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Short History of the Silk Road(2017) CLEMENTS, JONATHANThe author explains the truth behind odd tales of horses that sweat blood, defaced statues and missing frescoes, and Marco Polo's stories of black gold that seeps from the earth.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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Paper Dragons(2021) BELLO, WALDEN (BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY, USA)Walden Bello, one of the leading figures of the anti-globalisation movement, reveals how an impending financial crash in China may well bring the rest of world’s economy down with it.Vezava: Mehka28,50 € -
Triumph of the South(2022) SCOTT, PETERThis book provides a scholarly but accessible account of British regional development during the twentieth century, focusing on the emergence and development of the North-South divide.Vezava: Mehka68,42 € -
Feeding the People(2020) EARLE, REBECCA (UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK)Almost no one knew what a potato was in 1500. Today everyone eats them. This book traces the global journey of this popular foodstuff from the Andes to everywhere. En route it helps explain why we feel so ambivalent about governmental dietary guidelines aVezava: Trda37,42 € -
Ship of Fools(2010) O'TOOLE, FINTANFor twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. For years, those with economic power had been investing in a gigantic property bubble. In Ship of Fools Fintan O'Toole tells the story of this dizzying rise and sickeVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Secular Cycles(2009) TURCHIN, PETER,NEFEDOV, SERGEY A.Incorporating theoretical and quantitative history, this book examines a specific model of historical change and, more generally, investigates the utility of the dynamical systems approach in historical applications. It is of interest to practitioners ofVezava: Trda81,81 € -
Unsustainable Inequalities(2020) CHANCEL, LUCASThe greatest dilemma our planet faces is the tradeoff between poverty alleviation, inequality reduction, and climate change. In Unsustainable Inequalities, economist Lucas Chancel confronts how to share prosperity without furthering environmental harm, arVezava: Trda44,50 €









