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Hammond Odyssey Atlas
of the World
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Hammond, N.Y., 1994,
72 pgs., index, map projections, world flags, paperback large format
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Reference Atlas
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An excellent set of
maps in large format.
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Svyhatini Dryevnyei Moskvi -
Sacred Places of Ancient Moskow
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MP, Kontakt, Moscow, 1993, 176
pgs., illustrations, other reading
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Russian history
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This is a remarkable book. It
features 158 photos of wonderful churches in Moscow, many of them no longer
there. They are organized by location, Kremlin, Kitai gorod - Belii (white)
gorod, Earth city, and outside earth town. Each of those locations had its own
fortification walls - Kremlin in the inside, Kitai gorod next to it. Both
surrounded by White city named for its white brick walls, Then the earthen
rampart and palisade of the outer wall. The list of names is in English as well
as Russian. The book states that before the Bolshevik destruction there were
500 churches in Moscow but now only 320 remain.
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The 9/11 Commission Report
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W. W. Norton, Co, N.Y., 567 pgs.,
end notes, illustrations
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Government report
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The Final report of the National
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
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Abbott, A. - editor Philip Smith
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Flatland: A Romance of Many
Dimensions
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Dover Pub. N. Y., 1979, 83 pgs.,
paperback
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A Victorian satire
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Abbott published this small
booklet in 1884 in England. He was, among other skills, a mathematician. school
teacher,
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Abelard and Heloise - trans,-ed.
Betty Radice
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The Letters of Abelard and
Heloise
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Penguin Books, Middlesex,
England, 1974, 309 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, paperback
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Literature
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A famous, classic exchange of
letters in France of the Middle Ages that created quite a scandal and resulted
in serious problems for one of the foremost philosophers of the age, Peter
Abelard
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Acemoglu, Daron & James A.
Robinson
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of
Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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Crown Business, N.Y., 2012, 529
pgs., index, references, end notes, bibliographic essay
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Economic History, Finance,
Political Theory
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A recent entry into the massive
literature on what makes countries or nations successful or powerful and why
others never make it or fail. The authors believe that political institutions
either promote or deter success. They discuss to discount various other
theories. On example they use is comparison between Nogales in Arizona and
Mexico.
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Acton, John Emerich, Edward
Dalberg, First Baron Acton
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Essays on Freedom and Power
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Meridan Books, N. Y., 1960, 350
pgs., notes, paper back
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Political Philosophy
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Introduction by Gertrude
Himmerfarb. This is a series of Lord Acton's lectures. He died in 1902 so this
publication is post mortuum.
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Adams, Brooks
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The Law of Civilization and Decay
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Vintage Books, N.Y., 1955, 308
pgs. , index,
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European History
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An iconoclast's version of
Western History - full of great phrases. Much discussion of personalities and
scandals. Very enjoyable.
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Admati, Anat & Martin Hellwig
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The Bankers' New Clothes: What's
Wrong with Banking and What to do about it
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Princeton Univ. Press,
Princeton, 2013, 398 pgs., index, references, end notes
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Economics, Public Policy,
Financial institutions, Crash of 2008
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The authors lay the blame
for the huge financial crisis and market crash of 2008 on greedy bankers. They
ignore both the role of government in creating - even demanding - the bank
mortgage policies and easy money that led to the crash.
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Airne, C.W.
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The Story of Tudor and Stuart
Britain told in pictures
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Sankey, Hudson Co., Manchester,
nd. 64 pgs., illustrations, paperback
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British History
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The booklet had over 500 line
drawing illustrations depicting all sorts of things from costume to
architecture.
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Airne, C.W.
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The Story of Hanoverian and
Modern Britain told in pictures
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Sankey, Hudson Co., Manchester,
nd. 64 pgs., illustrations, paperback
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British History
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The booklet had over 650 line
drawing illustrations depicting all sorts of things from costume to
architecture.
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Akhmedov, Ismail
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In and Out of Stalin's GRU: A
Tatar's Escape From Red Army Intelligence
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University Publications of
America, Frederick MDZ., 1984, 222 pgs., index, glossary
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Soviet Russian History
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The author was recruited into the
GRU during Soviet effort to expand influence in the Central Asian societies. On
the eve of WWII he was privy to the GRU knowledge of Hitler's preparations to
attack the USSR. He escaped through the Balkans into Turkey.
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Alchian, Armen A & William R.
Allen
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Exchange & Production:
Competition, Coordination, & Control
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Wadsworth Pub, Belmont, Calif.,,
1983, 475 pgs, index, tables, glossary
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Economics
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Economics textbook by a famous
professor complete with questions for students. Very highly rated by the
profession. Clear discussion.
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Alchian, Armen A & William R.
Allen, Ed by Jerry Jordan
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Universal Economics
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Liberty Fund, Carmel, Indiana,
2018, 716 pgs., index, Glossary, figures
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Economics
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Comprehensive economics textbook
by two aclaimed economics professors complete with questions for students. Very
highly rated by the profession. Review by Walter Williams in the Daily Signal.
Clear discussion.
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Alchian, Armen A
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Collected Works Vol 1 - Choice
and Cost Under Uncertainty
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Liberty Press, Indianapolis,
2006, 760 pgs., index,
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Economics
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The economist's economist -
essays
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Alchian, Armen A
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Collected Works Vol 2 -Property
Rights and Economic Behavior
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Liberty Press, Indianapolis,
2006, 829 pgs., index, graphs, tables
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Economics
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The economist's economist -
essays
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Alexander, Pat - ed
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Eerdmans' Family Encyclopedia of
the Bible
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Guideposts, Carmel, N. Y., 1978,
index, illustrations, maps
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Biblical History
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Together with the following
entry, this is an excellent reference book for students with many illustrations
and maps. The text is organized by general topic and sub topic.
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Alexander, Pat & David- ed
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Eerdmans' Handbook to the Bible
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Guideposts, Carmel, N. Y., 1973
680 pgs., index, gazetteer, illustrations, maps
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Biblical History
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Together with the preceding
entry, this is an excellent reference book for students with many illustrations
and maps. The text is organized by general topic and sub topic.
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Allen, J. W.
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A History of Political Thought in
the Sixteenth Century
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Barnes & Noble, N. Y.,
1928-1969, 527 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
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Political Theory
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Professor Allen spells out his
ideas about political theory in a lengthy introduction. One particular concept
strikes me. "Men are constantly engaged in an on the whole highly
successful effort to adjust their ideas to circumstance and, also, in an
effort, very much less successful, to adjust circumstance to their ideas."
The text is organized into four parts. One is on Lutheranism and Calvinism. The
second is about England. The third is about France, and the fourth is about
Italy. The Italy section is focused on Machiavelli and Guicciardini.
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Amann, Peter, - ed.
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The Eighteenth-Century
Revolution: French or Western?
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D. C. Heath Co., Boston, 1963,
114 pgs., readings, paperback
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Modern History
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This booklet is in the series on
Problems in European Civilization designed for use by teachers in classroom
discussions. There are 16 essays (extracts) of which 4 are by R. R. Palmer
whose thesis is the subject of the question. Palmer's contention is that the
revolutionary era was widespread, hence 'western' while his critics maintain
that even so the French Revolution was different.
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Anderson, Hans Christian - trans.
E. V. Lucas and H. B. Paull
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Anderson's Fairy Tales
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Grosset & Dunlap, N. Y.,
1945, 343 pgs., illustrations
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Literature
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Excellent illustrations. The book
contains many of the well known and lesser known of the fairy tales
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Andrade, Tonio
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The Gunpowder Age: Subtitle:
China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History
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Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2016, 432 pgs., index, bibliography, notes
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World History
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The author conducted huge
research in Chinese sources. This is com;parative history of the role of
gunpowder, fortifications, industrial power and innovation that led to the
British (West) dominating China in the mid-19th century. It dispells many
myths.
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Andrew, Christopher
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The Secret World
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Yale Univ. Press, 2018, 948
pgs., index, notes, bibliography, illustrations
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politics, intelligence history
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The subtitle is - A History of
Inelligence.
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Ardrey, Robert
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African Genesis: A Personal
Investigation into the Animal Origins and Nature of Man
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Atheneum, N. Y., 1961, 380 pgs.,
index, bibliography, illustrations
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Anthropology
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This became both influential and
controversial. The author sought to link the aggressive and social behavior of
various animals with behavior of man. The author relied on the field work and
written reports of others.
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Ardrey, Robert
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The Territorial Imperative: A
Personal Inquiry into the Animal Origins of Property and Nations
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Dell, N.Y., 1966, 390 pgs.,
index, bibliography, illustrations, paper back
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Anthropology
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Ardrey expanded his concept in
the effort to show that man's desire to control territory also has its basis in
animal behavior.
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Ardrey, Robert
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The Social Contract: A Personal
Inquiry into the Evolutionary Sources of Order and Disorder
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Atheneum, N.Y., 1970, 405 pgs.,
index, bibliography, illustrations
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Anthropology
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Ardrey again expanded his
concepts, now in an effort to show that the organizational structure of society
itself also in a result of evolutionary development from animal behavior. Note
the book is dedicated to Jean Jacques Rousseau, one of the proponents of social
contract.
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Ardrey, Robert
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The Hunting Hypothesis: A
Personal Conclusion Concerning the Evolutionary Nature of Man
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Atheneum, N.Y., 1977, 244 index,
bibliography, paper back
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Anthropology
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Ardrey brings his theories
together and considers the impact of climate also on mankind's evolution from
animal behavior.
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Arendt, Hannah
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The Origins of Totalitarianism -
2nd ed.
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Meridan Books, N.Y., 1958, 520
pgs., index, foot notes, paperback
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Political Philosophy
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A very influential book by an
influential student of modern political ideas and practices. The content
includes Antisemitism, Imperialism, as background and then the 'rise' of
totalitarian government and its use of terror. The subject matter is now
history but the concepts are still relevant for the study of contemporary
events.
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Arendt, Hannah
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On Revolution
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Viking Press, N. Y., 1963, 343
pgs. ,index, bibliography, end notes
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Political Philosophy
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Another brilliant statement of
realities that the radicals don't want to hear. The author notes that now
'freedom' is no longer articulated as the motivation for revolution. She has
been violently attacked by the radical left for her exposee that socialism has
been a central part of the rise of totalitarianism.
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Arendt, Hannah
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The Human Condition: A Study of
the Central Dilemmas Facing Modern Man
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Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N.Y., 1959, 385 pgs. , index, end notes, paper back
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Political Philosophy
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A deeper and broader study of
fundamentals.
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Aristotle - trans. Terence Irwin
and Gail Fine
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Introductory Readings
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Hackett Publishing, Indianapolis,
1996, 359 pgs., readings, glossary, foot notes, paper back
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Philosophy
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Selected extracts from many of
Aristotle's works with commentary by the editors.
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Aristotle - trans. Kurt von Fritz
& Ernst Kapp
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Aristotle's Constitution of
Athens and Related Texts
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Hafner Pub. N. Y., 1950, 233
pgs., index, foot notes, paper back
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Political Philosophy
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The translator/ editors believe
the text was not written for publication but only for internal use at
Aristotle's school. They state that the Greek text is very difficult to
understand. Thus they provide commentary and also mention other scholars and
their opinions.
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Arnn, Larry P.
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Churchill's Trial: Winston
Churchill and the Salvation of FreeGovernment
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NelsonBooks, Nashvile, Tenn.,
2015, 376 pgs., index, further reading, notes, bibliography
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history, biography, politics
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The author is a well-known
expeert student of Churchill. In this volumne he focuses on Churchills thought
and actions when facing the 'trial' that is leading his country through the
perils of war, which he knew first hand. He faced the development of Communism
and Nazi agression. He recongnized the threats but many others did not. He
believed strongly in democracy - that is that the people should rule
themselves, yet it would take all the skill of an unusual stateeman to lead
them to confront the extreme danger they did not perceive.
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Artz, Frederick
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Reaction and Revolution:
1814-1832
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Harper & Row, N. Y., 1934,
328 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, foot notes, paperback
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Modern History
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This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe series of histories. It includes much social and intellectual history of
the post- Napoleonic Europe up to the new revolutionary movement in France in
1930.
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Aruz, Joan
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Beyond Babylon
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale
University Press, 2008, 524 pgs., folio size, paperback maps, hundreds of color
illustrations
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Ancient history, Mesopotamia,
Egypt Greece
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The subtitle is Art, Trade, and
Diplomacy in the Second Millennikum B.C. It is a hugely illustrated catalog for
a special international exhibit of Near Eastern artifacts from museums in many
countries hosted by the Metropolitan Museum in New York. The texts elaborate on
what can be learned from these exhibits.
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Ashe, Geoffrey
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The Quest for Arthur's Britain
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Frederick A. Praeger, N.Y., 1968,
282 pgs., index, maps, illustrations, bibliography, tables, chronology
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Medieval History
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The author describes both the
myth and legend of Arthur and the potential real case. His discussion of the
real situation on southern England is excellent - see also Herm - The Celts.
And there are several books in the military history list.
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Ashley, Maurice
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The Stuarts in Love
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Macmillan Co., N. Y., 1968, 284
pgs., index, notes
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Early Modern History - Biography
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Biography of a series of Stuart
rulers with some description of aspects of the times. The first section is
about 'Love and Marriage in the 16th and 17th centuries;" so we do get a
little cultural history. The second section is 'from Mary, Queen of Scots to
Charles I - and the third section is from Charles II to Queen Ann. There is
lots of gossip but little of political affairs.
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Atiya, Edward
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The Arabs
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Penguin Books, Harmondsworth,
1955, 250 pgs., index, paperback
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History
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A brief summary of the expansion
of the Arab conquests.
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Avery, Albert E.
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Handbook in the History of
Philosophy
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Barnes & Noble, N.Y., 1954,
320 pgs., index, references, paper back
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Reference text book
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Summaries of the ideas of
philosophers from Ancient Egypt and Babylon to Bible, to Greece and Rome to the
1930's.
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Austin, Jane -=ed. Beth Lau
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Sense and Sensibility
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Houghton Mifflin Co, N,. Y.
2002,. 386 pgs., notes, bibliography, chronology, paperback
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Literature - Classic novel of
life in early 19th century England
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The first to be written but not
published until much later, this is one of Jane Austin's masterpieces of
English society and manners, with critical essays and historical context.
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Austin, Jane
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Emma
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Barnes & Noble Classics, N.
Y., 2004, 449 pgs., end notes, introduction, paperback
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Literature - Classic novel
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The crowing glory of Jane
Austin's literary career, published in 1816 a year before her death.
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Bagley, J. J.
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Historical Interpretation:
Sources of English Medieval History, 1966- 1540
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Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1965,
285 pgs., index, glossary, paper back
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Medieval History
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The chapters are organized by
century from the 11th to the 16th. In each chapter the author describes some of
the most important primary sources available to the history student.
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Bailey, Thomas A.
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A Diplomatic History of the
American People
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Appleton-Century-Crofts, N. Y.,
1950, 986 pgs., index, tables, bibliography, foot notes, appendices,
illustrations,
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American History
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Dixon Ryan Fox in his forward
comments. "Diplomacy has been a favorite theme of history since the times
of Thucydides, if not those of Homer. It has been the means of gaining benefits
for the group without fighting for them or of securing benefits which fighting
has already earned." He continues that diplomacy was reserved to monarchs
in the long past but now is decidedly influenced by democratic public opinion.
Therefore the description of how operates must change as well. This book begins
with the diplomacy conducted during the colonial period and then with the more
critical diplomacy between the colonies and French during the American
Revolution. It concludes with the initial phases of the Cold War, and a chapter
titled 'Toward a New World Order'.
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Bailyn, Bernard
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The New England Merchants in the
Seventeenth Century
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Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1955, 249 pgs., index, references, end notes
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American History
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A detailed scholarly study by a
noted authority on Colonial American History
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Baker, Franklin T. & Ashley
H. Thorndike
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Everyday Classics - Eighth Reader
- The introduction to Literature
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The Macmillan Co., N.Y., 1919,
415 pgs. , glossary, illustration
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Literature
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The classics of literature
thought essential for junior high schools in 1919. The selections include Sir
Walter Scott, Alfred Tennyson, John Ruskin, Joseph Addison, Shakespeare,
Macauley, and many more.
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Baldwin, Marshall W.
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The Medieval Church
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Cornell Univ. Press, Ithica, 953,
124 pgs., index, readings, paperback
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Medieval History
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The author explains in excellent
detail that the Church's role and mission was primarily religious, but that
circumstances placed bishops and monasteries in particular into secular
governmental and social roles as well. The Church's mission was to save
individual souls, not perform social work. But its members could and should
perform such work as part of their own effort toward salvation. The author
describes many of the most significant events, particularly those involving the
Church in the representation of a Pope and the state represented by a king or
emperor. This brief summary text is an excellent resource for teachers.
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Ball, Philip
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The Water Kingdom
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Subtitle: A Secret History of
China, Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 341 pgs., index, notes, bibliography,
illustrations
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China history
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Interesting history focused on
the critical role of the great rivers in Chinese history
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Bamford, James
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The Puzzle Palace: A Report on
America's Most Secret Agency
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Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston,
1982, 465 pgs., index, notes, acronyms, appendix
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Modern History
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The book is about the National
Security Agency, the federal government's communications, signal, cryptography
agency. Since the book's publication the agency and its activities have become
widespread public knowledge. Still, the book overcomes the myths and provides a
real look into the agency.
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Banfield, Edward C.
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The Un-heavenly City Revisited
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Little, Brown and Co., Boston,
1968, 358 pgs., end notes, paperback
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Modern Urban History - Social
Policy
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The author notes that the vast
majority of urban dwellers in American are living in the best conditions of
anyone in history. Still there are real as opposed to claimed problems.
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Barber, Bernard & Elinor G.
Barber - eds.
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European Social Class Stability
and Change
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Macmillan Co., N. Y., 1965, 145
pgs., bibliography, foot notes, paperback
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Sociology, Modern History
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There are 12 essays on various
subjects related to social class and occupations
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Barbour, Philip
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Dimitry; Called the Pretender:
Tsar and Great Prince of all Russia 1605-1606
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Macmillan, London, 1967, 387
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, illustrations, chronology, maps,
appendices, historical figures
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Russian History
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The first of several 'false'
Dimitri's. This account describes both the individual and Muscovy of beginning
of 17th century.
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Barck, Oscar Theodore &
Nelson Blake
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Since 1900: A History of the
United States in Our Times
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Macmillan Co., N.Y., 1952, 903
pgs., index, end notes, illustrations
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American History
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The book has the advantage of
including only 50 years of American history. But evaluations of that 50 years
may have changed since 1952. But the content is detailed
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Bark, William Carroll
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Origins of the Medieval World
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Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N.Y., 1960, 224 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
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Medieval History
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Obviously there has been much
scholarly research and publication since 1960, but this small volume contains
worthwhile thought by a distinguished historian. It represents the concepts
prevalent in the older generation.
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Barron, John
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KGB Today: The Hidden Hand
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Reader's Digest Press, N. Y.,
1983, 489 pgs., index, notes, appendices
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Russian History
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Yuri Andropov (former head of the
KGB) was the ruler of Russia when this book was published. Now we have another
former KGB leader as ruler, Vladimir Putin. Much has changed and much remains
the same. (See also John Dziak's books.)
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Baruch, Lev & Feng Gu
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The End of Accounting
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Wiley, NYC., 2016, 258 pgs.,
index, appendicies
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Economics, accounting,
investments
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Subtitle: and the Path Forward
for Investors and Managers. The authors show that current accounting methods
and concepts are outdated, a century old, and do not accuratedly reflect the
value of the assets being measured. The value of businesses now include many
intangibles such as intellectural assets and R&D work.
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Bastiat, Frederic
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Economic Sophisms
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CosmoClassics, N.Y., 2012,
original published in English traslation in 1873, 235 pgs., paperback
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Economics, Public Policy
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A classic exposee of socialist
and all bureaucratic thinking and policies. The author creates dialogue between
a proponent of official French economic policy and a liberal who shows these
are based on sophisms. Unfortunately, most of these are still the basis of much
public policy today.
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Bastiat, Frederic
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The Law
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Foundation for Economic
Education, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y. 1962, 75 pgs., paperback
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Economics, Public Policy
|
Classic study and exposee of
Socialism published in 1850 by great French economist and politician
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Bastiat, M. Frederic
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That Which Is Seen & That
Which is Not Seen: The Unintended Consequences of Government Spending
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The Waking Lion Press, 2006, West
Valley City, Utah, 47 pgs., paperback
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Economics, Public Policy
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Another classic study and exposee
of Socialism published great French economist and politician
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Bastiat, M. Frederic
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The Law: Power, Liberty, and the
Proper Role of Government
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The Waking Lion Press, 2006, West
Valley City, Utah, 40 pgs., paperback
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Economics, Public Policy
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Classic study and exposee of
Socialism published in 1850 by great French economist and politician
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Baudin, Louis - trans Katherine
Woods, ed. Arthur Goodard
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A Socialist Empire the Incas of
Peru
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D. Van Nonstrand Co. N. Y./,
1961, 442 pgs. , index, maps, bibliography, end notes, appendix
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Early Modern History - sociology,
ethnology
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There is an interesting forward
by Ludiwg von Mises, who writes: "this a brilliant examination of the
human angle of the Inca system is the main merit of this magnificent
book." This is a study of what can be known of the Inca society itself,
its political structure, economic activities, culture, all prior to the Spanish
conquest. That comes only at the end.
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Baumgarten, N. de
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Chronologie Ecclesiastique des
Terres Russes du X au XIII Siecle
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Orientalia Christiana vol. XVII,
no. 58, Jan. 1930, 177 pgs., Pontificium Institutem Orientalium Studiorum,
Roma, index, paper
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Russian History
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A chronology year by year of
events relating to religious and political events in medieval Russia
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Baumgarten, N. de
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Genealogies des branches
regnantes de Rurikides du XIII au XVI siecle
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Orientalia Christiana vol. XXXV,
no. 94, June. 1934, 153 pgs., Pontificium Institutem Orientalium Studiorum,
Roma, index, tables, paper
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Russian History
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Geneological tables of the many
branches of the Rurikids with extensive comments and notes.
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Baumgarten, N. de
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Genealogies et mariages
occidentaux des Rurikides Russes du X au XIII siecle
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Orientalia Christiana vol IX, no,
35, May, 1927 Pontificium Institutem Orientalium Studiorum, Roma, index, paper
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Russian History
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Fascinating tables and lists of
persons as cross references showing the marriages between Rus and Western
European spouses. The charts show the various branches as they developed in the
various towns.
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Beard, Mary
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S P Q R : A History of Ancient
Rome
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Liveright Publishing, W. W.
Norton, New York, 2015, 606 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, further reading,
timeline, paperback
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Ancient History, Roman History
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A terrific new book on a much
written about subject. But the author has great style, and her approach is
different, new, and delightful - much recommended. Actually, it is more a
History of what people thought then and think now about Rome.
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Beck, Glenn
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Broke: The Plan to Restore our
Trust, Truth and Treasure
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Threshold Editions, N. Y., 2010,
406 pgs., end notes, illustrations,
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Public Policy, Investment,
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An excellent compendium of the
history of the growth of federal debt in the US. and its disastrous results for
everyone. But Mr. Beck's concepts about what might be done to correct the
situation are too optimistic.
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Beck, Spenser - ed.
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Palaces of St. Petersburg:
Russian Imperial Style - exhibition catalog
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Mississippi Commission for
International Cultural Exchange, Jackson, Mississippi, 1996, 192 pgs.,
illustrations, paperback , large format
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Russia, Fine Arts
|
This is the extraordinary,
beautiful exhibition catalog prepared for an unprecedented, special event in
Jackson, Miss. The combined efforts of the Russian authorities and curators of
the Imperial palaces - Peterhof, Catherine Palace, Gatchina and Pavlovsk
brought to Jackson whole rooms from those palaces plus hundreds of priceless
example of furnishing, paintings, and other artistic treasures. There are full
sized portraits of emperors and empresses. Stunning photography of the exterior
of the palaces. We were fortunate to be able to attend this exhibition.
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Becker, Carl L.
|
The Heavenly City of the
Eighteenth-Century Philosophers
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Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1932, 168 pgs., foot notes, paper back
|
Intellectual History
|
Becker is either a ego-centric,
radical, leftist, progressive or a satirist. His lectures attempt first, to
describe medieval philosophy (theology) and authors such as St. Thomas and
Dante and then to describe the leading lights of the Enlightenment era in
Western Europe. Then he claims there are more similarities between these two in
their failures to be as really enlightened as he is today. (well in the
1930's). The book ends with musings on the coming triumph of either Communism
or at least collective planning. Is he serious in claiming that the Russian
Revolution is a "happy turning point" for mankind? But his book
received great attention and had influence - as two of the books listed here
attest - Carl Becker's Heavenly City Revisited.
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Beik, Paul H.
|
The French Revolution Seen From
the Right: Social Theories in Motion 1789-1799
|
Transactions of the American
Philosophical Society, Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1956,122 pgs.,
index, references, foot notes, paperback
|
Modern History - Political Theory
|
The author compiles the writing
and thought of a number of conservative or absolutist adversaries of the French
Revolution. He links each author with his biography and social background. The
'right' authors had many different ideas, especially about an 'absolute'
monarch versus a constitutional monarch.
|
Belloc, Hilaire
|
The Crusades
|
Tan Books, Rockford, Illinois,
1937, reprint 1992, 250 pgs., paperback
|
Medieval History
|
History but with critique and
commentary on modern perceptions of the events.
|
Belloc, Hilaire
|
Essays of a Catholic
|
Tan Books, Rockford, Illinois,
1931, reprint 1992, 245 pgs., paperback
|
Political and Intellectual
commentary
|
This is a collection of essays
that were controversial and meant to be. The author seeks to launch a
counter-attack on modern paganism. He sees in this struggle that of the State
against the Church.
|
Belloc, Hilaire
|
Europe and the Faith
|
Tan Books, Rockford, Illinois,
1920, reprint 1992, 191 pgs., paperback
|
Political and Intellectual
commentary
|
A history of the role of the
Catholic Church in Europe - that is Christendom. The author equates the
division of Europe as due to the division of Christendom. He has special scorn
for Prussia. He perceives and predicts the general collapse of Europe in the
world as due to its lessening of belief in the Catholic Church. Note the date
of publication.
|
Beloff, Max
|
The Age of Absolutism 1660- 1815
|
Harper & Row, N.Y., 1962, 189
pgs.,. index, notes, maps, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
The author points out that
dividing history's continuous story into artificial periods does create
problems. But it also enables one to focus. In this book he provides a general
background and then focuses on France, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, Austria,
Russia and Poland. He considers that the 'Maritime Powers" were in a
different situation.
|
Bendix, Reinhard
|
Max Weber: an Intellectual
portrait
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N.Y., 1962, 522 pgs., index, paper back
|
Biography, but focused on the
subject's thoughts
|
A lengthy study of the many
concepts Max Weber developed in sociology, history, and political theory.
|
Benjamin, Jules R.
|
A Student's Guide to
History, 2nd ed.
|
St. Martin's Press,
N. Y., 1979, 154 pgs. , paper back
|
History
|
The author writes:
"The aim of this book is to introduce you to the study of history and to
assist you in history courses. ...this volume presents some basic concepts and
methods of the field and helps you acquire the skills you will need in your
work."
|
Berg, Harry D. & Martha
Layman, Wallace Ferguson, Geoffrey Bruun
|
A Survey of European
Civilization: Student's manual to accompany - 3rd ed.
|
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston,
1958, 234 pgs., maps, tables
|
Modern European History
|
Tests, work sheets, diagrams,
maps for student review
|
Berman, Harold J.
|
Law and Revolution: The Formation
of the Western Legal Tradition
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1983, 637 pgs., index, end notes, paperback
|
Legal History
|
A marvelous, scholarly work based
on detailed examination of primary sources on the development of legal theory
and practice in Europe since Middle Ages. The author places major influence on
Catholic Church Canon Law.
|
Bernholz, Peter
|
Monetary Regimes and Inflation:
History, Economic and Political Relationships
|
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, U.K.,
2003, 210 pgs., index, appendices, references, tables, paperback
|
Economic History, Finance,
Political Science
|
The focus is on inflation. In
this context the role of money, banking, currency manipulation, political
policy. The author believes inflation is caused by manipulation of the money
supply, which he considers in terms of currency. He writes, "Inflation
presupposed the existence of money, which evolved as an unplanned social
institution by a number of inventions and innovations during a period of
perhaps 2500 years. It follows that inflation cannot be older than
money.." I do not agree.
|
Bernstein, Peter L
|
Capital Ideas: The Improbable
Origins of Modern Wall Street
|
Free Press, N.Y., 1992, 392 pgs.,
index, bibliography, end notes, paperback
|
Finance, Economics, Stock Market
|
The author is writing about the
expansion of Investment advice and market prediction rampant on Wall Street. He
questions the value of all this considering the expense that is taken off by
Wall Street insiders.
|
Bernstein, Peter L
|
Against the Gods: The Remarkable
Story of Risk
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken,
N.J., 1998, 383 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, paperback
|
Finance, History of mathematics
|
This is a much acclaimed and
unique book on the history of human thought about risk, what it is, how to deal
with it. But the concept of risk involves the concept of probability and that
involves measurement, which means mathematics at least arithmetic involving use
of numbers.. Bernstein notes: "Without numbers, there are no odds, and no
probabilities, without odds and probabilities, the only way to deal with risk
is to appeal to the gods and fates." Thus we meet Leonardo Pisano, known
as Fibonacci, the author of Liber Abaci, whom we meet in quite a few other
books in this list. And anyone today reading much about the cult of chartists
who predict future market values will read about Fibonacci and the magic number
relationships that govern all.
|
Bernstein, William J.
|
Rational Expectations: Asset
Allocation for Investing Adults
|
Reality Premedia Services, 2014,
207 pgs, index, tables, paperback
|
Investment Advice
|
Excellent, clear language with
examples
|
Beskrovnii, L. G
|
Atlas Kart i Skem po Russkoi
Voyennoi Istorii
|
Voyuennoye izdatrel'stvo
narodnogo komissariata vooruzhyiennikh sil, Moscow, 1945.88 pgs., 169 maps or
diagrams.
|
Reference - Russian History
|
Maps of military events, battles
and campaigns from 9th century to 1905.
|
Bibby, Geoffrey
|
Looking for Dilmun
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1969, 390
pgs., index, illustrations
|
Archeology, memoir, Ancient
History
|
Dilmun was in Sumerian times a
major transport between Mesopotamia and India. But where was it? The author
recounts his efforts in the 1950's - 60's to locate it, while having to deal
with the various Arab potentates who jealously ruled their small realms. In
this lengthy process not only a single port that might be Dilmun was uncovered
but remains of ancient civilization from Kuwait to Muscat.
|
Billington, James H.
|
The Icon and the Axe: An
Interpretive History of Russian Culture
|
Vintage Books, N.Y., 1970, 810
pgs., index, references, bibliography, paperback
|
Russian History
|
This is social, cultural and
ultimately intellectual history. The author includes much information on art,
music, literature, education, philosophy and scientific study that is not found
in basic political history texts.
|
Bilinova, H. I.
|
Atlas Mira
|
Glavnoyer
Upravleniye Geodezii i Kartografii MVD SSSR, Moscow, 1959. 325 pgs., index,
large format
|
Reference, World
Atlas
|
Russian language
atlas of the world, has more maps of Russia than the usual American atlas.
|
Binkley, Robert C.
|
Realism and Nationalism 1852 -
1871
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1935,
337 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, maps
|
Modern History - Social History -
Intellectual History
|
This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe series. Itr was a period of great and increasingly rapid change in ideas
and in government structure. The author considers the development in Germany a
'civil war'. There certainly was a lot going on in Europe during this period.
