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Author
Publication Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
"Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the growth of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols and the Black Death to the Great Game...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"[This book] tells the story of the Eternal City--from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to Mussolini and the German occupation in World War Two--through pivotal moments that defined its history"--Amazon.com.
84) Tractor wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the birth of modern agriculture
Author
Publication Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"With all the bitterness and drama of the race between Ford, Dodge, and General Motors, Tractor Wars is the untold story of industry stalwarts and disruptors, inventors, and administrators racing to invent modern agriculture-a power farming revolution that would usher in a whole new world"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publication Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one of the most important--and successful--history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book also won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship and was heralded on the front page of the New York Times in the summer of 2006. For this new edition, Loewen has added a new preface that shows how inadequate...
Author
Publisher
Brassey's
Publication Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"Hunters in the Shallows is the first book to examine the development and role of the small torpedo boat in U.S. naval history, from William Cushing's heroic attack on the Confederate ram Albemarle in 1864, to PT operations in World War II. Moreover, it offers the first critical analysis of the PT's operational value. Culled from primary sources, this myth-buster covers the inside story of the scandalous 1939 Elco deal, offers new insight into the...
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Series
Publisher
The Experiment
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"An ultra-accessible master class ... "-- Provided by publisher
Hirst provides a fast-paced class on three millennia of Europe's history. From Ancient Greece through World War II, he helps us all see how the history of Europe-- the crucible of liberal democracy-- shaped the continent, and how it shapes the way we live now. -- adapted from back cover
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Publisher
Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This one-volume handbook explores the history of Taiwan, from its prehistory to its Japanese colonization to its tumultuous relationship with China in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Pocket Essentials
Publication Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The turbulent and chequered past of the world's most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the West. From the beginnings of Chinese prehistory right through to internet censorship with the ?Great Firewall of China', Gordon Kerr offers a comprehensive introduction to the sprawling history of this enormous country. A Short History of China provides an absorbing introduction to more than 4,000...
Author
Publisher
Greenwood
Publication Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Overview: Somalia is a nation with a history that stretches back more than ten millennia to the beginnings of human civilization. This book provides sweeping coverage of Somalia's history ranging from the earliest times to its modern-day status as a country of ten million inhabitants, providing a unique social-scientific treatment of the nation's key issues across ethnic and regional boundaries. The book addresses not only Somali sociocultural and...