THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO (1848) examines the rise of the working class and its inevitable revolution. It eloquently describes capitalism's widespread influence and eventual demise, and sets forth the basis of Marxism. One of the most influential writings in history, it remains highly relevant to contemporary economic and political systems.
"American Colonies" starts with the earliest years of human colonization of the American continent and environs with the Siberian migrations across the Bering Strait 15,000 years ago. It ends in around 1800 when the rough outline of the contemporary North America could be perceived. Dropping the usual Anglo centric description of North America's ...
"Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages, 1st Edition", by Dess and Lumpkin, responds to the demands of today's rapidly changing and unpredictable global marketplace that students will face when they enter the business world. The concepts-only text provides students with a timely, rigorous, and relevant book written in an engaging ...
The system of international repression ended with the fall of Metternich in 1848. The conflicting ideals of international revolution and collective security came into being with Lenin and Wilson in 1918. Nationalism, tempered by the Balance of Power, dominated Europe in the intervening seventy years. Drawing on a wealth of diplomatic documents, A. ...
This history begins with the earliest years of human colonization of the American continent, with the Siberian migrations across the Bering Strait 15,000 years ago. It ends in around 1800 when the rough outline of modern North America could be perceived. The author conveys the story of competing interests that shaped and reshaped the continent and ...
By telling the dramatic story of a young Mohawk Indian, Joseph Brant, and a colonial contemporary, Samuel Kirkland, Taylor illuminates the Indians' role in shaping the post-Revolutionary War borderland of the United States and British Canada.
WILLIAM COOPER'S TOWN is the story of a father and son who embodied many of the contradictions that divided the United States during the early years of the Republic. William Cooper founded Cooperstown, New York, and his son, James Fenimore Cooper, became a successful novelist. Their story shows how Americans resolved the clash between gentility ...
Combining classic international economics with straight-from-the-headlines immediacy, Feenstra and Taylor's text seamlessly integrates the subject's established core content with new topic areas and new ideas that have emerged from recent empirical studies. Like no other textbook it brings cutting-edge theory, evidence, and policy analysis to the ...
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This text begins on 4 August 1914, the day Britain entered the "Great War", and describes the three decades of unparalleled upheaval and change up to the defeat of Japan in 1945, which marked the end of World War II. Twin themes of international conflict and mass unemployment in England predominate - besides giving a full account of foreign and ...
One of the most popular and controversial historians of the twentieth century, who made his subject accessible to millions, A.J.P. Taylor caused a storm of outrage with this scandalous bestseller. Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, he argued provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil ...
This book presents an economic survey of international capital mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present. The authors examine the theory and empirical evidence surrounding the fall and rise of integration in the world market. A discussion of institutional developments focuses on capital controls and the pursuit of macroeconomic ...
Combining classic international economics with straight-from-the-headlines immediacy, Feenstra and Taylor's text seamlessly integrates the subject's established core content with new topic areas and new ideas that have emerged from recent empirical studies. Like no other textbook it brings cutting-edge theory, evidence, and policy analysis to the ...
'...Mr. Taylor has performed the difficult task of compressing the most earth-shaking career between Napoleon and Hitler into fewer than 300 pages with conspicuous success.' --(London)Times Literary Supplement
This book teaches humanities majors the accessibility and beauty of discrete and deductive mathematics. It assumes no prior knowledge of either college-level mathematics or political science, and could be offered at the freshman or sophomore level. The book devotes one chapter each to a model of escalation, game-theoretic models of international ...
No conflict has shaken the world as thoroughly as the World War II, and John Keegan, a widely renowned historian and the author of Mask of Command provides an in-depth discussion of the impact upon society caused by "The War to End All Wars".
This unusual anthology-cum-book of days is arranged from January 1 to December 31, presenting a few diary entries each day drawn from the pages of nearly 200 diverse journals, including those of Samuel Pepys, the Brothers Goncourt, Alma Mahler, Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf, and Dawn Powell.
Combining classic international economics with straight-from-the-headlines immediacy, the macoeconomics split volume of Feenstra and Taylor's text seamlessly integrates the subject's established core content with new topic areas and new ideas that have emerged from recent empirical studies. Like no other textbook it brings cutting-edge theory, ...
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