishing d...

The first historical account of the development of prison gangs world-wide.Illustrations: 70 illustrations

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This book provides the first broad history of the evolution of combined operations since antiquity. Jeremy Black provides a balanced assessment of ...