The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today, Paperback - David Stasavage

One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracie...

A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this teaches us about the futureHistorical acc...

Revealing the origins of today's spirituality in the Gnostic tradition.

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How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be s...

Explores Jewish women's lives in what is now Eastern and Western Europe, Britain, Israel, Turkey, North Africa, and North America. The volume focus...

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Reducere. Hermits have thrived in every major historical era, geography, culture, and society - from antiquity to the present, East and West, in deserts, for...

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. It is also our greatest graveyard. Resting in its depths lay the lost ships of war spanning the totali...

The first global history of free speech shows we need to understand the past to address the challenges of the future.Publisher: John Murray PressAu...

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Now in a fully revised and updated edition including new primary sources and illustrations, this comprehensive book surveys Korean history from Neo...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Lisa SussenbachIllustration(s): 88 Halftones, black and white; 88 Illustrations, black and white; 88 Half...

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aeo Highly original and innovative account of the history of humour through the ages from Antiquity to the present day. aeo Includes accounts of jo...

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Acclaimed as the definitive study of the period by one of the greatest American historians, The Rise of American Democracy traces a historical arc ...

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Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Mexico, then keep reading...Before the modern country was born in 1821, the territory that today...

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Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of Ancient GreeceThe culture and events of Greece were so influential they have a significant effect on modern-day ...

Reducere. In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood rewrites the history of political theory. She traces the development of the Western tradition from...

DescriptionThe first global history of the middle class While the nineteenth century has been described as the golden age of the European bourgeois...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of Ancient Greece The culture and events of Greece were so influential they have a significant effect on modern-day...

Reducere. The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera traces the development of the Florida-Alabama coast as a tourist destination from the late 1920s and ea...

Reducere. What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y's. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axio...

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* Third edition of this hugely successful textbook which has proven immensely popular among students and specialists worldwide. * Provides a compre...

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Reducere. The roots of modern capitalism go back to the Italian banking system of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In the fifteenth century, the Med...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Jean-Luc FournetIllustration(s): 37 b/w illus. 3 tables. 1 map.Number of pages: 224Collection: The ...

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyAuthor(s): Philip WangNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 197 x 240 x 35Co...