Wobblies of the World. A Global History of the IWW, Paperback - ***

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

A monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transiti...

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: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Eivind Heldaas SelandIllustration(s): 25 Halftones, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black and whiteNum...

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

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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The global coffee industry, which fuels the livelihoods of farmers, entrepreneurs, and consumers around the world, rests on fragile ecological foun...

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From large-scale cattle farming to water pollution, meat-- more than any other food--has had an enormous impact on our environment. Historically, A...

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

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Undoubtedly the most popular book in American labor history, the I.W.W. s "Little Red Song Book" has been a staple item on picket lines and workers...

Reducere. Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and beyond - exquisitely charted map ...

Reducere. In the early 20th Century, a group of socialists, anarchists, and radical unionists got together to form the International Workers of the World. Th...

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Reducere. DescriptionThe studies offered in this volume contribute to a Global Labor History freed from Eurocentrism and methodological nationalism. Using li...

Reducere. History of the World Mad Libs features 21 Mad Libs-style stories all about historyThe book includes topics like the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Wo...

Writer and presenter Neil MacGregor tells the fascinating stories behind the objects, which range from primitive tools to great works of art, told ...

A treasure trove of human creativity from around the world. History of the World in 1000 Objects takes a fresh look at world history, viewing cultu...

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

DescriptionEmerging at the turn of the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic rose to become a powerhouse of economic growth, artistic creativity,...

Tells you what you need to know from the Big Bang to Barack Obama, taking in the Byzantines, the Black Death, Bin Laden and the fall of bankers alo...

Despite a terrible two-stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a four-...

Reducere. Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryEncounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic Plains people whose teeming, ...

In this follow-up to }A History Of Britain In 21 Women{, journalist and broadcaster Jenni Murray celebrates great women from around the world, incl...

An erudite and affectionate history of the Basque people, a nation without a country, the origins of which go back to pre-Roman times, and whose ow...

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...

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

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

Reducere. In The Other World, French dramatist Cyrano de Bergerac tells of his fictional attempts to reach a lunar civilization that sees the Earth as its ow...

Publisher: Chronicle BooksAuthor(s): Ross PetrasIllustration(s): hardcover, foil stamped-cover, unjacketed, 2-color illustrations throughoutNumber ...

The author of }A People's History Of The Russian Revolution{ presents a tour de force of radical history comparable to Howard Zinn's }A People's Hi...

Men dominate history because they write it. This book offers a reappraisal which aims to re-establish women's importance at the centre of the world...

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Alex WoolfNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 234 x 278 x 27Cover type: Paperback / ...

Description"Superb... A tour de force."--Ebrahim Moosa"Provocative... Aydin ranges over the centuries to show the relative novelty of the idea of a...

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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...

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

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...

DescriptionBefore World War I, the government reaction to labor dissent had been local, ad hoc, and quasi-military. Sheriffs, mayors, or governors ...

Reducere. DescriptionMany wonder how Adolf Hitler, a mediocre army corporal and failed landscape painter, could have become the architect of the most calamit...