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Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper
$57.99 NZD
Category: Not a Book | 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
$44.99 NZD
Category: No Category | 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
Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium by Ronald Findlay
$119.00 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has been available for both economists and general readers that traces the history of the international economy from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Power and Plenty fills this gap, providing the first full account ...Show more
The Great Leveler : Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century' by Walter Scheidel
$88.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World | Reading Level: near fine
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of American Growth The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War by Robert J. Gordon
$109.00 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, home appliances, motor vehicles, air travel, air conditioning, and television transformed households and w ...Show more
The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility by Gregory Clark
$52.95 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies | Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe. While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social l ...Show more
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