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It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern America’ D.W. Brogan.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732346286423,"sku":"9780140145151","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140145151.jpg?v=1719996505"},{"product_id":"the-cash-nexus-9780140293333","title":"The Cash Nexus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern history shows that a nation''s success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, Niall Ferguson offers a bold and original analysis of the evolution of today''s economic and political landscape. Far from being driven by the profit motive alone, our recent history, as Ferguson makes brilliantly clear, has also been made by potent and often conflicting human impulses - sex, violence and the desire for power. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In this dazzling, powerful and controversial explanation of modern world history and the fundamental force that lurks behind it all, Niall Ferguson answers the big questions about finance and its crucial place in bringing happiness and despair, warfare and welfare, boom and crash to nations buffeted by the onward march of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A marvellous combination of persuasion and provocation ... \u003ci\u003eThe Cash Nexus \u003c\/i\u003ehas enough ideas for a dozen books'' Martin Daunton, \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''\u003ci\u003eThe Cash Nexus \u003c\/i\u003eis ... packed with intriguing arguments and controversial propositions ... [an] outstanding book'' Frank McLynn, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Ferguson is one of the most technically accomplished historians writing today ... \u003ci\u003eThe Cash Nexus \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an important corrective to the naïve story of economic growth'' Robert Skidelsky, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Spending and taxing: the rise and fall of the warfare state; \"hateful taxes\"; the Commons and the castle -representation and administration. Part 2 Promises to pay: mountains of the moon - public debts; the money printers - default and debasement; of interest. Part 3 Economic politics: dead weights and tax-eaters - the social history of finance; the myth of the feelgood factor; the Silverbridge syndrome - electoral economics. Part 4 Global power: masters and plankton - financial globalization; golden fetters, paper chains - international monetary regimes; the American wave - democracy's flow and ebb; fractured unities; understretch - the limits of economic power; conclusion.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732355133783,"sku":"9780140293333","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140293333.jpg?v=1719996537"},{"product_id":"false-economy-9780141033709","title":"False Economy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do some countries succeed while others fail? What causes boom or bust? 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But is it already too late?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eHow the West Was Lost \u003c\/i\u003eis a wake-up call for all of us. Dambisa Moyo argues that during the last fifty years the most advanced countries on earth have squandered their advantage through fatally flawed policies: obsessing over property, ravenously consuming and building up debt instead of investing. Here Moyo outlines solutions that could help stem the tide. By rethinking many of the things we take for granted, she shows, it may yet be possible for the West to get back into the race. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''An outspoken iconoclast ... Moyo shows well how fundamental economic liberalisation espoused by what she calls the profligate, greedy, self-interested West has come back to bite it'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Succinct and sophisticated ... I applaud her brave alarum against our economic and social complacency'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''A well-reasoned look at how the world''s most-advanced nations are squandering their economic lead ... a prescription for stopping the rot'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Clear and brazen ... This argument has rarely have been made more concisely'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''An economist who makes waves'' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDambisa Moyo \u003c\/b\u003eworked at Goldman Sachs for eight years, having previously worked for the World Bank as a consultant. Moyo completed a PhD in Economics at Oxford University, and holds a Masters from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Her other books include \u003ci\u003eWinner Take All \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow the West was Lost. \u003c\/i\u003eShe was born and raised in Lusaka, Zambia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoyo's diagnosis of the recent disasters in financial markets is succinct and sophisticated...I applaud her brave alarum against our economic and social complacency: her core concerns are sufficiently close to painful truths to warrant our attention. -- Paul Collier * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003eWe [in the West] have alienated trading partners and are colluding in the decline of our own prosperity, says Moyo, who sets out strategies for weighting the political seesaw back to our advantage. -- Iain Finlayson * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThis argument...can rarely have been made more concisely...Moyo is a very serious lady indeed. -- Dominic Lawson * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe sad saga of the recession gives legs to Dambisa Moyo's provocatively-entitled book, for it goes to the heart of the great economic issue of our times: how swiftly will power shift over this century? -- Hamish McRae * The Independent *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732407660887,"sku":"9780141042411","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141042411.jpg?v=1719996746"},{"product_id":"keynes-9780141043609","title":"Keynes","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His three volume biography of the economist John Maynard Keynes (1983, 1992, 2000) received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize for International Relations and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations.  ('This three-volume life of the British economist should be given a Nobel Prize for History if there was such a thing' - Norman Stone.)  He is the author of the \u003ci\u003eThe World After Communism \u003c\/i\u003e(1995). He was made a life peer in 1991, and was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1994.