Although there were several disconnected wars, in comparison with the 18th
century it seems that war was relatively less the center of history than
intellectual history.
|
Binkley, Wilfred E. & Malcolm
C. Moos
|
A Grammar of American Politics
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1950, 778
pgs., index,
|
American History - Government
|
So much has changed even since
1950 with the expansion of the welfare state that this book may be considered a
history rather than a contemporary civics text as originally published.
|
Black, Jeremy
|
The Power of Knowledge: How
Information and Technology made the Modern World
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
2014, 492 pgs., index, end notes
|
World History - Economic History
- Intellectual History
|
The author focuses on the role of
information, knowledge put to use, in the history of modern times. He believes
that superior use of information was a major cause for the development of what
can be called modernity in the West. (See Stark). He writes, "This book
will take information as a cause, measure and product of power, and show how
the relationships between information, modernity and power changed, and how
these changes made the modern world."
|
Blau, Peter M
|
Bureaucracy in Modern Society
|
Random House, N. Y., 1956, 127
pgs., readings, foot notes, paperback
|
Political Science - Sociology
|
A study of the structure and
dynamics of bureaucracy.
|
Bloch, Marc - trans. Peter Putnam
|
The Historian's Craft
|
Random House, N.Y., 1964, 197
pgs., paperback
|
History
|
The famous French historian
describes what a professional historian does, for the benefit of the lay
reader.
|
Bloom, Allan
|
The Closing of the American Mind
|
Simon and Schuster, N.Y., 1987,
392 pgs., index, foot notes
|
American Education
|
A critical analysis of the
decline in higher education in American colleges and universities. Saul Bellow
wrote an extended Forward.
|
Blum, Jerome
|
Lord and Peasant in Russia from
the ninth to the nineteenth century
|
Atheneum, N.Y., 1965, 656 pgs.,
index, bibliography, paperback
|
Russian History
|
Considered a landmark in social
history of Russia.
|
Blum, Jerome
|
The European Peasantry from the
fifteenth to the nineteenth century
|
Service Center for teachers of
history, Wash., D. C., 1960, 30 pgs., readings, paperback
|
Modern History
|
The essay describes the gradual
change in status of the rural agricultural community from near serfdom to
modern conditions. Even in 1800 the peasantry comprised 90% of the population.
The author writes: "The purpose of these pages is to furnish some
information about the history and activities of Europe's peasants from the end
of the Middle Ages into the nineteenth century."
|
Board of Governors, Federal
Reserve
|
The Federal Reserve System:
Purposes and Functions
|
Federal Reserve System,
Washington D.C., 1961, 238 pgs., index, illustrations, paperback
|
Public policy, political system
|
The official book by the Federal
Reserve itself describing its functions.
|
Boeckh, J. Anthony
|
The Great Reflation: How
Investors Can profit from the New World of Money
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken N.
J. , 2010, 314 pgs., index, end notes, figures
|
Investment Advice, Finance,
Economics
|
Another in the wave of new
investment advice books. This one is focused on the Government - FED massive
expansion of the money supply to counter deflation and 'stimulate' the economy.
The government actions will create opportunities for successful investment.
|
Boissonnade, P. - trans. Eileen
Power
|
Life and World In Medieval
Europe: The Evolution of Medieval Economy from the Fifth to the Fifteenth
Century
|
Harper & Row, N. Y.,
1927-reprint 1964, 395 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
A classic French study now
reprinted. Lynn White Jr. in his introduction questions why we should reprint
such an old book when so much new material has been discovered and published.
He answers his question by noting that nevertheless this work remains the best
general study of labor during the middle ages.
|
Bolgar, R. R.
|
The Classical Heritage and its
beneficiaries: from the Carolingian age to the end of the Renaissance
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1964,
591 pgs., index, appendices, end notes,
|
Medieval History
|
See also Arthur Herman - The
Cave and the Light- and others in this list. Bolgar begins with Carolingian
age, but the classical heritage was not completely lost during the 3 centuries
prior to that. An appendix table shows the dates for translations of Greek and
Latin texts into English and French.
|
Bonner, Bill and Addison Wiggin
|
Empire of Debt: Debt: The Rise of
an Epic Financial Crisis
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken
N.J., 2006, 370 pgs., index, endnotes
|
Investment Advice - finance
|
The author is founder of AGORA, a
money machine that publishes investment advice in pay for subscription
newsletters. They correctly identified the coming financial disaster -
predicted the dot com and mortgage disasters - and correctly predict the debt
bubble disaster. Then they want to sell protection and advice on how to profit
from all this.
|
Bonner, Bill and Addison Wiggin
|
Financial Reckoning Day:
Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken
N.J., 2003, 506 pgs., index, endnotes
|
Investment Advice - finance
|
The author is founder of AGORA, a
money machine that publishes investment advice in pay for subscription
newsletters. They correctly identify the coming financial disaster - predicted
the dot com and mortgage disasters - and correctly predict the debt bubble
disaster. Then they want to sell protection and advice on how to profit from
all this.
|
Bonner, Bill and Lila Rajiva
|
Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets:
Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken
N.J., 2007, 424 pgs., index, endnotes
|
Investment Advice - finance
|
The title is a clever play on
Kindelberger's famous book. The author is founder of AGORA, a money machine
that publishes investment advice in pay for subscription newsletters. They
correctly identify the coming financial disaster - predicted the dot com and
mortgage disasters - and correctly predict the debt bubble disaster. Then they
want to sell protection and advice on how to profit from all this.
|
Boorstin, Daniel J.
|
The Americans: The Colonial
Experience
|
Random House, N. Y., 1958, 434
pgs., index, bibliography
|
American History - Cultural and
Intellectual History
|
The first volume -The material is
organized more or less in a chronological manner, but the chapter topics are
focused on culture or concepts. The period of the book is from the Puritans to
the end of the American Revolution. This is an ideal companion to the typical
history text focused on political activities.
|
Boorstin, Daniel J.
|
The Americans: The Democratic
Experience
|
Random House, N. Y., 1973, 717
pgs., index, bibliography
|
American History - Cultural and
Intellectual History
|
The third volume - This is
structured like volume 1. The period is post Civil War America up to the
1960's.
|
Boorstin, Daniel J.
|
The Americans: The National
Experience
|
Random House, N. Y., 1965, 717
pgs., index, bibliography
|
American History - Cultural and
Intellectual History
|
The second volume - Like the
first and third. It is unusual to have such a large history text focused on the
period between the American Revolution and the Civil War.
|
Booth, Danielle Dimartino
|
FED UP
|
, Portfolio, Penguin, NY., 2017,
326 pgs., index, notes
|
Economics, Finance, Public Policy
|
Subtitle: An Insider's Take on
Who the Federal Reserve is Bad for America -Based on her work inside the FED
the author has wrritten a memoir that reveals the process in which monetary
policy is developed.
|
Bouquet, A. C.
|
Comparative Religion
|
Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1953,
319 pgs., index, references, foot notes, paperback
|
Religion
|
Organized in general by subject
topics as well as by individual religions.
|
Bouwsma, William J.
|
The Interpretation of Renaissance
Humanism
|
Service Center for Teachers of
History, Wash.., D. C., 1959, 24 pgs., readings, foot notes, paperback
|
Early Modern History -
Intellectual History
|
The booklet is in the series for
teachers to use in classrooms.
|
Bowden, Catherine Drinker
|
Miracle at Philadelphia: The
Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to Sept. 1787.
|
Little, Brown and Co., Boston,
1966, 346 pgs., index
|
American History
|
A detailed narrative and
commentary on the process at Philadelphia that created the Constitution. It is
a very valuable reference for study of the Constitution as it is based on
contemorary notes and memoirs of the participants.
. |
Bowder, Diana - ed.
|
Who Was Who in the Greek World
|
Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca,
1982, 239 pgs., glossary, bibliography, maps, charts, index, chronology,
genealogy
|
Reference - Ancient Greek World
|
Contains brief biographies of
significant individuals one is likely to look up.
|
Bowder, Diana - ed.
|
Who Was Who in the Roman World
|
Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca,
1980, 256 pgs., glossary, bibliography, maps, charts, index, chronology,
genealogy
|
Reference - Ancient Roman History
|
Contains brief biographies of
significant individuals one is likely to look up.
|
Boyle, Donzella Cross
|
Quest of a Hemisphere
|
Western Islands, Boston, 1970,
633 pgs., index, illustrations
|
American History
|
The initial chapter describes the
explorations by Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and Swedes as well as the French and
English. But from there on the focus is on the English colonies and subsequent
establishment of the United States. The story concludes in the post World War
II period. The many illustrations are excellent.
|
Braidwood, Linda
|
Digging beyond the Tigris
|
Henry Schuman, N. Y., 1953, 297
pgs. , illustrations
|
Memoir, Archeology, Ancient
Pre-History
|
The personal memoir of an
American woman archeologist's story of life on a 'dig' in the Kurdish hills of
Iraq. The location was Jarmo, a relatively unknown very early (actually
prehistoric) habitation, the time for the 'dig' was 1950-51. Now the area is in
the news continually because Jarmo lies only a few miles north-east of Kirkut.
This memoir tells a great tale of what goes on in planning and executing an
archeological project. From it we also learn about the state of official Iraqi
interest and desire to preserve their ancient cultures. And of course we learn
something about what the expedition found - but not a lot - a significant find
indeed. A prehistoric village, among the earliest found, inhabited at the time
humans were first domesticating grain and animals. The author has a very vivid,
intimate style that soon draws the reader in. Since this book is about life on
a dig, and the 1950-51 expedition it does not more than wet the reader's
appetite for more. Fortunately at turn to great Google quickly reveals an
extensive Wikipedia article and much more. The Jarmo site is much more famous
and important than indicated from this book. Jarmo was occupied between 7090 BC
and 4950 BC., and is one of the oldest sites at the dawn of the age of
agricultural domestication. Read about it. And the Braidwood's are much more
famous that the book reveals.
|
Brandon, William
|
The American Heritage Book of
Indians
|
American Heritage, N. Y., 1961,
424 pgs., index, illustrations
|
American History
|
The many illustrations are the
main value of this book. The text narration explains these illustrations.
|
Braudel, Fernand - trans Sian
Reynolds
|
Civilization & Capitalism
15th - 18th century - vol 1, The Structures of Everyday Life
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1979,
623 pgs., index, end notes, illustrations
|
European History
|
A much acclaimed trilogy of
social as well as economic history. The author is a leading figure in the
realist school of French historiography that seeks to reveal what is going on
at the basic levels of every day life. His books caused a revolution in
thinking.
|
Braudel, Fernand - trans Sian
Reynolds
|
Civilization & Capitalism
15th - 18th century - vol 2, The Wheels of Commerce
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1979,
670 pgs., index, end notes, illustrations, paperback
|
European History
|
A much acclaimed trilogy of
social as well as economic history. The author is a leading figure in the
realist school of French historiography that seeks to reveal what is going on
at the basic levels of every day life. His books caused a revolution in
thinking. He writes in conclusion to this volume: At the end of this, my second
volume, it seems clear to me that the capitalist process considered as a whole,
was able to develop only out of certain economic and social conditions which
either prepared or facilitated its progress,"
|
Braudel, Fernand - trans Sian
Reynolds
|
Civilization & Capitalism
15th - 18th century - vol 3, The Perspective of the World
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1979,
699 pgs., index, end notes, illustrations, paperback
|
European History
|
A much acclaimed trilogy of
social as well as economic history. The author is a leading figure in the
realist school of French historiography that seeks to reveal what is going on
at the basic levels of every day life. His books caused a revolution in
thinking.
|
Breunig, Charles
|
The Age of Revolution and
Reaction, 1789 - 1850, 2nd ed.
|
W. W. Norton & Co., N.Y.,
1970, 304 pgs., index, readings, maps, footnotes, illustrations. paperback
|
Modern History
|
This is in a Norton series on the
History of Modern Europe. The time category for this book differs from that of
the Rise of Modern Europe series. Thus it is a useful companion to the other
series, since it merges into the one book the periods of pre-revolutionary
preparation, the revolutions themselves and Napoleon, and the
post-revolutionary reactions, and the second wave of revolutions up to 1850. It
is followed by Norman Rich'sThe Age of Nationalism and Reform 1850-
1890.
|
Brinton, Crane
|
The Shaping of the Modern Mind
|
Mentor Boo,, New American
Library, N. Y., 1953, 287 pgs., index, paper back
|
Intellectual History
|
The content is organized around
major themes such as humanism, rationalism, cosmology,
|
Brinton, Crane
|
The Lives of Talleyrand
|
W. W. Norton Co., N. Y., 1963,
316 pgs. , index, bibliography, paperback
|
Biography, Modern History
|
Talleyrand lived from 1754 to
1838 and managed to remain in public affairs and politics through the widely
different political regimes that controlled France at times during that period.
|
Brinton, Crane
|
A Decade of Revolution 1789 -
1799
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1934,
331 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, footnotes, illustrations, paperback
|
Early Modern History -
Intellectual History
|
This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe series. It describes the period of revolution just preceding Geoffrey
Bruun's Europe and the French Imperium. Revolution of course means
change, The change in thought (intellectual change) was a continuation of the
change during the so-called Enlightenment and it culmination in violent
political change. Dr. Brinton is the expert on this era. The focus of course is
on France.
|
Bronowski, J &
|
The Western Intellectual
Tradition: From Leonardo to Hegel
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1960,
521 pgs., index, footnotes
|
Modern History - Intellectual
History
|
The subject matter is relatively
narrower in scope than some other works on intellectual history in this list.
The authors seek to counter what they perceive as a 'cleavage' between
'conventional presentations of history and the recent but still specialized
interest in the historical growth of science and of techniques.' They hope to
foster an understanding of the coherent relation between science and the
humanities, especially in college students. Thus the attention to the time
since Leonardo. The focus is on the intellectual contributions of specific
individuals including Leonardo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Thomas More, Erasmus,
Hobbes, Locke, Descartes, Pascal, Boyle and on to Kant and Hegel. The
connection is that these individuals were philosophers speaking in an era of
amazing scientific revolutions.
|
Brook, Ian
|
The One Eyed Man is King
|
G. P. Putnam's Sons, NM. Y.,
1967, 327 pgs.,
|
Personal memoir - life in Nigeria
|
This is the memoir of a British
Foreign service officer in Nigeria after World War II.
|
Brooks, Arthur. C.
|
The Conservative heart: How to
Build a Fairer, Happier, and More Prosperous America
|
Harper Collins, N.Y., 2015, 246
pgs., index, notes
|
Public Policy
|
The author believes the
'conservatives' have the right policies to help everyone and the 'progressives'
do not, but the progressives use the effective words in their policy statements
while the conserevatives do not. His final chapter is titled "The Seven
Habits of Highly Effecive Conservativism - How to Talk so Americans wil
Listen."
|
Brown, Anthony Cave
|
Bodyguard of Lies - 2 vol.
|
Harper & Row, N.Y., 1975,
1056 pgs., index, sources and notes, map, glossary
|
Modern History - Intelligence
|
This is about the special
intelligence sharing arrangement between the United States and Great Britain
from 1938 to the Normandy Invasion in 1944.
|
Brown, R. Allen
|
The Normans
|
St. Martin's Press, N. Y., 1984,
191 pgs., notes, bibliography, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
The story of the Normans from
their origins and settlement in Normandy to conquest of England - and also
their conquests in southern Italy and Sicily plus the First Crusade. (See also
David Douglas)
|
Browning, Robert
|
Justinian and Theodora
|
Praeger Pub., N. Y., 1971, 217
pgs., index, further reading, sources, maps, illustrations, table of dates
|
Medieval History
|
This is history of Byzantium in
terms of biographies of an emperor - Justinian and his powerful wife, Theodora.
During the reign much of Justinian's foreign military effort was in regaining
Italy and North Africa. Historians now frequently consider that this ultimately
failed effort diverted much needed strength that could have been better
employed in the East. Either way, the wars between Byzantium and Persia left
both weakened when the Arabs arrived. We have Justinian to thank for the
codification of Roman law and magnificent architecture. The final chapter is
the author's appraisal.
|
Brucker, Gene A. - ed.
|
Renaissance Italy; was It the
Birthplace of the Modern World?
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1963, 37 pgs, bibliography, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This is one of the series of
booklets designed for teachers to use in class. There are two aspects to this
question - was it in Italy, and was it during that time period. There are 21
essays describing various aspects of the Renaissance era which may stimulate
discussion. But there are new books in this list that place developments toward
the modern world further back in time.
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Bruun, Geoffrey
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Europe and the French Imperium:
1799 - 1814
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1938,
280 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, illustrations, foot notes, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe series, The author focuses on a relatively shorter period than that in
most of the other books. But it was certainly a dynamic period dominated by
war. The author is able to discuss not only military conflict but also economic
warfare and financial aspects of war as well. European society is described and
the increase in nationalism as both social concept and political force is tied
to the revolt against French imperialism. See Crane Brinton - A Decade of
Revolution 1789-1799- for the period leading up to this one.
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Bryce, James
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The Holy Roman Empire
|
Schocken Books, N.Y., 1904
reprint 1961, 535 pgs., index, list of events, tables of rulers, appendices,
paperback
|
European History
|
The author begins with the Roman
Empire prior to the 'barbarian invasion'. This is to indicate the existence of
a deep concept of an empire. Then he discusses the attitude of the various
barbarians toward the concept of empire as it was dissolving around them. He
describes the development of the various polities such as that of the Franks
that brought out the Empire of Charlemagne. He continues through the middle
ages by describing the changing or continuing concepts of 'empire' in relation
to the reality during the reigns of the succession of emperors. There is a huge
amount of information in this book. See also the new book by Peter Heather
-The Restoration of Rome - and Edward Crankshaw's The Fall of the
House of Habsburg- and Oscar Jaszi's The Dissolution of the Habsburg
Monarchy.And also the newer book by Friedrich Heer - The Holy Roman
Empire.
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Buchanan, James M & Gordon
Tullock
|
The Calculus of Consent: Logical
Foundatins of Constitutional Democracy
|
University of Michigan Press, Ann
Arbor, 1962, 361 pgs., notes, graphs, paperback
|
Political Science, Economics,
Public Policy
|
The authors employ economics
theories and methods to political policy issues. Their idea is to use modern
economic methods to show that government politicians and bureaucrats do have
their own individual interests which generally superced any claim to support of
disinerested public service. But this is something that is clear to any student
of history.
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Buchanan, James M. & Robert
Tollison ed.
|
The Theory of Public Choice II
|
Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann
Arbor, 1984, 452 pgs., notes, tables, papeback
|
Economics, politics, government
policy
|
A series of 25 essays on various
aspects of 'public choice' - an economist's view of government politics.
|
Buell, Thomas B.
|
The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
|
Little, Brown and Co., Boston,
1974, 486 pgs., index, appendices, bibliography, illustrations
|
Biography
|
Biography of a relatively little
known U. S. Navy hero of World War II.
|
Bukharev, Ravil
|
Kazan The Enchanted City
|
Flint River Press, London, 1995,
144 pgs., chronology, illustrations
|
Russia, Kazan, Tatars
|
This is a book of gorgeous
photography -color illustrations of the place and people. The text includes a
description of the Russian conquest and subsequent efforts to Russify the Tatar
population.
|
Bulfinch, Thomas
|
The Age of Chivalry and Legends
of Charlemagne
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1962, 608 pgs., index
|
Medieval History - Literature
|
This is two books in one. The
Chivalry book is about the legends of King Arthur and later, related stories
including about King Richard I and Robin Hood.. The second is about a variety
of stories associated with Charlemagne. Both are collections of literature
Bulfinch assembled.
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Burckhardt, Jacob
|
The Civilization of the
Renaissance in Italy - vol 1 - The State as a Work of Art. The Development of
the Individual - The Revival of antiquity
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
1929-1958, 288 pgs., index, notes, illustrations, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
The classic exposition and
analysis of the Renaissance that practically created modern thought on the
subject when it was published, first in German in 1860. Since then it has come
in for much comment and criticism. (See number of books in this list). There is
an excellent introduction from 1958 that assesses the book. The first part, on
The state as a Work of Art is especially interesting. The many illustrations
are excellent.
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Burckhardt, Jacob
|
The Civilization of the
Renaissance in Italy Vol 2 - The Discovery of the World and of Man - Society
and Festivals - Morality and Religion
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
1929-1958, 245 pgs., index, notes, illustrations, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
The classic exposition and
analysis of the Renaissance that practically created modern thought on the
subject when it was published, Since then it has come in for much comment and
criticism. (See number of books in this list).
|
Burckhardt, Jacob
|
The Civilization of the
Renaissance in Italy - This edition contains both of the preceding.
|
New American Library, 1960, 392
pgs. , index, footnotes, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This edition contains all the
chapter headings of the two-volume edition but without illustrations.
|
Burke, Edmund
|
Reflections on the Revolution in
France
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle, N.
Y., nd, 266 pgs.
|
History - Political Theory
|
This edition has introduction by
Russell Kirk. The classic foundational work on modern conservative thinking.
|
Burnham, James
|
Suicide of the West: The Meaning
and Destiny of Liberalism
|
John Day Co., N.Y.., 1964, 312
pgs., index,
|
Public Policy
|
A famous book by famous author.
Much of the developments Burnham described have continued and accelerated
|
Burns, Edward McNall
|
Western
Civilizations: Their History and their Culture - 5th ed.
|
W. W. Norton &
Co., N.Y., 1958, 1022 pgs., index, illustrations, maps
|
Western History
|
This is an excellent
book to accompany Palmer's (see below). It contains the history of art and
culture that Palmer does not. The narrative begins earlier also - in the Stone
Age. There is a section on the nature and origin of civilization itself. There
are extensive sections on the ancient Near East., Greece, Rome and medieval
Europe. These are in effect summaries of Durant's massive volumes. Concepts
about feudalism and economic activity in medieval Europe have changed with
recent scholarship.
|
Burns, Edward McNall & Philip
Lee Ralph
|
World Civilizations from Ancient
to Contemporary, Vol. 2 - 2nd ed.
|
W. W. Norton & Co., N.Y.,
1958, 710 pgs., index, illustrations, maps
|
Modern World history\
|
Volume two here begins in 1500
with Absolutism and then the Enlightenment. There is much more in this book on
Asia than in the above entry.
|
Burns, Thomas
|
A History of the Ostrogoths
|
Indiana Univ. Press,
Bloomingtron, 1964, 299 pgs., indeed, bibliography, end notes, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
The Ostrogoths established a
kingdom with Theodoric in northern Italy that attempted to preserve as much of
organized government as possible after the last western Roman emperor was
dethroned. Theodoric wanted to maintain relations with the East Romans at
Byzantium. The Byzantines, however, wanted to bring Italy back into their
empire and successfully defeated the Goths in several battles only to find them
replaced by the even more 'barbaric' Lombards. Boethius was Theodoric's advisor
for years, but unfortunately fell from grace and was executed. See Heather
-The Restoration of Rome
|
Burtt, Edwin Arthur
|
The Metaphysical Foundations of
Modern Physical Science
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N. Y., 1924, 352 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
|
Intellectual History
|
Yes, scientists were deeply
students of metaphisics, especially that paragon of modern science, Newton. The
author here examines the thoughts of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes,
Hobbes, Thomas More, Gilbert, and Boyle before tackling Newton. Newton spent
much time in study and writing about religion and alchemy.
|
Bury, J. B.
|
History of the Later Roman
Empire: From the death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian - Vol II
|
Dover Pub. N. Y., 1958, 494
pgs., index, maps, bibliography, notes, paper back
|
Ancient History
|
Considered a masterpiece of the
famous author. There are chapters on Justinian's wars with Persia and in Italy
and Africa. See books in this list on Byzantium.
|
Bury, J. B.
|
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry
into its Growth and Origin
|
Dover Pub., N. Y., 1932, 357
pgs., index, paper back
|
Intellectual History - Philosophy
|
A controversial thesis on the
concept of 'progress' - was it something new in modern times or did any ancient
people hold such a conception.
|
Butler, Alban, ed. Michael Walsh
|
Butler's Lives of the Saints,
revised
|
Harper, San Francisco, 1991, 466
pgs., index, paperback
|
Biography, Religious history
|
The famous biographies of
Catholic Saints arranged chronologicaly according to their feast deays in a
moder, edited edition.
|
Caesar, Julius, ed. Kurt Raaflaub
|
The Complete Works
|
Landmark Edition, Pantheon Books,
N.Y., 2017, 1000 pgs., index, maps, notes, glossary, appendices
|
Roman history, millitary history
|
The magnificant Landmark edition
joins the similar editions of Herodotus, Thucydides, Arrian, and Xenophon as
the definitive edition of Caesar's Gallic war, Civil War, Alexandrian War,
African war and Spanish War with extensive scholarly essays and maps. A very
special feature is that in addition to the41000 pages in print the edition
includes a web site and over 300 more pages os essays on many related and
impostant topics on Caesar and Roman history.
|
Calomiris, Charles W. &
Stephen Haber
|
Fragile by Design: The Political
Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2014, 570 pgs., index, references, foot notes
|
Economics, Finance, Banking
|
The authors show that the
structure of the banking system in a country is a result of political decisions
and policies. They describe the history of banking in the United States in
detail and show that periodic financial (banking) crises are a result. Then
they examine the banking systems in Canada, Mexico and Brazil as case studies
of the results of different banking systems also established by political
systems. The lesson is that the financial crisis in the US in 2008 was not the
result of banker greed but rather the actions of the banking system as it is
responsive to politics.
|
Cameron, Averil
|
The Later Roman Empire: AD
284-430
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1993, 238 pgs., index, further reading, primary sources, illustrations, map
|
Ancient Rome
|
The book is part of the series
"Fontana History of the Ancient World". It is concise but includes
discussion of all the important issues.
|
Camp, L. Sprague de
|
The Ancient Engineers
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N.Y., 1963, 408 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
The subject, as the title may
indicate, is engineers in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, medieval
Europe and Asia. But these individuals are known largely by their works.
|
Cantor, Norman F.
|
Medieval history: The Life and
Death of a Civilization
|
The Macmillan Co., N. Y.., 1963,
622 pgs., chronology, readings, illustrations, maps
|
Medieval History
|
A fine study of the entire period
from the 2nd to 14th centuries. Perhaps a little light on the 5th-7th
centuries. By one of my professors at Columbia Univ.
|
Carlson, Tucker
|
Ship of Fools
|
Free Press, N.Y., 2018, 244 pgs.,
|
Public Policy, economics,
politics
|
The subtitle is How a Selfish
Ruling Class is bringing America to the Brink of Revolution. The book is a
compendium of the many various issues that the ruling elite is using to expand
power and control over the masses.
|
Carnes, Mark C. & John A.
