How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world historyAre mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of hi...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 22-Apr-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691236650)
From one of todays most innovative ancient historians, a provocative new vision of why ancient history mattersand why it needs to be told in a radically different, global wayIts easy to think that ancient history is, well, ancien...Lasīt vairāk
Its easy to think that ancient history is, well, ancient historyobsolete, irrelevant, unjustifiably focused on Greece and Rome, and at risk of extinction. In What Is Ancient History?, Walter Scheidel presents a compelling case for a new kind...Lasīt vairāk
Its easy to think that ancient history is, well, ancient historyobsolete, irrelevant, unjustifiably focused on Greece and Rome, and at risk of extinction. In What Is Ancient History?, Walter Scheidel presents a compelling case for a new kind...Lasīt vairāk
Two thousand years ago, the Qin/Han and Roman empires were the largest political entities of the ancient world, developing simultaneously yet independently at opposite ends of Eurasia. Although their territories constituted only a small percentage of...Lasīt vairāk
This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of...Lasīt vairāk
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern worldThe fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Schei...Lasīt vairāk
This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of...Lasīt vairāk
This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of...Lasīt vairāk
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Studies is an indispensable guide to the latest scholarship in this area. Over fifty distinguished scholars elucidate the contribution of material as well as literary culture to our understanding of the Roman wor...Lasīt vairāk
How the latest cutting-edge science offers a fuller picture of life in Rome and antiquityThis groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive look at how the latest advances in the sciences are transforming our understanding of...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Oct-2019, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691172187)
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern worldThe fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheid...Lasīt vairāk
Inspired by the new fiscal history, this book represents the first global survey of taxation in the premodern world. What emerges is a rich variety of institutions, including experiments with sophisticated instruments such as sovereign debt and fiduc...Lasīt vairāk
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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...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 03-Apr-2018, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691162560)
How the latest cutting-edge science offers a fuller picture of life in Rome and antiquityThis groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive look at how the latest advances in the sciences are transforming our understanding of...Lasīt vairāk
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An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent-and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon. Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forc...Lasīt vairāk
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An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent-and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon. Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forc...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Jan-2017, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691165028)
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The description for this book, The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century, will be forthcoming....Lasīt vairāk
