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The First World War - A Concise Global History

by William Kelleher Storey

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 In a compact but comprehensive and clear narrative, this book explores the First World War from a genuinely global perspective. Putting a human face on the war, William Kelleher Storey takes into account individual decisions and experiences as well as environmental and technological factors, such as food, geography, manpower, and weapons.
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To Have And Have Not - Energy In World History

by Brian C. Black

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 Tracing our energy usage from the Industrial era to modern times, Brian Black outlines the past, and point us towards the direction we need to go with our energy usage to offset the effects of climate change.
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The World Cup As World History

by William D. Bowman

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 The World Cup as World History uses footballâ€™s premier event to analyze modern sports and world history. Bowman traces the history of a tournament that has become a global phenomenon that generates intense political, economic, and cultural interest and profound discussions about racial, ethnic, and gender identity in the contemporary era.
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Crude Reality - Petroleum In World History

by Brian C. Black

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 This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum has shaped human life since it was first discovered leaking inconspicuously from the soil. Brian Black brings a global perspective and a wide-ranging technical knowledge clearly explained for general readers, providing a sweeping, forward-looking survey.
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The First World War - A Concise Global History

by William Kelleher Storey

108,15€ + 10% CARD

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 In a compact but comprehensive and clear narrative, this book explores the First World War from a genuinely global perspective. Putting a human face on the war, William Kelleher Storey takes into account individual decisions and experiences as well as environmental and technological factors, such as food, geography, manpower, and weapons.
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Crude Reality - Petroleum In World History

by Brian C., Ph.D. Black

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 This concise, accessible introduction to the history of oil tells the story of how petroleum has shaped human life since it was first discovered leaking inconspicuously from the soil. Brian Black brings a global perspective and a wide-ranging technical knowledge clearly explained for general readers, providing a sweeping, forward-looking survey.
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World Cup As World History

by William D. Bowman

38,15€ + 10% CARD

 The World Cup as World History uses footballâ€™s premier event to analyze modern sports and world history. Bowman traces the history of a tournament that has become a global phenomenon that generates intense political, economic, and cultural interest and profound discussions about racial, ethnic, and gender identity in the contemporary era.
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The World Cup As World History

by William D. Bowman

108,15€ + 10% CARD

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 The World Cup as World History uses footballâ€™s premier event to analyze modern sports and world history. Bowman traces the history of a tournament that has become a global phenomenon that generates intense political, economic, and cultural interest and profound discussions about racial, ethnic, and gender identity in the contemporary era.
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Europeans Abroad, 1450-1750

by David Ringrose

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 David Ringrose looks beyond the traditional history of European expansionâ€"which highlights European conquests, empire building, and hegemonyâ€"in order to explore the more human and genuinely cross-cultural dimensions of Europeans abroad before 1750.
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Struggle Against Imperialism - Anticolonialism And The Cold War

by Edward H. Judge e John W. Langdon

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 This compelling book persuasively links the Cold War and struggles against imperial rule. The authors provide a cogent and concise description of the postâ€"World War II era and reveal the strong links between the Cold War and anti-colonialism movements.
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To Have And Have Not - Energy In World History

by Brian C., Ph.D. Black

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 Tracing our energy usage from the Industrial era to modern times, Brian Black outlines the past, and point us towards the direction we need to go with our energy usage to offset the effects of climate change.
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Age Of Trade - The Manila Galleons And The Dawn Of The Global Economy

by Arturo Giraldez

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 Arturo Giraldez provides a rich history of the ships and sailors that launched the global economy. Beginning with the founding of Manila in 1571 and ending in 1815 when the last galleon left Acapulco for the Philippines, these vessels braved weather and pirates to establish a vital connection between the Spanish empire in America with Asia.
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Europeans Abroad, 1450â€“1750

by David Ringrose

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 David Ringrose looks beyond the traditional history of European expansionâ€"which highlights European conquests, empire building, and hegemonyâ€"in order to explore the more human and genuinely cross-cultural dimensions of Europeans abroad before 1750.
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First World War - A Concise Global History