Garraty
|
Mapping America's Past
|
Henry Holt Co., N.Y., 1996, 287
pgs., index, bibliography, maps, illustrations,
|
Reference, American History
|
Based on maps, but there is much
more with the extensive text and statistics displayed graphically with maps.
|
Carr, Robert K. & Marver
Bernstein et al.
|
American Democracy in Theory and
Practice: Essentials of National, State, and Local Government
|
Rinehart & Co., N.Y., 1957,
737 pgs., index, illustrations, tables, appendix
|
American Politics - Government
|
A basic text book that describes
Federal, State and Local government as the greatest result of democracy in
action. Government welfare policy is a presumed achievement. Everything is the
best in all possible best of all worlds.
|
Carson, Clarence B.
|
The World In the Grip of an Idea
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle,
N.Y., 1978, 562 pgs., index, end notes
|
Political Philosophy, Modern
History
|
The author explains: "The
world is in the grip of an idea today. The thrust of the idea is to replace
man, to remove the supports for him in the position that he occupies and to
force him into a new place or configuration. The impact of the application of
this idea is to displace people." He describes the application of this
idea in the processes of Marxism - socialism - Bolshevization in Russia,
Nazification in Germany, Gradualism in England, social democracy in Sweden,
Republican gradualism in the U.S. . The generalized result is the subjugation
of the individual.
|
Carson, Clarence B.
|
A Basic History of the United
States Vol 1 The Colonial Experience 1607 - 1774
|
American Textbook Committee,
Wadley Alabama, 1983, 183 pgs., readings, glossary, index, notes,
illustrations, paperback
|
American History
|
Excellent text for high school
history courses. The author includes topics slighted in many course books
today.
|
Carson, Clarence B.
|
A Basic History of the United
States Vol 2 The Beginning of the Republic 1775 - 1825
|
American Textbook Committee,
Wadley Alabama, 1983, 262 pgs., index, readings, glossary, notes,
illustrations, paperback
|
American History
|
Excellent text for high school
history courses. The author includes topics slighted in many course books
today.
|
Carson, Clarence B.
|
A Basic History of the United
States Vol 3 The Sections and the Civil War 1826- 1877
|
American Textbook Committee,
Wadley Alabama, 1983, 224 pgs.. index, readings, glossary, notes,
illustrations, paperback
|
American History
|
Excellent text for high school
history courses. The author includes topics slighted in many course books
today.
|
Carson, Clarence B.
|
A Basic History of the United
States Vol 4 The Growth of America 1878 - 1928
|
American Textbook Committee,
Wadley Alabama, 1983, 300 pgs., index, readings, glossary, notes,
illustrations, paperback
|
American History
|
Excellent text for high school
history courses. The author includes topics slighted in many course books
today.
|
Carson, Clarence B.
|
A Basic History of the United
States Vol 5 The Welfare State 1929 - 1985
|
American Textbook Committee,
Wadley Alabama, 1983, 346 pgs., index, readings, glossary, notes,
illustrations, paperback
|
American History
|
Excellent text for high school
history courses. The author includes topics slighted in many course books
today.
|
Carta
|
Carta's Historical Atlas of
Israel: A survey of the past and review of the present
|
Carta, Jerusalem, 1996, 65 pgs.,
index, maps, chronology
|
Reference Atlas
|
Includes maps of Israel from
prehistoric era through Biblical, and Medieval times to the present day.
|
Carter, Howard
|
The Tomb of Tutankhamen
|
Sphere Books Ltd., London, 1972,
238 pgs., index, end notes, illustrations
|
Ancient History - archeology
|
Beautiful book with color
illustrations of the remarkable artifacts found in the tomb. The author found
the tomb in 1922, causing a sensation. His original report filled three
volumes, This is a summary. See also Christriane Desroches-Noblecourt
|
Cartwright, Frederick F.
|
Disease and History: The
influence of disease in shaping the great events of history
|
Thomas Y. Crowell Co., N. Y.,
1972, 248 pgs., index, bibliography
|
European history
|
There are 9 chapters in which the
author discusses a few major events - disease in the ancient world, black
death, syphilis, Typhus, and general impact of infections diseases.
|
Castell, Alburey & Mary J.
Shaw - eds.
|
Selected Readings in Social
Criticism from Rousseau, Burke, and Paine
|
Itasca Press, Webb Publishing,
Saint Paul, 1948, 84 pgs., paperback, large format
|
Political Philosophy
|
Readinsg of three of the most
famous and influential authors of the late 18th century on the eve of and
during the French Revolution.
|
Castiglione, Baldesar - trans.
Charles Singleton
|
The Book of the Courtier
|
Doubleday and Co., Garden City,
N. Y., 1959, 387 pgs., index, end notes, illustrations paperback
|
Renaissance Society
|
The classic book on how to be a
gentleman. It is based on the author's life at the court of Duke Francesco
Maria della Rovere and Guidobaldo Montefeltro, Dukes of Urbino.
|
Castries, Rene de La Croix, duc
de - trans. Anne Dobell
|
The Lives of the Kings and Queens
of France
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1979, 272
pgs., index, glossary, illustrations
|
Medieval and Modern History
|
The book is organized
chronologically by dynasty and within each a biography of each ruler and
summary of the times. These are Merovingians 450 -768; Carolingians 768-987;
direct Capetians 987-1328; Valois 1328-1589; Bourbons 1529-1792; restored
Bourbons 1814-1830; and Orleans 1830-1848. There are no ruling queens, all
queens are wives of a king. The illustrations are excellent.
|
Ceram, C. W. - trans. Richard and
Clara Winston
|
The Secrets of the Hittites: A
Discovery of an Ancient Empire
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1956, 291
pgs. , index, bibliography, illustrations
|
Archeology, Ancient History
|
The book tells the story of the
newly developed science of Hittitology as a branch of archeology. The Hittites
existed in modern knowledge only as a name in the records of other peoples
until the closing years of the 19th century. Now there is a full exhibition of
their artifacts in the museum in Ankara. The new and revolutionary information
was found not only in the uncovered capital and other cities of the Hittites in
east-central Turkey but in the discovered archives in Egypt.
|
Chambers, Frank P.
|
This Age of Conflict; The Western
World - 1914 to the Present
|
Harcourt, Brace & World, N.
Y., 1962, 880 pgs., index, end notes, bibliography, maps, glossary,
illustrations
|
Modern History
|
The content begins with World war
One and concludes with the Cold War to 1961. The focus is mostly on Europe.
Thus the book is a good supplement to Gordon Wright's An Age of Controversy,
which describes the same period but without the wars..
|
Chambers, James
|
The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol
Invasion of Europe
|
Atheneum, N. Y., 1979, 190 pgs.,
index, glossary, bibliography, illustrations, genealogy table, maps
|
Medieval History
|
The author places the Mongol's in
the wider context of Europe and the Near East.
|
Chambers, Mortimer
|
Greek and Roman History
|
Service Center for Teachers of
History, Wash., DS. C., 1958, 28 pgs., foot notes, paperback
|
Ancient History
|
A brief survey of recommended
sources and current scholarship to assist teachers with new reference material.
|
Channon, John
|
The Penguin Historical Atlas of
Russia
|
Penguin Books, London, 1995, 144
pgs., index, readings, illustrations, maps, time line
|
Russian History
|
As an atlas obviously the maps
are central. But the text is also excellent. The content is from the origins of
the Slavs to the dissolution of the USSR .
|
Checksfield, M. M.
|
Portraits of Renaissance Life and
Thought
|
Barnes & Noble, N.Y., 1965,
244 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes illustrations, maps
|
Biographies, Early Modern History
|
There are 10 biographies of
important historical figures from Lorenzo de' Medici to Cervantes. The author
writes about his choices: "They are presented here because they
illustrate, in their lives, work and personalities, certain aspects of the life
and thought of the time, and some knowledge of their activities should
therefore assist the reader, who it is assumed will have made or be making a
preliminary study of the general history..."
|
Chernow, Ron
|
Washington: A Life
|
Penguin Books, N.Y., 2010, index,
notes, bibliography, illustrations, paperback
|
American History, biography,
military history
|
Another stuning biogtraphy to
accompany Alexander Hamilton by this prize winning author.
|
Cheyney, Edward P.
|
The Dawn of a New Era: 1250-1452
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1936,
388 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, illustrations, foot notes, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe series. It is the first volume of the 20. It includes description and
analysis of the increase in trade and wealth, the expansion of the middle
class, popular insurrections, the 100 years' war, the decline of the Church and
increase in heresies, and language and literature.
|
Chirfovsky, Nicholas L.
|
A History of the Russian Empire
Vol 1: Grand-ducal Vladimir and Moscow
|
Philosophical Library, N. Y.,
1973, 449 pgs., index, bibliography, map
|
Russian History
|
The author is one of the most
rabid anti-Russian historians in print. He denies any connection between Kievan
Rus and the north east Vladimir - Moscow 'core' Russians. He uses every
disparaging and derogatory adjective short of profanity in his picture of Ivan
IV and Russian Tsars or Grand Princes in general.
|
Cialdini, Robert B.
|
Influence: The Psychology of
Persuasion
|
Collins Business, NY., 2007, 320
pgs., index, bibliography, notes, illustrations, paperback
|
psychology, marketing, deception.
compliance
|
An excellent study based on
extensive research and experiments. The subject is the deceptive methods used
by those wanting to persuade others into compliance with the persuader's
desires. The focus in mostly on marketing of goods and services, but the
application of deception is universal.
|
Chernow, Ron
|
Grant
|
Penguin Books, NY. 2018, 1074
pgs., index. notes, bibliography, illustrations, maps, paperback
|
Biography, American history,
military history
|
A huge volume reflecting
Chernow's usual massive, detailed study of original documents, archives,
primary sources. This is a full scale biography of an individual who happened
to be a leading military general and principle victorious commander in the
American Civil War and then an American President.
|
Chernow, Ron
|
Alexander Hamilton
|
|
Biography, American history,
military history
|
|
Chernow, Ron
|
Washington
|
Penguin Books, NY, 2011, 904
pgs., index, notes, bibliography, illustrations, paperback
|
Biography, American history,
military history
|
Another huge volume by this
outstading biographer.
|
Church, William F - ed.
|
The Greatness of Louis XIV:
Myth or Reality?
|
D. C. Heath Co., Boston, 1959,
100 pgs., readings, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This booklet in in the
Problems in European Civilization series designed for use by teachers in
classroom discussions. 17 essays either pro or con on the question. These
include many 18th century authors.
|
Churchill, Winston S.
|
A History of the English-Speaking
Peoples Vol 1 - The Birth of Britain
|
Dodd, Mead & Co., N. Y.,
1956, 521 pgs., index
|
Medieval History
|
From pre-Roman era to Richard III
|
Churchill, Winston S.
|
A History of the English-Speaking
Peoples Vol 2 - The New World
|
Dodd, Mead & Co., N. Y.,
1956, 433 pgs., index
|
Early Modern History
|
From Renaissance to the
revolution of 1688
|
Churchill, Winston S.
|
A History of the English-Speaking
Peoples Vol 3 - The Age of Revolution
|
Dodd, Mead & Co., N. Y.,
1957, 402 pgs., index, map
|
Modern History
|
From 1688 to 1815
|
Churchill, Winston S.
|
A History of the English-Speaking
Peoples Vol 4 - The Great Democracies
|
Dodd, Mead & Co., N. Y.,
1958, 403 pgs., index, maps
|
Modern History
|
From 1815 to 1901
|
Cicero, Quintus Tullius - trans.
Philip Freeman
|
How to Win and Election: An
Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
201, 299 pgs, glossary, further reading
|
Roman political advice
|
A translation of the ancient
Roman text of Quintus Cicero advice to his brother, Marcus Tullius Cicero, who
was running for election as consul.
|
Clark, Sir George
|
The Seventeenth Century
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y.,
1929-1961, 381 pgs., index, maps
|
Early Modern History -
Intellectual History
|
In his introduction the author
states that there was a major change in Europe in the mid-17th century. That
was the time of the end of the 30 Years' War and Peace of Westphalia, The
English Civil war, The transition in France from King Henry IV to King Louis
XIV, a time of major change in economic conditions and economic theory. It was
a time during which the English and French became more active in the New World
and also when artifacts and ideas were coming in from India and China. But
beyond all this it was a time of changes in thought.. And it is thought, ideas,
that the author has focused on here. But there are lengthy chapters also on
armies and navies. "One of the great changes of the seventeenth century
was the rise of navies." "The first striking fact in this history is
the great increase in the size of armies, in the scale of warfare."
"During the whole course of the seventeenth century there were only seven
complete calendar years in which there was no war between European
states."
|
Clayton, Peter A
|
Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The
Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
|
Thames and Hudson, London, 1994,
224 pgs. , index, 350 illustrations, bibliography
|
Ancient History
|
The chronological organization of
biographies and for each individual identification of his family provides a
valuable skeleton on which one can place the history of events during this
lengthy era.
|
Cleugh, James
|
Chant Royal; The Life of Louis
XI, King of France
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N.Y., 1970, 312 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
The Spider King, Louis XI, lived
from 1423 to 1483 and ruled from 1461. The first six chapters describe his
difficult life during the reign of his hated father, King Charles VII, ruled
(1423-1461).As a teenager he was already drawn into politics by being given
important governmental duties. But in 1456, being totally estranged from his
father, he fled to the court of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Both were
descendents through several generations from French King Philip VI of Valois.
The last chapters recount the machinations and manipulations that resulted in
Louis being nicknamed 'the Spider King'.
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Clough, Shepard R, & Peter
Gay & Charles Warner - eds.
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The European Past Vol II:
Reappraisals in History since Waterloo
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Macmillan Co., N. Y., 1964, 530
pgs., foot notes, paperback
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Modern History
|
The editors state that their
objective is to introduce new materials and a new approach to the study of
European History. The content is a series of essays that individually seek to
present reevaluations or conflicts of interpretation of 32 important historical
topics. The list begins with Henry Kissinger writing on the Congress of Vienna.
Hans Kohn writes on the revolution of 1848. There are several essays on
Intellectual trends. There are essays on Napoleon III, Cavour, and Bismarck.
The origins of World War One and the Treaty of Versailles are discussed. More
essays are on totalitarianism, World War Two and the Cold War.
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Coburn, Tom A.
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The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to
Stop Washington from Bankrupting America
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Thomas Nelson, Dallas, Texas,
2012, 349 pgs., index, end notes, appendices, graphs
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Public Policy, finance, economics
|
Senator Coburn is the leading
exposer of government waste and fiscal insanity. He denounces expanding debt
but with little result. The book is an effort to generate more public attention
to the 'debt bomb'
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Coggan, Philip
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Paper Promises
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Subtitle - Debt, Money and the
New World Order - PublicAffairs NY., 2012, 302 pgs. index, notes, paperback
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Economics, public policy,
investment
|
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Cohen, Joan and Jerome
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China Today: and her Ancient
Treasures
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Harry N. Abrams, Inc. N. Y.,
1975, 349 pgs., index, bibliography, chronology, illustrations,
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China
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A large section of the book is
devoted to 'China Today' meaning the period 1960-1975, which of course is
nothing like China in 2014. But it is rather a historical account now by
authors who were critical observers yet on the whole supportive. The great
strength of the book, however, is in the excellent and extensive sections on
ancient and medieval China with rich use of illustrations from museums as well
as countryside.
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Cohn, Norman
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The Pursuit of the
Millennium: Revolutionary messianism in medieval and Reformation Europe and its
bearing on modern totalitarian movements
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Harper &
Brothers, N. Y., 1961, 481 pgs., index, bibliography, end note, paper back
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Political Theory
|
See Talmon also on
messianism. This book by noted medieval historian takes the story back into the
middle ages. Each chapter focuses on a specific group that embraced
messianistic beliefs.
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Colish, Marcia L.
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Medieval Foundations
of the Western Intellectual Tradition 400 - 1400
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Yale Univ. Press,
1997, 388 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, paperback
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Intellectual History
- Medieval History
|
The author presents
a huge amount of information on what actually was taking place in western
Europe during the middle ages, especially the early middle ages so often
mislabled 'dark ages' as a result of the self serving attitude of
"enlightenment' authors. On the other hand she to some extent lessens the
influence of retained knowledge of classical Greece and Rome by medieval
scholars. See also her excellent analylsis of Machiavelli's Art of Warin
Renaissance Quarterly v. 51, 1998 - listed in the military book list.)
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Commager, Henry Steele &
Richard Morris - eds.
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The "Spirit of 'Seventy-Six:
The Story of the American Revolution as told by Participants - 2 vol
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The Bobbs-Merrill Co.,
Indianapolis, 1958, 1348 pgs., index, maps, illustration
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American History
|
A massive collection of
eye-witness primary documents describing events of the American Revolution
|
Conti-Brown, Peter
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The Power and Independence of the
Federal Reserve
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Princeton University Press,
Princeton, 2016, 347 pgs., index, bibliography, notes
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Economics, politics, history,
financial institutions
|
An excellent study of the Federal
Reserve, The author describes the history of the Federal Reserve - much
different from most versions. And he focuses on its current role. He believes
tghe Federal Reserve Banks are unconstitutional. he recommends serious reforms
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Coolidge, Olivia E.
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Hercules and other tales from
Greek Myths
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Scholastic Book Services, N.Y.,
1949, 133 pgs., paperback
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Literature
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Greek myths for school students.
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Cooper, George
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The Origin of Financial Crises
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Random House, NY., 2008, 194
pgs., index, mathematical appendix, paperback
|
Economics, finance, financial
crisis of 2008
|
The subtitle is: Central Banks,
Credit Bubbles, and the Efficient Market Fallacy
|
Cooper, George
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Money, Blood and Revolution
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Harriman House, Hampshire, UK.
2014, 204 pgs., index, bibliography, diagrams
|
Economics, finance, public policy
|
The subtitle is: How Darwin and
the doctor of King Charles I could turn economics into a science. The author
applies Thomas Khun's concept about the revolutions in establishment theories
about fundamental scientific reality have been agents in its development and
transformation during history. He contends that similar such revolutions are
needed now to set economics on a right path. But I disagree because I do not
believe economics will ever become a science.
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Copeland, Miles
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Without Cloak and Dagger: The
Truth about the new Espionage
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Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1974,
351 pgs., index, appendices
|
American History
|
The author claims to be greatly
upset by the mass of erroneous stuff about intelligence that fills the media
and academia. He was a professional at the business and intends to tell the
true story, but without revealing any secrets that might endanger American
intelligence operations or individuals today (meaning in 1974).
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Copley, Gregory R.
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The Art of Victory
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Threshold Pubs. 2006, 328 pgs.,
index
|
Strategy, geopolitics, economics
|
Subtitle: Strategies for Personal
Success and Global Survival in a Changing World
|
Copley, Gergory. R.
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The New Total War of the 21st
Century and the Trigger of the Fear Pandemic
|
International Strategic
Association, 2020, 316 pgs., index
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Warfare, economics, geopolitics
|
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Corbett, James A.
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The Papacy
|
D. Van Nostrand, N. Y., 1956, 187
pgs. , bibliography, list of popes
|
General History
|
A short and rather superficial
history, but it does hit the main issues. The important value is that it
contains 29 significant primary source documents..
|
Cornell, T. J.
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The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and
Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (ca. 1000 - 264 B.C.)
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Routledge, London, 1995, 507
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, illustrations, maps, tables
|
Ancient History
|
The author discusses in great
detail the archeological evidence for the earliest period in Rome - not only
Rome but all of Italy.. Thus he bases his concepts about the reality of early
Rome on physical evidence rather than later Roman myths. This is a wonderful
book.
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Corzine, Phyllis
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The Black Death
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Lucent Books, San Diego, 1997,
112 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, illustrations
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Medieval History
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The text is written for your
readers. With clear illustrations it well explains the origin, causes, and
results of the plague that swept through Europe. Especially useful is the
description of the climate change to colder and wetter weather that had already
had serious negative impact almost exactly 100 years before the plague began..
The chapter on its legacy is especially valuable not only because it well
describes specific changes in society and beliefs but also because by example
it shows the interrelationships between seemingly separate events.
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Costain, Thomas B.
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The White and the Gold: The
French Regime in Canada
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N.Y., 1954, 482 pgs., index
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Early Modern History
|
The narrative begins with John
Cabot's voyages to the New World. Then came Jacques Cartier and Samuel de
Champlian. It was Champlain who did the most to organize French colonization
and Costain initially devotes most attention to his efforts. But the story
expanded greatly from that effort. Costain describes the efforts and deaths of
the Jesuit Martyrs and the victory of the Iroquois over the Hurons. King Louis
XIV takes an interest and becomes active. The French defeat the Iroquois. Jean
Talon improves colonial organization. Costain discusses the activities of
Radisson and Groseilliers and Frontenac. Then come La Salle, Marquette and
Joliet. Finally, Costain turns to the wars between French and English. The book
is especially valuable for students who generally learn only about the English
colonies.
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Coulanges, Numa Denis Fustel de -
trans. Willard Small
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The Ancient City
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Doubleday & Co. Garden City,
N.Y., 1873., 396 pgs., paper back
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Ancient History
|
Considered a classic. The subject
is the social life in the classic Greek and Roman city. And family life was
based on religious belief. Thus the subject includes marriage, morals, law,
city government, social classes and the changes that took place with the
beginnings of Christianity.
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Coulton, G. G.
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Medieval Village, Manor, and
Monastery
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Harper and Brothers, N. Y., 1925,
reprinted 1960, 603 pgs., index, foot notes, illustrations, appendices
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Medieval History
|
This book is a counterpart to
Labarge "A baronial household.." It is organized topically. The
peasant's lot is shown to be not a happy one.
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Cowen, Tyler & Alex Tabarrok
|
Modern Principles:
Microeconomics, 2nd ed.
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Worth Pub., NY., 2013, 490 pgs.,
index, illustrations, tables, charts, glossary, readings, paperback
|
Economics
|
Excellent text book for course in
micro-economics with questions and examples
|
Coyle, Diane
|
GDP: A Brief but Affectionate
history
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Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2014, 159 pgs., index, end notes
|
Economics, Finance, Public Policy
|
The author describes well what
the concept of GDP is and is not, how it came to be, what are its limitations.
Despite all the problems from its limitations she considers it still the best
statistical measure we have for determining national productivity.
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Crankshaw, Edward
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The Fall of the House of Habsburg
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Viking Press, N. Y., 1963, 459
pgs., index, notes and sources, illustrations
|
Modern History
|
This is a much different book
from Oscar Jaszi's Dissolution of the House of Habsburg. There is much
less attention to the multitude of ethnic groups within the empire. Jaszi
stresses 'organic' collapse. Crankshaw focuses more on external forces in
particular Prussia, Russia and Italy.
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Crawford, Michael
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The Roman Republic
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Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1992, 240 pgs., index, readings, dates, appendices. maps, illustration,,
sources
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Ancient Roman History
|
Part of the Fontana series. There
is an appendix on the Roman Army.
|
Crocker. H. W. III
|
The Politically Incorrect Guide
to the Civil War
|
Regnery Pub. Wash. D. C., 2008,
370 pgs., index, notes, illustrations, paperback
|
American History
|
Well, the book begins with the
section heading "Why the South Was Right ", so we can take the author
at his word for his title. One part of the book consists of summaries of
individual battles from First Manassas to Appomattox. The next section is
biographies of many of the leading generals. The book is written for the high
school student readers.
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Cronin, Vincent
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The Florentine Renaissance
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E. P. Dutton Co, NM. Y., 1967,
316 pgs., index, sources and notes, illustrations, appendices, maps,
|
Early Modern History
|
The content includes all aspects
of the Renaissance - art, literature, religion, personalities, the French
invasion by King Charles VII, and Savonarola
|
Cronin, Vincent
|
The Flowering of the Renaissance
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E. P. Dutton Co, NM. Y., 1969,
332 pgs., index, sources and notes, illustrations, appendices, maps, list of
popes and table of dates.
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Early Modern History
|
In this sequel the story moves to
Rome and Venice. - Pope Julius II and Caesar Borgia. We learn of Pope Julius'
commissions to Michelangelo and Raphael. And Pope Julius' wars as well. But art
and artists predominate throughout.
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Crosher, Judith
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The Greeks
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Macdonald Educational, London,
1974, 61 pgs., index, time line, glossary, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
A highly illustrated book for
young students. The author describes the every-day- life of the Greeks.
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Cultural Atlas of the World-
Michael Roaf
|
Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near
East
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Andromeda, Oxford, 1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria Va. 238 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, king list, sites.
|
Ancient History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about cities from Jericho to
Persepolis and states like Assyria and Babylon.
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Cultural Atlas of the World- John
Baines & Jaromir Malek
|
Ancient Egypt
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Andromeda, Oxford, 1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria Va. 238 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, sites.
|
Ancient History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about all aspects of Egyptian
society including religion, culture, economy, but with reference to geography
and locations shown on maps..
|
Cultural Atlas of the World- John
Rogerson
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The Bible
|
Andromeda, Oxford, 1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria Va. 238 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, sites.
|
Ancient History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about the historical
development of the Bible, but with reference to locations from Tyre to
Capernaum and the geography of Palestine. Art and warfare are included..
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Cultural Atlas of the World-
Peter Levi
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The Greek World
|
Andromeda, Oxford, 1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria Va. 238 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, sites.
|
Ancient History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about the entire Greek world
from Bronze age to Hellenistic kingdoms, but with reference to geography. Many
sites are described from Mycenae to Priene, Gods and goddesses are discussed,
Theater, art, everyday life, warfare and campaigns, sport and other activities
are included..
|
Cultural Atlas of the World- Tim
Cornell & John Matthews
|
The Roman World
|
Andromeda, Oxford, 1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria Va. 238 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, , sites.
|
Ancient History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about Rome from earliest times
to its decline and Gothic invasions, but in the context of geography. Events
and developments in culture as well as politics are linked to locations with
excellent maps and pictures..
|
Cultural Atlas of the World-
Caroline Blunden & Mark Elvin
|
China
|
Andromeda, Oxford, 1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria Va. 238 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, tables, sites.
|
World History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about China from Neolithic era
to modern times. Tables show for instance, economic growth, Ming provinces,
population shifts. Art and religion are included.
|
Cultural Atlas of the World-
Michael Coe, Dean Snow and Elizabeth Benson
|
Ancient America
|
Andromeda, Oxford, 1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria Va. 238 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, sites.
|
World History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about North, Central and South
America from the period of first arrivals of Indians to that of Columbus.
Individual sites are described and shown. There are many maps of special
features, no only the extent of the many kingdoms and tribes. Resources,
beliefs, and every day activities are included.
|
Cultural Atlas of the World-
Jocelyn Murray
|
Africa
|
Andromeda, Oxford, 1981-1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria VA. 240 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, sites.
|
World History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about the culture and nations
of Africa all with reference to geographic location. These are divided into
North, West, West Central, Northeast, East, South East, Southern and Africa in
the Indian Ocean.. .
|
Cultural Atlas of the World- C.
Black et al.
|
The Renaissance
|
Andromeda, Oxford, 1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria Va. 238 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, sites.
|
World History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about the era not only in
Italy but throughout Europe. There are special sections on many subjects such
as Dante, music, Chambord, Inquisition, Escorial, Hampton Court. Maps show the
locations for events and subjects discussed..
|
Cultural Atlas of the World-
Robin Milner-Gullalnd
|
Russia and the Soviet Union
|
Andromeda, Oxford, 1990,
Stonehedge Press, Alexandria Va. 240 pgs., index, glossary, maps,
illustrations, chronology, gazetteer, sites.
|
Russian History
|
This is a marvelous series as the
list here indicates. The text and illustrations combine a geographic atlas type
organization with detailed descriptions and analysis of individual locations,
events and cultural developments. This volume is about the huge time spread
from medieval Rus to recent Soviet Union. Special topics include everything
from
Scythian gold to Stravinsky. Individual regions from the Baltic to Central Asia
are discussed.
|
Curtius, Ernst Robert - trans.
Willard R. Trask
|
European Literature and the Latin
Middle Ages
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1953,
658 pgs., index, bibliography, appendix, foot notes
|
Literature - Medieval History
|
The author reports that his
central concern was to preserve something of Western culture. (And how
difficult that is today.) The books is organized by topics rather than
chronologically or by medieval author. Boethius, Abelard, Isidore of Seville,
and many more of the early medieval authors are included. A reviewer wrote:
"One of the most important contributions of our time to the field of
comparative literature, and - what is even more important - one of the richest
and most eloquent testimonials to the continuity of Western Culture." See
also Arthur Herman - The Cave and the Light.
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Custine, Marquis de
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Empire of the Czar: A Journey
Through Eternal Russia
|
Doubleday, N. Y., 1989, 631 pgs.,
index, map
|
Russian History
|
The original memoir was composed
in 1839 and depicted a very backward (in western European eyes) country.
|
Daiches, David
|
Charles Edward Stuart: The Life
and Times of Bonnie Prince Charlie
|
Thames and Hudson, London, 1973,
356 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, illustrations
|
Early Modern History - Biography
|
This lengthy study is indeed
about much more than the biography of its hero. The story involves not only
Scotland and England but France as well. There is a good account with map of
the battle of Culloden and one of Falkirk as well.
|
Dalio, Ray
|
Big Debt Crises
|
Bridgewater, Westport CT., 2018,
noes, tables, graphs,
|
Economics, public policy,
history,
|
The author attempts to explain
financial history - bubbles and busts, banking, money, credit, debt and
especially what happened in 2008.
|
Dampier, Sir William Cecil
|
A Shorter History of Science
|
Meridian Books, N. Y., 1957, 190
pgs. , index, bibliography, illustrations, paper back
|
History -=Science
|
Of course a huge amount of new
scientific knowledge has been achieved since 1957. But this brief outline of
ancient, medieval, renaissance and early modern eras still provides useful
information
|
Dannenfeldt, Karl H. - ed.
|
The Renaissance: Medieval or
Modern?
|
D. C. Heath Co., Boston, 1959,
115 pgs., readings, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This booklet is in the problems
in European Civilization series designed for use by teachers in classroom
discussion. There are 14 essays lead off by an extract from Jacob Burckhardt's
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, which was a major work in
forming modern views of the subject. But he had his critics represented here.
|
Davenport, Basil - ed.
|
The Portable Roman Reader: The
Culture of the Roman State
|
Viking Press, N.Y., 1951, 656
pgs.,
|
Roman Literature
|
The editor's selection of
extracts from important Roman authors, translated by various scholars. Early
authors include Plautus and Terence. Particularly valuable is the inclusion of
St. Augustine and Boethius as the last authors. Greeks writing in Rome, such as
Polybius are not included.
|
Davidson, James Dale
|
The Disappearance of Integrity
and the Financial Destruction of America's Middle Class
|
Strategic Investment Ltd,
Baltimore, 1996, 92 pgs., paperback
|
Current fiscal and monetary
policy
|
The author believes current
fiscal and monetary policy is set on destruction of the middle class in the
United States.
|
Davidson, James West &
William Gienapp, et al.
|
Nation of Nations: A Narrative
history of the American Republic, Vol. 1 to 1877
|
McGraw Hill, Boston, 2005, 400
pgs., index, appendix, illustrations, maps
|
American History
|
A basic high school text book.
