Horizons. A Global History of Science, Hardback - James Poskett

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): James PoskettNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 175 x 242 x 38Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): James PoskettNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 323 x 286 x 40Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): James PoskettIllustration(s): 47 halftonesNumber of pages: 373Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

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Explore the whys, whats and hows of science in this picture book where the worlds of poetry and non-fiction collide.

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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...

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

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

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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...

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...

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

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Here is the essential guide to physics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the foundations upon which all scientific knowle...

Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? B...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

This is the history of temperance and prohibition as you've never read it before: redefining temperance as a progressive, global, pro-justice movem...

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

Reducere. As late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the United States had shipped taco...

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