by William Kelleher Storey

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 In a compact but comprehensive and clear narrative, this book explores the First World War from a genuinely global perspective. Putting a human face on the war, William Kelleher Storey takes into account individual decisions and experiences as well as environmental and technological factors, such as food, geography, manpower, and weapons. With reorganized chapters designed to enhance classroom use, this edition brings the text up to date with current scholarship and new maps for the Great Wars centennial.The author argues that the Great War profoundly changed the ways in which people imagined the landscape around them and thought about technology and the environment. Before the war, Europe and its colonies generally regarded industrial technology as an instrument of modernity; the landscape existed to be conquered, divided, and ruled. During and after the war, the costs of conquest became much higher, raising significant doubts about the value of progress. Soldiers experienced profound personal degradation, physical injuries, and mental collapse in the midst of nightmarish, technologically induced environmental conditions, which they vividly remembered when they formed new identities in the postwar world. Although people did not abandon thoughts of technological advance, after the war they had a keener sense of modernity's costs. Without neglecting traditional themes, Storey's deft interweaving of the role of environment and technology enriches our understanding of the social, political, and military history of the war, not only in Europe, but worldwide.
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The Age Of Trade - The Manila Galleons And The Dawn Of The Global Economy

by Arturo Giraldez

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 Arturo Giraldez provides a rich history of the ships and sailors that launched the global economy. Beginning with the founding of Manila in 1571 and ending in 1815 when the last galleon left Acapulco for the Philippines, these vessels braved weather and pirates to establish a vital connection between the Spanish empire in America with Asia.
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Crude Reality - Petroleum In World History

by Brian C. Black

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 "Copyright 2012 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Epilogue to paperback edition copyright 2014 by Rowman & Littlefield"--Verso of title page.
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Insatiable Appetite - The United States And The Ecological Degradation Of The Tropical World

by Richard P. Tucker

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 Traces the transformation of the tropics in modern times. Exploring the central role of the US in the devastation of tropical lands, this title highlights the pressure caused by the demands of US consumerism. It includes a series of case studies of sugar, bananas, coffee, rubber, beef, and timber.
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Plagues In World History

by John Aberth

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 Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, influenza, and AIDS. Geographically, these diseases have spread across the entire globe; temporally, they stretch from the sixth century to the present. John Aberth considers not only the varied impact that disease has had upon human history but also the many ways in which people have been able to influence diseases simply through their cultural attitudes toward them. The author argues that the ability of humans to alter disease, even without the modern wonders of antibiotic drugs and other medical treatments, is an even more crucial lesson to learn now that AIDS, swine flu, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and other seemingly incurable illnesses have raged worldwide. Aberth''s comparative analysis of how different societies have responded in the past to disease illuminates what cultural approaches have been and may continue to be most effective in combating the plagues of today.
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Smuggling - Contraband And Corruption In World History

by Alan L. Karras

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 In this lively book, Alan L. Karras traces the history of smuggling around the world and explores all aspects of this pervasive and enduring crime. Through a compelling set of cases drawn from a rich array of historical and contemporary sources, Karras shows how smuggling of every conceivable good has flourished in every place, at every time. Significantly, Karras draws a clear distinction between smugglers and their more popular criminal cousins, pirates, who operated in the open with a type of violence that was nearly always shunned by smugglers. Explaining the divergence between the two groups, the book illustrates both crossovers and differences.<br/><br/>At the same time, states and empires tolerated smuggling since eliminating smuggling was a sure route to a disgruntled and disorderly citizenry, and governments required order to remain in power. As a result, smuggling allowed individuals to negotiate an unstated social contract that minimized the role of government in their lives. Thus, Karras provocatively argues that smuggling was, and is, tightly woven into an uneasy relationship among governments, taxation, citizenship, and corruption.<br/><br/>Bringing smugglers and smuggling to life, this book provides a fascinating exploration for all readers interested in crime and corruption throughout modern history.
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Getting High - Marijuana In World History

by John Charles Chasteen

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Crude Reality - Petroleum In World History

by Brian C., Ph.D. Black

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Getting High - Marijuana In World History

by John Charles Chasteen

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Plagues In World History

by John Aberth

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Smuggling - Contraband And Corruption In World History

by Alan L. Karras

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