Included is a CD with original source documents. There is very little
discussion of the War of 1812, Mexican War or even the Civil War, as if the
authors sought to eliminate warfare.
|
Davies, Glyn
|
History of Money: From Ancient
Times to the Present Day
|
Univ. of Wales Press, Cardiff,
2002, 720 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, illustrations, paper back
|
Economic history, Banking &
Finance
|
The most comprehensive treatment
of the history of money. But the author claims a significant role for barter in
ancient societies. This is much disputed. In ancient temple and palace
economies credit was kept as a money of account.
|
Davies, J. K.
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Democracy and Classical Greece
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1993, 308 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, sources,
|
Ancient Greek History
|
The book is part of the Fontana
series on the ancient world. It includes study of Athens, Sparta and Thebes.
Also included is the Peloponnesian War
|
Davies, Norman
|
Europe - A History
|
Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1993,
1365 pgs., index, end notes, maps, illustrations, appendices
|
European History
|
From the 1365 page length one can
get an idea immediately about the scope of the content of this highly
recommended book. It begins with consideration of the geographical environment
and then prehistory. The narrative and commentary marches on through classical
Greece and Rome to the 'Birth of Europe' between 300 and 800 AD. Chapters
follow divided by the typical designations - middle ages 750-1270; Christendom
in Crisis 1250-1493; Renaissance and Reformation 1450-1670; Enlightenment and
Absolutism 1650-1789; Revolution 1770-1815; Powerhouse 1815-1914; Europe in
Eclipse 1914-1945; Europe divided and undivided 1945-1991.
|
Davis, Charles - ed.
|
The Eagle, the Crescent, and The
Cross: Sources of Medieval History Vol I, (c.250 - c. 1000)
|
Appleton - Century - Crofts, N.
Y., 1967, 240 pgs., foot notes, sources, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
This is volume I of a collection
of extracts from primary sources, organized both by topics and chronologically.
For each, the editor has supplied commentary. The first set is documents
relating to the relationship between empire and church. The last
chronologically is about the role of the monarchy in the west - about
Charlemagne, Alfred, Otto III and law. In between there are sections on Islam,
Byzantium and Barbarians
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Davis, Charles - ed.
|
Western Awakening: Sources of
Medieval History Vol II (c. 1000 - c. 1500)
|
Appleton - Century - Crofts, N.
Y., 1967, 256 pgs., foot notes, sources, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
This is a collection of extracts
from primary sources, organized both by topics and chronologically. For each,
the editor has supplied commentary. The first set is documents relating to the
Investiture Controversy - the excommunication of German Emperor Henry VI by
Pope Gregory VII. The last chronologically are by Machiavelli, Philippe de
Commynes, and Desiderius Erasmus
|
Davis, William Stearns
|
Readings in Ancient History I :
Greece and the East
|
Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1912,
357 pgs., notes, end notes
|
Ancient History
|
The content is extracts from
original sources for student use. These include ancient Egypt, Babylonia,
Assyria, Persia, Greece to Hellenistic Age. It is an example of what the high
school student was expected to study a century ago. Volume II of this set is by
Willis West
|
Defoe, Daniel
|
A Journal of the Plague Year
|
W. Norton Co, N.Y. 1992, 359
pgs., footnotes. paperback
|
Fiction but English history
|
Written as fiction but based on
actual events of the Palgue that hit England and London in 1665.
|
Defoe, Daniel
|
Robinson Crusoe
|
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Fiction
|
Valuable fiction but contains
detaied economic theory as it describes Crusoe's prioitazation of time,
production and consumption
|
Delsol, Jean-Philippe, Nicolas
Lecasussin, Emmanuel Martin
|
Anti-Piletty
|
Cato Institute, ash., D.C., 2017,
272 pgs., index, notes, paperback
|
Economics
|
The authors disagree with the
conclusions and methods of Dr. Piketty
|
Dent, Harry S. Jr.
|
The Demographic Cliff: How to
Survive and Prosper During the Great Deflation of 2014-1019
|
Portfolio, Penguin, 2014, 358
pgs., index, graphs, tables
|
Economics, Investment ideas,
|
The author believes too much in
cycles rather than waves or trends. However, he is right to focus on the
economic impact of demographics. He shows detail down to the buying habits of
age groups as they age. I believe the current deflation began long before 2014
- rather around 2000 but it has been lessened somewhat by the extraordinary
monetary methods of the world Central banks. Based on his analysis then, he
provides in chapter 7 some recommended strategies for self protection over the
coming decade..
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Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane
|
Life and death of a pharaoh -
Tutankhamen
|
New York Graphic Society, N. Y.,
1963, 312 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Archeology - Ancient History
|
A spectacular book with color
illustrations of the artifacts found by Carter in Tutankhamen's tomb. - see
Carter - The author is an archeologist and Egyptologist. The author provides a
moving account of Lord Carnarvon's support of the archeological exploration and
his sudden death. The rest of the book is a detailed account of both the
finding of the tomb and its contents and the reconstructed history of
Tutankhamen.
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DeVoto, Bernard - ed.
|
The Journals of Lewis and Clark
|
Houghton Mifflin Co./, Boston,
1955, 504 pgs., index, maps
|
American History
|
The Journals were a priceless
addition to early American's knowledge about the new wilderness Jefferson had
just purchased. DeVoto is just the man to prepare them for publication today.
|
DeVoto, Bernard
|
Across the Wide Missouri
|
Bonanza Books, N. Y., 1947, 483
pgs., index, illustrations
|
American History
|
One of my long time favorite
books. The stunning illustrations are by Alfred Jacob Miller, Charles Bodmer
and George Catlin, all original artist painters of the early western US and its
native inhabitants. This is the story of the 'mountain men' the fur trappers
and adventurers, scouts, and explorers of the Louisiana Purchase terrain, in
1833-38. During the time a Scottish adventurer, William Drummond Stewart
decided on seeing the area for himself. He took a young artist, Alfred Jacob
Miller, along. The result was spectacular. The Miller sketches reproduced here
look like photographs in their detail. In addition to his main text focused on
the fur trapper industry with the many Miller and a few Catlin and Bodmer
illustrations, DeVoto appends a fascinating chapter devoted to description and
analysis of all the artists who visited the West during the same period, with
most attention to these three.. It includes his expert evaluation of these
men's artistic skill, the quality of specific paintings and biographies of
their activities.
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Dickens, Charles
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Charming Children of Dickens'
Stories
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Smithsonian Company, Oakland
Calif. 1906, illustrations
|
Literature
|
This contains 20 chapters, each
about one of the famous children in Dickens' stories. For instance, starting
with Little Nell and Little Dorrit to Joe, the Fat boy and Tom and Louisa
Gradgrind.
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Diehl, Charles - trans. Naomi
Walford
|
Byzantium; Greatness and Decline
|
Rutgers Univ;. Press, New
Brunswick, 1957, 366 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
In contrast with Norwich and
Ostrogorsky (see below), the organization of this book is more topical than
chronological. The full history from foundation to 1453 is described in the
first few pages. The rest is with such section titles at "Elements of
Power "; "Elements of Weakness"; and "Byzantium's
contribution to the world". The book, then, is a fine companion to the
above mentioned two. The section on military can be compared with the many
books in the military history list.
|
Dixon, Wilfrid J. & Frank
Massey Jr.
|
Introduction to Statistical
Analysis
|
McGraw - Hill Book Co., N. Y.,
1951, 370 pgs. , index, tables
|
Mathematics
|
Standard student text book in
statistics.
|
Dmytryshyn, Basil ed.
|
Medieval Russia; A source book,
900-1700
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1967, 312 pgs., glossary, bibliography, genealogy tables,
|
Russian History
|
This source book has extracts
from primary documents begining with Kievan Rus, then Muscovite Russia down to
the 1550's.
|
Dobbs, Richard & James
Manyika, Jonathan Woetzel
|
No Ordinary Disruption: The Four
Global Forces Breaking all the Trends
|
Public Affairs, N.Y., 2015, 277
pgs., index, bibliography, notes, charts
|
Economics, current public policy
|
A very important book. The
authors focus on the current dramatic changes in the world that impact
economics and investment as well as poblic policy and national security: 1
shift in economic activity to emerging markets and shifts of economic activity
within these markets - 2 disrup;tive force in the acceleration in scope, scale
and economic impact of technology - 3 - Demographics=4 degree in which the
world is much more connnected through trade and movement of capital.
|
Dolgun, Alexander
|
Alexander Dolgun's Story; An
American in the Gulag
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1975,
503 pgs.,
|
Memoir - Modern History
|
The memoir of an American who was
captured by the Soviet secret police right on the street in Moscow in 1948 and
survived 25 years in the Gulag.
|
D'Orazio, Federica
|
Rome Then and Now
|
Thunder Bay Press, San Diego,
2004, 144 pgs., index, illustrations, large format
|
Architecture
|
A spectacular book with full
color illustrations on facing pages that match with older photos, some dated
and some not. They include many famous places and many more obscure. Some look
remarkably the same and other show major changes.
|
Dorf, Philip
|
Visualized American Government
|
Oxford Book Co., N.Y., 1947,
index, bibliography, illustrations
|
Reference text - American
Government
|
A basic text for high schools
|
Domingos, Pedro
|
The Master Algorithm
|
Basic Books, N.Y., 2015, 329
pgs., readings
|
Future world - artificial
intelligence- computers
|
The sub-title provides the
subject - How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake t=our
World - - read with Gilder=Knowledge and Power
|
Dorn, James A. ed
|
Monetary Alternatives
|
CATO Institute, Wash. D.C. 2017,
303 pgs., index, bibliography, footnotes, paperback
|
Economics, public policy,
political science, finance, money
|
Subtitle is: Rethinking
Government Fiat Money The book comprises a set of 18 essays on related issues
about current American monetary policy and actions, including the FED and
banking system
|
Dorn, Walter
|
Competition for Empire: 1740-
1763
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1940,
424 pgs. , index, bibliography, illustrations, foot notes, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe series. It includes, political, economic, and intellectual history. This
era included the development of absolutism in government and also the
Enlightenment in intellectual fields. It includes the Seven Years' War., the
Anglo-Spanish War, The Italian War, Commercial wars, and The War of the
Austrian Succession
|
Douglas, David C.
|
The Norman Achievement
|
Univ. of Calif. Press, Berkeley,
1969, index, bibliography, dates, rulers, illustrations, maps,
|
Medieval History
|
The origins and conquests from
Normandy, to England to Italy to Sicily, and then on the Crusades. The book
also sets the Normans into the general background context of their times. (See
Brown).
|
Dowd, David L - ed.
|
Napoleon Was He the Heir of the
Revolution?
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.Y.,
1961, 60 pgs., readings, map, foot notes, paperback
|
Modern History
|
The booklet is in the Source
Problems series for use by teachers in classroom. There are 14 topical chapters
plus introduction and conclusion.
|
Doyle, William
|
The Oxford History of the French
Revolution
|
Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1989,
466 pgs., index, bibliography, appendices, end notes, paperback
|
Modern History
|
The author provides a section on
the background in France prior to the revolution. The book concludes in 1802
and the author's assessment and evaluation .
|
Druon, Maurice -trans. Humphrey
Hare
|
The She-Wolf of France
|
Charles Scribner's Sons, N. Y.
,1960, 335 pgs. , historical notes, List of key personalities
|
Medieval History
|
Isabella of France, - the She
Wolf - wife of King Edward II - sister of French King Charles IV, daughter of
the great Philip IV - lived in the midst of intrigue and insurrection. In
France the curse of the Templars was seen to work its way and it is thought
that she might have brought it also to England. Thus does the author weave the
fates of these ill-stared royals. There is much conversation mixed with
narrative and appraisal. In the conclusion of this sordid tale King Edward dies
in agony. Read on.
|
Duckett, Eleanor
|
Death and Life in the Tenth
Century
|
Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann
Arbor, 1968, 359 pgs., index, sources, genealogy charts, tables, maps
|
Medieval History
|
The author has an interesting
metaphor for organization - the season. The 10th century begins with the
approach of Winter 885-99 and Winter itself 900 - 918. The situation is grim.
Then comes Spring 919-936 and revival. Summer begins 936-983 and then fully
flowers 983-1002 with the reign of Emperor Otto III. These episodes are very
much described in terms of their principal protagonists. Part Two is all about
the flowering - the Tenth Century in its harvest - chapters describe the
harvest in religion; harvest in verse; harvest in drama; harvest in art;
harvest in learning. The text is engaging and a pleasure to read.
|
Dudley, Donald R.
|
The Romans 850 B.C. - A. D. 337
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1979, 316
pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, maps
|
Ancient History
|
The book is in a series titled
The History of Human Society. The focus is more on society, culture,
intellectual history. But political and military events and personalities are
described in general terms.
|
Dulles, Foster Rhea
|
The United States Since 1865
|
Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann
Arbor, 1959, 565 pgs. , index, readings, maps,
|
American History
|
This is paired with Michael Kraus
- The United States to 1865 - It is a straight forward history text book
for colleges. The author includes, economics, culture, politics, warfare,
literature.
|
Duncan, David Douglas
|
The Kremlin
|
New York Graphic Society,
Greenwich, Conn, 1960, 171 pgs., illustrations, end notes, large format
|
Russian History - art and
architecture
|
The author was granted special
permission during 5 trips to take these photographs, do research and write the
text. This is a spectacular book. And the photographer-author has written a
very thoughtful history of the Kremlin as well, told in the biographies of the
rulers from Ivan III on.
|
Duncan, David Douglas
|
Great Treasures of The Kremlin
|
Crown Pub. N. Y., 1979, 139 pgs.,
illustrations, end notes, very large format
|
Russian History - art and
architecture
|
This newer edition contains the
same illustrations and text as the previous one, but in even larger format. And
in his note here Mr. Duncan feels able to explain how and from whom he obtained
the remarkable detailed information about the history of the Kremlin and each
exhibit for the notes in that edition as well.
|
Duncan, Richard
|
The New Depression
|
John Wiley & Sons, Singapore,
2012, 179 pgs., index, charts
|
Economics, investment
|
Subtitle: The Breakdown of the
Paper money Economy - predictions about coming financial crisis
|
Durant, Will
|
The Story of Philosophy
|
The Pocket Library, N. Y., 1960,
543 pgs., index, glossary, paper back
|
History of Philosophy
|
This is brief biographies and
discussion of the thoughts of a series of important philosophers, Plato,
Aristotle, Greek Science, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire and Enlightenment
authors, Immanuel Kant and German idealism, Schopenhauer, Herbert Spencer,
Freidrich Nietzsche, Henri Bergson, Benedetto Croce, Bertrand Russell, George
Santaynara, William James, and John Dewey. Quite a list.
|
Durant, Will
|
The Story of Civilization: Part I
- Our Oriental Heritage
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1954,
1049 pgs., index, end notes, map, glossary, illustrations
|
Ancient History - Oriental
History
|
The history of civilization in
ancient Egypt and the Near East to the death of Alexander, and in China, India,
and Japan from the beginning to our own day; with an introduction on the nature
and foundation of civilization. Durant divides the first section on the
'establishment of civilization' into chapters - conditions - economic elements
- political elements - moral elements - mental elements - and prehistoric
begining. He includes sections on these general subjects for each of the
civilizations such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Japan.
|
Durant, Will
|
The Story of Civilization: Part
II - The Life of Greece
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1939,
754 pgs., index, end notes, map, bibliography, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
The history of Greek civilization
from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the death of
Alexander, to the Roman conquest; with introduction on the prehistoric culture
of Crete
|
Durant, Will
|
The Story of Civilization: Part
III - Caesar and Christ
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1954,
751 pgs., index, end notes, map, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
The history of Roman Civilization
and of Christianity from their beginnings to A. D. 325.
|
Durant, Will
|
The Story of Civilization: Part
IV - The Age of Faith
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1950,
1196 pgs., index, end notes, map, bibliography, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
The history of Medieval
Civilizations - Christian, Islamic, and Judaic - from Constantine to Dante: A.
D.. 325 - 1300
|
Durant, Will
|
The Story of Civilization: Part V
- The Renaissance
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1953,
776 pgs., index, end notes, map, bibliography, illustrations
|
Early Modern History
|
The history of Civilization in
Italy from 1304 - 1576 A. D.
. |
Durant, Will
|
The Story of Civilization: Part
VI - The Reformation
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1957,
1025 pgs., index, end notes, bibliography, illustrations
|
Early Modern History
|
The history of European
Civilization from Wyclif to Calvin: 1300 - 1564.
|
Durant, Will and Ariel
|
The Story of Civilization: Part
VII - The Age of Reason Begins
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1961,
727 pgs., index, end notes, map, bibliography, illustrations
|
Modern History
|
The history of European
Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montgaigne, Rembrant,
Galileo, and Descartes: 1558 - 1648
|
Durant, Will and Ariel
|
The Story of Civilization: Part
VIII - The Age of Louis XIV
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1963,
802 pgs., index, end notes, map, bibliography, illustrations
|
Modern History
|
The history of European
Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the
Great, Newton, and Spinoza: 1648 - 1715
|
Durant, Will and Ariel
|
The Story of Civilization: Part
IX - The Age of Voltaire
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1965,
898 pgs., index, end notes, map, bibliography, illustrations
|
Modern History
|
The history of Civilization in
Western Europe from 1715 to 1776, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between
Religion and Philosophy
|
Durant, Will and Ariel
|
The Story of Civilization: Part X
- Rousseau and Revolution
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1967,
1091 pgs., index, end notes, map, bibliography, illustrations
|
Modern History
|
A history of Civilization in
France, England, and Germany from 1776, and in the Remainder of Europe from
1715, to 1789
|
Durant, Will and Ariel
|
The Story of Civilization: Part
XI - The Age of Napoleon
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1975,
870 pgs., index, end notes, map, bibliography, illustrations
|
Modern History
|
A history of European
Civilization from 1789 to 1815
|
Durbin, Charles
|
The Mercenary: The Fortunes of
Gianpaolo Baglioni of Perugia
|
Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston,
1963, 330 pgs., maps, genealogy chart
|
Early Modern History - Biography
|
This is a true story, but it
reads like a romantic novel, told in the first person singular. Renaissance
figures tended to be 'larger than life' and the 'hero' here was certainly one
of these. He was notorious. But we find others here. The Borgias, The Della
Rovere family, The Medici. Machiavelli enter stage. At that point our
condottierre comments about politicians and diplomats, "They were astute
pismires, infinitely intelligent dung-beetles who confused gamester luck with a
mastery of the stars, who knew all and understood nothing. But Niccolo
Machiavelli was not one of these." Fun to read.
|
Dutaillis, Charles Petit - trans
E. D. Hunt
|
The Feudal Monarchy in France and
England From the Tenth to the Thirteenth Century
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1936
reprint 1964, 420 pgs., index, references, foot notes, maps, genealogical
tables, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
Much has been learned and
published about 'feudalism' in recent years. But this book still has value for
the detailed study the author provides. His thesis is that during the period
covered, France and England were in such close contact that a proper history
combines the two.
|
Dziak, John J.
|
Chekisty, A History of the KGB
|
Lexington Books, Lexington Mass.,
1988, 234 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, appendices
|
Russian History
|
Dr. Dziak is a long time
specialist, expert on Soviet affairs, especially intelligence related subjects.
In this book he describes Soviet secret services from the Bolshevik Revolution
and the Checka. I had the dubious pleasure of visiting the KGB museum in Moscow
in which many of the operations Dziak describes are displayed as glorious
triumphs.
|
Dziak, John & Raymond G.
Rocca
|
Bibliography on Soviet
Intelligence and Security Services
|
Westview Press, Boulder, Co.,
1985, 203 pgs., index, diagrams, paperback
|
Russian History
|
There could be no better experts
on Soviet Intelligence to prepare such a comprehensive bibliography (as of
1985) than Ray Rocca and John Dziak. This book contains hundreds of entries.
|
Easton, Stewart C.
|
The Western Heritage: From the
earliest times to the present
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.Y.,
1961, 916 pgs. , index, bibliographies, illustrations, maps
|
Western History
|
Certainly a much needed reference
book for students now that study of Western history has been so emasculated.
The author begins with pre-history and then the ancient Near East. The story
unfolds in chronological order through Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, age of
exploration, 18th and 19th centuries to the 1950's.
|
Ebenstein, William and Alan
|
Great Political Thinkers Plato to
the Present, 5th ed.
|
Holt, Rienhart and Winston,
Chicago, 1990-1998, 1082 pgs., index, bibliography
|
Political Theory
|
A valuable source - for each
political theorist there is commentary and extracts from their original
writing. The book includes Hayek and Rawls. A good book to study along with
Bobbitt and Herman.
|
Economist Intelligence Unit
|
Oxford Regional Economic Atlas -
The U. S. S. R and Eastern Europe
|
Oxford Univ, Press, 1956, 134
pgs. maps, index, paperback
|
Reference - Russia
|
Contains many maps showing
special industries or natural resources, climate, soil et cetera.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
What Life was Like on the banks
of the Nile: Egypt 3050 - 30 BC
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1997, 192 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, pronouncing guide,
illustrations, chronology, map
|
Ancient Egypt
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. In addition to descriptions of
the illustrations, there are special essays on major topics.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
What Life Was Like at the Dawn of
Democracy: Classical Athens 525-322 BC.
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1997, 144 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, pronunciation guide,
illustrations, chronology, map
|
Classical Greece
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. In addition to descriptions of
the illustrations, there are special essays on major topics.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
What Life Was Like when Rome
Ruled the World: The Roman Empire 100 BC-200 AD
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1997, 168 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, pronunciation guide,
illustrations, chronology, map
|
Ancient Rome
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. Of course Rome never 'ruled the
world' but that is a commonplace statement. In addition to descriptions of the
illustrations, there are special essays on major topics.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
What Life Was Like among Druids
and High Kings: Celtic Ireland AD 400 - 1200
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1998, 144 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, pronunciation guide,
illustrations, chronology, map
|
Medieval Ireland
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. In addition to descriptions of
the illustrations, there are special essays on major topics.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
What Life Was Like in the age of
Chivalry: Medieval Europe AD 800-1500
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1997, 168 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, pronunciation guide,
illustrations, chronology, map
|
Medieval Europe
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. In addition to descriptions of
the illustrations, there are special essays on major topics.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
What Life Was Like amid Splendor
and Intrigue: Byzantine Empire AD 330-1453
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1998, 144 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, pronunciation guide,
illustrations, chronology, map
|
Medieval Europe
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. In addition to descriptions of
the illustrations, there are special essays on major topics.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
What Life Was Like when Longships
Sailed: Vikings AD 800- 1100
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1998, 144 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, pronunciation guide,
illustrations, chronology, map
|
Medieval Europe
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. In addition to descriptions of
the illustrations, there are special essays on major topics.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
What Life Was Like in the Land of
the Dragon: Imperial China AD 960-1468
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1998, 144 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, pronunciation guide,
illustrations, chronology, map
|
Medieval China
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. In addition to descriptions of
the illustrations, there are special essays on major topics.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
What Life Was Like in the Time of
War and Peace: Imperial Russia AD 1696-1917
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1997, 192 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, pronunciation guide,
illustrations, chronology, map
|
Russian History
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. The book includes a very long
time span with considerable developments. In addition to descriptions of the
illustrations, there are special essays on major topics.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
Time frame 1500 - 600 BC,
Barbarian Tides
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1987, 173, pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, chronology, map
|
Ancient History
|
One of the series of highly
illustrated books of social, cultural history. This volume includes ancient
Mesopotamia, Egypt, early Greece, and other areas.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
Time Frame 600 - 400 BC, A
Soaring Spirit
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1987, 173, pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, chronology, map
|
Ancient History
|
This volume contains history of
Celts, Persian Empire, Buddha, Hellenic kingdoms, Early Rome and Confucius in
China.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
Time Frame 400 BC - 200 AD,
Empires Ascendant
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1987, 175, pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, chronology, map
|
Ancient History
|
This volume contains Alexander's
campaign, Roman despots, Silk Road, Buddha's Legacy
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
Time Frame AD 200 - 600 Empires
Besieged
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1987, 173, pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, chronology, map
|
Medieval History
|
This volume contains End of Rome,
China Great Wall (although it was not built until a thousand years later) Gupta
India, Persian empire, and New World Migrations.
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
Time Frame AD 800 - 1000, Fury of
the Northmen
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1987, 173, pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, chronology, map
|
Medieval History
|
This volume contains, Vikings,
Byzantium, South East Asia, Japan, Monument builders in Americas
|
Editors, Time Life Books
|
Time Frame AD 1100 1200, The
Divine Campaigns
|
Time-Life Books, Alexandria VA.
1987, 173, pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, chronology, map
|
Medieval History
|
This Volume contains European
Feudalism, Crusades, Islam conquering in India, Temple states in Asia
|
Eichengreen, Barry
|
Exorbitant Privilege: The Rise
and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 2011,
225 pgs., index, references, end notes
|
Economics, finance
|
The title refers to the author's
view that the dollar has had undeserved privilege as the international reserve
currency. The author predicts a collapse of the dollar on international
exchanges The US government and FED have so expanded the volume of dollars that
foreign investors and banks are likely to dump it. But so far the opposite has
happened because the dollar - as the central money of the strong US economy -
has been seen as stronger than foreign currencies.
|
Ellenberg, Jordan
|
Shape: The Hidden Geometry of
Information, Biology, Strategy, Democracy and Everything Else
|
Penguin Press, N.Y. 2021
|
Mathematics, biology, informatin
theory and more
|
|
Elliott, William Y. & Neil A.
McDonald
|
Western Political Heritage
|
Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
N.J., 1949, 1027 pgs., index, bibliography
|
History of Political Thought
|
Very comprehensive - begins with
Moses, Israel, Lycurgus, Solon - then Greek city state - Plato, Aristotle,
Roman law, Medieval thought, Protestant revolt - Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke,
Rousseau, Hume, Smith and on to many Americans.
|
Epstein, Richard A.
|
Why Progressive Institutions are
Unsustainable
|
Encounter Broadside, 56 pgs.,
paperback
|
Public Policy, Finance
|
The author contends that the
expanding demands of progressives for more and more government spending are
unsustainable
|
Epstein, Richard A.
|
Design for Liberty: Private
Property, Public Administration, and the Rule of Law
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
2011, 233 pgs., index, end notes
|
Constitutional Law, Political
Science
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The rule of law and its support
for the individual's right to private property are the foundations of our
democratic republic.
|
Epstein, Richard A.
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The Classical Liberal
Constitution
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Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
2014, 684 pgs, index, end notes
|
Political Science, Constitutional
Law
|
A strong argument about how the
original 'liberal' American Constitution has been subverted and changed over
past 100 years.
|
Erasmus, Desiderius
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Christian Humanism and the
Reformation; Selected Writings
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Harper & Row, N. Y., 1965,
201 pgs., index, illustrations, bibliography, paperback
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Literature - Philosophy
|
The book also has Beatus
Rhenanus' The Life of Erasmus. There are 9 of Erasmus' letters. The purpose is
to give students some primary sources to enable them to have better
understanding of this great and very influential 16th century philosopher.
|
Ergang, Robert
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Europe since Waterloo
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D. C. Heath, Boston, 1954, 836
pgs., index, maps, bibliography, illustrations
|
Modern History
|
With this focus on a relatively
narrow place and time the author is able to provide a more detailed narrative
and extensive commentary than that in the general histories in this list. The
Congress of Vienna rates 21 pages alone. The chapters are organized some by
topic and some by country. The Third French Republic rates 20 pages. Of course,
given the date of publication, the final chapter on the Soviet Union cannot
imagine its subsequent history.
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Eshbach, Ovid W.
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Handbook of Engineering
Fundamentals
|
John Wiley & Sons, N.Y.,
1950, pages by section, index
|
Engineering
|
Standard handbook from West Point
classes - an old favorite
|
Esolen, Anthony
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Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding
American Culture
|
Regnery, Washihngton D.C. 203
pgs., index
|
Social critism, American culture,
|
A devastating dewscription and
analysis of the 2000 condition of culture in America in which the author uses
strong language to present the truth about social conditions from a Catholic
religious view point.
|
Esspenshade, Edward B. Jr., ed.
|
Goode's World Atlas
|
Rand McNally Co., Chicago, 287
pgs., maps
|
Reference - standard atlas
|
A standard reference.
|
Evans, Michael K.