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732409397591,"sku":"9780141043609","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141043609.jpg?v=1719996752"},{"product_id":"the-great-degeneration-9780141975238","title":"The Great Degeneration","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied.  Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing  debts, ageing populations. But what exactly is amiss with Western  civilization? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, is that the  institutions that were once the four pillars of Western society -  representative government, the free market, the rule of law and civil  society - are degenerating.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Great Degeneration \u003c\/i\u003eis  a powerful indictment of an era of negligence and complacency. 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You  will not find a better informed history'' David Goodhart, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A striking new perspective on our past'' Piers Brendon, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e Britain''s War Machine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e The Shock of the Old, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ea bold reassessment of Britain''s twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt  is usual to see the United Kingdom as an island of continuity in an  otherwise convulsed and unstable Europe; its political history a smooth  sequence of administrations, from building a welfare state to coping  with decline. Nobody would dream of writing the history of Germany, say,  or the Soviet Union in this way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Edgerton''s major new  history breaks out of the confines of traditional British national  history to redefine what it was to British, and to reveal an unfamiliar  place, subject to huge disruptions. This was no\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery so often a book comes out that the entire political class needs to read ... Edgerton is Britain's most exciting and arresting late-modern historian ... Thanks to this rich and compelling book, we now have a proper map and compass. -- Colin Kidd * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fierce and dazzling account of 20th-century Britain\u003c\/p\u003e -- Christopher de Bellaigue * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAn extraordinary revisionist study of modern Britain ... Edgerton's aim here is nothing short of a radical repositioning of our sense of ourselves as a nation. It's a startling book, and an unexpected thesis ... I'll be reading [it] over and over, and for years to come.' -- Brian Morton * The Herald *\u003cbr\u003eForget almost everything you thought you knew about Britain in the 20th century ... You will not find a better informed history of this country in the last century. -- David Goodhart * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eStimulating and bracing ... He demonstrates that the story the British tell about themselves - and how it is taught in schools and discussed in the public sphere - is bogus. -- Iain Martin * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eUnsentimental and rigorous rewriting of British history. ... It looks beyond the froth of political debate, takes business seriously and analyses government as much from Whitehall and administration as Westminster and politics. -- A. W. Purdue * Times Higher Education *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and can be read with pleasure by the general reader as well as the trained historian -- Vernon Bogdanor * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eOriginal, opinionated, scholarly, complex and immensely stimulating ... this ambitious and provocative book achieves something remarkable. It provides a striking new perspective on our past, one that future historians may not accept but will be unable to ignore. -- Piers Brendon * Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sweepingly, and ambitiously, revisionist account of 20th century British history ... full of striking lines ... and a very important challenge to much of the existing historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Duncan Weldon * Progressive Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimely jolt to a deluded 'Bullshit Britain'. David Edgerton fillets national delusion and historical amnesia ... of a country that knows so little of its own history.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Chris Kissane * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eEdgerton is an extraordinary historian ... Written with bracing élan, \u003ci\u003eRise and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e generates insights at every turn. Edgerton set out to rattle \"the cage of clichés which imprison our historical and political imaginations\", and succeeds magnificently. -- Nick Pearce * OpenDemocracy *\u003cbr\u003e... refreshing and immensely stimulating, and should be compulsory reading for anyone wanting to understand the reality of twentieth-century Britain. Lewis Namier, another historian known for his combative brand of scholarship, viewed iconoclasm as the judge of a great historian, that having produced an account of a period 'others should not be able to practise within its sphere in the terms of the preceding era'. Edgerton has certainly achieved this. -- Oliver Hadingham * History *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732497183063,"sku":"9780141975979","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141975979.jpg?v=1719997142"},{"product_id":"the-making-of-the-english-working-class-9780141976952","title":"The Making of the English Working Class","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFifty years since first publication, E. P. Thompson''s revolutionary account of working-class culture and ideals is published in Penguin Modern Classics, with a new introduction by historian Michael Kenny\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis classic and imaginative account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832, revolutionized our understanding of English social history. E. P. 