The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy (Pomeranz Kenneth)(Paperback)

The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy (Pomeranz Kenneth)(Paperback)

A landmark comparative history of Europe and China that examines why the Industrial Revolution emerged in the West The Great Divergence sheds light on one of the great questions of history: Why did sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe? Historian Kenneth Pomeranz shows that as

How Europe Made the Modern World: Creating the Great Divergence (Daly Jonathan)(Paperback)

One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, spacious gardens, and sophisticated urban amenities; meanwhile, Paris, Rome, and London were cramped and unhygienic collections of villages, and Europe

The Great War and the Making of the Modern World (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

Casting aside conventional narratives of The Great War, Jeremy Black returns to a vast range of original sources and investigates not only the key events of the war, but its consequences in restructuring the old order. Black also considers the struggle not only in its historical context, but also

The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World (Zahra Tara)(Paperback)

Between 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas in one of the largest migrations in human history, irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. As villages emptied and the fear of depopulation ran rampant, anxiety over 'American fever' existed

The Geography of the World Economy (Knox Paul)(Paperback)

The Geography of the World Economy provides an in-depth and stimulating introduction to the globalization of the world economy. The book offers a consideration of local, regional, national and global economic development over the long historical term. The theory and practice of economic and

The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising (Roman Kenneth)(Paperback)

From the former CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, the first biography of advertising maverick David OgilvyFamous for his colorful personality and formidable intellect, David Ogilvy left an indelible mark on the advertising world, transforming it into a dynamic industry full of passionate, creative

Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World (Escobar Arturo)(Paperback)

How did the industrialized nations of North America and Europe come to be seen as the appropriate models for post-World War II societies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America? How did the postwar discourse on development actually create the so-called Third World? And what will happen when development

Wages of Destruction - The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy (Tooze Adam)(Paperback / softback)

Was the tragedy of the Second World War determined by Nazi Germany's terrifying power, or by its fatal weakness? This title provides an account of how Hitler established himself in power, mobilized for war - and led his country to

Everything to Nothing: The Poetry of the Great War, Revolution and the Transformation of Europe (Buelens Geert)(Pevná vazba)

The poets' Great War: violence, revolution and modernism The First World War changed the map of Europe forever. Empires collapsed, new countries were born, revolutions shocked and inspired the world. This tumult, sometimes referred to as 'the literary war', saw an extraordinary outpouring of

Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World (Brown Peter)(Paperback)

The Christianization of the Roman world lies at the root of modern Europe. Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors that proved decisive and the compromises that made the emergence of the Christian conception of existence possible: how the old gods of the Roman Empire could be

Turing and the Universal Machine: The Making of the Modern Computer (Agar Jon)(Paperback)

The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An enlightening mini-biography of a brilliant but

Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to XI Jinping (Mhlhahn Klaus)(Paperback)

'Thoughtful, probing...a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence that] will be read by all students and scholars of modern China.'--William C. Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead? It is tempting to attribute the rise of China to Deng Xiaoping and to recent changes in economic

The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World (Zahra Tara)(Pevná vazba)

Between 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas, irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. In this groundbreaking study, Tara Zahra explores the deeper story of this astonishing movement of people--one of the largest in human history.The

The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century (Wallerstein Immanuel)(Paperback)

Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century's greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the

The Modern World-System II: Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600-1750 (Wallerstein Immanuel)(Paperback)

Immanuel Wallerstein's highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century's greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the

Is China Buying the World? (Nolan Peter)(Paperback)

China has become the world's second biggest economy and its largestexporter. It possesses the world's largest foreign exchangereserves and has 29 companies in the FT 500 list of the world'slargest companies. 'China's Rise' preoccupies the globalmedia, which regularly carry articles suggesting that

Lgbt Activism and the Making of Europe: A Rainbow Europe? (Ayoub Phillip)(Paperback)

This book explores the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, and investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. These movements, the book argues, were inspired by specific ideas about Europe, which they sought to realize on the ground through

The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the World Economy (Varoufakis Yanis)(Paperback)

In this provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis--the fiery former finance minister in Greek's new Syriza-led government--explodes the myth that financialization, ineffective regulation of banks, and generalized greed and globalization were the root causes of the global economic crisis. Rather, he shows,

Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia - Gary J. Bass

From the prizewinning author of the acclaimed The Blood Telegram, a landmark, magisterial history of the postwar trial of Japan’s leaders as war criminals – and their impact on the modern history of Asia and the world.In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War

How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It (Herman Arthur)(Paperback)

An exciting account of the origins of the modern world Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial

Making Of Global Capitalism - The Political Economy Of American Empire (Gindin Sam)(Paperback / softback)

The all-encompassing embrace of world capitalism at the beginning of the twenty-first century was generally attributed to the superiority of competitive markets. Globalization had appeared to be the natural outcome of this unstoppable process. But today, with global markets roiling and increasingly

Early Mesopotamia: Society and Economy at the Dawn of History (Postgate Nicholas)(Paperback)

The roots of our modern world lie in the civilization of Mesopotamia, which saw the development of the first urban society and the invention of writing. The cuneiform texts reveal the technological and social innovations of Sumer and Babylonia as surprisingly modern, and the influence of this

Cameralism in Practice: State Administration and Economy in Early Modern Europe (Seppel Marten)(Paperback)

This book discusses the impact of cameralism on the practices of governance, early modern state-building and economy in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. It argues that the cameralist conception of state and economy - a form of 'science' of government dedicated to reforming society while

Barbarians at the Wall - The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of China (Man John)(Paperback / softback)