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How to Make your Shrinking Salary
Support you in Style for the Rest of Your Life
|
Random House, N, Y., 1991, 429
pgs., index
|
Investment Advice
|
It is interesting to read advice
books many years later and see how accurate the authors might have been.
|
Evans, Richard J.
|
The Pursuit of Power: Europe
1815-1914
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Viking, NYC., 2016, 819 pgs.,
index, further reading, illustrations
|
European History - Modern History
|
Comprehensive
|
Fagothey, Fr. Austin, S. J.
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Right and Reason, 2nd ed.
|
Tan Books, Rockford, Illinois,
1959, 627 pgs., index, bibliography, readings, paperback
|
Philosophy - Ethics
|
The author writes that the basis
of the philosophy here is Aristotelian-Thomistic. But to this is added such
later concepts as appear valid and useful. And the ethics presented here
presumes the reader already has mastered the fundamentals of philosophy of
which ethics is a higher subject. The author presents the material in a
'problem method' manner, that is by presenting various ethical problems and
then discussing them.
|
Faissler, Margareta
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Key to the Past; Some History
Books for Pre-College Readers
|
Service Center for Teachers of
History, Wash., D. C.y 1959, 77 pgs., index, notes, bibliography
|
History references
|
The booklet is a lengthy
bibliography of books on history organized by era from ancient to the present.
Although a huge volume of similar books have been written in last 60 years,
still this list may be useful for teachers.
|
Falconer, Daniel
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected journey
Chronicles - & Chronicles II
|
Harper Collins, N.Y., 2012 &
2013, 210 pgs., and 223 pgs. highly illustrated,
|
Literature - movie version
|
These elaborate books are related
to parts one and two of Peter Jackson's production of the Hobbit.
|
Faulkner, Harold Underwood
|
American Economic History
|
Harper and Brothers, Pub., N. Y.,
1943, 784 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, readings, illustrations
|
American Economic History
|
Obviously dated now, but contains
more information on early 19th century than can fit now in recent histories.
|
Ferguson, Niall
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The Great Degeneration: How
Institutions Decay and Economies Die
|
Penguin Press, N.Y., 2012, 174
pgs., notes
|
Modern History
|
Ferguson is concerned about
'globalization' and 'deleveraging' and broadly about economic failure. Events
and trends are accelerating the "rise' of the East - meaning China. He is
particularly concerned about high debt levels in US and EU governments. He
considers three options - 1 raise the rate of 'growth' above the rate of
interest - 2 default on large proportion of public debt - 3 wiping out the debt
via currency depreciation and inflation. . He writes that 'main stream'
economic theory has no answers. The cause of the situation is the expanding
'state' and degeneration of private economic power. The key institutions that
gave the West its expansion of world power are degenerating.
|
Ferguson, Niall
Ferguson, Niall
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial
History of the World
|
Penguin Press, N. Y., 2008, 442
pgs., index, illustrations, end notes,
|
Finance - Banking - Money
|
The author writes: "Behind
each great historical phenomenon there lies a financial secret, and this book
sets out to illuminate the most important of these." I accept this thesis.
But Ferguson continues with several specific examples that I find very
misleading. Actually the three examples he cites are nearly backwards. The
French Monarchy did not collapse in revolution due to John Law, it was already
collapsing and then went into financial disaster from support of the American
Revolution. The Rothschild's did not do more to defeat Napoleon at Waterloo
than Wellington but rather they used their knowledge of his victory to make a
financial killing. But it was the Bank of England, no Rothschild, who did
finance the entire British century of war against France from 1697 on. But his
broader thesis is correct. And he is quite correct in his belief that most of
the public is ignorant of finance as an industry or its role in government and
politics. (Or the role of governments and politics in finance.) So this book is
not about the entire history of either money or finance, but rather its recent
history and the disaster that has caused and continues to cause.
|
Ferguson, Niall
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Civilization: The West and the
Rest
|
Penguin Press, N. Y., 2011,
index, 402 pgs., index, end notes, bibliography, illustrations, figures, maps
|
Modern History
|
Currently the academic
establishment in its eagerness to be 'politically correct' denounces any
concept that Western Civilization is or has been superior. Ferguson claims
otherwise. he shows that is obviously false. Then his question is Why? His
answer is to identify 6 aspects of the West in thought and institutions:
Competition, Science, Property Rights, Medicine, Consumer Society, and Work
Ethic. He then organizes his study of history since 1500 into chapters on each
of these themes. He basically accept the idea that East and West were about
equal, or that East was ahead, in 1500. Rodney Stark, and some historians of
the 'middle ages' consider that the intellectual and cultural basis for the
subsequent advancement of the West were laid already long before 1500. In his
conclusion chapter he discusses various 'cyclical' concepts of human history
and rise and fall of civilizations and disagrees. Then he writes about
'complexity' and sudden collapse and financial problems. He believes that the
East is now catching up and may soon surpass the West in at least material
terms.
|
Ferguson, Niall
|
The Square and the
Tower: Networks and poswr, from the Freemasons to Facebook
|
Penguin Press, N.Y.,
2018, 561 pgs., incex, references, bibliography, illustrations
|
Modern History, analysis,
current relationships
|
Another excellent
reference. The author's thesis is that there has been a power struggle
thoughout history between hierarchially and network structured power systems.
His point is that the present networks seen in Internet connections and 'social
networks are not new. But his historical discussion does nor give sufficient
attention and space to ancient times or the middle ages. Roman politics was
based on networks of patrons and their clients as well as on official
hierarchies. The Christian, Muslim and Buddhist religions leaders organized
networks as well. The Templars and Hospitaliers had extensive networks capable
of transfering noney and other assets over distance. Networks were important
prior to the time he titles 'The First Networked Age'. But his analysis and
depiction of the eras that he does include are valuable. And his main point,
that the comptition between hierarchy and inetwork is important today is
valid.
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Ferguson, Wallace K.
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The Renaissance in Historical
Thought: Five Centuries of Interpretation
|
Houghton Mifflin Co, 1948, 429
pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes,
|
Early Modern History -
Intellectual History
|
The author begins with sections
concerning what contemporaries thought about 'humanism' and the intellectual
changes all about them. The later humanists, then, solidified the concepts. In
the 18th century trhe self-appointed rationalists had their say reflecting
their own concepts. Then came the romantic reaction. The Renaissance era was
divided into periods of art and literature. The author devotes much attention
to Burkhardt, who defined the era in his classic The Civilization of the
Renaissance in Italy. (see in this list). But a reaction to Burkhardt soon
arose. Study and interpretation of the previously benighted 'middle ages'
gained popularity. Now medievalists have had their say and found that the roots
of the Renaissance lay in the Middle Ages.
|
Ferguson, Wallace K
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The Renaissance
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1940, 148 pgs. , index, bibliography, paperback
|
Early Modern History -
Intellectual History
|
The book was written as a
resource for college history teachers. This is part of a Berkshire Studies
series. Topics were selected that had no other convenient sources for students.
It is divided into three sections - The background - The Renaissance in Italy
and The Renaissance in the North. The economic and political situations are
described as well as the art and literature.
|
Ferguson, Wallace K. & others
|
The Renaissance
|
Harper &^ Row, N. Y., 1953,
184 pgs. , index, illustrations, foot notes, paperback
|
Early Modern History -
Intellectual History
|
The six essays are: Toward the
Modern State by Wallace Ferguson; Hard Times and Investment in Culture by
Robert Lopez; The Quest for Truth by George Sarton; Man. God and the Church in
the age of the Renaissance by Roland Bainton; From Petrarch to Shakespeare by
Leicester Bradner; and Artist, Scientist, Genius: Notes on the Renaissance
Dammerung by Erwin Panofsky. Quite a line up of specialist experts in each of
the subjects included.
|
Feynman, Richard P.
|
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts
of a Citizen Scientist
|
Perseus Books, Reading, Mass.,
1998, 130 pgs., index, paperback
|
Personal essays
|
The scientist writes about
science and its misuse.
|
Fichtenau, Heinrich - trans.
Peter Munz
|
The Carolingian Empire
|
Barnes & Noble, N. Y., 1963,
196 pgs. , index, foot notes
|
Medieval History
|
This book is about a very
specific time and place and events and personalities. But the story has
universal applications. The scene is the effort of Charles the Great and his
sons and grandsons to establish a new empire in western Europe. The author
contends that such an event requires two prerequisites - an ideology, belief
system, that would legitimize such a political structure and justify its
exercise of power - and a physical organization with the capable leaders who
could establish a government with the real power to rule. One might say that
'ideas have consequences' if there exists a real power to create those
consequences. The book, then, is focused on the question - could Charles create
the empire he dreamed of or not. The author's conclusion is that despite all
the great things that Charles accomplished the above fundamentals were
inadequate, especially the willingness of the various separate peoples to
accept the single empire.
|
Filjushkin, Alexander
|
Ivan the Terrible: A Military
History
|
Frontline Books, London, 2008,
306 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, maps, chronology, appendices
|
Russian History
|
Outstanding study of the
influence of war and the military requirements to wage it during Ivan IV's
reign in Moscow. See Isabel de Madariaga for another biography of Ivan
|
Fine, John V. A.
|
The Ancient Greeks
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1983, 720 pgs., index, maps
|
Ancient History
|
Another excellent history text,
along with Sealey. This one begins a bit earlier in time
. |
Finley, M. I.
|
Economy and Society in Ancient
Greece
|
Viking Press, N. Y., 1982, 326
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Ancient History - Economic and
Social History
|
Professor Sir Moses Finley was
the acknowledged academic expert on ancient Greece, from his prolific writing,
especially on social issues. But this book of his essays has come in for
criticism in recent times. The authors of the lengthy introduction point out
that in the 1930's Finley came under the influence of Max Horkheimer's
Frankfurt School at Columbia - that is Marxism. And he also was influenced by
Max Weber.
|
Fischer, David Hackett
|
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions
and the Rhythm of History
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1996,
536 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, appendices, tables, graphs
|
Economic History
|
An extremely important study of
the nature of price movements throughout western European history. Appendices
on historiography, price revolutions, types of inflations and theories about
causation. In 1996 Fischer predicted the crisis ending 20th century inflation
and beginning of another era of deflation.
|
Fisher, Paul A.
|
Behind the Lodge Door: Church,
State and Freemasonry in America
|
Tan Books, Rockford, Illinois,
1988, 362 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, paperback
|
Freemason Philosophy and Practice
|
The book is about the influence
of Freemasonry in American politics and culture.
|
Fisher, Sydney Nettleton
|
The Middle East - A History
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1964, 681
pgs., index, maps
|
Middle East History
|
(See also Goldschmidt, Hitti,
Jackh) Fischer begins with a brief summary of geography and pre-Islamic
society. He then discusses the same subjects as does Goldschmidt - Muhammad,
Caliphate, Islamid beliefs, the Umayyads, and rather more on Muslim culture
during the Middle Ages. he devotes considerable space to the Ottoman Turks and
their wars of conquest against both Byzantium and the Arabs. He skips Iran
prior to the reign of Shah Reza Khan. He includes the Arab- Israeli conflict up
to date of writing.
|
Florinsky, Michael
|
Encyclopedia of Russia and the
Soviet Union
|
McGraw Hill Book, N. Y., 1961,
624 pgs., illustrations,
|
Reference - Russian History
|
An extensive resource for quick
facts on the entries.
|
Florinsky, Michael
|
Russia: A History and An
Interpretation - 2 Vol.
|
The Macmillan Co, N. Y., 1953,
1511 pgs., index, index, bibliography, author's note
|
Russian History
|
The author was my favorite
professor at Columbia Univ. He was a gentleman of the 'old school' of
pre-Revolutionary Russia and a very exciting teacher. The two volumes are very
strong on medieval and Imperial Russia and end in 1917. By 'interpretation'
Prof. Florinsky means it - he does not shy from commentary on personalities or
actions. This is the text I used when teaching Russian History.
|
Foroohar, Rana
|
Makers and Takers, Sub-title: The
Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
|
, Crown Business, NY., 2016, 388
pgs., indes, bibliography, notes
|
Finance, economics, business,
public policy
|
A critical analysis of modern
finance industry and the financial crisis of 2008.
|
Forbes, Steve, and Elizabeth Ame
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Money
|
McGraw Hill, NY., 249 pgs.,
index, notes.
|
money, cash, currency, debt,
credit, finance, public policy, morality
|
I disagree with the authors'
concept of what money is and what it does, and especially with their advocacy
of gold as a money.
|
Forbis, William H.
|
The Cowboys
|
Time-Life Books, N. Y., 1973, 240
pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations
|
American History
|
This is part of a Time-Life
series - The Old West - It is extensively illustrated with contemporary and
recent photographs. There are many detailed illustrations depicting such
activities as roping cattle or the components of a cowboy's dress and
equipment.
|
Fox, Justin
|
The Myth of the Rational Market;
A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street
|
Harper Collins, N. Y., 2009, 382
pgs., index, end notes, list of characters
|
Economic History - finance,
Economic Theory- Investment advice
|
The book is a direct attack on
the 'random walk' ideas of Burton Makliel and the 'buy and hold an index fund'
ideas of Bogle and the investment establishment. It is a history of the
development of establishment economic theory since 1930 told through the brief
bios and ideas of the principle theorists - including Irving Fisher, Fred
Macauley, Harry Markowitz, Paul Samuelson Gene Fama, Modigliani, Jack Bogle,
Fischer Black, Dick Thaler, Bob Shiller, Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan and
others. It is apparent that all these would be emperors have no clothes.
|
Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles
|
A Complete Guide to Heraldry
|
Bonanza Books, N.Y., 1978, 647
pgs., index, illustrations
|
Reference - Heraldry
|
Excellent source for study of the
meaning of the many components of a coat of arms - the science of armory. There
are excellent full color examples here.
|
Frankel, S. Herbert
|
Two Phiulosophies of Money
|
St. Martin's Press, NY., 1977,
163 pgs., index, notes, bibliography
|
Philosophy, economics, money
|
The subtitle is The Conflict of
Trust and Authority. The author critiques the concept of money taught to the
public
|
Franklin, Joseph P. Maj Gen Ret
|
Building Leaders the West Point
Way
|
Thoman Nelson, Nashville, 2007,
192 pgs.
|
Leadership, psychology
|
The sub-title is "Ten
principles from the nation's Most Powerful Leadership lab." There are
chapters devoted to each of these: Duty, Honor, Faith, Courge, Perservance,
Confidence, Aproachability, Adaptability, Compassion and Vision. The author
describes the manner in which West Point instills each of these in cadets -
future officers. But much more insight into the practical application of these
is providede by very relevant examples from the author's personal experiences
in both military and civilian service. The book is highly recommended.
|
Frankopan, Peter
|
The Silk Roads
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., 2016, 645
pgs., index, notes, map, illustrations
|
World History -
|
Sudtitle: A New History of the
World
|
Friedman, Jeffrey & Wladimir
Kraus
|
Engineering the Financial Crisis:
Systemic Risk and the Failure of Regulation
|
Univ. of Pennsylvania Press,
Philadelphia, 2011, 212 pgs., index, references, end notes, tables and graphs,
glossary
|
Economics, Public Policy,
Financial crisis of 2008
|
The authors have a different view
of the causes for the financial collapse of 2008. They deny that there is
evidence for any of the standard, popular, theories of causation. Instead they
believe the cause was inadequate content for the banking regulations. They also
believe that the way 'experts' have congered up these alternate theories of
causation is itself evidence of the systematic problem.
|
Friedrich, Carl J.
|
The Age of the Baroque 1610 -
1660
|
Harper & Row, N.Y., 1952, 368
pgs., index, bibliography, map, illustrations, footnotes, paperback
|
Early Modern History -
Intellectual History
|
This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe series. As the title suggests, the author has discussed art history
rather more extensively that authors of other works in the series. There is
considerable social and intellectual history, including religion and science,
in this as well. It was also a period of the solidification of the modern
'state'. The Thirty Years' War dominated the continent. And the English Civil
War is discussed as well.
|
Friedrich, Carl J & Zbigniew
K. Brzezinski
|
Totalitarian Dictatorship and
Autocracy
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1956, 346 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
|
Political Theory
|
Note the date of publication. The
authors consider totalitarian dictatorship a unique form of government. They
claim that it is too early to describe the how of the origins of
totalitarianism. But they describe its characteristics. See J. L. Talmon for
The origins of Totalitarian Democracy. And Hannah Arendt.
|
Furlong, Rev. Philip J
|
The Old World and America
|
Tan Books, Rockford Illinois,
1984, 382 pgs., index, illustrations,
|
European History
|
High School text
|
Furlong, Rev. Philip J
|
Our Pioneers and Patriots
|
Tan Books, Rockford Illinois,
1940, 505 pgs., index, illustrations, - with an answer key for teachers 50
pgs.,
|
American History
|
Excellent text for high school -
each chapter has review and test questions, with answers in the separate
booklet. Very brief chapter on 20th century ending with FDR, as publication
date will indicate.
|
Furlong, Rev. Philip J.
|
The New History of America
|
William H. Sadlier, N. Y., 1944,
618 pgs., plus index and appendix, illustrations, maps.
|
American History
|
The book is a text book for high
schools. The content begins with the explorers (Columbus and others) and
concludes during World War II. In addition this volume has a History of
California.
|
Ganshov, F. L. - trans Philip
Grierson
|
Feudalism
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
1962, 177 pgs., index, foot notes, illustrations, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The standard concept about the
origin and nature of feudalism. But see Colish for recent major revisions.
|
Garcilaso de la Vega ( 1539-
1616) - trans by Maria Jolas from French edition of Alain Gheerbrant
|
The Incas; The Royal Commentaries
of the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
|
Orion Press, N. Y., 1959, 432
pgs., index, bibliography, notes, illustrations
|
History of Incas
|
The famous account of the Inca
society by the descendent of Inca royalty who went to Spain and entered Spanish
military service.
|
Garrett, Garet
|
The People's Pottage
|
Truth Seeker Books, San Diego,
1992, 116 pgs, paperback
|
Public policy, New Deal policies
|
This edition contains three of
Garrett's many monographs, The Revolution was - Ex America - and The Rise of
Empire. The author was a long time journalist who exposed the socialist
policies and practices of the New Deal Roosevelt Administration in the 1930's.
|
Garrett, Garet
|
The Revolution Was
|
Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho,
1944, 23 pgs., paperback
|
Analysis of Roosevelt New Deal
government policies
|
A thorough analysis of the step
by step revolution in American government achieved by the New Deal
administration in the 1930's.
|
Gasparino, Charles
|
Bought and Paid For: The Unholy
alliance between Barack Obama and Wall Street
|
Penguin Books N. Y., 2010, 290
pgs., notes, appendix
|
Public Policy, finance, Politics
|
The author is an investigative
reporter with extensive contacts on Wall Street. In this book he describes
specific events and individuals who lobbied and provided funds for political
campaigns, especially for Barack Obama. There is a table showing amounts given
by a long list of financial institutions.
|
Gay, Claire
|
Eighteenth Century Painting
|
Funk & Wagnalls, N. Y., 1966,
207 pgs., index, illustrations, bibliography, dictionary, chronology, museums,
exhibitions
|
Art - Art History
|
The text describes the paintings
shown by illustrations and also the history and meaning of art. The color
illustrations are excellent. This is one of a series of books on art.
|
Gay, Peter
|
The Enlightenment: An
Interpretation: Vol. I, The Rise of Modern Paganism
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1967, 575
pgs., index, bibliographical essay, foot notes
|
Modern History- Intellectual
History
|
Peter Gay considers himself a
progressive who in general agrees with the philosophy developed by the authors
whose thought he describes so well. And there is no doubt that they generated
the revolution in thought that has permeated modern society every since the
French Revolution.
|
Gay, Peter
|
The Enlightenment: An
Interpretation: Vol. II, The Science of Freedom
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1969, 723
pgs., foot notes, extensive bibliographical essays
|
Modern History- Intellectual
History
|
In this second volume the author
discusses the social environment in which the philosophes worked and the
results of their writing.
|
Gay, Peter & Gerald J.
Cavanaugh
|
Historians at Work Vol One
Herodotus to Froissart
|
Harper and Row, N. Y., 1972, 431
pgs.
|
History by Historians
|
Each chapter is an extract from
the original work of an important historian. - In this volume 15 are included.
The authors discuss the history of history pointing out that recently more and
more divergencies have taken place in what historians write about.
|
Gay, Peter & Gerald J.
Cavanaugh
|
Historians at Work Vol. Two Valla
to Gibbon
|
Harper and Row, N. Y., 1972, 406
pgs. foot notes, bibliography
|
History by Historians
|
Each chapter is an extract from
the original work of an important historian. - In this volume 14 are included.
It includes the time from the beginning of the Renaissance through the
Enlightenment. It was a time of revolution in the craft of the historian.
|
Gay, Peter & Gerald J.
Cavanaugh
|
Historians at Work Vol. Three
Neibuhr to Maitland
|
Harper and Row, N. Y., 1975, 325
pgs.
|
History by Historians
|
Each chapter is an extract from
the original work of an important historian. - In this volume 10 are included.
The authors write: "The nineteenth century is the century in which the
craft of history became a thoroughly modern profession."
|
Gayley, Charles Mills
|
The Classic Myths in English
Literature and in Art
|
Ginn and Co., N. Y., 1911, 579
pgs. ,index, notes, illustrations
|
Literature
|
The author makes a strong plea
for a return to the study in schools of myths because they form the basis for
western art and poetry and literature. Imagine already in 1900 there was a
perception that students were not being exposed to so much of the basis of our
culture. This book is limited to Greek, Roman and Norse mythology but for these
it is comprehensive. There is a section also on the study of myth.
|
Genovese, Eugene D.
|
Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the
Slaves made
|
Pantheon Books, N. Y., 1972, 825
pgs., index, end notes, sources
|
American History
|
A highly acclaimed study of
slavery in America. It is a study in which the author claims that a specific
African- American culture within a southern culture - in other words African-
American slaves and white Americans in the south interacted with each other in
creating their distinct but integrated society. He writes: "Masters and
slaves shaped each other and cannot be discussed or analyzed in
isolation."
|
Gershoy, Leo
|
From Despotism to Revolution:
1763-1789
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1963.,
355 pgs. , index, bibliography, illustrations,, foot notes, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe series. It includes political, economic, social, artistic, intellectual
history. The illustrations are very helpful.
|
Gibb, Sir, Hamilton A. R.
|
Muhammadanism: An Historical
Survey
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1955, 159 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Religion
|
The book is mostly about the
history of the origin and spread of Islam. Along the way summaries of beliefs
are included - Sufism, Shia and Sunn
i. |
Gibbon, Edward
|
The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire Vol. One 180 AD - 395 AD
|
The Modern Library, N. Y., 956
pgs., foot notes
|
Ancient History
|
One of the most famous books of
all time. The author became famous. His concept of theory of 'fall' became
standard knowledge of the generations of people who never read his book. Many
historians today will deny that there ever was a 'fall'.
|
Gibbon, Edward
|
The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire Vol. Two 395 AD - 1185 AD
|
The Modern Library, N. Y., 925
pgs., foot notes
|
Medieval history
|
Already in volume two we are far
past any reality of a Roman 'fall' and well into the era the Enlightenment
authors like to call 'dark ages.'
|
Gibbon, Edward
|
The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire Vol. Three 1185 AD - 1453 AD
|
The Modern Library, N. Y., 898
pgs., index, foot notes
|
Medieval History
|
Here we are in the middle ages -
what the Enlightenment writers of which Gibbon was one liked to term 'dark
ages'. Of course vastly more has been written about this period since Gibbon.
His book may be read not so much for the history of the period itself but
rather for the history of what Enlightenment writers thought about the middle
ages.
|
Gilbert, Felix
|
The End of the European Era 1890
to the Present
|
W. W. Norton Co., N. Y., 1970,
572 pgs., index, readings. maps, illustrations, paperback
|
Modern History
|
This is the final book in the
Norton History of Modern Europe series, following on from Norman Rich's The
Age of Nationalism and Reform. This is a combination of exposition and
analysis. It is political history with some economic history as needed, but not
social, cultural, technological or intellectual history.
|
Gilder, George
|
Wealth and Poverty
|
Basic Books, N.Y., 1981, 306
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Public Policy, economics
|
The author offers recommendations
on what to do and how to fix current financial problems
|
Gilder, George
|
Knowledge and Power
|
Regenery, NY. 2013, 348 pgs.,
index, notes
|
economics, capitalism, public
policy, information theory
|
Subtitle: The Information Theory
of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World - This is a very
significant addition to ideas about the information economy - IT industry and
the future.
|
Gilder, George
|
The Scandal of Money
|
Regenery, NY. 2016, 202 pgs.,
index, notes
|
money, currency, gold, finance,
economics, public policy
|
Subtitle: Why Wall Street
Recovers but The Economy Never Does
|
Gilder, George
|
Life After Google
|
Regnery Co. Washington DC., 2018,
320 pgs., index, notes
|
Public policy, economics,
technology
|
The subtitle is "The Fall of
Big Data and theRise of the Blockchain Economy -The author's thesis is that the
technical and physical limitations inherent in the architecture of current
computer and data storage has reached a practical and financial limit. He sees
the new 'blockchain' software technology as the answer for future expansion of
knowledge.
|
Gillingham, John
|
Richard the Lionheart
|
Times Books, N. Y., 1978, 318
pgs., index, end notes, map, illustrations
|
Medieval History - Biography
|
King Richard has come in for much
controversial denigration by modern historians who favor his brother John.
Gillingham presents a lengthy and detailed narrative and analysis of Richard's
life and reign. His conclusion is that these historians are wrong. That Richard
was a successful king and John was not. Actually John undermined Richard's
reign. Had Richard not dies prematurely, almost by accidental a minor siege,
the outcome for England would have been much different. See also - Dan Jones
-Plantagenets
|
Gilmore, Myron P.
|
The World of Humanism: 1453-1517
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1952,
326 pgs., index, bibliography, map, illustrations, foot notes, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This is part of the Rise of
Modern Europe series. It includes discussion of economic and social change. Of
course there is much on intellectual history and art and science. There is
relatively little on warfare.
|
Glover, T. R.
|
The Ancient World
|
Penguin Books, 1937, 350 pgs.,
index, maps, tables, illustrations, paperback
|
Ancient History
|
The book describes classical
Greece and Rome to the introduction of Christianity.
|
Gobineau, J. A. de
|
The World of the Persians
|
Minerva, Geneva, 1971, 159 pgs.,
index, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
An excellent book with many
illustrations. The text describes the conquests of Cyrus and the empire of
Darius and Xerxes.
|
Godfrey, E. Drexel Jr.
|
The Government of France
|
Thomas Y. Crowell Co., N. Y.,
1961, 186 pgs. , reading, paperback
|
Political Theory
|
The book is in a comparative
government series. There have been many changes since its publication, but the
sections on the history of French government are worth study.
|
Gogol, Nilolai - trans Ronals
Wilks
|
Diary of a Madman and other
stories
|
Penguin Books, N. Y., 1972, 188
pgs., paperback
|
Literature
|
This contains 5 great Gogol short
stories - in addition to the title there are; The Nose, The Overcoat, How Ivan
Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiporovich and Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and
his Aunt
|
Goldschmidt, Arthur Jr.
|
A Concise History of the Middle
East - 4th ed.
|
Westview Press, San Francisco,
1991, 465 pgs., index, maps, bibliography, glossary, chronology, tables,
figures, paperback
|
Middle East History
|
An excellent recent study. (See
also Ernest Jackh, Philip Hitti, Sidney Fisher, and George Lenczowski) The
author provides an overview of the geography, so critical to history in the
region. He then gives a very brief account of pre-Islamic history. After
introducing Muhammad, he describes the basic tenants of Islam. He devotes a few
pages to the Arab Caliphate, the Crusades and Mongols, and the various Moslem
regimes into the 20th century. More space is devoted to the Arab Israeli
conflict. Finally he discusses the Iranian Revolution and the Gulf War.
|
Gooch, Brison D. - ed.
|
Napoleon III - Man of Destiny:
Enlightened Stateman or Proto-Fascist"
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: N.
Y., 1963, 122 pgs., added reading, paperback
|
Modern History
|
One in the series on problem
studies for teachers. I don't like even the title with a misunderstood
reference to Fascist. Is this to introduce a negative ideological thrust?
Anyway, the booklet begins with a section "Racketeer or Statesman?" a
much better question. There are 16 essays included to provide a variety of
perspectives and opinions the teacher may develop for classes.
|
Goodall, George, ed.
|
Muir's Historical Atlas Medieval
& Modern
|
Barnes and Noble, N.Y., 1952, 128
pgs., index,
|
Reference -atlas
|
Contains an introduction by
Ramsay Muir of 1927. This is the 8th edition. Contains maps from around 200 AD
to 1927.
|
Goodenough, Erwin R.
|
The Church in the Roman Empire
|
Henry Holt Co., N.Y., 1931, 132
pgs., index bibliography
|
Ancient History
|
The text describes the growing
inter relationship between Christian ideas and organizations and the Roman
state. The author writes that at the time of Constantine's recognition, the
Christians constituted only 10% of the total population, but they were well
organized, both into strong local communities and into an integrated empire
wide structure. He hoped to use this organization to strengthen the empire. The
author describes all this in great detail.
|
Gordon, John Steele
|
An Empire of Wealth: The Epic
History of American Economic Power
|
Harper Perennial, N. Y., 2004,
460 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, paperback
|
American History - Economic
History
|
An excellent narration of the
development of the American economy from colonial days to present. However, I
disagree with his apparent approval of sizable debt in the process.
|
Gordon, Robert J.
|
The Rise and Fall of American
Growth
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2016, 762 pgs., index, references, notes, appendix
|
American Economic History - Pubic
Policy
|
The subtitle is "The U. S.
