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A New York Times Bestseller, and a ground-breaking history of the class system in America, which challenges popular myths about equality in the land of
A New York Times Bestseller, and a ground-breaking history of the class system in America, which challenges popular myths about equality in the land of
The New York Times Bestseller, with a new preface from the author 'This estimable book rides into the summer doldrums like rural electrification. . . . It deals in the truths that matter.'--Dwight Garner, The New York Times 'This eye-opening investigation into our country's entrenched social
From the 'Mayflower' to the iPhone, this is the story behind America's economic power. Selected in The Economist's Best Books of
A collection of essays on class politics in America In popular retellings of American history, capitalism generally doesn't feature much as part of the founding or development of the nation. Instead, it is alluded to in figurative terms as opportunity, entrepreneurial vigor, material abundance, and
Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a comedy of English
From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it. As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and
An electrifying account of the extraordinary untold history behind Darwin's theory of
A Times Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Year * A History Today Book of the YearConfirms Sarah Dunant's place as the leading novelist of the Renaissance and one of the most acclaimed historical fiction writers of our age. Follows the brilliant Blood and
The story of one of the world's most important crops From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones in Ireland and those grown in China for McDonald's chips, the story of the spud is both satisfying and
A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day. Engages in debates about the economic, military,
From Bletchley Park to cyber-attacks in the twenty-first century, this is the untold story of computers and spies: past, present and
Born in Bolton tells the history of the 38 first-class cricketers, including 12 Test Players, to have been born in the Metropolitan Borough of
From the author of 1599, a fresh perspective on the history of the United States - and a timely reminder of Shakespeare's indelible
A compelling account of a crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and bestselling The
Determined presents a concise overview of Black history in Virginia from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia in 1619 through the groundswell of racial justice protests of 2020. These four centuries encompass slavery and emancipation, segregation and the civil rights movement, the
Latin America in Colonial Times is a concise history of Latin America from the era of the Aztecs and Incas to the age of Napoleon and Bolivar, written in a lively style in order to sustain the interest of students and general readers in the main themes and events of colonial Latin American
- A New Republic Best Book of the Year - The Globalist Top Books of the Year - Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction - Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who in this presidential election year, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the
Redefining history of anti-Black racist ideas that changes our understanding of the causes and extent of racist thinking, this book chronicles the journey of racist ideas and shows how these ideas were developed and eventually enshrined in American society. It also includes answers to some of the
Revolution in France is part of the series a Sense of History for 11-14 year
Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer A black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in the hall of a Gloucestershire manor house. A Moroccan woman is baptised in a London church. Henry VIII dispatches a Mauritanian diver to
A ground-breaking look at the entire history of the Soviet Union, presenting a new kind of analysis of the history of the USSR: examining its birth, evolution, and death in class
Presents the history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes, but the course of literature. In this one year, we follow what he reads and writes, what he saw, and who he worked with as he creates four of his most famous plays - 'Henry V', 'Julius