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Michael Heseltine, Deputy Prime Minister (1996-1997)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Thousands of books have been written about the history of British gardens but Roderick Floud, one of Britain''s most distinguished economic historians, asks new and important questions: how much did gardens cost to build and maintain, and where did the money come from? Superbly researched, it is full of information which will surprise both economists and gardeners. The book is fun as well as edifying: Floud shows us gardens grand and humble, and introduces us gardeners, plantsmen and technologies in wonderful varieties\u003c\/b\u003e.'' Jane Humphries, Centennial Professor, London School of Economics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt least since the seventeenth century, most of the English population have been unable to stop making, improving and dreaming of gardens. Yet in all the thousands of books about them, this is the first to address seriously the question of how much gardens and gardening have cost, and to work out the place of gardens in the economic, as well as the horticultural, life of the nation. It is a new kind of gardening history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Roderick Floud describes the role of the monarchy and central and local government in creating gardens, as well as that of the (generally aristocratic or plutocratic) builders of the great gardens of Stuart, Georgian and Victorian England. He considers the designers of these gardens as both artists and businessmen - often earning enormous sums by modern standards, matched by the nurserymen and plant collectors who supplied their plants. He uncovers the lives and rewards of working gardeners, the domestic gardens that came with the growth of suburbs and the impact of gardening on technical developments from man-made lakes to central heating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH GARDEN shows the extraordinary commitment of money as well as time that the English have made to gardens and gardening over three and a half centuries. It reveals the connections of our gardens to the re-establishment of the English monarchy, the national debt, transport during the Industrial Revolution, the new industries of steam, glass and iron, and the built environment that is now all around us. 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It is a timely reminder to governments, lenders, investors and ordinary citizens that if you don't know where you've been, you probably don't know where you are going. * David Wessel, Director, Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution *\u003cbr\u003eRepeatedly since the 1980s, Americans have been told to worry about the size of the federal debt. And yet the debt has continued to grow absolutely and as a share of gross domestic product, with few of the predicted adverse consequences. Building expertly on large and complex literatures in history, economics and political science, In Defense of Public Debt offers a balanced account of the positive and negative aspects of public debt, showing the vitally important role government borrowing can play in a time of crisis, but also the very real problems that can arise when debts grow too large. At a time when too many policymakers subscribe to naive ideas about public finance, this is a book that cries out for a readership beyond the academy. * Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford *\u003cbr\u003eFor a typical citizen, protection in war-time or in a pandemic reveals their government to be a problem-solver rather than 'the problem.' Yet the legacy of such episodes in the accumulated national debt is widely misunderstood, opening the way to too rapid a turn to austerity. In Defense of Public Debt provides enlightenment and reassurance by inviting the reader to follow how public debt—warts and all—has helped create the modern world. * Wendy Carlin, Professor of Economics, University College London *\u003cbr\u003eIn Defense of Public Debt could not be timelier. It is an engaging and informative account of the use and misuse of government borrowing, from early times to the Covid pandemic. The unquestionable expertise of the authors, and their non-partisan reading of the evidence from our past, will serve to guide the intelligent reader as they wrestle with one of the most important issues of our time: Are we borrowing too much? * Raghuram Rajan, Professor of Finance, University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003eHow much debt should a country accumulate during a crisis? And afterwards? To know what works and what doesn't requires verdicts on past performances. The authors deliver the verdicts, applying sound principles in a definitive global history of public debt. * Peter H. Lindert, Distinguished Professor of Economics (Emeritus), University of California - Davis *\u003cbr\u003eWith so much nonsense about the public debt in the air, it is refreshing to discover a work of such intelligence, balance, and erudition. Read In Defense of Public Debt for fun and profit. Then send an excerpt or two to your favorite politicians. * Alan S. Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University *\u003cbr\u003eIn this fascinating and comprehensive history, the authors provide a much-needed antidote to the simplistic accounts that so often dominate debates about government debt. From its earliest origins to today, public borrowing has sometimes led to spectacular failures, but it has also allowed societies to achieve objectives that would have been impossible in its absence. As we ask where we stand with public debt today, there is no better book to remind us of the lessons of history. * David Stasavage, Julius Silver Professor of Politics, New York University *\u003cbr\u003eIn Defense of Public Debt, by Eichengreen, El-Ganainy, Esteves and Mitchener, could not have been better timed...As a work of economic history, it provides a comprehensive, clear and readable tour through the ages of sovereign debt that will be of interest to economists, historians, political scientists, philosophers, as well as to practitioners and the general public interested in current debates on debt sustainability. * Anahí Wiedenbrüg, Economics and Philosophy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Debt in Service of the State Chapter 3. States and the Limits of Borrowing Chapter 4. Democratization and Globalization Chapter 5. Caveat Emptor Chapter 6. Managing Problem Debts Chapter 7. Successful Consolidation Chapter 8. Warfare to Welfare Chapter 9. Cycles of Debt Chapter 10. Oil and Water Chapter 11. Missed Opportunities Chapter 12. Debt to the Rescue Chapter 13. COVID-19 Chapter 14. Conclusion References","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732653617495,"sku":"9780197577899","price":23.