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The Royal Treasury Of England
John Stevens
Издател: Gale ECCO, Print Editions
A fascinating history of royal taxation and expenditure from 1066 to the early eighteenth century. It examines such income sources as feudal pledges and penalties imposed on conquered enemies and such expenses as defense, maintenance of the royal household and the suppression of heresy. Highly regarded upon publication, it was a standard work for
The Struggle For Sovereignty
Joyce Lee Malcolm (ed.)
Издател: Liberty Fund
For much of Europe the seventeenth century was, as it has been termed, an "Age of Absolutism" in which single rulers held tremendous power. Yet the English in the same century succeeded in limiting the power of their monarchs. The English Civil War in midcentury and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 were the culmination of a protracted struggle
The Struggle For Sovereignty
Joyce Lee Malcolm (ed.)
Издател: Liberty Fund
For much of Europe the seventeenth century was, as it has been termed, an "Age of Absolutism" in which single rulers held tremendous power. Yet the English in the same century succeeded in limiting the power of their monarchs. The English Civil War in midcentury and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 were the culmination of a protracted struggle
The War of the World
Niall Ferguson
Издател: Penguin Books
The War of the World, published in 2006, had been ten years in the making and is a comprehensive analysis of the savagery of the 20th century. Ferguson shows how a combination of economic volatility, decaying empires, psychopathic dictators, and racially/ethnically motivated (and institutionalized) violence resulted in the wars, and the genocides
The War of the World
Niall Ferguson
Издател: Penguin Press
Harvard historian Niall Ferguson offers a significant new perspective on the events of the 20th century, recasting the Cold War and the two World Wars as one continuous, racially motivated ""Hundred Years' War."" Ferguson also examines a central paradox: With its unparalleled advances in science and communications, why was the 20th century the
Tyranny Unmasked
John Taylor
Издател: Liberty Fund, Inc.
John Taylor of Caroline (1753–1824) was one of the foremost philosophers of the States' rights Jeffersonians of the early national period. In keeping with his lifelong mission as a ""minority man,"" John Taylor wrote Tyranny Unmasked not only to assault the protective tariff and the mercantilist policies of the times but also ""to examine
Virtual History
Niall Ferguson
Издател: Basic Books
This meaty, scholarly collection of essays by gifted historian Niall Ferguson tackles the controversial topic of counterfactual questions: What if Hitler had invaded Britain in WWII? What if JFK had survived his assassination? What if there had been no Gorbachev to usher in the collapse of Communism? What if there had been no American Revolution?
Why The West Rules – For Now
Ian Morris
Издател: Profile Books
Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West’s rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development of computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global
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