Brief Histories of Almost Anything: 50 Savvy Slices of Our Global Past

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Forget the dry textbook stuff, this is world history at its eclectic, snappy and insightful best. 50 concise, entertaining histories on a broad, eclectic range of ideas (borders, feminism), global issues (migration, world trade), commodities (bananas, jeans), regions (Africa, Ireland) and institutions (corporations, the World Bank). Lucid and irreverant, this collection challenges common perceptions associated with the subjects by going behind the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1906523002

ISBN13:9781906523008

Release Date:November 2008

Publisher:New Internationalist

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.77 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"

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