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197577899.jpg?v=1719997811"},{"product_id":"the-donkey-and-the-boat-9780198856481","title":"The Donkey and the Boat","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new account of the Mediterranean economy in the 10th to 12th centuries, forcing readers to entirely rethink the underlying logic to medieval economic systems. Chris Wickham re-examines documentary and archaeological sources to give a detailed account of both individual economies, and their relationships with each other.Chris Wickham offers a new account of the Mediterranean economy in the tenth to twelfth centuries, based on a completely new look at the sources, documentary and archaeological. Our knowledge of the Mediterranean economy is based on syntheses which are between 50 and 150 years old; they are based on outdated assumptions and restricted data sets, and were written before there was any usable archaeology; and Wickham contends that they have to be properly rethought. This is the first book ever to give a fully detailed comparative account of the regions of the Mediterranean in this period, in their internal economies and in their relationships with each other. It focusses \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenuinely field-changing * Hannah Skoda, Books of the Year 2023, BBC History Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eAn impressive book that turns the history of the Mediterranean upside down...an extraordinarily rich and wide-ranging reinterpretation of the Mediterranean...a monumental achievement that fully deserves to take its place among classic studies of Mediterranean history. * David Abulafia, Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive and ground-breaking study...well-researched, well-written, and thought-provoking... an essential reading for anyone interested in Mediterranean history or the development of the European economy. * Richard Tuttle, World History Encyclopedia *\u003cbr\u003eNothing short of impressive...a must read * Tobias Daniels, Sehepunkte *\u003cbr\u003ePunchy, eye-wateringly ambitious, and occasionally amusing, The Donkey \u0026amp; The Boat will set the benchmark for debate on this subject for many years to come. * Nicholas Morton, Engelsberg Ideas *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant... the sheer depth of [Wickham's] research and the breadth of his insights warrants close attention. * Nicholas Morton, Books of the Year 2023, Engelsberg Ideas *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Introduction 2: Egypt 3: North Africa and Sicily 4: Byzantium 5: Islamic Spain and Portugal 6: North-Central Italy 7: A Brief History of the Mediterranean Economy in the Tenth to Twelfth Centuries 8: The Internal Logic of Feudal Economies","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732816048471,"sku":"9780198856481","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780198856481.jpg?v=1719998520"},{"product_id":"economics-of-good-and-evil-9780199322183","title":"Economics of Good and Evil","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the Young Guns and one of the five hot minds in economics by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evil.In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek radically rethinks his field, challenging our assumptions about the world. Economics is touted as a science, a value-free mathematical inquiry, he writes, but it''s actually a cultural phenomenon, a product of our civilization. It began within philosophy--Adam Smith himself not only wrote The Wealth of Nations, but also The Theory of Moral Sentiments--and economics, as Sedlacek shows, is woven out of history, myth, religion, and ethics. 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Many thinkers, including not a few economists, will be stimulated to new explorations by this book.\" -Michael Novak, author of The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism \"Economics of Good and Evil is an enchanting tour de force, offering the general public an unusual, erudite, and riveting view of the world.  Scientists and scholars can choose how to read this book: either condemn it for its lack of a rigidly and traditionally scientific approach, or accept it as an invigorating elixir providing inspiration and vision for further study. I take it as the latter and I am certain the public will too.\" - Jan Svejnar, Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan \"A widely admired economist who sits on the National Economic Council in Prague radically rethinks his field, challenging assumptions about the business world in this work, a bestseller in the Czech Republic.\"-Publishers Weekly \"Tomas Sedlacek proposes no less than a 'humanomics,' a view of our fate in this world of scarcity that takes account of human stories and philosophies.  Economists have crippled themselves by their lack of scholarly breadth, and their 'scientific' disdain for human words.  Sedlacek, who ranges from the epic of Gilgamesh to the movie The Matrix, cannot be accused of lack of breadth.  What is most impressive, though, is his depth, drilling down into the soul of economics.\" -Deirdre McCloskey, author of Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce and The Cult of Statistical Significance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eoreword by Vaclav Havel ; Acknowledgments and Thanks ; Introduction ; PART I: Ancient Economics ; Chapter 1: The Epic of Gilgamesh: On effectiveness, Immortality and the Economics of Friendship ; Chapter 2: The Old Testament: Earthliness and Goodness ; Chapter 3: Ancient Greece ; Chapter 4: Christianity: Spirituality in the Material World ; Chapter 5: Descartes the Mechanic ; Chapter 6: Bernard Mandeville's Beehive of Vice ; Chapter 7: Adam Smith, Blacksmith of Economics ; PART II: Blasphemous Thoughts ; Chapter 8: Need for Greed - The History of Want ; Chapter 9: Progress and Sabbath Economics ; Chapter 10: The Axis of Good and Evil and the Bibles of Economics ; Chapter 11: The History of the Invisible Hand of the Market and Homo Oeconomicus ; Chapter 12: The History of Animal Spirits - the Dream Never Sleeps ; Chapter 13: MetaMathematics ; Chapter 14: Masters of Truth: Science, Myths and Faith ; Conclusion: Where the Wild Things Are ; Bibliography ; Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732840722775,"sku":"9780199322183","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199322183.jpg?v=1719998624"},{"product_id":"principles-of-political-economy-9780199553914","title":"Principles of Political Economy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume unites, for the first time, Books IV and V of Mill''s great treatise on political economy with his fragmentary chapters on socialism. It shows him applying his classical economic theory to policy questions of abiding concern, particularly the desirability of sustained growth of national wealth and population versus a stationary state, the merits of capitalism versus socialism, and the expedient scope of government intervention in the competitive market economy.  His answers to those questions have considerable relevance today, and they serve to illustrate the enduring power and imagination of his distinctive liberal utilitarian philosophy.  