The Golden Leaf: How Tobacco Shaped Cuba and the Atlantic World 9780826520340, 0826520340

The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism 9781108839297, 9781108989756

The Gift explores how objects of prestige contributed to cross-cultural exchanges between Africans and Europeans during

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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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Going Down Tobacco Road: R. J. Reynolds' Tobacco Empire: The Gold Leaf and North Carolina 9780578741871, 0578741873

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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 Gilded Leaf: Triumph, Tragedy, and Tobacco: Three Generations of the R. J. Reynolds Family and Fortune 9780595366583, 9780595838318, 0595366589

"Fascinating...Illuminating...stunning detail." Chicago Tribune"Fascinating insight into the evolution of

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The Scientific Revolution : How Science and Technology Shaped the World [1 ed.] 9781534563896, 9781534563889

The Scientific Revolution is known as the time period when modern science was born. Without the people who made discover

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The Last Leaf 9781034266945

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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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Central Banks and Gold: How Tokyo, London, and New York Shaped the Modern World 9781501705953

In recent decades, Tokyo, London, and New York have been the sites of credit bubbles of historically unprecedented magni

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