Standard of Living Since the Civil War. This is a huge text that descries the
author's thesis that the increase of the standard of living in the US since
1870 is unprecedented in history in size and rapidity but since about 1970 has
slowed to almost zero and will not expand over the next 25 years. The author
denies there was much if any improvement in people's standard of living prior
to the mid 19th century and that since the 1970's there has been an
unprecedented increase in the gap of living standards between rich and poor in
America. He claims the causes of this are the usual 'headwinds' of the elitest
liberal academia and recommends the typical leftist political soultions. He
uses the standard leftist concept of the economy as a 'pie' and claims that the
'rich' (wealthy 1%)are taking a larger slice of this thus leaving a smaller
slice to the poorer 99%. But the volumenous facts he well describes show that
the economic 'pie' is what has expanded vastly thus raising the standard of
living of all. By begining his analysis in 1870 and focusing on the US. he
falsely claims that there was no improvement of people's standard of living for
all the centuries before that and ignores the much greater differences between
the living standards of the most wealthy and poorest in many societies in the
past as well.
|
Goudsblom, Johan, Eric Jones
& Stephen Mennell
|
The Course of Human History:
Economic Growth, Social Process and Civilization
|
M. E. Sharpe, London, 1996, 152
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Social History
|
The authors are sociologist,
economist and historian. They write about 'long -term historical processes'.
|
Graeber, David
|
Debt: The First 5,000 years
|
Melvillehouse, Brooklyn, N.Y.,
2011, 534 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Economic History
|
The author describes debt=credit
as central part of monetary -financial systems through history .Especially
important is his account of the use of credit in ancient societies before the
invention of coined currency.
|
Graham, A. J.
|
Colony and Mother City in Ancient
Greece
|
Barnes & Noble, N. Y.., 1964,
259 pgs., index, foot notes, bibliography, appendices
|
Ancient History
|
Greek colonies were more
independent of their 'mother' cities than, for instance, British colonies in
the 17th century. But they did have political and social ties that became
relevant during wars.
|
Grant, Michael
|
Ancient history atlas 1700 BC to
AD 565
|
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London,
1974, 51 pgs., index, maps
|
Reference - atlas
|
Very useful to have maps of the
areas when reading a typical book. Included here are campaign maps, maps of
large regions, and maps of towns.
|
Grant, Frederick ed.
|
Ancient Roman Religion
|
The Liberal Arts Press, N. Y.,
1957, 252 foot notes.
|
Ancient History
|
The editor has assembled extracts
from primary sources on various aspects of the Roman religion and made his
comments on them to form a coherent whole. It is difficult to determine the
details of the earliest Roman religious beliefs and practices because the
Romans rapidly adopted Greek religious concepts. And later Roma was
exceptionally open to introduce the religion of conquered or other peoples as
well.
|
Grant, Michael
|
The Ancient Historians
|
Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y.,
1970, 486 pgs., index, end notes, maps, chronology
|
Ancient historians
|
This is about the classical Greek
and Roman historians. The author provides an overview in his forward. He
includes historians that Peter Gay includes and many others Three more books by
Michael Grant are included in the list of military history books.
|
Grant, Michael
|
Dawn of the Middle Ages
|
Bonanza Books, N. Y., 1981, 224
pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, large format
|
Medieval History
|
The illustrations are
outstanding. The subject includes both western Europe and the Middle East, and
even a short section on China. It begins with the split of the Roman Empire
into east and west with the latter then being transformed into independent
kingdoms. The Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire is fully described Much of the
text is focused on the individual ethnic groups, such as Ostrogoths, Lombards,
Visigoths, Franks, Jews, Arabs, Anglo -Saxons, Slavs, Avars, Khazars and more.
|
Grant, Michael
|
The Ancient Mediterranean
|
Charles Scribner's Sons, N. Y.,
1969, 374 pgs., index, maps, further readings, notes, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
Not about the sea itself - but
about the ancient civilizations that lived along the coast - Egypt, Lebanon,
Crete, Mycenaeans, Philistines and Hebrews, Carthage, Greece, Rome. The eminent
classical scholar, Michael Grant, notes that ultimately our civilization stems
from those who occupied the Mediterranean's shore and he seeks to show the
contributions of each. But he points to the Greeks as the most important.
|
Grant, Michael
|
Cities Vesuvius Pompeii &
Herculaneum
|
Penguin Books, Harmondsworth,
1976, 240 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, maps
|
Ancient History
|
The scholar of classical Greece
and Rome undertakes field work to describe the actual sites of the two towns
buried by Vesuvius. He writes the history of the places and then describes life
there as found from the excavations. There are floor plans. The illustrations
are valuable evidence.
|
Grant, Michael
|
Readings in the Classical
Historians
|
Charles Scribner's Sons, N. Y.,
1992, 686 pgs., index, notes, bibliography, table of dates
|
Ancient History
|
Selections from 23 Classical
Greek and Roman historians.
|
Green, Barbara, B.
|
The Dynamics if Russian Politics:
A Short History
|
Greenwood Press, Westport Conn.
1994, 236 pgs., index, bibliography, notes
|
Soviet History
|
The author seeks to place
contemporary political developments in Russia in historical context. Thus she
begins with brief summary of Tsarist methods and organizations for political
control. After the Tsars lost control the new regime of Lenin regained it. The
author focuses mostly on the Gorbachev and Yeltzin period. Finally she
addresses the question of the ability of the post-collapse system to retain
legitimacy and fulfill promises to the people. Although the author does not
venture further, the example of Russia can be considered in the cases of China,
EU and USA today.
|
Green, Robert - ed.
|
Protestantism and Capitalism: The
Weber Thesis and Its Critics
|
D. C. Heath Co., Boston, 1959,
116 pgs., readings, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This is one of a series of
booklets designed for use by teachers for discussions in classroom. We have
Weber's book and several of those by his critics in this list. The booklet had
11 essays including a section by Weber himself. But much as been written on
this question in recent years to show that capitalism was developing long
before the Protestant 'revolt' and not only in Northern Europe.
|
Greenlaw, Ralph, W. - ed.
|
The Economic Origins of the
French Revolution
|
D. C. Heath, Boston, 1958, 95
pgs., readings, foot notes, paperback
|
Modern History
|
The booklet is one of a series
for use by teachers in classrooms. There are 11 essays focused on various
economic issues such as agriculture, famine, villages, feudal relations, and
social conflict.
|
Greenspan, Alan
|
The Map and The Territory: Risk,
Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting:
|
Penguin Press, N.Y., 2013, 388
pgs., index, end notes, appendices
|
Memoir, Finance, Stock Market
Investing
|
This is the "Maestro"s
account of the financial crisis of 2007-08 and his role, plus that of the FED
and others in the disaster. He admits that he and the FED did not foresee or
prepare for the collapse, but claims no one else did either. This is false,
many others not only predicted it but made millions from their actions. He
writes about a favorite idea, 'animal spirits', culture, productivity,
regulation, money, inflation, and more. He is a noted student of data, so
supplies many graphs and much financial information. The book is a good
tutorial on monetary policy and finance.
|
Gregor, A. James
|
A Survey of Marxism: Problems in
Philosophy and the Theory of History
|
Random House, N.Y. 1965, 370
pgs., index, readings, end notes
|
Political and Social Philosophy -
History of History
|
The author writes: "In this
book I have attempted two things: (1) to provide within the compass of a
single, brief exposition a survey of the wealth and complexity of Marxism; (2)
to present not only the principal elements of Marxism as a philosophy and a
theory of history but also to suggest some of the criticisms that have been or,
in the author's opinion, should be leveled against it."
|
Grey, Ian
|
Boris Godunov: The Tragic Tsar
|
Hodder and Stoughton, London,
1973, 188 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes ,map
|
Russian History
|
Based on Karamzin, Solovyev,
Platonov and Vernadsky.
|
Gribble, Charles E.
|
A Short Dictionary of 18th
Century Russian
|
Slavica Pub., 1976, 106 pgs.,
index,
|
Reference dictionary
|
Russian to English translations
for use when reading 18th Century Russian documents.
|
Griffin, G. Edward
|
The Creature from Jekyll Island:
A Second Look at the Federal Reserve
|
American Media, Westlake Village,
Calif., 2002, 608 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paper back
|
Economics, Finance
|
The full story about the creation
of the Federal Reserve System.
|
Grosvenor, Gilbert - ed.
|
Everyday Life in Ancient Times
|
National Geographic Magazine,
1953, 368 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
The 120 paintings by H. M. Herget
are exceptional. The chapters are on Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome.
|
Guicciardini, Francesco - trans.
Mario Domandi
|
Maxims and Reflection of a
Renaissance Statesman
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1965,150
pgs.
|
Early Modern History
|
Guicciardini was a Florentine
diplomat and government official who also entered Papal service with two Medici
Popes. He also wrote history and other political essays. This is a collection
of his comments and opinions, some brief and some longer. They reveal much of
contemporary political thinking.
|
Guillaume, Alfred
|
Islam
|
Penguin Books, London, 1954, 208
pgs., index, readings, paperback
|
Religion
|
The book contains a brief
biographical background on Muhammad and his times. Then it discusses the Quran
and some of the main topics since.
|
Gustavson, Carl G.,
|
A Preface to History
|
McGraw- Hill Books, N.Y., 1953,
222 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
History
|
The author writes his purpose:
"The principal purpose of this book is to present an outline of the nature
of historical-mindness on a level sufficiently elementary to be suitable for
first-year college students. History, when treated purely as book learning can
be deceptive, for, unlike work in economics, mathematics, or the sciences, the
existence of inherent patterns of reasoning may escape the uninitiated almost
completely. When the untrained mind must grapple with the broader historical
problems, it finds its explanations in certain rudimentary concepts and gross
oversimplifications based upon inadequate observation and strong subjective
preferences." Of course the author intends to disabuse the foolish reader
from belief in any alternative theories about historical causation than those
he holds.
|
Hadnagy, Christopher
|
Social Engineering: The Art of
Human Hacking
|
Wiley Publishing, Indianapolis,
2011, 382 pgs., index, illustrations, paperback
|
Security, deception
|
|
Hadnagy, Christopher, Dr. Paul
Ekman
|
Unmasking the Social Engineer:
The Human Element of Sccurity
|
Wiley, Indianapolis, 2014, 224
pgs., index, illustrations, paperback
, |
Security, deception, human
emotion
|
|
Hagen, Victor W. von
|
Realm of the Incas
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1957, 231 pgs., index, map, bibliography, notes, illustrations, paperback
|
History of Incas
|
The author has written many books
on the Incas. In his first chapter he discusses many of the primary sources
including de al Vega, listed here. For a brief paperback the book contains much
information.
|
Hahn, Scott
|
Joy to the World
|
Image, N.Y. 2014, 175 pgs.,
notes, paperback
|
Social critiasm,
|
Commentary and analysis of
current culture with reference to the Bible.
|
Hale, J. R.
|
War and Society in Renaissance
Europe, 1450-1620
|
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press,
Baltimore, 1995, 282 pgs., index, notes, paperback
|
Eurpean history. military history
|
The author focuses on the impact
of the nearly continual warfare of the period on each segment of society
|
Hamburger, Philip
|
Is Administrative Law Unlawful?
|
Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
2014, 635 pgs., index, end notes
|
Constitutional Law, Political
Science
|
Now "the federal government
acts against Americans through its own legislation and adjudication. This
administrative action, whether legislative or judicial, is known as
'administrative law' and the executive relies on it to constrain Americans in
all aspects of their lies, political, economic, social and personal." The
author also spoke at Hillsdale College on same topic and this is printed in
Imprimis Vol 43, No 9 Sept. 2014.
|
Hamilton, Alexander & James
Madison & John Jay
|
The Federalist Papers
|
New American Library, N.Y., nd.,
559 pgs., index, paperback
|
American History - Political
document
|
This edition has introduction and
notes by Clinton Rossiter.
|
Hamilton, Alexander & James
Madison & John Jay
|
The Federalist Papers
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle,
N.Y., nd, 527 pgs.,
|
American History - Political
document
|
This edition has introduction by
Willmoore Kendall and George Cary - highly recommended
|
Hamilton, Edith
|
The Greek Way
|
W. W. Norton Co.,
N.Y., 1941, 347 pgs., references
|
Literature- Ancient
History
|
The book is about
the great Greek authors - plays, histories, philosophy, religion. Historians
are Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon. The purpose of the book is to show via
their literature what the Greeks gave to our western way of thinking.
|
Hamilton, Edith
|
The Echo of Greece
|
W. W. Norton Co., N.
Y., 1957, 224 pgs.
|
Literature
|
There are chapters
devoted to a small number is Greek personalities.
|
Hamilton, Edith
|
Mythology
|
Little, Brown and
Co., Boston, 1943, 497 pgs., index, family trees, illustrations
|
Literature
|
The main subject is
naturally Greek mythology, with its Roman off shoots, since the author is an
expert on Greek literature. But there also is a short section on Norse
mythology. The material is organized well, by general subject.
|
Hamm, William A.
|
From Colony to World
Power: A History of the United States
|
D. C. Heath Co.,
Boston, 1947, 854 pgs. , index, reading, maps, charts, diagrams, appendices,
illustrations
|
American History
|
An excellent
standard history text for high school or college.
|
Hammond, Jeremy R.
|
Ron Paul vs Paul
Krugman; Austrian vs Keynesian Economics in the Financial Crisis
|
Jeremy Hamond,
2012104 pgs., index, notes, paperback
|
Economics theory
|
The author uses
quotations from the two writers to create a debate over the validity of
Keynesian economic theory in comparison to the Austrian school such as
Frederick Hayek - Keynes is the looser.
|
Harper, F. A.
|
Why Wages Rise
|
Foundation for Economic
Education, Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y., 1957, 123 pgs., index, paper back
|
Economics
|
"Free market"
discussion about labor, productivity, wages, and leisure.
|
Haskins, Charles Homer
|
The Normans in European History
|
W. W. Norton Co., N. Y., 1915,
reprint 1966, 258 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
This is eight lectures Prof
Haskins delivered in 1915. Obviously much new scholarship has been accomplished
since then. Even so, this is an useful general description of the remarkable
impact the Normans had every where they ventured (and conquered).
|
Hassall, W. O. ed.
|
Medieval England: As Viewed by
Contemporaries
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1965,
236 index, paperback
|
Medieval history
|
This is a collection of primary
sources describing conditions in England. The editor seeks to present some idea
of the experience of people in medieval England.. The first selection is about
the arrival of the Roman army in 55 B.C. There are many more entries from
throughout the early middle ages to Hastings in 1066. The entries continue
marching through the years to Crecy, Black Death, Agincourt and finally
Bosworth in 1485. Many extracts are about social, economic, religious, or
cultural matters. This is an excellent companion to a standard history text.
|
Havens, George R.
|
The Age of Ideas: From Reaction
to Revolution in Eighteenth-Century France
|
Henry Holt Co., N. Y., 1955, 474
pgs., index, end notes, illustrations
|
Modern History - Intellectual
History
|
The author focuses on the leading
political writers - mostly famous Enlightenment figures - such as Pierre Bayle,
Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseasu, Diderot and Beaumarchais. Read along with
Palmer and other writers on the French Revolution.
|
Hawkins, Charles & Robert
Love - eds.
|
The New Great Game: Chinese Views
on Central Asia
|
Foreign Military Studies Office,
Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 2005, 193 pgs., references, paperback
|
Chinese History - Current Affairs
|
Discussion at a symposium
|
Hayden, Michael V.
|
Playing to the Edge
|
Penguin Press, N.Y., 2016, 448
pgs., index
|
Intelligence terrorism, SIGINT,
|
Subtitle: American Intelligence
in the Age of Terror - The author was directors of both NSA and CIA and had a
long career as an Air Force Intelligence officer. This is his memoir of his
service in the CIA and NSA.
|
Hayek, Friedrich A. - ed Bruce
Caldwell
|
The Road To Serfdom
|
Univ. of Chicago Press , 2007,
273 pgs. ,index, bibliography, appendices, paperback
|
Political science, economics,
philosophy
|
The sensational, best seller that
influenced PM. Thatcher and Pres. Reagan, but was fought by Keynesians. The
author was greatly disturbed by the strong shift in American and Britain to
centralized economic planning. He showed that this would lead to despotism.
This edition is from a series of Hayek's collected works with comment by the
editor.
|
Hayek, Friedrich A.
|
The Constitution of Liberty
|
Univ. of Chicago Press, 1960, 570
pgs., index
|
Political Science, economics
|
The author vividly exposes the
fundamental problem of the West - loss of belief in its on underlying
principles. He describes the intellectual developments that have brought ruin.
He states that the book must deal mainly with basic issues of political
philosophy, it studies the institutions created in and by the West to secure
individual liberty, and it then relates these to today's critical economic and
social issues.
|
Hayek, Friedrich A.
|
The Constitution of Liberty
|
Gateway Editions, South Bend
Ind., 570 pgs., index, paperback
|
Political Science, economics
|
The author vividly exposes the
fundamental problem of the West - loss of belief in its on underlying
principles. He describes the intellectual developments that have brought ruin.
He states that the book must deal mainly with basic issues of political
philosophy, it studies the institutions created in and by the West to secure
individual liberty, and it then relates these to today's critical economic and
social issues.
|
Hayek, Friedrich A.
|
Studies in Philosophy, Politics
and Economics
|
Simon and Schuster, 1967, 356
pgs., index, foot notes, paperback
|
Political science, Economics,
Philosophy
|
A series of essays on specific
subjects in the three related fields. The author was the most important
economist of late 20th century. His ideas are much more valid than those of
Lord Keynes.
|
Hayes, Carlton J. H.
|
A Generation of Materialism 1871
- 1900
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1941,
390 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, illustrations, foot notes, paperback
|
Modern History
|
This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe series. It is between Robert Binkley's Realism and Nationalism 1852 -
1871and Oron J. Hale's The Great Illusion 1900 - 1914. During this
period expansion of industrial production and foreign commerce drove change in
society and the political response. Liberalism, religion and the arts are all
discussed. The author describes the European State System that had developed.
|
Hazlitt, Henry
|
Economics in One lesson
|
Manor Books, N. Y., 1973, 143
pgs., paperback
|
Economics
|
A classic summary of real
economics - actual results of various economic theory in practice. Strongly
conservative free market ideas.
|
Hazlitt, Henry
|
The Free Man's Library: A
Descriptive and Critical Bibliography
|
D. Van Nostrand C., Princeton,
N.J., 1956, 176 pgs
|
Bibliography of works on the
philosophy of individualism,
|
Still a valuable reference for
learning about important early books on economics, politics, public policy and
the like.
|
Heather, Peter
|
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A
New history of Rome and the Barbarians
|
Oxford Univ. Press, London, 2006,
372 pgs, index, glossary, bibliography, end notes, maps, illustrations,
paperback
|
Ancient History
|
Over the centuries, especially
since Gibbon, there have been many books and many attempts at explanation on
how the once mighty Roman Empire could 'fall'. This book, based on extensive
research, provides answers. First it was only a part of the empire that changed
and that was not so much a 'fall' as a transition.
|
Heather, Peter
|
The Restoration of
Rome: Barbarian Popes and Imperial Pretenders
|
Oxford Univ. Press,
London, 2013, 470 pgs, index, bibliography, end notes
|
Medieval history
|
Outstanding
scholarly exposition that changes most popular opinion about the early middle
ages and the relationship of the 'barbarian' invaders to the remaining Roman
Empire. This is a continuation of Heather's other book, above
|
Heer, Friedrich - trans. Janet
Sondheimer
|
The Holy Roman Empire
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1968, 309 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, foot notes
|
Medieval and Modern History
|
The wealth of illustrations is
impressive. The narration begins briefly with the empire of Charles the Great
(Charlemagne), then that of the Ottonian Emperors.. The author stresses that at
this time this 'empire' was created by the voluntary agreement of the four main
German tribes - Franks, Saxons, Bavarians and Swabians (actually their dukes)
plus some smaller tribes - Thuringians and Lotharingians to unite under an
elected 'king' for military purposes. He notes that this elective character of
the imperial office remained so right through the middle ages even as the
'electors' changed. the author devotes considerable space to description and
commentary about Duke Otto I the first of the new 'Roman' Emperors. He wants to
show how so much of what Otto accomplished remained internal to the German
empire to its end. From the Ottonians the crown moves to the Salians, then
Hohenstaufens and finally to the Habsburgs but remains elective.
|
Heidenheimer, Arnold J.
|
The Governments of Germany
|
Thomas Y. Crowell, N. Y., 1961,
224 pgs.,
|
Political Science
|
This was written prior to the
reunification of Germany. Now it may be considered an historical look and
German government in the 20th century..
|
Heilbroner, Robert L.
|
The Worldly Philosophers: The
Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers
|
Simon and Schuster, N. Y., 1961,
309 pgs., index, further reading, paper back
|
History of economic thought from
Adam Smith to 1950's
|
Many considered this the standard
introduction to economic history for colleges throughout the United States.
That may be a major cause of current ignorance. He leaves out much of Austrian
School economic theory for instance von Mises.
|
Heilbroner, Rober L.
|
The Future as History: The
historic currents of our time and a direction in which they are taking America
|
Grove Press, N. Y., 1960, 217
pgs., index, paperback
|
Ideas about the future
|
This book serves as a masterful
example of the inability of trained academic minds to grasp even the barest
concepts of what the future will being. The predictions turn out to be so wrong
but history itself shows that this is common. In this case the author reveals
his own bias and political philosophy in the consistent nature of his faulty
predictions.
|
Hemming, John
|
Red Gold: The Conquest of the
Brazilian Indians
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1978, 677 pgs. , index, notes and references, illustrations, maps, glossary,
appendix
|
History of Brazil prior to 1760
|
This is a story much like the
Spanish conquests of Mexico and Peru - namely the attraction for gold. But the
missionaries did want converts and the settlers wanted Indian labor. The
terrible disaster to the population had the same cause as elsewhere in the
Western Hemisphere - the lack of Indian immunity to European and African
disease. However, there were also destructive wars between Indians and
colonists.
|
Herm, Gerhard
|
The Celts: The People who Came
out of the Darkness
|
St. Martin's Press, N. Y., 1975,
312 pgs. , index, bibliography, chronology, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
With this excellent reference
available, there is no excuse for authors now to overlook the Celts when
writing about Classical Greece or Rome. In the last chapter the author takes up
the legend of Arthur. He considers that the closest possible real leader would
be a Celtic, Romanized chieftain who tried to defend the Celtic Britons against
the invading Angles and Saxons on the 5th century.
|
Herman, Arthur
|
The Cave and the Light: Plato
versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization
|
Random House, N. Y., 676 pgs.,
index, notes, bibliography,
|
History of Political Theory
|
The author demonstrates that from
ancient classical Greece to the present the beliefs and thought processes of
Western Civilization have oscillated between the teachings of Plato and
Aristotle. The cover picture that shows Plato and Aristotle from Raphael's
School of Athensdepicts the core of the struggle. Read along with
Ebenstein and Ryan. Prof. Herman's commentary is a major contribution.
|
Hicks, John
|
A Theory of Economic History
|
Oxford University Press,
Clarendon, 1969, 181 pgs., index, footnotes, paperback
|
Theoretical construction of
economic history
|
A dissapointing book - the theory
is based on guess, inagination, supposition, presumption. There are many
factual errors in the presumed conditions of ancient societies. But the book is
worth reading as an example of an author who attempts to create a theory that
explains conditions that confurm to theories.
|
Hildebrand, Dietrich von
|
Trojan Horse in The City of God
|
Franciscan Herald Press, Chicago,
1967, 263 pgs., end notes.
|
Philosophy
|
The author is deeply concerned
about modern trends in Catholic 'progressives' who appear to have lost their
roots in beliefs in the metaphysical situation of man. He writes: "Against
this background we shall try to shed light on the confusions, apostasies,
disclosures of loss of faith that are to be found among those who trumpet forth
the claim that They are the true interpreters of the Council." The book is
a commentary on false beliefs stemming from false interpretation of the Second
Vatican Council.
|
Hill, John Hugh and Lauirita
Lyttleton
|
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse
|
Syracuse Univ. Press, 1962, 177
pgs., index, bibliography, notes, genealogy
|
Medieval History
|
Raymond IV of St. Gilles was one
of the main leaders of the First Crusade. He left his home in southern France,
where he claimed 13 counties, to fulfill his religious belief in the crusade
mission. He was the oldest, and wealthiest of the Crusaders and led the largest
army. It was composed of numerous contingents led by many of the independent
lords of southwestern France. This biography fills an important place in the
history of the crusades. He never returned. the many contemporary writers and
later historians have penned very different appraisals of his person and
results. The authors used Arabic as well as contemporary European primary
sources.
|
Hindley, Geoffrey
|
The Medieval Establishment 1200
-1500
|
G. P. Putnam's Sons, N. Y., 1970,
128 pgs., index, illustrations, further reading
|
Medieval History
|
An illustrated treat. It depicts
people doing all sorts of daily things. The full color pictures are mostly from
medieval documents. The text describes and comments on the illustrations. A fun
book to study.
|
Hirschfeld, Charles - ed.
|
Classics of the Western Thought-
The Modern World
|
Harcourt, Brace & World, N.
Y., 1964, 494 pgs.
|
Intellectual History
|
This is one volume in a full
series, It contains extracts from the writings of important authors starting
with Francis Bacon and concluding with Bertrand Russell.
|
Hitti, Philip K.
|
The Near East in History; A 5000
Year Story
|
D. Van Nostrand Co., NJ. Y.,
1961, 574 pgs., index, maps, illustrations
|
Middle Eastern History
|
The author devoted much more
space to pre-Islamic era than do the other authors in this list. Muhammad and
Islam do not enter the story until page 187. Then he devotes more space to the
Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties as well. The Ottoman Empire is well discussed.
Then Arabia during and after World War One. But the Arab- Israeli conflict is
not - see date. We have 5 books in the list on Middle East History and one
needs to read them all - plus of course the books on Babylon, Crusades,
Byzantium, and Dupuy's book on the Arab- Israeli war.
|
Hobbes, Thomas
|
Leviathan
|
no publisher or date
|
Political theory,
|
One of the greatest studies on
politics, political theory
|
Holborn, Hajo
|
The Political Collapse of Europe
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1959, 212
pgs., index, bibliography
|
Modern History
|
The author writes: "This
book is an attempt at historical interpretation rather than a historical
narrative of events" It is about the events that transformed Europe during
the 19th and 20th centuries. He continues, "Historical research has a
twofold purpose. Its most immediate task is to assemble the record of events.
But the work of the historian necessarily must also aim at the understanding of
these events." His interpretation and understanding may be summarized in
these three sentences from his Introduction. "Europe emerged after the
seventieth century as the absolute master of her own political fortunes."
"In World War II, which was decided by the participation of the Soviet
Union and the United States, the collapse of the traditional European system
became an irrevocable fact. What is commonly called the 'historic Europe' is
dead and beyond resurrection." "The collapse of the traditional
political system of Europe took place at the same time that the self-contained
American political system of the nineteenth century disappeared."
|
Holcomb, Randall G.
|
Political Capitalism
|
Cambridge Univ. Press, 2018, 294
pgs., index, references, footnotes, paperback
|
Economics, political science,
power
|
Subtitle is: How Economic and
Political Power is made and Maintained
|
Hollingsworth, J. Rogers - &
Bell
Wiley - eds.
|
American Democracy: A Documentary
Record: Vol I, 1620 - 1865
|
Thomas Y. Crowell, N. Y., 1961,
625 pgs. ,index
|
American History
|
This contains 118 primary source
documents on American government and politics from Colonial government in
Virginia to Congressman Thaddeus Stevens' Speech on the South as a Conquered
Province, December 18, 1865. This is a terrific reference for teachers to use
in courses.
|
Hollister, C. Warren
|
Medieval Europe: A Short History
|
John Wiley & Sons, N.Y.,
1964, 262 pgs., index, maps, readings, illustrations, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The author writes: "This
brief survey of medieval Western Europe is intended for the beginning college
student or for the general reader who wishes a compact summary of the
period." And that is what he will receive. The first section provides a
start with discussion of the late Roman Empire and its decline in the West. The
general narrative concludes in the 14th century.
|
Hook, Sidney
|
Political Power and Personal
Freedom
|
Collier Books, N. Y., 1962, 539
pgs., index, paper back
|
Political Theory
|
This political philosopher has
written a series of essays focused on the struggle for freedom in the world. He
discusses the philosophical assumptions of the major political systems. He is
concerned about the dictates of national security versus individual freedom.
These issues are even more acute now than in 1962
|
Hope, Thomas
|
Costumes of the Greeks and Romans
|
Dover Pub;, N. Y., 1962, 300
illustrations and short text
|
Ancient History
|
An excellent guide to the
civilian clothing of Greeks and Romans with a few illustrations also of
military armament, including shields, helmets and body armor.
|
Horowitz, David
|
Radical Son
|
The Free Press, N. Y., 1997, 468,
index
|
Personal Memoir
|
One of the leading radical
leftists of Berkeley in the 1960's, son of Communist Party members had a change
of heart. In this book he describes the inner workings of the radical movement.