In his introduction, Jonathan Riley clarifies Mill''s approach, considers what constitutes the Millian Utopia, and shows how examination of such an ideal society provides valuable insights into the structure of his philosophy. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732858941783,"sku":"9780199553914","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199553914.jpg?v=1719998703"},{"product_id":"taxation-9780199683697","title":"Taxation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaxation is crucial to the functioning of the modern state. Tax revenues pay for public services - roads, the courts, defence, welfare assistance to the poor and elderly, and in many countries much of health care and education too. More than one third of national income in the industrialized (OECD) countries is on average taken in taxation. Taxes affect individuals in many ways. Taxes paid on income and spending directly reduce taxpayer disposable income, taxpayers face the hassle of tax returns and making payments, and they may be anxious about the possibility of investigation and enforcement action. People also adapt their activities in various ways to reduce the impact of taxation - putting money into tax-free savings accounts, or making shopping trips to other countries where taxes are lower. Taxation is therefore central to politics and public debate. Politicians that make reckless campaign promises about taxation then have to live with the uncomfortable consequences if elected. Businesses lobby for tax breaks that they claim will create jobs and prosperity. In this Very Short Introduction Stephen Smith shows how taxes have real effects on citizens and the economy that tax policy-makers have to balance. Although tax policy will always be a highly political issue, he argues that public decisions about taxation would be improved by a better understanding of the role of taxation, and of the nature and effects of different taxes.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea very short book on taxation I wish were longer... a clever, detailed and entertaining guide to tax policy. * Prospect, Philip Collins *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction ; 1. What are taxes, and why do we need them? ; 2. The structure of taxation ; 3. 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This book discusses seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe to reconsider the birth of the Industrial Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bourgeois Dignity is packed with ideas: a fact in every sentence, an idea on every page.\" (Times Higher Education) \"The discussions [in Bourgeois Dignity] are intellectually serious but not academically dry or overly technical.... [An] entertaining and informative study.\" (National Review) \"McCloskey's main argument is that when business became a suitable topic for those in the Western bourgeois class, they began to encourage economic innovations both with their money and with their supportive rhetoric. This support of the business world is what caused the growth in wealth of western nations and not in other societies or civilizations.\" (Chicago Tribune) \"Deirdre McCloskey is an outrageously prolific and always fascinating economist and writer.... Bourgeois Dignity is only the latest chapter in what has to be one of the most interesting scholarly careers in America today.\" (Boston Globe)\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732911927639,"sku":"9780226556741","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226556741.jpg?v=1719998921"},{"product_id":"fighting-financial-crises-learning-from-the-past-9780226786209","title":"Fighting Financial Crises  Learning from the Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gorton and Tallman’s historical details of the panics of the 1800s for the New York banks at the epicenter of the financial system are unequaled, based on my research. The authors have taken stories from the contemporary New York press and employed available financial data from bank reports to develop a narrative and accompanying tables that bring to life the panics of that era. These details alone make the book worthy of a place on any financial historian’s bookshelf.\" * Regulation: The Cato Review of Business and Government *\u003cbr\u003e“A vital addition to crisis literature because it compares what happened in 2008 to the ways in which US bankers dealt with panics on their own in the years before there was a Fed. . . . With illustration, analysis, and nuance on every page, \u003ci\u003eFighting Financial Crises\u003c\/i\u003e is one hundred and fifty years better than \u003ci\u003eLombard Street\u003c\/i\u003e.\" * Economic Principals *\u003cbr\u003e\"Because crises are inevitable, it is important to understand why they occur and how to respond to them. The authors are leading authorities on the history and economics of financial crises, and thus well worth listening to. . . . Gorton and Tallman provide a clear and succinct description of the crisis, and show how fundamentally it was like the banking panics of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many books and papers have been written about financial crises, but comparatively few focus on how to fight crises. . . . Their book provides many insights and lessons about the nature of financial crises and how authorities should respond to them. Economists and financial market participants will find the book informative, and it should be mandatory reading for regulators and policymakers charged with oversight of the financial system.\" * Business Economics *\u003cbr\u003e\"A copy of this book should at least be on the shelves of all economists at all central banks.\" * Economic History Association *\u003cbr\u003e“Financial crises are complex economic and political events, and a historical perspective is essential. In this book, two of our best financial historians distill the key lessons for policy makers and practitioners from the US banking crises of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their accounts of the crises are engaging and their analyses are insightful and persuasive.” -- Ben S. Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve\u003cbr\u003e“Those who do not study history are more likely to repeat earlier errors, particularly so in the case of financial crises. Gorton and Tallman have painstakingly recorded how US financial crises unfolded and then dissipated between 1873 and 1914, and then distilled general lessons for handling current and future crises. Besides conforming to Bagehot’s rule, they emphasize the importance of managing information in order to avoid contagion from the bank perceived as weakest, to the next weakest, and on until the whole edifice systematically collapses. Excellent history and shrewd analysis.” -- Charles A. E. Goodhart, London School of Economics\u003cbr\u003e“History matters, including financial history. During the recent crisis, those of us then running the Bank of England introduced a course on the history of crises for our core staff. Although I don’t agree with every one of its conclusions and prescriptions, I dearly wish we had had this book to hand then! Policy makers need more books like it, and to follow the example of Gordon and Tallman in taking insights from the past seriously.” -- Paul Tucker, former deputy governor of the Bank of England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Fighting Financial Crises: Learning from the Past\u003cbr\u003e 2 The New York Clearing House Association\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Start of a Panic\u003cbr\u003e 4 What the New York Clearing House Did during National Banking Era Panics\u003cbr\u003e 5 Information Production and Suppression and Emergency Liquidity\u003cbr\u003e 6 “Too Big to Fail” before the Fed\u003cbr\u003e 7 Certified Checks and the Currency Premium\u003cbr\u003e 8 The Change in Depositors’ Beliefs during Suspension\u003cbr\u003e 9 Aftermath\u003cbr\u003e 10 What Ends a Financial Crisis? Historical Reminders\u003cbr\u003e 11 Modern Crises: Perspectives from History\u003cbr\u003e 12 Guiding Principles for Fighting Crises\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendixes\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732921266519,"sku":"9780226786209","price":29.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226786209.jpg?v=1719998956"},{"product_id":"capitalism-and-slavery-9780241548165","title":"Capitalism and Slavery","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''It''s often said that books are compulsory reading, but this book really is compulsory. You cannot understand slavery, or British Empire, without it'' Sathnam Sanghera\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eArguing that the slave trade was at the heart of Britain''s economic progress, Eric Williams''s landmark 1944 study revealed the connections between capitalism and racism, and has influenced generations of historians ever since.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliams traces the rise and fall of the Atlantic slave trade through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to show how it laid the foundations of the Industrial Revolution, and how racism arose as a means of rationalising an economic decision. Most significantly, he showed how slavery was only abolished when it ceased to become financially viable, exploding the myth of emancipation as a mark of Britain''s moral progress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Its thesis is a starting point for a new generation of scholarship'' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic critique\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGroundbreaking\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA landmark study\u003c\/b\u003e * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's often said that books are compulsory reading, but this book really is compulsory. You cannot understand slavery, or British Empire, without it.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Sathnam Sanghera * author of Empireland *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book, recommended to me by a Jamaican fellow-student in 1968, changed my view of the world. It was the first time I was brought up hard and fast, face to face, with how modern Britain developed off the back of the transatlantic slave trade and the wealth created from the labour of slavery \u003c\/b\u003e -- Michel Rosen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe slave trade built capital for the slave-owning Empire, on which the Industrial Revolution was formed. The slave trade was abolished not because of moral outrage but because of a decline in returns. Slavery and capitalism are linked, and Williams launches a full frontal attack on it in this classic, which first appeared almost a century ago. Essential reading for anyone who wishes to know more about the Caribbean.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Monique Roffey * author of The Mermaid of Black Conch *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWherever you stand on the legacies of slavery and colonialism, Williams' elegant, passionate analysis is simply inescapable. Essential reading for anyone who really cares about history.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Trevor Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vital, urgent read. A forensic examination of the system behind systemic racism. Eric Williams succinctly sets out how racism, and all its implications, injustices and inhumanities, was a harrowing repercussion of slavery, invented as a justification for lining a few dead men's pockets\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nick Hayes * author of Trespass *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere can be no effective understanding of modernity and the post-colonial world without an engagement with Eric Williams' \u003ci\u003eCapitalism and Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e. This is where the rubber hits the road.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo historian of colonialism or slavery can ignore Eric Williams. This book endures as a seminal moment in the historiography of the British Empire\u003c\/b\u003e -- Michael Taylor * author of The Interest *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGroundbreaking and inspiring - a gripping, brilliantly original analysis of British slavery, racism, and the enduring legacies of imperialism\u003c\/b\u003e -- Fara Dabhoiwala, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSince \u003ci\u003eCapitalism and Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e was first published some eighty years ago, no writer on the subject has been able to ignore it. It is a true classic\u003c\/b\u003e -- Hakim Adi, University of Chichester * author of Pan-Africanism: A History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA superb book about the history of the transatlantic slave trade that basically became a manifesto for the independence of Williams's own country ... Williams is an extraordinary figure, particularly if you're interested in the way certain kinds of observations of injustice can motivate research by historians that, ultimately, lead to massive political change.