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History of the Labor Movement in the United States
Philip S. Foner
Издател: International Publishers
Volume One of Foner's massive history of American labor examines labor in colonial times and in the American Revolution, early trade unions and labor parties, the 10-hour movement, labor and the Civil War, the rise of the Knights of Labor, the depression of 1873-78 and the founding of the American Federation of Labor.
In Search of the Common Good
Charles J. Erasmus
Издател: The Free Press
An inquiry into man's capability for extended activities that work for the common good examines past and present, real and fictional, precapitalist, capitalist, socialist, and millennial communities
Jews, God, and History
Max I. Dimont
Издател: Signet
Jews, God and History is a comprehensive account of the 4000-year history of the Jewish people, the origin of their faith and their journey from ancient Palestine to all corners of the world till the making of modern Israel. Max Dimont intertwines their history with that of the civilizations of the time, the Egyptians, Assyrians, Persians,
Judgments on History and Historians
Jacob Burckhardt
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
Renowned for his Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy and Reflections on History (published by Liberty Fund), Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897) has well been described as "the most civilized historian of the nineteenth century." Judgments on History and Historians consists of records collected by Emil Dürr from Burckhardt's lecture notes for
Lectures on the French Revolution
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Издател: Liberty Fund
Delivered at Cambridge University between 1895 and 1899, Lectures on the French Revolution is a distinguished account of the entire epochal chapter in French experience by one of the most remarkable English historians of the nineteenth century. In contrast to Burke a century before, Acton leaves condemnation of the French Revolution to others. He
Mao's Great Famine
Frank Dikötter
Издател: Walker & Company
Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw his country into a frenzy with the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to catch up and overtake Britain in less than 15 years. The experiment ended in the greatest catastrophe the country had ever known, destroying tens of millions of lives. Access to Communist Party archives has long
Modern Greece
C. M. Woodhouse
Издател: Faber and Faber
Acclaimed for its penetration, balance, and insight, Modern Greece tells the story of Greece and its people, from the founding of Constantinople to the eclipse of socialism in the late twentieth century. C. M. Woodhouse is uniquely qualified to write the history of Greece, having served there in the Allied military and the British embassy during
Natural Experiments of History
Jared Diamond , James A. Robinson
Издател: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has
On China
Henry Kissinger
Издател: Allen Lane
Henry Kissinger is the famous American diplomat. His new book, On China, is a fine history of the “Central State” focusing on the late Qing and early Communist periods. On China is destined to be assigned reading in graduate schools for years, because of its fine application of “realist” thinking to the survival of a strong country facing
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