He now is a major voice in exposing the radical left progressive agenda
|
Horowitz, David
|
Big Agenda
|
Humanix Books, West Palm Beech,
Fl. 2017, 188 pgs., index, notes
|
Public policy, Politics,
Revolution
|
The author is a former Communist
with an insider's grasp of the agenda and methods of 'progressives' socialists
and estasblishment insiders as they seek to depose President Trump and expand
their power over all aspects of public policy and control of the people. A fine
exposition with recommendations for countering the socilization of the United
States.
|
Horowitz, David & Peter
Collier
|
Destructive Generation: Second
Thoughts about the 60's
|
Summit Books, N.Y., 1989, 352
pgs., index
|
Personal Memoir
|
Two of the leading radical
leftists of Berkeley in the 1960's describe the radical progressive agenda and
explain their own conversions.
|
Horowitz, David & Peter
Collier
|
The Rockefellers: An American
Dynasty
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1976, 746 pgs., index, notes, illustrations, bibliographic note
|
Biography - Business history
|
A massive research effort using
family archives. In their opening to the first chapter the authors describe the
contrast between the public image of John D. Rockefeller as a benighted robber
and the actual fact that he was a philanthropist on a massive scale. And that
his business activities were honest in comparison with the Gould's, Fisk's and
other of the real robber barons. He was subjected to the most vicious attacks
and false claims. The authors meld the personal histories of each Rockefeller
generation with their business projects and both with the story of the times in
which they lived. And it is quite a story.
|
Horton,. Rosalind & Sally
Simmonds eds.
|
Great American Documents
|
Quercus, London, 2007, 255 pgs.,
index, illustrations
|
American history
|
An excellent compilation of
important original documents from a letter by Christopher Columbus to a missing
persons message board of 2001. The book is intended as a readings supplement
for High School
|
Hosking, Geoffrey
|
Russia and the Russians: A
history
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
2001, 718 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, maps, paperback
|
Russian History
|
A standard text.
|
Hotelling, Neal
|
Pebble Beach: The Official Golf
history
|
Triumph Books, Chicago, 2009, 244
pgs., index, tables, illustrations
|
California History
|
This is an elaborate history of
Pebble Beach, Monterey County, California focused on the famous Pebble Beach
golf club and the interesting tournaments held there.
|
Howard, A. E. Dick
|
Magna Carta - text and commentary
|
Univ. Press of Virginia,
Charflottesville, 1964, 55 pgs., bibliographical note, paperback
|
Medieval History - Political
Theory
|
The very famous founding
political document in English history with commentary
|
Howe, Neil and William Strauss
|
The Fourth Turning
|
Broadway Books, NY. `997, 382
pgs., index, references, notes, paperback
|
economics, finance. public policy
|
The author does marshal extensive
data and historical information in support of his thesis, namely that history
is composed of a recuring series of four architypical eras and the
internactions of generations with the conditions in which they live. But I do
not believe in cycles - the ancient Greek idea - but rather waves. And I do not
believe that human society can be devided so specifically into prototype
generations with start and beginninng dates that divide generations. Rather the
changes and shifts are more gradual and continual.
|
Howells, William
|
Back of History: The Story of our
own Origins
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N. Y., 1954, 384 pgs. , index, illustrations
|
Prehistoric era - early human
development
|
The book is about the evidence of
early human development as found from archeology world - wide.
|
Hoyt, Robert S.
|
Feudal Institutions: Cause or
Consequence of Decentralizatrion?
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1961, 35 pgs., bibliography, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
One of a series on 'source
problems' for teachers. The author writes that many agree that one of the most
difficult subjects for history teachers to explain is 'feudalism'. Indeed that
is so, and perhaps it is because the common theories are either incorrect or at
least misleading. And much change in concepts has taken place since this
publication - See Marcia Colish for instance
|
Hsu, Robert
|
China Fireworks: How to Make
Dramatic Wealth from the Fastest-Growing Economy in the World
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken
N.J., 2008, 275 pgs, index
|
Investment Advice, China economy
|
The author maintains an active
presence in China with meeting business and government leaders. he is clearly a
believer in the expanding future of the Chinese economy.
|
Hubbard, Douglas W.
|
The Failure of Risk Management:
Why It's Broken and How to Fix it
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken,
N.J., 2009, 281 pgs., index, appendices
|
Risk, Fiance, Economics,
|
The author is an expert in
measuring intangibles, risks and value. The book is full of mathematics and
ideas on how to measure and then control risk. Read with Bernstein and Taleb.
Hubbard blames the financial crisis on failure of all responsible parties to
properly evaluate and mitigate risk.
|
Hubbard, Glenn and Tim Kane
|
Balance: The Economics of Great
Powers from Ancient Rome to Modern America
|
Simon & Schuster, N. Y.,
2013, 315 pgs., index, end notes, references, tables
|
Economics, Economic history
|
A broad study of economic history
|
Hudson, Michael
|
Finance as Warfare
|
College Publications, 2015, 149
pgs., paperback
|
Economics, finance, debt, credit
|
A devistating expose of the way
creditors exploit debtors and have since ancient Near East societies.
|
Hudson, Michael
|
... and forgive them their debts
|
ISLET- Verlad, Dresden, 2018, 311
pgs. index, bibliography, footnotes, illustrations, paperback
|
Ancient History, economics,
finance, Mesopotamia,
|
The subtitle is Lending,
Foreclosure and Redemption FRom Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Yeare -The
author traces economics, business, providing great detail on the efforts of
creditors to exploit debtors.
|
Hughes, Frank
|
Prejudice and the Press: A
Restatement of the Principle of Freedom of the Press with Specific Reference to
the Hutchins-Luce Commission
|
Devin-Adir Co., N.Y., 1950, 642
pgs., index, end notes, appendices
|
Public Policy
|
The Hutchins-Luce self appointed
commission published a report attacking freedom of the press and advocating a
policy for government control. The book attacks the report.
|
Hughes, Lindsey
|
Russia in the Age of Peter the
Great
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1998, 602 pgs, index, bibliography, end notes, illustrations, map, chronology
|
Russian History
|
The author begins with an
excellent section of background - Russia during the reign of Sophia (of whom
she already wrote a biography). The next two sections are "Russia and the
World: 1696-1725, which is mostly about Peter's campaigns against Azov and the
Great Northern War; and The Russian Military Machine, which describes his
strenuous efforts to transform the country after suffering defeat at Narva.
Then comesectdions on government, economy, people. arts, court, education,
religion. After these descriptions of 'the Age' she turns to Peter himself and
his family. This is the critical biography of Peter.
|
Hughes, Philip
|
A Popular History of the Catholic
Church
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N.Y., 1953, 309 pgs., index, notes, paperback
|
Church History
|
The first chapter describes the
early Catholic Church amid a numerous group of heresies such as Gnosticism,
Marcion, Monanus, Mani. The second chapter describes the church from 313 - 711
under protection of the Empire. Following chapters follow through the middle
ages, the Protestant Revolt, the revolt of the Catholic kings, and the assault
of liberalism up to 1946.
|
Hughes, Thomas Parke - ed.
|
The Development of Western
Technology Since 1500
|
The Macmillan Co., N. Y., 1964,
149 pgs., foot notes, paperback
|
Modern History
|
The book is a selection of essays
on narrow subjects related to technology or engineering. The purpose is to
provide a few samples of how technology has influenced other aspects of society
and to show that technology has a history.
|
Huizinga`, J.
|
The Waning of the Middle Ages: A
Study of the forms of life, thought and art in France and the Netherlands in
the dawn of the Renaissance
|
Doubleday & Co. Garden City ,
N. Y., 1924-1954, 362 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Social - Medieval History -
Intellectual History
|
The author comments that
generally the study of history is about beginnings. People seek to find the
causes and origins of the new developments. In this case he rather seeks to
describe the endings. He writes; "The present work deals with the history
of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries regarded as a period of termination,
as the close of the Middle Ages." He believes the era retains much more of
its links to its past rather than links to the future. His graphic word picture
includes this -="The contrast between silence and sound, darkness and
light, like that between summer and winter, was more strongly marked than it is
in our lives... All things presenting themselves to the mind in violent
contrasts and impressive forms, lent a tone of excitement and of passion to
everyday life and tended to produce that perpetual oscillation between despair
and distracted joy, between cruelty and pious tenderness which characterize
life in the Middle Ages.'
|
Humes, James C.
|
The Wit & Wisdom of Ronald
Reagan
|
Regnery Pub., Wash. D. C., 2007,
222 pgs., index,
|
Biography, American History
|
The author, former speech writer,
selected extracts from President Reagan's speeches, comments, and one-liners to
illustrate his view of Reagan's clever wit.
|
Hunold, Albert - ed.
|
Freedom and Serfdom: An Anthology
of Western Thought
|
D. Reidel Pub. Dordrecht,
Holland, 1961, 288 pgs., bibliography
|
Political Theory
|
A great group of authors
including Arendt, Voegelin, Hayek, Kirk, and Oakeshott. Published in 1961 the
authors discussing trends toward totalitarianism focus mostly in Communism and
Nazi examples. But the essays by Voegelin, hayek and Arendt are timeless.
|
Hyland, William G. Jr.
|
In Defense of Thomas Jefferson
|
St. Martin's Press, N. Y., 2009,
292 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, appendices
|
Biography - American History
|
The author mounts a legal style
defense of Thomas Jefferson against the charges that he had a child with Sally
Hemings.
|
Idzerda, Stanley J.
|
The Background of the French
Revolution
|
Service Center for Teachers of
History, Wash. D. C., 1959, 22 pgs., footnotes, paperback
|
Modern History
|
A short discussion of available
references that history teachers may find useful in preparation of their
courses.
|
Ilf, Alexandra Ilyinichina - ed
|
State Armoury in the Moscow
Kremlin
|
Izobranitel;noye Iskustva,
Moscow, 1969, index, glossary, bibliography, large format
|
Russian History - art
|
A spectacular book with large
color illustrations of exhibits in the Kremlin Armory museum - weapons,
clothing, gold and silver, books. state coaches and more. Includes foreign
items.
|
Ingham, Geoffrey
|
The Nature of Money
|
Polity, Cambridge U.K., 2004, 254
pgs., index, references, notes, paperback
|
Economic History, money
|
Very important analysis of the
real nature of money in society throughout history. Apart from von Mises, the
best book I have found on the subject
|
Ingham, Geoffrey
|
Capitalism
|
Polity, Cambridge U.K., 2008, 284
pgs., index, references, notes, paperback
|
Economics, sociology
|
A sociological study of the
development and role of capitalism. The author in the new edition adds
discussion of the financial collapse of 2008
|
Ismail. Salim
|
Exponential
Organizations
|
Singularity
University Book, N.Y., 2014, 320 pgs. paperback
|
Business, Economics
|
The authors claim
and illustrate that successful organizations including businesses now must
become morefelxible by using all the expanding tools provided by the
information economy.
|
Ivanov, Nikolai
Mikhailovich.
|
Istoriya Rusi v
imyenakh i datakh ,
|
Nordmed-Izdot, St.
Petersburg, 1998, 148 pgs. genealogical charts
|
Reference - Russian
History
|
This is a remarkable
reference. It has elaborate family genealogies cross referenced. The families
are traced not only to those who hold titles as princes ruling udels' but also
to the descendent families of these who remained 'nobles' through subsequent
generations.
|
Jackh, Ernest - ed.
|
Background of the Middle East
|
Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca,
1952, 236 pgs., index, bibliography, maps,
|
Middle Eastern History
|
This contains 22 essays on a wide
variety of topics such as: geostrategic importance, Hebrew civilization, Rome,
Oriental Christianity, Islamic Civilization, Turkish Empire, Russian
Messianism, Nationalism, petroleum, American Archeology and more.
|
Jacques, Martin
|
When China Rules the World: The
End of trhe Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order
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Penguin Press, N.Y., 2009, 510
pgs., index, end notes
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China, economics, politics
|
The author has a strong dislike
for America, Great Britain and to some extent the entire Euro area. He believes
China will set these countries in their proper place by surpassing them and
bringing them down. So far. since 2009 the trends do not show that he is
correct.
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Jaffa, Harry V.
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Equality &
Liberty: Theory and Practice in American Politics
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Oxford Univ;. Press,
N.Y., 1965, 229 pgs.,
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Political Theory
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A compendium of 10
essays on various topics related to the reality of American politics.
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Jaszi, Oscar
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The Dissolution of the Habsburg
Monarchy
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Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1929, reprint 1961, 482 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
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Modern History
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This is a lengthy study of the
gradual dismemberment and demise, of the multi-ethnic, multi-national,
heterogenous, family realm of the medieval Habsburg clan under the multitude of
pressures both internal and external that rendered it impossible. The author
dissects all these forces, centrifugal and centripetal that competed for power.
He provides much data, for instance population figures by ethnic group.
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Jelavich, Charles and
Barbara
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The Habsburg Monarchy: Toward a
Multinational Empire or Nation States?
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Rinehart & Co., N. Y., 1959,
57 pgs., readings, paperback
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Modern History
|
This is one of a series of
booklets designed for teachers to use in classrooms. It contains 14 essays
related to the Habsburg reign from 1815 to 1918. Several are about specific
nationalities and several others are about specific events such as the
revolution of 1848. We have several comprehensive histories of the Habsburgs in
this list.
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Jennings, Sir Ivor
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Cabinet Government
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Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1959, 587 pgs., index, biographical and bibliographical notes,
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British Government
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A text book on the working of the
British government. It begins with a discussion of the British Constitution,
which of course is not written. The author cites four major principles of the
Constitution. It is democratic, it is parliamentary, it is monarchal, and it is
a Cabinet system. The book goes on from there.
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Johnson, Edgar N.
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An Introduction to the History of
the Western Tradition Vol I
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Ginn and Co., Boston, 1959, 822
pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations foot notes
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Western Intellectual and Cultural
History
|
The author writes: "This
book introduces the American undergraduate to some of the many strands that
form a Western Tradition he may be called upon to defend with his life."
Ha-ha -fat chance that today's student will learn about this. Rather he will be
indoctrinated with a false notion that the West was evil through and through.
The author begins with an unusually profound discussion of history itself and
the historian's role and purpose. He defines both western and tradition. He
writes in the context of a difference, if not fully a conflict, between West
and East in terms of East being the Communist bloc. I doubt if he even
considered the East would be Islam instead. Volume I includes the ancient near
east, Greece, Rome, and +medieval Europe
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Johnson, Edgar N.
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An Introduction to the History of
the Western Tradition Vol II
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Ginn and Co., Boston, 1959, 799
pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations foot notes
|
Western Intellectual and Cultural
History
|
Volume II begins with the
Renaissance and concludes with post WWII Europe, Communism and the United
Nations. In his conclusion chapter he summarizes. He writes: 'This book has
tried to interpret the history of Europe in the light of a tradition, the
western tradition, that has been compromised, attacked, and desperately
defended in two world wars of the twentieth century." There is no hint of
the much worse attacks to come from within the West itself from anti-western
intellectuals. The attacks are from Communism. And there is no hint of the
later attacks from Islam. Both volumes are important sources for the student
who still hopes to defend Western Tradition. See Zabel study guide below
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Johnson, Rev. George & Jerome
Hannan & Sister M Dominica
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Bible History: A Textbook of the
Old and New Testaments for Catholic Schools
|
Benziger Brothers, N.Y., 1931,
558 pgs. , index, illustrations, maps
|
Bible History
|
A school text with questions at
end of each chapter.
|
Johnson, Paul
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Intellectuals
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Harper & Row, N. Y., 1988,
385 pgs., index, end notes
|
Intellectual History
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The ideas of some 'intellectuals'
including Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Brecht, Russell,
Sartre, Edmund Wilson, Gollancz and Lillian Hellman. Quite a mix of characters.
The author links them by writing that the book is an examination of the moral
and judgmental credentials of these folks who propose to give advice to
humanity on how to conduct its affairs. They do not come off very favorably..
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Johnson, Paul
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Castles of England, Scotland
& Wales
|
Seven Dials, Cassell Co., London,
2000, 214 pgs., glossary, maps, illustrations
|
Military history, fortification,
castles
|
Excellent profusely illustrated
history of castle and fortress building with illustrated examples.
|
Johnson, Simon & James Kwak
|
White House Burning: The Founding
Father, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You
|
Pantheon Books, N. Y., 2012, 352
pgs., index, end notes
|
Public Policy, Finance, Economic
Policy, Monetary Policy
|
The authors correctly describe
the essential roles of government to maintain the rule of law, individual
private property, stable money supply and the rest. They write:
"Ultimately, our choice of government implies a choice of the kind of
society we want to live in." Their view of the kind of society they want
is one in which the government protects everyone from a host of potential
misfortunes. Their view is based on 'fairness'. So they deplore conservative
efforts to reduce taxes. They denounce the 'Tea Party' movement.
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Jones, Daniel Steadman
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Masters of the Universe: Hayek,
Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics
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Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2012, 418 pgs., index, end notes
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Economic History - Monetary
Policy and Politics
|
The Keynesian economic theory in
practice. The language is polemical and at times vicious. The 'free market' is
blamed for the every problems that the absence of a real 'free market' have
produced. Not only Austrian economic theory is attacked but also 'public
choice' concepts from George Mason Univ. Economics department. Among many books
countering Jones one can read "Defending the Free Market" by Rev.
Robert Sirico.
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Jones, Dan
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The Plantagenets
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Viking, N. Y., 2012, 534 pgs.,
index, reading, maps, genealogical tables
|
English History
|
Excellent study, combines the
biographies of the leading figures with the historical context of their times.
Without the author's explicit effort the history shows the importance of
contingency in outcomes of events. It also shows the significance of leaders.
The history also shows the central role of warfare in determining events.
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Jones, Dan
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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall
of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors
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Viking, N. Y., 2014, 392 pgs.,
index, bibliography, notes, illustrations, genealogy, maps
|
English History
|
The sequel to Plantagenets
describing their fratricide that destroyed the dynasty. The above comments
apply.
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Jonge, Alex de
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Fire and Water: A Life of Peter
the Great
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Coward, McCann & Geoghegan,
N. Y., 1979, 279 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations
|
Russian History
|
The author makes use of
quotations from Peter's and contemporaries' letters. He devotes much attention
to Peter's military endeavors.
|
Kagan, Donald, ed.
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Problems in Ancient History Vol
One: The Ancient Near East and Greece
|
The Macmillan Co., N.Y., 1966,
443 pgs.,
|
Ancient History
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A selection of extracts from a
variety of books and articles. The content begins with Mesopotamia, then Egypt
and Israel. It ends with the deification of Alexander the Great. His books on
ancient military history are listed in my military book catalog.
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Kagan, Donald, ed.
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Problems in Ancient History Vol.
Two: The Roman World
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The Macmillan Co., N.Y., 1966,
431 pgs.,
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Ancient History
|
A selection of extracts from a
variety of books and articles. The content begins with Livy's account of the
mythical foundation of Rome and ends with Diocletian, Constantine and their
efforts to save the Roman Empire.
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Kagan, Donald - ed.
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Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire; Why Did it Collapse?
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D. C. Heath Co., Boston, 1962, 99
pgs., readings. paperback
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Ancient History
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The booklet is one in the
Problems in European civilization series designed for use by teachers in
classroom discussion. You will see from other books in this list why I don't
like this title. The Roman Empire did not 'collapse'. As for why the western
half was transformed into separate kingdoms and principalities there have been
many works written since 1962. This booklet has 16 essays by noted historians.
Today the booklet would be useful for classroom discussion comparing all these
views with the more recent concepts.
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Kahn, David
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The Codebreakers: The Story of
Secret Writing
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The Macmillan Co. N. Y., 1967,
1164 pgs., index, notes, illustrations, bibliography
|
General History
|
This is the definitive history of
cryptology from ancient times to late 20th century. It was published before the
secret history of code breaking during World War II was declassified and
published. But it nevertheless includes what could be published. The value is
in the total context in which the author describes and explains the details of
cryptology methods.
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Kahneman, David
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, N.
Y., 2011, 499 pgs., index, notes, paperback
|
Economics, psychology
|
A very highly rated book on how
individual psychological reality influences decision making, especially
predicting and decisions on financial matters. The author was an experimental
psychologist, yet his great influence on economic thought won him a Nobel price
in economics.
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Kai-Fu, Lee
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AI, Superpowers, China, Silicon
Valley, and the New World Order
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New
York, 2018, 253 pgs., incex, notes
|
Economics, Investment, China,
United States, computer science, artificial intelligence,
|
The author has many years of
direct, personal experience in study and development of AI in both the United
States and China. He also has been a CEO and executive in major innovative,
leading computer software corporations. Now he leads a Venture Investment
company he founded to encourage and expand more 'start up' innovative
companies. In this book he combines his observations on the historical
development of AI and the computer industry in general with his expectations
for the future developments. He is especially concerned about the broader
impact of the expanding role of all aspects of AI (such as deep data mining and
machine learning) in social and political issues such as unemployment and
wealth distribution. He also provides his assessement of the relative
leadership between China and the United States in all aspects of AI now and in
the next 10 years or so.
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Kaletsky, Anatole
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Capitalism 4.0
|
Public Affairs, NY., 2011, 422
pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Economics, politics, current
events
|
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Kaplan, Robert D.
|
The Revenge of Geography: What
the Map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate
|
Random House, N.Y., 2012, 403
pgs., index, end notes
|
Geopolitics
|
The author has written many books
relating geography to history and strategy throughout history. This one
describes current areas of political crisis.
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Kates, Gary - ed.
|
The French Revolution: Recent
debates and new controversies
|
Routledge, London, 1998, 364
pgs., index, notes, illustrations
|
Modern History
|
This book consists of 11 essays
each focused on a controversial, revisionist issue.
|
Katusa, Marin
|
The Colder War: How the Global
Energy Trade Slipped from America's Grasp
|
John Wiley & Sons, N. Y.,
2014, 246 pgs. , index, references
|
Investment, Finance, Energy
|
The author brings together
information published in a variety of sources over last 15 years plus his own
research. The theme is that Vladimir Putin has a long-term strategy for
manipulating the world energy sources, oil, natural gas and uranium to enhance
Russia's strategic position. Mr. Katusa describes Putin's actions in a
step-by-step process to solidify his power in Russia, eliminate rival
oligarchs, bring the energy industry back under government control (while
letting it remain theoretically private) and use Russian energy position to
strengthen foreign policy.
|
Katusa, Marin
|
The Rise of America Remaking the
World Order
|
Katusa Research, 2021, 313 pgs.,
index
|
Geopolitics, economics, politics,
strategy
|
The author discusses
international investments, money theory, natural resources
|
Katz, Solomon
|
The Decline of Rome and the Rise
of Medieval Europe
|
Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, N.
Y., 1955, 164 pgs. , index, readings, chronology, map, paperback
|
Ancient & Medieval History
|
The text was prepared for college
students lacking in the level of historical knowledge previously presumed in
high school graduates. In addition it is presumed that the student today is
hard pressed for time and has low attention span, hence the text is highly
compressed. The chronology table indicates the period to be discussed dates
from the Antonine Age 138-192 to the reign of Pope Gregory the Great 590-604
AD. The chapter organization is more or less chronological, but also topical
with subjects such as crisis and recovery; ordeal and triumph; decline and
fall; transition; and Roman legacy.
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Kaufman, Henry
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Techtonic Shifts in Financial
markets
|
Palgrave, Macmillan, 2016, 180
pgs., index, bibliography
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Economics, investment, stock
market, financial indusetry
|
Subtitle: People, Policies, and
Institutions,
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Kaufman, J. E & H. W.
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Castrum to Castle
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Kay, John
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Other People/s Money
|
Profile Books, London, 2015, 356
pgs., index, bibliography, notes. paperback
|
economics, investment, monetary
policy
|
This is an important and
excellent study of post WWII financial history, banking, credit, monetary
policy, FED and central bank errors
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Kenan, H. S.
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The Federal Reserve Bank
|
Nonetide Press, Los Angeles, CA.,
1967, 254 pgs., bibliography, paperback
|
Finance, monetary policy
|
A well explained documentary
expose of the workings of the Federal Reserve Bank. But the bank has become
more powerful and done more since 1967.
|
Kendall, Paul Murray
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The Yorkist Age: Daily Life
during the Wars of the Roses
|
W. W. Norton Co., N. Y., 1964,
524 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, list of names of individuals in
the story
|
Medieval History
|
The author writes: "The
object of this book is not to analyze but to recapture a part of the past. I
have aimed at recreating the Yorkist Age as it was lived; and I have therefore
avoided, when I could, dealing with pots and pans and concepts and
constitutions and governments and economic change and religious attitudes, and
have tried to show people using and acting out and responding to and being
moved by these things and institutions and forces." This is indeed social
history. it is no wonder that he places a lengthy list identifying the names of
the many individuals who people his story.
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Kendall, Paul Murray
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Richard the Third
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W. W. Norton Co., N. Y., 1955,
602 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, illustrations, maps, genealogical
chart
|
Medieval History -
Biography
|
Kendall notes that Richard III is
one of the most polemical figures in English history. One reason is that his
name was blackened by Tudor historians right up to Shakespeare. He writes that
he has ignored the Tudor story and based his research on contemporary documents
and sources. I note that the Richard's body has recently been recovered and
this has generated quite a bit of recent interest and scholarship.
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Kendall, Willmoore
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The Conservative Affirmation
|
Henry Regnery Co, Chicago, 1963,
272 pgs., index
|
Political Philosophy
|
A classic study by one of the
great philosophers of our time
|
Kendall, Willmoore
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Contra Mundum
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle,
N.Y., 1971, 640 pgs., index
|
Political Philosophy
|
A collection of many articles,
speeches and essays by the great political philosopher. Jeffrey Hart writes in
his essay: "Willmore Kendall remains, beyond any possibility of challenge,
the most important political theorist to have emerged in the twenty-odd years
since the end of World War II."
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Kendall, Willmoore
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John Locke and the Doctrine of
Majority-Rule
|
Univ of Illinois Press, Urbana,
1965, 141 pgs., bibliography, foot notes, paperback
|
Political Philosophy
|
See John Locke below - Commentary
by a political philosopher on Locke's ideas.
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Kennedy, John F.
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Profiles in Courage
|
Perennial - Harper & Row, N.
Y., 1964, 238 pgs., index, bibliography, paper back
|
Biographies
|
There is a preface by Robert
Kennedy, There are also rumors that JFK did not actually write the book.
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Kerner, Robert Joseph
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Bohemia in the Eighteenth Century
|
Academic International, Orano,
Main, 1969, 412 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes,
|
Early Modern History
|
The sub-title is: A Study in
Political, Economic, and Social History With Special Reference to the Reign of
Leopold II, 1720-1792. The subject is organized by topics rather than
chronologically. Thus we have - Introduction - Political - Economic - Social -
and Conclusion. For instance, Economic includes chapters on Commerce and
Industry - on Finance and Taxation - and on Serfdom
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Ketchum, Richard M. - ed.
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American Heritage Book of The
Pioneer Spirit
|
American Heritage Co., N. Y.,
1959, 371 pgs., index, illustrations
|
American History
|
The illustrations are the
important part of the book. There are text sections by Allan Nevins, Alvin
Josephy, Peter Lyon and Francis Russell. I don't know why John Brown is given
so much space.
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Kiefer, Otto - trans. Gilbert and
Helen Highet
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Sexual Life in Ancient Rome
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Barnes & Noble, N.Y., 1962,
379 pgs., index, illustrations, genealogy
|
Ancient History
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The book includes religious
beliefs, poetry on love, physical life, brief biographies of some emperors and
their consorts, and related topics.
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Kling, Arnold
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Specialization and Trade
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Cato Institute, Wash.D.C. 2016,
208 pgs., index, footonotes, paperback
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Economics
|
The author focused on dispelling
common economic myths.
|
Kindleberger, Charles P. &
Robert Aliber
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A
History of Financial Crises 5th ed.
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John Wiley & Sons, N.Y. 2000,
355 pgs., index, end notes, tables, paperback
|
Economic History, Finance
|
Dr. Kindleberger did not live to
complete this edition, but it follows in his path. The history of money and
banking is the history of repeated financial crises. Money is a concept and as
such its 'value' depends on psychological as well as physical factors.
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King, Stephen D.
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When the Money Runs
Out; The End of Western Affluence
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Yale, Univ. Press,
New Haven, 2013, 287 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Economics, Finance,
Public Policy
|
The believes
European countries and America are stagnating economically and running out of
money with increasing debt.
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Kirk, Russell
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The Conservative Mind
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Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, 1953,
478 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Political Philosophy -
Intellectual history
|
The book has many reviews. It is
considered a 'landmark' of intellectual thought. In it Kirk describes the
history of conservative thought from Burke through John Adams, Alexander
Hamilton, the Romantics and Utilitarians, Randolph and Calhoun, Macaulay,
Disraeli, John Stuart Mill, Henry and Brooks Adams, and many more including
George Santayana.
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Kirk, Russell
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The Conservative Mind - revised
edition
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Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, 1953,
478 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Political Philosophy -
Intellectual history
|
The first edition created such a
mass of comment and replies to the author that he was able to use these in
writing a significant revision immediately, as is indicated by its rapid
publication date.
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Kirk, Russell
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The Conservative Mind - paper
back
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Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, 1978,
566 pgs., end notes, paperback of the revised edition
|
Political Philosophy -
Intellectual history
|
In his review George Nash wrote:
"But cetainly the appearance of The Conservative Mind in 1953 was
an event of importance in the recent intellectual history of the American
Right. The achievement of Kirk in this book were manifold. With eloquence and
conviction he demonstrated that reflective conservativism was not mere myopic
selfishness, was not the rationalizations of unattractive greed, was not the
ritual incantation of hardened privilege."
