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ESCAPE FROM ROME THE FAILURE OF EMPIRE AND THE ROAD TO by SCHEIDEL WALTER
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing t ...Show more
Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity by Walter Scheidel
Category: No Category | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing th ...Show more
Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous di ...Show more
Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper
Category: Science | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous dise ...Show more
The Decline and Rise of Democracy - A Global History from Antiquity to Today by David Stasavage
Category: Current Affairs | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracies Die A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this history teaches us about the future Historica ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War by Robert J. Gordon
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an e ...Show more
Why Australia Prospered - The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth by Ian W. McLean
Category: Politics | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present. Why Australia Prospered is a fascinating historical examination of how Aus ...Show more
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