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| This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus's arrival in the New World to the end of... A landmark work from the intellectually auspicious author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western...
This new edition of "Frozen in Time" expands on the history of early British Arctic exploration and places the tragically fated Franklin... Ferguson tells the human story behind the evolution of money, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest Wall Street upheavals....
In this groundbreaking new work, Booth embarks on an enthralling intellectual tour of the worlds secret histories. Starting from a dangerous... Ferguson tells the human story behind the evolution of money, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest Wall Street upheavals....
In a narrative history that sweeps from Sumer in 3000 BC to the firestorm over globalization today, Bernstein brilliantly explores world... This classic work in subaltern studies portrays the peasant insurgency in British India from the peasant's viewpoint.
In this landmark work, for which he has written a new Introduction, one of our foremost public thinkers examines to origins and... Through an interdisciplinary analysis of literary, musical, and audio-visual works, this book proposes a cultural and historical...
In this provocative and compelling new work, the coauthor of the bestselling book and television series The Story of English shows how... "One of the most creative and independent-minded revolutionary Marxists of thepost-war world."--The Guardian
"The United States and Imperialism" uses concepts of civilization, identity, the civilizing mission, and cooperation to explain the role of... Expanded and updated from the first edition published in 1978 by Louisiana State University Press.
"Uncivil War" is a provocative study of the intellectuals who confronted the loss of France's most prized overseas possession: colonial... A translation from the French of Michael Lowy and Robert Sayre's attempt to unify discussion of the diverse manifestations of of Romanicism.
Of Somervell's work, Toynbee wrote, 'The reader now has at his command a uniform abridgement of the whole book, made by a clear mind that... This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level...
Bestselling author Amy Chua examines historys hyperpowers--Persia, Rome, China, the Mongols, the Dutch, the British, and the United... "Full of rare and exact information.... A distinguished work." New York Review of Books
The city's development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award. "One of the major works of scholarship of... What is colonialism and what is a colonial state? Ranajit Guha points out that the colonial state in South Asia was fundamentally different...
" Hecht is right that doubt' s story deserves to be told ... [and] she tells it in just the right spirit." With more than 10,000 years of history in the palm of your hand, "Eyewitness Companion: World History" is the ideal one-stop reference for...
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