History of the Global Economy, Paperback

Revolution in Development uncovers the surprising influence of postrevolutionary Mexico on the twentieth century's most important international eco...

DescriptionEssential reading for understanding the international economy--now thoroughly updatedLucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroug...

DescriptionPresented here is the final and most coherent section of a sweeping classic work in environmental history, The Unending Frontier. The Wo...

Engineering Rules is a riveting global history of the people, processes, and organizations that created and maintain this nearly invisible infrastr...

Migration is a politically sensitive topic and an important aspect of contentious debates about social and cultural diversity, economic stability, ...

Rapid economic growth has put India at the centre of current debates about the future of the global economy. In this fully revised and updated text...

Reducere. The conflict that ended in 1945 is often described as a 'total war', unprecedented in both scale and character. Volume 3 of The Cambridge History o...

A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twent...

Comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy. Covers the whole of the Greek world from the Iron Age to the Hellenistic period, with sepa...

The first general economic history of France since 2004 and the first to include the impact of the global financial crisis.Publisher: Agenda Publis...

A panoramic reinterpretation of global history, this title traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twent...

Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions...

This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on t...

A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuanAt first glance, the history of the modern global eco...

Reducere. In his bestselling The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama argued that the end of the Cold War would also mean the beginning of a str...

Using clothing as a point of departure, these essays imagine the South's centuries-long engagement with a global economy through garments, with cot...

This is the first global survey of how natural resources have been regulated in the modern world.Publisher: University of British Columbia PressIll...

Amazon is the most powerful corporation on the planet and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, has become the richest person in world history. Its dominance has re...

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

This short book makes a connection between recent 'tectonic shifts' in the world economy and the political problems currently confronted by western...

Description'This is essential reading for anybody interested in global history.' --Professor Ugo Panizza, The Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzer...

Thoroughly updated and revised, the ninth edition of the highly regarded British Civilization: An Introduction continues to be the ideal textbook o...

This core textbook gathers an international team of historians to present a comprehensive account of the central themes in the histories of Britain...

Dennis Gilbert provides a systematic comparative history of the rise and ultimate demise of the oligarchies that dominated Latin America for nearly...

Reducere. A renowned anthropologist explores the history and meaning of eating in America. Addressing issues ranging from the global phenomenon of Coca-Cola ...

Offering insight and equal consideration into the societies of the "civilized" and "uncivilized" world, Europe and the People Without History deftl...

China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presenc...

An eye-opening account of the informal economy around the globe, Stealth of Nations traces the history and reach of unregulated markets, and explai...

Reducere. "Cinema brings the industrial revolution to the eye, " writes Jonathan Beller, "and engages spectators in increasingly dematerialized processes of ...

Reducere. The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on ...

Offering a fresh look at trade during the second industrial revolution, Global Markets Transformed describes a world of commodities on the move--wh...

The story of how diesel engines and gas turbines, used to power cargo ships and jet airplanes, made today's globally integrated economy possible.Th...

Reducere. Eric Helleiner's new book provides a powerful corrective to conventional accounts of the negotiations at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in 1944. The...

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...

Reducere. J IS FOR JUNK ECONOMICS is an A-to-Z guide that explains how the world economy really works - and who the winners and losers are. The book includes...

Reducere. This book provides a philosophical defence of open borders. Two policy dogmas are the right of sovereign states to restrict immigration and the inf...

Reducere. DescriptionA rich and ambitious history reframing the Industrial Revolution, the expansion of the British empire, and the emergence of industrial c...

Reducere. Robert Rubin was sworn in as the seventieth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in January 1995 in a brisk ceremony attended only by his wife and a few ...

Reducere. With a new preface by the authors, this companion book to The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism, dissects the aftermath of the war in S...

DescriptionLooming trade wars and rising nationalism have stirred troubling memories of the 1930s. Will history repeat itself? Do we face the chaot...

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

In a journey spanning 2, 000 years, this book describes the ties of trade, migration and investment between India and the rest of the world, showin...

Contributor(s): Author: Eric Holt-GimenezCapitalism drives our global food system. Everyone who wants to end hunger, who wants to eat good, clean, ...

Reducere. Never before have we read such jarring headlines, distressing news analyses, or dire predictions concerning the world's financial future. The Ameri...

Covering three centuries of unprecedented demographic and economic changes, this textbook is an authoritative and comprehensive view of the shaping...

A passionate account of how the gulf between France's metropolitan elites and its working classes are tearing the country apart Christophe Guilluy,...

DescriptionA major rereading of Marx's critique of political economy Now a classic of Marxian economics, The Limits to Capital provides one of the ...

Histories of Iran, as of the wider Middle East, have been dominated by the twin narratives of top-down modernization and methodological nationalism...

Plantation Coffee in Jamaica, 1790-1848 is the first comprehensive history of the Jamaican coffee industry, covering a period of rapid expansion an...

Reducere. Tobacco was first cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for medicinal, religious, and social purposes l...

PROSEThroughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, ...

Reducere. In this revisionist history of early modern China, Evelyn Rawski challenges the notion of Chinese history as a linear narrative of dynasties domina...

Reducere. The First Book to Explain China's Success: Talent at the Top, Data in the Middle, Democracy at the Bottom.The Coronavirus epidemic triggered a chan...

Reducere. The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of World War II, around a quarte...

How did the Dutch Empire compare with other imperial enterprises? And how was it experienced by the indigenous peoples who became part of this colo...

Reducere. The 1992-1995 battle for Sarajevo was the longest siege in modern history. It was also the most internationalized, attracting a vast contingent of ...

Contributor(s): Author: Mark Edward LewisEditor: Timothy BrookThe Tang dynasty is often called China's "golden age, " a period of commercial, relig...

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

Reducere. A fascinating look at Ohio's forgotten history Take a leisurely tour across the Buckeye State with author Randy McNutt to a massive swamp that swal...

Reducere. Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native Ameri...

DescriptionAn estimated 60, 000 Chinese entered Mexico during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, constituting Mexico's second-large...

Reducere. Award-winning journalist Jim Krane charts the history of Dubai from its earliest days, considers the influence of the family who has ruled it since...

Reducere. Mainstream economists tell us that developing countries will replicate the economic achievements of the rich countries if they implement the correc...

Reducere. Since the financial crisis of 2008 and the global popular protests of 2011, more people have begun to wonder and speculate: what's next for civiliz...

Oriental Networks explores forms of interconnectedness between Western and Eastern hemispheres during the long eighteenth century, a period of impr...

Winner of the 2021 Lionel Gelber Prize: A provocative look at how today's trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests of elit...

Sovereignty is the subject of many debates in international relations. Is it the source of state authority or a description of it? What is its hist...

International Relations emerged as a distinct academic discipline in the early twentieth century, but its philosophic foundations draw on centuries...

Reducere. DescriptionNow available in paperback, the most comprehensive--and only author-authorized--Wendell Berry reader. "America's greatest philosopher on...

DescriptionAward winning poet Joshua Clover theorises the riot as the form of the coming insurrection Baltimore. Ferguson. Tottenham. Clichy-sous-B...