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  • The Waning of the Mediterranean, 1550–1870

    A Geohistorical Approach

    by Faruk Tabak ...
    2008 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineConventional scholarship on the Mediterranean portrays the Inner Sea as a timeless entity with unchanging ecological and agrarian features. But, Faruk Tabak argues, some of the "traditional" and "olden" characteristics that we attribute to it today are actually products of relatively recent developments. Locating the shifting fortunes of ... Read more

    $74.79 CAD

  • Allies As Rivals

    The U.S., Europe and Japan in a Changing World-system

    by Faruk Tabak ...
    Series series Political Economy of the World-System Annuals
    This book traces the dynamics of international rivalry from the late 1970s up through the present. Among the members of the dominant North political discord has become prominent recently in debates ranging from the Balkan Wars to the Second Gulf War. Yet a wide array of disputes--launching of global positioning systems to steel imports--have shattered the semblance of unity and cooperation among ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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  • The End of Poverty

    Economic Possibilities for Our Time

    by Jeffrey D. Sachs ...
    **"Book and man are brilliant, passionate, optimistic and impatient . . . Outstanding." —The EconomistThe landmark exploration of economic prosperity and how the world can escape from extreme poverty for the world's poorest citizens, from one of the world's most renowned economists**Hailed by ***Time***as one of the world's hundred most influential people, Jeffrey D. Sachs is renowned for his work ... Read more

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  • A Splendid Exchange

    How Trade Shaped the World

    by William J. Bernstein ...
    A Financial Times and Economist Best Book of the Year exploring world trade from Mesopotamia in 3,000 BC to modern globalization.How did trade evolve to the point where we don't think twice about biting into an apple from the other side of the world?In A Splendid Exchange, William J. Bernstein, bestselling author of The Birth of Plenty, traces the story of global commerce from its prehistoric ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Exceptional People

    How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future

    by Ian Goldin, Geoffrey Cameron, Meera Balarajan ...
    The past, present, and future role of global migrationThroughout history, migrants have fueled the engine of human progress. Their movement has sparked innovation, spread ideas, relieved poverty, and laid the foundations for a global economy. In a world more interconnected than ever before, the number of people with the means and motivation to migrate will only increase. Exceptional People ... Read more

    $36.29 CAD

  • How the World Made the West

    A 4,000 Year History

    by Josephine Quinn ...
    **An award-winning Cambridge history professor “makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve” (The Wall Street Journal)—that the West is, and always has been, truly global.“Those archaic ‘Western Civ’ classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, [who] invites us to . . . revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance.”—The Boston Globe**AN ECONOMIST BEST ... Read more

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  • In Defense of Globalization

    With a New Afterword

    by Jagdish Bhagwati ...
    In the passionate debate that currently rages over globalization, critics have been heard blaming it for a host of ills afflicting poorer nations, everything from child labor to environmental degradation and cultural homogenization. Now Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist, takes on the critics, revealing that globalization, when properly governed, is in fact the most powerful ... Read more

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  • The Fate of Rome

    Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire

    by Kyle Harper ...
    Series series The Princeton History of the Ancient World
    How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient worldHere is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change ... Read more

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  • The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

    by David S. Landes ...
    "Readers cannot but be provoked and stimulated by this splendidly iconoclastic and refreshing book."—Andrew Porter, New York Times Book ReviewThe Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, ... Read more

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  • Pox Romana

    The Plague That Shook the Roman World

    by Colin Elliott ...
    Series series Turning Points in Ancient History
    A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacleIn the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory that stretched from Britain to Egypt. The Roman-made peace, or Pax Romana, seemed to be permanent. Then, apparently out of ... Read more

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  • Cities

    by John Reader ...
    A "vastly entertaining" history of urban centers—from the ancient world to today ( Time).From the earliest example in the Ancient Near East to today's teeming centers of compressed existence, such as Mumbai and Tokyo, cities are home to half the planet's population and consume nearly three-quarters of its natural resources. They can be seen as natural cultural artifacts—evidence of our civic ... Read more

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  • Pathways to Freedom: Political and Economic Lessons From Democratic Transitions

    Edited by Isobel Coleman, Terra Lawson-Remer ...
    Through case studies on Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, South Africa, Thailand, and Ukraine, Pathways to Freedom explores the factors and choices that shaped eight transitions—some successful, others less so. Its concise historical analysis and forward-looking prescriptions offer an authoritative and accessible look at what countries must do to build durable and prosperous democracies ... Read more

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