\u003c\/b\u003e -- William A. Pettigrew, Professor of History, Lancaster University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFew books stand the test of time and remain a catalyst for continuing historiographical debate. \u003ci\u003eCapitalism and Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e on all accounts is one of these rare books\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Anthony Bogues, Asa Messer Professor of Humanities \u0026amp; Critical Theory and Inaugural Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery \u0026amp; Justice, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCapitalism and Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e sparked a scholarly conversation that has yet to die down. In many ways, the debates it generated are more vibrant now than ever and promise to be a lasting touchstone for historians well into the future.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Guy Emerson Mount, assistant professor of African American history, Auburn University * Black Perspectives *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFew works of history have exerted as powerful an influence as \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapitalism and Slavery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. -- Steven Mintz, Professor of History \u0026amp; member of the Society of American Historians, the University of Texas at Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eilliams's masterwork is so rich with ideas and historical insights that it still speaks to today's historiography.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies, University of Houston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is a work of conceptual brilliance, intellectually mature, bold, incisive, and immensely provocative... \u003ci\u003eCapitalism and Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e will remain a historical treasure\u003c\/b\u003e. -- Colin A. Palmer, Dodge Professor of History and African American studies at Princeton University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most learned, most penetrating and most significant [pieces of work] that has appeared in this field of history.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Henry Steele Commager, Professor of History, New York University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Williams's study identifies many of the sinners and the sins committed in the building of British and global capitalism ... \u003ci\u003eCapitalism and Slavery \u003c\/i\u003emakes us stare down that history and compels us to seek redress from the relevant culpable parties\u003c\/b\u003e -- Professor William A. 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John Harley Warner, Avalon Professor of the History of Medicine, Yale University  Julia Sheppard has written the definitive biography of Silas Burroughs, the dynamic young American behind one of Victorian Britain's most successful (yet fraught) business partnerships, a major forerunner of today's Big Pharma. Christine Macleod, Professor Emerita of History, University of Bristol  Julia Sheppard sets the record straight with an enlightening account of Silas Burroughs's life and the importance of the part he played in the creation of an extraordinarily successful institution. Anne Hardy, Honorary Professor, London School of Hygiene \u0026amp; Tropical Medicine  There's much in this book for the business historian. For one thing, it reveals how marketing was done through feet on the ground and knocks on doors. For another, it gives insight into complex partnership dynamics. John Orbell, Business Archivist and Business Historian  Silas Burroughs' early death, and his bitter feud with his partner Henry Wellcome, has relegated him to a minor role in the story of their pharmaceutical empire. Julia Sheppard's absorbing biography recovers his vital contribution to their joint enterprise, and sets it in the context of a vigorous life of commercial success, globetrotting travels and excursions into radical politics. Mike Jay, Author and Cultural Historian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Abbreviations Burroughs Family Tree Foreword: Sir Jeremy Farrar Acknowledgements and Sources  Introduction  1. Father and Son 2. On the Road 3. London and S.M. Burroughs \u0026amp; Co. 4. Brotherly Love and Henry Wellcome 5. 'A Little Excursion' 6. 'A Superficial Jaunt'? India and Ceylon 7. The Antipodes 8. 'This Lovely Opposite Sex' 9. 'Bones of Contention' and Brotherly Strains 10. 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Breman argues that with colonial rule came the intrusion of capitalism into India''s agrarian economy, leading to a decline in the idea of patronage in the relationship between bonded labour and landowner. Instead, servitude was reshaped as indebtedness. As labour became transformed into a commodity, peasant workers were increasingly pushed out of agriculture and the village but remained adrift in the wider economy. This footloose workforce is subjected to exploitation when their labour power is required and is left in a state of exclusion when it is surplus to demand. 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The deep changes in the mode and manner of social exploitation and the failed promises of a sovereign state have been pursued by the author with a relentless critique of India's capitalist path while retaining a deep empathy for the labouring poor.' K. P. Kannan, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum\u003cbr\u003e'In sum, this book makes some valuable points about the capitalist nature of progressive inequality.' A. A. Batabyal, Choice\u003cbr\u003e'… Jan Breman's work will certainly stand the test of time not only as evidence to the sufferings and fights of the dispossessed laboring, but also as an exercise in academic excellence, fueled by empathy that ultimately generated profound and intricate scholarly insights.' Nikolay Kamenov, H-Soz-Kult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I. Labour as Codified in Annals of the State: 1. The country liberated; 2. An end to servitude?; Part II. Constrained in Decrepitude: 3. 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The best part of their book is its introductory chapter, a well-integrated and brisk summary of the man and his ideas. Other chapters provide useful discussions of what Polanyi’s social history gets right and slightly wrong, as well as astute comparisons of Polanyi with Keynes and Marx… As more of us are having second thoughts about the second coming of the primal market, it is as if Polanyi is somewhere in the ether. Rereading Polanyi at a time when events vindicate his vision, one has to be struck with the eerie contemporary ring. Polanyi is startlingly 21st-century in addressing how the private rule of global finance puts public policy in a straitjacket. -- Robert Kuttner * American Prospect *\u003cbr\u003eTwo of the smartest and most erudite sociologists at work today, Block and Somers deftly trace the biographical origins of Polanyi’s ideas and elucidate the philosophical, historical, and economic literatures he alludes to. 