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Globalities eBook Series

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  • Mining in World History

    by Martin Lynch ...
    Series series Globalities
    Mining in World History deals with the history of mining and smelting from the Renaissance to the present day, drawing out, in an engaging and fast-paced fashion, the interplay of personalities, politics and technology which have together shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 years.Martin Lynch opens with the invention, sometime before the year 1453, of a revolutionary technique ... Read more

    25,01 €

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  • Three Famines

    Starvation and Politics

    by Thomas Keneally ...
    Famine may be triggered by nature but its outcome arises from politics and ideology. In Three Famines, award-winning author Thomas Keneally uncovers the troubling truth -- that sustained widespread hunger is historically the outcome of government neglect and individual venality. Through the lens of three of the most disastrous famines in modern history -- the potato famine in Ireland, the famine ... Read more

    9,49 €

  • Hell's Gorge

    The Battle to Build the Panama Canal

    by Matthew Parker ...
    As heard on the Empire podcast, the epic story of one of the most extraordinary engineering feats in world history: the building of the Panama Canal.'A completely wonderful book, beautifully written, amazingly researched' William Dalrymple'An excellent, excellent book’ Anita AnandHell's Gorge traces a heroic dream that spanned four centuries: to build a canal linking the Atlantic a... ... Read more

    12,99 €

  • A Shorter History of Australia

    by Geoffrey Blainey ...
    A broad, concise and inclusive vision of Australia and Australians by one our most renowned historians.After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well-placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through the events that have created the Australian identity: the mania for spectator sport; the suspicion of the ... Read more

    10,99 €

  • Global Economic History

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert C. Allen ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britain's path breaking response to the challenge of ... Read more

    7,19 €

  • From Silk to Silicon

    The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives

    by Jeffrey E. Garten ...
    Stories of ten historical figures who helped build the long road to globalization, from Genghis Khan to an Intel CEO: "Filled with brilliant vignettes." — The Washington PostThis is the story of globalization, the most powerful force in history, as told through the lives and times of ten people who established new connections between people and nations—whether that was their primary goal or not. ... Read more

    12,29 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pocket History: Settlements of the Doomed

    by Ed Wright ...
    Settlements of the Doomed is part of the Pocket History series - a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of twelve books that each open a window onto a selection of remarkable stories, characters and themes from the past. History they say is written by the winners. We read about the first settlers arriving in Sydney Cove with modern icon the Opera House in our ... Read more

    4,87 €

  • Mugabe

    Power, Plunder, and the Struggle for Zimbabwe's Future

    by Martin Meredith ...
    Robert Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe in 1980 after a long civil war in Rhodesia. The white minority government had become an international outcast in refusing to give in to the inevitability of black majority rule. Finally the defiant white prime minister Ian Smith was forced to step down and Mugabe was elected president. Initially he promised reconciliation between white and blacks, encouraged ... Read more

    Was 9,99 € Now 8,49 €

  • Of Warriors, Lovers and Prophets

    Unusual Stories from South Africa's Past

    by Max du Preez ...
    South African history will never be the same again … Shunning the predictable, Max du Preez has put on his investigative journalist’s cap and examined our past from a fresh perspective. The result is a collection of extraordinary and mostly unknown stories, all meticulously researched and written in an engaging and lively style. Instead of regurgitating the story of Jan van Riebeeck’s arrival at ... Read more

    9,00 €

  • Uncle John's Facts to Go History Makers

    by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...
    Series series Facts to Go
    When it comes to making history fun, Uncle John is second to none!Uncle John takes readers on a journey through the ages, shedding new light onto some of the past’s most famous (and infamous) figures, and digging up obscure history you’d never learn in school. Featuring classic BRI articles along with some great all-new material, History Makers travels from the Far East to the Old West, from ... Read more

    3,43 €

  • The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy, 1400 to the Present

    by Kenneth Pomeranz, Steven Topik ...
    Offering enhanced coverage of Africa, the Middle East, and the 20th century, this new edition of The World That Trade Created brings to life international trade and its actors. In a series of brief, highly readable vignettes, the authors show clearly that the seemingly modern concept of economic globalization has deep historical roots. ... Read more

    14,12 €

  • Breaking Rockefeller

    The Incredible Story of the Ambitious Rivals Who Toppled an Oil Empire

    by Peter B. Doran ...
    The incredible tale of how ambitious oil rivals Marcus Samuel, Jr., and Henri Deterding joined forces to topple the Standard Oil empireMarcus Samuel, Jr., is an unorthodox Jewish merchant trader. Henri Deterding is a take-no-prisoners oilman. In 1889, John D. Rockefeller is at the peak of his power. Having annihilated all competition and possessing near-total domination of the market, even the U.S ... Read more

    7,62 €