Volume III investigates what Braudel terms «world-economies»―the economic dominance of a particular city at different periods of history, from Venice to Amsterdam, London, New York. . . .
In the second volume in this splendid trilogy Braudel turns his attention to the markets and exchanges that, from the start, have been the real . . .
The first volume in this beautifully illustrated and highly acclaimed economic and social history of the world from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution . . .
In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, . . .
Å lese ferdig denne boken i sykeleie har vært fortrøstningsfullt. Sprø som de siste årene har vært, er de bare kos og moro sammenlignet med . . .
En kort liten historie om den teknologiske utviklingen i verden sett fra et globalt perspektiv. Globalt perspektiv betyr da at en fremstiller det som om . . .
Det er stor underholdning og en vekker for et moderne menneske å lese om Romerrikets historie. Rikdommen, makten og det nakne råe begjæret i fri . . .
In SPQR, an instant classic, Mary Beard narrates the history of Rome «with passion and without technical jargon» and demonstrates how «a slightly shabby Iron . . .
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Celebrated historian John Hirst offers a fascinating exploration of the qualities that made Europe a world-changing civilisation. The Shortest History of Europe begins with a . . .