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From the pre-colonial period through to the modern day, he traces the idea, the politics and the geography of Singapore over five centuries of rich history. In doing so he rejects the official narrative of the so-called ''Singapore Story''. Drawing on in-depth archival work and oral histories, \u003ci\u003eSingapore: A Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e is a work both for students of the country''s history and politics, but also for any reader seeking to engage with this enigmatic and vastly successful nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe meritocratic ideology of Singapore has begun to show signs of wear, and its elite seems incapable of regenerating itself as that of the PRC does. Lee [Kuan Yew]’s pioneer generation – the ‘Men in White’ – has given way to an ever more circumscribed stratum, a process which Michael Barr, the leading historian of modern Singapore, examines in rich detail. * London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eIn this well-researched and clearly argued book, the highly respected Australian scholar Barr (Flinders Univ., Australia) challenges the entire “Singapore Story” through a thematically organized revisionist history of Singapore from its earliest times into the 21st century … Barr builds his argument on extensive archival research and mastery of secondary scholarly and popular publications, including government-issued textbooks that promulgate the official “Singapore Story.” Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eDr. Barr is a very talented writer. His intellect and more nuanced perspectives come through in this book, in which the content dives deep into Singapore’s history from a political, geographic, and economic view … If you want a very real and well-researched academic historical book, don’t miss out on this one! * Singapore Politics: Blog *\u003cbr\u003e‘Michael Barr does the study of Singapore a great service with this path-breaking book. He debunks the ascendant account of Singapore’s modern history to explain so much more about how and why this city-state developed as it did. Barr breaks decisively from the prevailing orthodoxy serving elite political interests to highlight struggles, forces and dynamics fundamental in shaping modern Singapore.’ * Garry Rodan, Professor of Politics and International Studies, Murdoch University *\u003cbr\u003e‘Michael Barr’s “Modern History” of Singapore offers a refreshingly candid counter-narrative to “The Singapore Story”. Broad, bold and brazen, Barr’s self-consciously revisionist history of Singapore breaks away from the dominant meta-narrative of the Singapore state and its elites. It offers readers a succinct, thematic (and dramatic) history of Singapore that emphasises the continuities that transcend the “Founding moment” of 1819 and situate Singapore’s growth and development within a larger regional and global framework. This is not a history for data-miners or squirrels of historical minutiae but for those who seek to better understand the land, idea and country that is Singapore.’ * Kevin YL Tan, Executive Editor, Asian Journal of Comparative Law and Professor (Adjunct), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore *\u003cbr\u003eBarr offers insights into Singapore history that no other historian can give scholars and students. 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Making Modern Singaporeans: People, Society and Place \u003ci\u003eAfterword\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738601337175,"sku":"9781350185661","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350185661.jpg?v=1720049613"},{"product_id":"the-making-of-the-modern-philippines-9781350296817","title":"The Making of the Modern Philippines","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWell-researched...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea welcome guide. \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eReliable and lucid. \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWith a fractured geography and complex identity, The Philippines is an eclectic and unique mix of culture, environment, people and politics. 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Just by the woven accounts of the past thirty-five years since the fall of a dictatorship, Bowring was able to us what went so wrong and what is left of the hopes a country had stood for. * Criselda Yabes, Writer and Journalist, The Philippines *\u003cbr\u003eThis extraordinarily wide-ranging, yet accessible, account illuminates the intersections between the Philippines’ Malayic roots and connections, its obdurate colonial inheritances, and its contemporary geopolitical predicaments. Bowring works concertedly through the country’s complex, diverse past(s), painting a vivid picture of how today’s Philippines came to be – and what it could become. * Liana Chua, Tunku Abdul Rahman Assistant Professor in Malay World Studies, University of Cambridge, UK *\u003cbr\u003eThe Philippines has long seemed something of an enigma to outsiders -- 2,000 disparate islands, ruled as a single political entity for more than 500 years.  An indigenous Malay archipelago, but seeming more Spanish than Asian.  And a former American colony with a U.S.-style constitution and political system, but a country marred by feudalism, violence and dictatorship.  In \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Modern Philippines,\u003c\/i\u003e journalist and historian Philip Bowring makes sense of the riddle of the Philippines.  In a lively narrative that begins in pre-colonial times and continues through colonization and occupation to the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship and the rule of its authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte, Bowring shows us how the country's modern dark impulses are rooted in its past. 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Left Field Lies Fallow 21.  Foreign Policy: All at Sea Conclusion   Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738617131351,"sku":"9781350296817","price":24.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350296817.jpg?v=1720049669"},{"product_id":"quantitative-history-and-uncharted-people-9781350331143","title":"Quantitative History and Uncharted People","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the biggest challenges in the study of history is the unreliable nature of traditional archival sources which omit histories of marginalised groups. This book makes the case that quantitative history offers a way to fill these gaps in the archive.   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