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Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History by Kyle Harper
$50.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquely dangerous di ...Show more
Why Australia Prospered - The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth by Ian W. McLean
$58.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present. Why Australia Prospered is a fascinating historical examination of how Aus ...Show more
Why Did Europe Conquer the World? by Philip T. Hoffman
$40.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe. But why did Europe establish global dominance, when for centuries the Chinese, Japanese, Ottomans, and South Asians were far more advanced? In Why Did Europe Conquer the World?, Philip Hoffman demonstrates that conventional explanations ...Show more
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