19. Jahrhunderts by CH Beck publishers in Munich in January 2009. it rapidly went through
five editions and two unnumbered special editions and is now being translated into Chinese …

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Ever since the Industrial Revolution debate has raged about the sources of the new,
sustained western prosperity. Margaret Jacob here argues persuasively for the critical …

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The history of the European oil and gas industry reflects local and global political events,
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Industrial societies are currently evolving along a fundamentally unsustainable trajectory,
contributing to climate change, resource depletion and loss of biodiversity. A recent Deep …

This major new textbook on business history brings together the expertise of two
internationally renowned authors to provide a thorough overview of the developments in …

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In the last generation the classic Marxist interpretation of the French Revolution has been
challenged by the so-called revisionist school. The Marxist view that the Revolution was a …