{"product_id":"escape-from-rome-9780691172187","title":"Escape from Rome","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Archaeology and Ancient History, Association of American Publishers\"\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the Evening Standard's Best Books of 2019\"\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019: Economics\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Scheidel marshals his facts with verve and force . . . . the abiding impression left by reading this book is not that human progress was inevitable – even at such a bloody cost – but that it was profoundly fragile.\"\u003cb\u003e---Robert Colvile, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scheidel makes a bracing case, backed by every counterfactual tool of contemporary scholarship, against resurgent European empire at any time. . . . What did the Romans do for us? Scheidel does not give the usual answers.\"\u003cb\u003e---Peter Stothard, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Walter Scheidel’s \u003ci\u003eEscape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding, epic history of the fall of the Roman Empire and rise of the European West.\"\u003cb\u003e---Simon Sebag Montefiore, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEscape from Rome\u003c\/i\u003e deserves to be taken very seriously . . . . this is a fiercely intelligent, closely argued book.\"\u003cb\u003e---Peter Thonemann, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thought-provoking. . . . Impressive.\"\u003cb\u003e---P.G. Wallace, \u003ci\u003eChoice Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A challenging, detailed and thought-provoking study of how the end of Rome benefited the West rather than the reverse.\"\u003cb\u003e---Richard Owen, \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating and arresting.\"\u003cb\u003e---Stephen Davies, \u003ci\u003eReason Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour de force of world history.\"\u003cb\u003e---Tony Jones, \u003ci\u003eThe Christian Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Insightful. . . an outstanding modern summation of a strand of research which goes back at least as far as Montesquieu and David Hume.\"\u003cb\u003e---Mark Koyama, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Economic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sweeping academic survey comparing empires and eras. . . . \u003ci\u003eEscape From Rome\u003c\/i\u003e makes bold claims about the nature of empire and the roots of the modern world and backs them up with thoughtful analysis.\"\u003cb\u003e---Dominic Lynch, \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEscape from Rome\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-written survey of an enormous literature on the history of the world. . . . It is fun and interesting to read. . . . An admirable book.\"\u003cb\u003e---Peter Temin, \u003ci\u003eEH.Net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A stimulating, thought-provoking work that will be of interest to professional and lay readers alike.\"\u003cb\u003e---Paolo Tedesco, \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"his book is a monument of sophisticated argument backed by an enormous amount of empirical data. It is an instant classic, one of the great books of the last quarter century.\"\u003cb\u003e---European Journal of Sociology, \u003ci\u003eJohn A. Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Consistently fascinating. . . .[Scheidel's] explanations are ingenious, ranging from traditions regulating inheritance to the respective topographies of Europe and Asia.\"\u003cb\u003e---Steven Simon, \u003ci\u003eSurvival: Global Politics and Strategy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403833385303,"sku":"9780691172187","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691172187.jpg?v=1730484673","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/escape-from-rome-9780691172187","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}