Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World 9780062938350

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World 0063063018, 9780063063013

The author of The Professor and the Madman and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property--our proprietary relat

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Europa: How Europe Shaped the Modern World 1681778246, 9781681778242

European history is deeply embedded in the global civilization that has emerged in the 21st century. More than two third

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The Legacy of Rome: How the Roman Empire Shaped the Modern World 9781803991504, 180399150X

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The Legacy of Rome: How the Roman Empire Shaped the Modern World 0750996668, 9780750996662

A sweeping history of the Roman Empire's influence beyond its borders and through time At its height in the secon

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The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World (Chinese Edition) [1 ed.] 9787521705324, 7521705327

进入现代社会以来，在提及全球重大转型事件时，人口一直是被忽略的关键因素。从大英帝国的崛起到美国全球霸权的建立，从日本经济大萧条到中国经济腾飞，从阿拉伯之春到欧洲难民潮……这些现代化进程中的大事件，都可以从人口的角度给以全新的解读。 前工业革

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The Human Tide: How Population Shaped the Modern World (Chinese Edition) [1 ed.] 9787521705324, 7521705327

进入现代社会以来，在提及全球重大转型事件时，人口一直是被忽略的关键因素。从大英帝国的崛起到美国全球霸权的建立，从日本经济大萧条到中国经济腾飞，从阿拉伯之春到欧洲难民潮……这些现代化进程中的大事件，都可以从人口的角度给以全新的解读。 前工业革

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The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World 1250262828, 9781250262820

In the tradition of Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene, Nichola Raihani's The Social Instinct is a profound an

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The Hungry Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World (Chinese Edition) [1 ed.] 9787559626691, 7559626696

Language:Chinese,SoftCover,Pub Date:2018-10-01,publisher:Beijing United Publishing Company,description:Paperback, Pub Da

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Sex, Genes and Rock 'n' Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World 9781742231600

Evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks argues that the origins of these twenty-first century problems can be found where the

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How Russia Shaped the Modern World: From Art to Anti-Semitism, Ballet to Bolshevism 0691118450, 9780691118451

In this sweeping history, Steven Marks tells the fascinating story of how Russian figures, ideas, and movements changed

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