Never Together. The Economic History of a Segregated America, Hardback - Peter Temin

While all humans were created equal, economic history in the United States tells a different story. Black and white economic histories are quite di...

Reducere. China's extraordinary rise as an economic powerhouse in the past two decades poses a challenge to many long-held assumptions about the relationship...

The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people ...

Reducere. An eminent political scientist's brilliant analysis of economic, social, and political trends over the past century demonstrating how we have gone ...

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When a cultural historian writes a memoir it is likely to be interesting. When that person is William Irwin Thompson, author of numerous book and a...

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

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Philp Fabian Flynn led a remarkable life, bearing witness to some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. Flynn took part in the invas...

Reducere. George Mergenthaler, the grandson of the inventor of the Linotpye, was an only child and at the time of his birth in 1920, became the sole male hei...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Sam LebovicNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 161 x 236 x 26Cover type: Har...

A truly inclusive celebration of architecture around the world and across the ages.Illustrations: Illustrated in colour throughout

The Economic Report of the President provides valuable information about the present state of the U.S. economy and its future course. For more than...

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

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Noortje JacobsIllustration(s): 5 halftonesNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dimensions...

The first truly candid portrait of George V and Mary -- the Queen's grandparents and the creators of the modern monarchy The lasting reputation of ...

Reducere. Like many black school principals, Ulysses Byas, who served the Gainesville, Georgia, school system in the 1950s and 1960s, was reverently addresse...

Vivid, scholarly account of the Battle of Vitoria and the 1813 campaign of the Peninsular War.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Carole Div...

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A beautiful, illustrated exploration of European burial sites and memorials from the First and Second World Wars

WTF?! is an interactive tour of the world's weirdest social practices that uses economic thinking to reveal the solid logic behind their seeming se...

Distinct in its inclusive coverage of different methods of analysis and its comparative approach, this pioneering text provides readers with an ess...

In exquisitely detailed illustrations and engaging words, Stephen Conlin and Peter Harbison bring alive the story of Dublin - its architecture and ...

A sweeping history of early American trade and the foundation of the American economyPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Thomas M. TruxesNum...

The story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth...

On the Lam is a detailed history of fugitives in the United States. The authors explore how law enforcement officials and others, including bounty ...

How the Word is Passed is the living, breathing kind of history that is made unforgettable in the telling.

In recognition of the 10th anniversary of the attack in Benghazi, a noted Libya expert and eyewitness to the attack provides a startling reconsider...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Dael A. NorwoodIllustration(s): 21 halftones, 2 line drawingsNumber of pages: 312Collection: A...

Reducere. What was it like to grow up black and female in the segregated South? To answer this question, LaKisha Simmons blends social history and cultural s...

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Reducere. Throughout the twentieth century, African Americans challenged segregation at amusement parks, swimming pools, and skating rinks not only in pursui...

From earliest records to the present day, in one easy-to-read volume

This book offers an account of the historical development of the novel as a means of imagining and fashioning our bodies and our environments, in o...

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This book is an invaluable reference that attempts to bridge the fields of economic history, political history, economic geography, and economics w...

'Haunting.' Jonathan Freedland 'Powerful.' Daniel Finkelstein The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family's fate in the Ho...