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Kirk, Russell
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Edmund Burke: A Genius
Reconsidered
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle,
N.Y., 1967, 255 pgs., index, end notes
|
Biography, Intellectual History
|
An expansive biography from the
author's essay on Burke in The Conservative Mind.He notes the large
volume of more information now available.
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Kirk, Russell
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John Randolph: A Study in
American Politics with Selected Speeches and Letters
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Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, 1964,
485 pgs., index, bibliography, appendices, notes
|
American History, Intellectual
History
|
John Randolph was one of the
significant political leaders in America during the Revolutionary era. This is
not a biography of the man but a presentation and analysis of his thinking. he
was a strong conservative and opponent of both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
The appendices consist of his letters and speeches. Kirk chooses to write this
as Randolph is so similar to Burke in his representation of conservative
thought.
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Kirk, Russell
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Enemies of the Permanent Things:
Observations of Abnormality in Literature and politics
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle, N.
Y., 1969, 311 pgs. , index
|
Political Philosophy
|
A series of lectures or printed
articles. one of the most powerful and fascinating is titled Eric Voegelin's
Normative Labor. It focuses on Voegelin's ideas about modern Gnosticism and his
massive multi-volume Order and History(which we have here). He discusses
the first volume,Israel and Revelationin particular. Kirk also discusses
the 'extortionate demands of a doctrinaire egalitarianism," and "the
triumph of envy". (See Envy). The opening section is titled
"Normative Art and Modern Vice"; in which he writes, "The Word
'vice' originally meant abnormality, deformity, failing. This is a book about
modern vices - that is, modern flaws - and about norms, the standards by which
we live." Unfortunately since the 1960's everything in this category has
degenerated.
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Kirk, Russell
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Beyond the Dreams of Avarice
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Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, 1956,
339 pgs.
|
Social Criticism
|
A series of lectures and essays
from Britain and well as America. The author writes: "So these essays are
intended to be, in their imperfect and desultory way, some manner of answer to
the dominant doctrine that the end of man is gratification of carnal appetite,
- a doctrine preached on high in schools of philosophy and theology, and
vulgated by gentlemen like Mr. George Soule and Mr. Moriss Ernst. We are going
to have to search back far beyond Bentham and Marx, Freud and Dewey, for
measures to prevent the dehumanization of man."
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Kirk, Russell
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The American Cause
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Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, 1957,
172 pgs. suggested readings
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Political Philosophy
|
The book explains the essential
requirement for society to be based on moral principles. Among those categories
described in detail are - The Nature of Man - The Church and State - Ordered
Liberty -The Federal Republic, The Free Economy - American Economic
Accomplishment. There are chapters also discussing the Communist Claims and the
American Answer.
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Kirk, Russell
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Confessions of a Bohemian Tory
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Fleet Publishing, N. Y., 1965,
308 pgs.
|
Personal Memoir
|
The author certainly has 'been
around', and in this memoir he describes some of the places, events and
personalities involved. He starts the first page with: "A connoisseur of
slums and strange corners, I have dwelt in more garrets and cellars, forest
cabins and island hovels, than I can recall. These random memoirs, vignettes,
and meditations are occasional fruits of a frugal and often picturesque
solitude." Since there is no index, the interested person will have to
read the whole thing to find out the details.
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Kirk, Russell
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The Roots of American Order
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Open Court, Lasalle, Illinois,
1974, 534 pgs. , index, readings,
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Political Philosophy
|
The author writes: "In this
book we examine the roots of order in the United States of America. Old and
intricate, these roots give life to us all. We can distinguish two sorts of
roots, intertwined: the roots of the moral order, of order in the soul; and the
roots of the civil social order, of order in the republic." And also:
"All the aspects of any civilization arise out of a people's religion: its
politics,, its economics, its arts, its sciences, even its simple crafts are
the by-products of religious insights and religious cult."
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Kirk, Russell
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Eliot and His Age
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Random House, N. Y., 1971, 462
pgs., index, end notes
|
Literary criticism
|
The subtitle is: T. S. Eliot's
Moral Imagination in the Twentieth Century. The author writes: "A fresh
examination of the work of T. S. Eliot may assist in that reinvigoration. This
book is an endeavor at once to criticize an important body of literature, and
to relate that literature to the events and circumstances and prospects of
civilization in this century."
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Kirk, Russell
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Decadence & Renewal in the
Higher Learning: An Episodic History of American University and College Since
1953.
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Gateway Editions, South Bend,
Indiana, 1978, 354 pgs., index
|
Higher Education
|
The book is about the progressive
decadence of American Higher Education establishments. The author writes: 'For
a quarter of a century, higher education in America has been sinking lower.
This book, of which the first part is chronological in scheme, gives a mordant
account of that decline. I have endeavored to express myself graphically,
though episode and vignette. In the later part of the book, concerned with
renewal, I permit some cheerfulness to break in."
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Kirszner, Laurie G. & Stephen
Mandell
|
Patterns for College Writing
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Bedford/St. Martin's, N.Y., 2010,
819 pgs., index, paperback
|
English writing
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A detailed guide for better
writing with many examples of excellent writing by well-known authors.
|
Kiyosaki, Robert
|
Rich Dad Poor Dad
|
Plata Pub, 2017, 347 pgs.,
paperback
|
investing
|
Personal advice on how to invest
for maximum profits
|
Kiyosaki, Robert
|
Guide to Investing
|
Plata Pub, 2012, 470 pgs.,
paperback
|
investing
|
A further guide to investing -
more elaborate with details about specific types of investment
|
Kiyosaki, Robert
|
Cashflow Quadrant
|
Plata Pub. 2011, 282 pgs.,
paperback
|
investing
|
Guide to Financial Freedom -
details on how to invest to generate cash flow
|
Kiyosaki, Robert
|
Why "A" Students Work
for "C" Students
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Plata Pub. 2013, 452 pgs.,
paperback
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investing
|
This version contains much of the
same advice, but it is designed for parents to encourage and teach their
children to become wealthy
|
Kogan, V. M
|
Istoriya Doma Rurikovichyei
(History of the Rurikovich dynasty
|
Izdatel'skii dom Bel'veder, St
Petersburg, 1993, 196 pgs., index, illustrations, bibliography, genealogical
charts, list of Metropolitans,
|
Russian History - reference for
descendents of Vladimir
|
This is a key reference. One part
has summary histories of the various 'principalities' and 'udels' that is the
territories - cities - that eventually were owned by a member of the
Rurikoviche clan as prince. For instance, the Galitsko-Volinskoye principality
had the Bel'ski and Lutski appanages in it. The Polotskoye principality had
Vitebski, Minski, Gorodenski, Drutski, Borisovski, Logovski and Isyaslavski
udels in it. The other part of the book is an alphabetical list of the princes
and members of their families who held these udels. They form cross references
in that the short bio of the prince gives his titles, dates, father's name,
wife's name if married, and names of his sons and daughters. Then there are
also genealogical charts showing their various sub families. For instance the
'house' of Grand Prince of Moscow Danil Aleksandrovich (died 1303) shows 9 more
generations to Fedor I who died in 1598. That is the family who started with
Moscow and assembled all of Russia into their hands.
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Knyazyeba, V
|
Illustrirovannaya Istoriya Rossii
(Illustrated history of Russia)
|
Fond Leningradskaya galeriya, St.
Petersburg, 1994, 307 pgs., illustrations, chronology
|
Russian History
|
A reign by reign history from
Rurik to Sophia, Aleksevena with illustrations. In Russian
|
Kransberg, Melvin - ed.
|
1848; A Turning Point?
|
D. C. Heath and Co, Boston, 1959,
104 pgs., readings, paperback
|
Modern History
|
One of the series of booklets on
controversial topics for use by history teachers. This has 12 essays by
specialists on various issues relating to the idea that the Revolutions in 1848
marked some kind of change - even transformation - in European society and
affairs.
|
Kraus, Michael
|
The United States to 1865
|
Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann
Arbor, 1959, 540 pgs., index, readings, maps
|
American History
|
This is paired with Foster Dulles
- The United States Since 1865 - It is a straight forward history text book for
colleges. The author includes, economics, culture, politics, warfare,
literature.
|
Kristeller, Paul Oskar
|
Renaissance Thought II Papers on
Humanism and the Arts
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1965,
234 pgs., index. foot notes, paperback
|
Intellectual History
|
There are nine essays (lectures)
reprinted from various sources. The topics are Humanist Learning, Moral
Thought, Platonic Academy, Music and arts and more.
|
Kucharski, Adam
|
The Perfect Bet
|
Basic Books, N. Y., 2016, 271
pgs., index, notes
|
Technology, math, computers
|
Subtitle is How Science and Math
are Taking The Luck out ofGambling - but the content ranges more widely into
the applications of computers and mathmatics to enable predictions.
|
Kuhn, Thomas S.
|
The Structure of Scientific
Revolutions, 4th edition
|
University of Chicago Press,
Chicago, 2012, 217 pgs., index, footnotes, paperback
|
History, Science,
|
This is a very important book and
it has been influential. The author created his own 'revolution' in people's
thinking about the nature of science. But his concepts apply in many other
fields and situations in addition to the physical sciences.
|
Labarge, Margaret Wade
|
A Baronial Household of the
Thirteenth Century
|
Barnes & Noble, N. Y., 1965,
235 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, illustrations, appendix
|
Medieval History
|
This is a fine, detailed look at
the reality of every-day life for the wealthy, politically powerful baronage -
actually the top most group - the handful of earls who held their domains
directly from the king. The author takes much of her information from detailed
records remaining of the household of the countess of Leicester. Chapter titles
include: the castle as house - the lady of the house - organization of the
household - daily fare (food) - spice account - wine and beer - cooking and
serving meals - clothes - travel and transport - amusements.
|
Ladurie, Emmanuel Le Roy - trans.
Barbara Bray
|
Montaillou: The Promised Land of
Error
|
Random House, N. Y., 1979, 383
pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, map, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
Montaillou was located in the
north Pyrenees. It was the last village that supported the Cathar heresy
(Albigensianism). The village was chosen for study due to the existence of
documentary sources compiled by the Fournier family. Jacques was a Cistercian
monk who became a bishop and then a cardinal. And in 1327 he was elected at
Avignon as Pope Benedict XII. Previously, as Bishop of Pamiers he had led a
powerful inquisition court. It is from the records of this court that we have
so much detail on peasant and village life. Le Roy Ladurie created a sensation
when he published his study of economic and social history at this 'low'
level.. A whole school of French historians developed.
|
Lamb, Harold
|
The March of Muscovy
|
Doubleday Co., N. Y., 1966, 276
pgs., index, illustrations, paper back
|
Russian History
|
A popular style narration for
general readers.
|
Lampard, Eric E.
|
Industrial Revolution:
Interpretations and Perspectives
|
Service Center for Teachers of
History, Wash. D. C., 1957, 39 pgs., bibliography, foot notes, paperback
|
Modern History
|
The booklet is designed for
teachers to use in classrooms. There are 8 chapters with various topics related
to the change from agricultural to industrial manufacturing economy in the 19th
century.
|
Landes, David S. and Joel Mokyur,
William Baumol - eds.
|
The Invention of Enterprise:
Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2010, 566 index, each essay has its own reference notes.
|
Economic History -
|
A set of excellent original
essays on economic history, especially development of entrepreneurship from
Neo-Babylon and Near East to Greece to Medieval Europe and then western Europe
-individual countries - to America. Then chapters on India, Japan and China as
well.
|
Landes, David
|
The Wealth and Poverty of
Nations: Why Some Are So rich and Some So Poor
|
W. W. Norton, N. Y., 1998, 650
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, map
|
World History - Political and
Economic
|
A major work by a distinguished
historian. The author wants to show how and why the world consists of such
varied nations in terms of their economic status and living standards. Compare
with Rodney Stark - How the West Won - Daron Acemoglu - Why Nations Fail -
Glenn Hubbard - Balance, The Economics of Great Powers. and Jared Diamond -
Guns, Steel - Niall Ferguson - Civilization - and Jeremy Black - War and the
World.
|
Laqueur, Walter Z. - ed.
|
The Middle East in Transition
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1958, 5134 pgs., index,
|
Middle Eastern History
|
The book is in two sections - 1
is about social and political change with 20 essays on various aspects - 2 is
about Communism, Soviet Union and the Middle East with another 15 essays.
Dramatic and extensive changes have occurred since 1958 so this book is a
history rather than discussion of current conditions as it was originally
intended.
|
Lavender, David
|
Bent's Fort: A Historical Account
of the Adobe Empire that Shaped the Destiny of the American Southwest.
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N. Y., 1954, 450 pgs. index, bibliography, end notes, map
|
American History
|
The subtitle seems rather
overdrawn, but in his introduction Lavender does provide enough of a summary of
the events to be described in the book to draw the reader's attention and try
to find out if it is true that the Bent brothers and their two forts played
such a decisive role.
|
Lawrence, T. E.
|
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
|
Dell Books, N.Y., 1935, 653 pgs.,
paperback
|
Memoir
|
The famous "Lawrence of
Arabia" personal account of his participation in the Arab warfare against
Ottoman Turk forces in the First World War.
|
Lee, Dwight E. - ed.
|
The Outbreak of the First World
War :Who or What Was Responsible?
|
D. C. Heath Co., Lexington Mass.,
1970, 112 pgs., readings, paperback
|
Modern History
|
This booklet in the problems in
European Civilization series was designed for use by teachers in classroom
discussions. Well, now it is 40+ years later and we are thinking of the 100
year anniversary of the start of WWI and still discussing this topic. Here are
14 essays related to the question.
|
Lee, Robert A.
|
Orwell's Fiction
|
Notre Dame Univ press, London,
188 pgs., index, biblikography, notes
|
Literature, criticsm
|
Extracts from some of Orwell's
novels with analysis
|
Lefebvre, Georges - trans. R. R.
Palmer
|
The Coming of the French
Revolution
|
Vintage Books, N.Y., 1957, 197
pgs., index, appendix, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
A classic study. The author
divides the events into - The Aristocratic Revolution - The Bourgeois
Revolution - The Popular Revolution - The Peasant Revolution -The Rights of Man
and Citizens - and The October Days
|
Leithauser, Joachim G. - trans
Hugh Merrick
|
Worlds Beyond the Horizon
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., 1955, 422
pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations
|
History of Exploration
|
The story begins with the
Phoenicians and Greeks. Then it jumps to Marco Polo. But the main story is
about the intrepid men of the Age of Exploration - that is from Columbus, with
a brief mention of the Vikings. Travels and exploration of the various
continents are all included. The story concludes with the first efforts at
space exploration
. |
Lenczowski, George
|
The Middle East in World Affairs
|
Cornell Univ. Press, Ithica,
1952, 459 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, foot notes, appendices
|
Middle Eastern History
|
The author skips the history
prior to modern times. The first section is on World War One and the Peace with
some background on the Ottoman Empire. Parts 2, 3, and 4 are organized by
country - Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan,
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yeman. Part 5 is on World War II, geostrategy, Arab
League, and American and British activities. There are valuable tables.
|
Leventhal, Lionel
|
On Publishing: A Professional
Memoir
|
Greenhill Books, London, 2002,
208 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Personal memoir
|
From a great friend, Lionel
Leventhal, publisher of Greenhill books and other imprints, specialist in
military history. A history of a segment of the book publishing business in
which he was a major figure.
|
Leveque, Pierre, trans. Miriam
Kochen
|
The Greek Adventure
|
The World Publishing Co. N.Y.,
1968, 595 pgs., index, chronology, glossary, bibliography, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
The content begins in pre-history
and then the arrival of Indo-Europeans, then Minoaan culture. The several
hundred pages devoted to pre- classical Greece are more than one finds in many
histories of Greece. Literature, society and religion are well covered. Another
unusual section is on Greek society outside Greece, such as Seleucid and
Ptolemaic kingdoms. The barbarian world even including Celtic Europe at far as
Spain and Nubia are is included as well.
|
Levi, Mario Attilio - trans. Jane
Costello
|
Political Power in the Ancient
World
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1955, 194 pgs., index
|
Ancient History
|
The content is a discussion of
political power in Greece and Rome.
|
Levin, Mark
|
Plunder and Deceit: Big
Government's Exploitation of Young People and their Future
|
Threshold Editions, N.Y., 2015,
244 pgs. notes.
|
Public Policy, Politics,
Economics
|
The author warnd about the
increasing way the expanding government power is destroying American civil
society and replacing it with tyranny.
|
Lewis, Hunter
|
Free Prices Now! Fixing the
Economy by Abolishing the FED
|
AC2 Books, Edinburg, VA., 2013,
276 pgs., index, end notes
|
Economics, Finance
|
A strong appeal to abolish the
Federal Reserve System because it distorts interest rates and manipulates the
money supply thus eliminating the functions of a free market.
|
Lewis, Hunter
|
Where Keynes West
Wrong: and Why World Governments Keep Creating Inflation, Bubbles, and Busts
|
Axios Press, Mount
Jackson, VA,. 2009, 384 pgs., index, end notes
|
Economic Theory
|
The author quotes
extensively from Keynes and places his comments and criticisms directly with
each quote. Among Keynes' fundamental ideas were - low interest rates, spending
rather than saving, print more money, government borrowing and expanded debt.
and inability of free markets. Read also Wapshott and White
|
Lewis, Naphtali & Meyer
Reinhold - eds.
|
Roman Civilization Sourcebook I -
The Republic
|
Harper & Row, N.Y. 1951, 544
pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, paper back
|
Ancient History
|
The editors provide an
introduction. The book is a compendium of primary sources. The earliest Roman
writing is from 240 B.C. Thus accounts of earlier Roman periods were written by
much later authors, but they had access to sources now lost to us.
|
Lewis, Naphtali & Meyer
Reinhold - eds.
|
Roman Civilization Sourcebook II
- The Empire
|
Harper & Row, N.Y. 1955, 652
pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, paper back
|
Ancient History
|
The editors provide an
introduction. The book is a compendium of primary sources. The Authors for this
book are contemporary but not all Romans. They also had access to primary
sources now lost to us. There is a section with interesting descriptions of the
Roman Army.
|
Lincoln, W. Bruce
|
Nikolai Milyutin An Enlightened
Russian Bureaucrat
|
Oriental Research Partners,
Newtonville, Mass, 1977, 130 pgs., bibliography, end notes, paperback
|
Russian History - Biography
|
Milyutin was a very important
adviser to Tsar Alexander II. Bruce Lincoln combines his biography with
discussion and analysis of the reform era in Russia.
|
Lind, L. R. - ed.
|
Ten Greek Plays in contemporary
translations
|
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston,
1957, bibliography, glossary, paperback
|
Literature
|
The ten plays are: Aeschylus -
Prometheus Bound and Agamemnon; Sophocles - Antigone, Odipus Rex and
Philoctetes Euripides - Alcestis, Supplicants, Andromache, and Bacchae
Aristophanes - Lysistra There is an introduction by Lind.
|
Lind, Michael
|
The New Class War
|
Penguin, NY. 2020, 203 pgs.,
incex. notes
|
Politics, Public Policy
|
|
Lindsay, Philip
|
King Henry V: A Chronicle
|
Howard Baker, Kondon, 1934, 377
pgs., index,
|
Biography - Medieval History
|
Full scale biography of the great
English King Henry V and his times. The centerpiece so to speak is a natural
one, the campaign to Harfleur and Agincourt. This is political and military
history. It is not about culture, art, intellectual development or the like.
|
Lippmann, Walter
|
Essays in The Public Philosophy
|
Little, Brown and Co., Boston,
1955, 189 pgs., index, footnotes
|
Politics
|
These are essays on current
events and political affairs. - political philosophy
|
Littlefield, Henry W.
|
History of Europe since 1815 -
College Outline Series
|
Barnes & Noble, N. Y., 1953,
321 pgs., index, list of rulers, dates, paperback
|
Modern History
|
This is a college course
reference guide for student use in reviews.
|
Locke, John
|
The Second Treatise of Government
|
Bobbs-Merrill, N. Y., 1952, 139
pgs. notes, bibliography, paperback
|
Political Theory
|
The classic study of government
that was extremely influential with American Constitutional authors. There is
valuable introduction by Thomas Peardon. Today the book is much more mentioned
than read, but it should be studied. See Willmoore Kendall - John Locke and
the Doctrine of Majority Rule
|
Loewenberg, Bert James - ed.
|
Darwinism: Reaction or Reform?
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1960, 60 pgs., paperback
|
Modern History - Intellectual
History
|
One in the series of booklets on
controversial issues designed for history teachers. This booklet has 13 essays
ranging from 'conservative Darwinism" to "Evolutionary Ethics"
to race and war. The essay by John Dewey on "the Impact of the Doctrine of
Evolution" is part of the influence Dewey himself had on education.
|
Lofts, Norah
|
Domestic Life in England
|
Book Club Associates, London,
1976, 254 pgs. , index, readings, illustrations
|
English History
|
The content stretches from
medieval England to the 1940's. The descriptions of medieval life are the most
interesting. For instance, it is fairly well known that in a castle a
garde-robe was a privy built in a small enclosure that jutted outside the
fortress wall and emptied directly down into the moat or hillside. But the name
is usually a puzzle. Turns out that this small room actually was the place that
winter furs and heavy coats were hung on the walls to deter moths. Apparently
the ammonia odor kept the moths at bay.
|
Logunova. M. O.
|
Pechal'niyue ritual imperatorskoi
Rossii,
|
Izdatel'stvo Tentropoligraf,
Moscow, 2011, 270 pgs., illustrations, bibliography, end notes, glossary,
. |
Russian History
|
Mrs. Logunova is the chief guide
to the Peter and Paul Fortress, Cathedral in St. Petersburg. her book is a
detailed description of the traditional ceremonies for internment of royalty.
She first discusses the ceremonies before Peter, when internment was in the
Moscow Kremlin and several other monasteries - Cathedral St. Michael,
Voznesenskii Monastery, Novospasski Monastery, Uspenskii cathedral in Kremlin,
Novodevechii monastery, and Uspenskii monastery at Aleksandrovskii sloboda.
Then there is a lengthy chapter on the ritual during Peters' reign. including
interesting sections on the funerals for Patrick Gordon and Franz Lefort, and
then members of Peter's family .The next chapter is on Peter's funeral. Then
there is a lengthy chapter on the developments and changes in rituals for
funerals. Finally there is a chapter on the Peter-Paul Cathedral .
|
Lopez, Robert
|
The Birth of Europe
|
M. Evans Co., N. y., 1966, 442
pgs., maps, index, bibliography, appendices - lists of rulers, illustrations
|
Early Modern History
|
The history of Europe from 4th to
13th centuries. Should be read with more recent works by Simon Jones and Peter
Heather.
|
Lopez, Robert
|
The Tenth Century: How Dark the
Dark Ages?
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1962, 58 pgs., bibliography, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
See also Duckett, Charles Davis
and Southern - This is designed for teachers. The author seeks to dispel the
typical myths of 'dark age' and even 'medieval' as periods of, well, darkness.
He provides reading material taken from various sources, some primary and some
recent. In his conclusion Lopez comments that the 10th century ended better
than it had begun - the main thesis of Duckett's detailed study.
|
Lorenz, Konrad Z.
|
King Solomon's Ring
|
Time Inc, N. Y., 1952, 221 pgs.,
index
|
Zoology, Anthropology
|
The results of experiments in
animal behavior. Robert Ardrey quotes Lorenz repeatedly.
|
Lot, Ferdinand
|
The End of the Ancient World and
the Beginnings of the Middle Ages
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
1961, 455 pgs., index, illustrations, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The author describes the final
convulsions with in the western Roman Empire, and its downfall beginning in
last half of the 4th century. The last half of the book describes the results -
mentioning Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Lombards, Justinian's efforts at repair, and
mostly the Franks
|
Lovat, Lord
|
March Past
|
Holmes & Meier, N. Y., 1978,
399 pgs., index, appendices, illustrations, maps
|
Personal Memoir - WWII and more
|
Lord Lovat was a heir to a very
distinguished Scot aristocratic clan. His father had raised the Lovat Scouts
before World War One. He fought in World War Two in the commandos and
participated in famous raids. This is his autobiographical memoir. A story of a
time gone past.
|
Lucas, Henry S.
|
The Renaissance and the
Reformation - revised edition
|
Harper & Row, N. Y.,
1934-1969, 757 pgs., index, bibliography, genealogical tables, illustrations,
maps
|
Early Modern History
|
The author states that his
revised edition 'expresses the belief that the culture of medieval times was a
mighty factor in the development of the civilization of the Renaissance, that
medieval culture contributed notably to the life, thought, artistic expression,
and political and economic activity of our forbears in the age of the
Renaissance." Hooray!! - He is expressly noting that this is a change from
the thought of the 1930's that was still enamored of Enlightenment bias.
|
Lye, Keith, ed.
|
Encyclopedia of World Geography
|
Dorset Press, N. Y., 1989, 26556
pgs., index, gazetteer, maps, illustrations, large format
|
Reference - atlas
|
The many illustrations of places
enhance the excellent maps.
|
Lyons, Bryce
|
The Middle Ages in recent
Historical Thought - selected topics
|
Service Center for Teachers of
History, Wash. D. C., 1959, 37 pgs., notes, readings. paper back
|
Medieval History
|
The author addresses a series of
issues that are more or less contentious among historians. he presents various
scholars and their arguments. The first is 'when did the Middle Ages Begin?'
The process of change from the Roman world to the Medieval world in Europe
lasted over several hundred years. Selecting a specific date for the change
depends on the priority one places on specific factors. Other issues include
the meaning of manorialism and feudalism, the value of Magna Carta and the
significance of representative institutions.
|
Machlup, Fritz -ed.
|
Essays on Hayek,
|
Hillsdale College Press,
Hillsdale Michigan, 1976, 182 pgs., index, paperback
|
Economics, political science,
|
Excellent set of essays that
describe Hayek's significance for understanding of economics, politics, and
contemporary society.
|
Macqueen, H. G.
|
The Hittites and their
contemporaries in Asia Minor
|
Westview Press, Boulder,
Colorado, 1975, 206 pgs., notes, bibliography, extensive illustrations
|
Archeology, Ancient History
|
The content of this book places
the Hittites in the context of the neighboring societies. It includes also
description of the geographic environment that favored the establishment of
humans there even in Neolithic times. The identification of this 'new' people
was the result of detective work that linked ancient mentions in the Bible and
other texts with newly uncovered clay tablets found in Egypt and Anatolia with
recently uncovered ruins at Beogazkoy in Anatolia. The tablets revealed that
these people spoke an Indo-European language, and thus were entirely different
from the Semetic or Egyptian peoples. The rich assortment of illustrations
provides excellent evidence for the reader.
|
Madariaga, Isabel de
|
Ivan the Terrible
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
2005, 484 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, notes, abbreviations,
illustrations, maps
|
Russian History
|
One of the three biographies of
Ivan in the library. This one describes the broadest range of topics.
|
Madariaga, Isabel de
|
Russia in the age of Catherine
the Great
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1981, 698 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, notes, maps
|
Russian History
|
Another masterful biography, one
of two, as the title indicates the subject matter is about Russia, not only
Catherine.
|
Maenchen-Helfen,
Otto J. - ed by Max Knight
|
The World of the
Huns
|
Univ. of California
Press, Berkeley, 1973, 601 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes,
illustrations, appendices
|
Medieval &
Ancient History -
|
Also in this
excellent book is a section by Paul Alexander on the background - Roman Empire
at the Time of the Hunnic Invasions. We have many books that discuss the Huns
in Roman terms, in relation to other subjects. This book is a terrific source
on the Huns themselves. There is a 50 page section on details of warfare. Art,
religion, language, race, economy, are all described in detail in addition to
their history. There is a section discussing how the Huns were viewed by
contemporary Roman authors.
|
Magocsi, Paul Robert
|
A History of Ukraine
|
Univ. of Washington
Press, Seattle, 1996, 784 pgs., index, reading, end notes, illustrations, maps
|
Ukrainian History
|
The author discusses
the 'great debate' on the origin of 'Rus'. The history of Ukraine in the middle
ages was the history of Rus. The author focuses more on events and conditions
in Ukraine specifically after the 1660's. Of interests today is his table
showing the ethnic makeup of Crimea, which was not a part of Ukraine until
recently. In 1926 there were 391,000 Russians, 179,000 Tatars, only 77,000
Ukrainians, and groups of Greeks, Jews, Armenians, Germans, and others resident
there.
|
Makovskaya, L. K.
|
Ruchnoye Ognestryiel'noye
Oruzhiye Russkoi Armii Kontsa XIV-XVIII vekov - catalog
|
Voyenoye Izdatel'stvo, Moscow,
1990, 246 pgs., index, bibliography, glossary
|
Russian armament
|
This a a catalog of 418 small
arms in Russian museum. The list is organized by type of weapons, pistol.
rifle, et cetera.
|
Mandeles, Mark D. & Thomas
Hone, & Sanford Terry
|
Managing 'Command and
Control" in the Persian Gulf War
|
Praeger, Westport Conn, 1996, 196
pgs, index, end notes
|
Military History, Desert Shield
operations
|
A thorough review of the planning
and conduct of the Air War aspect of Desert Shield.
|
Mango, Cyril - ed.
|
The Oxford History of Byzantium
|
Oxford, Univ;. Press, Oxford,
2002, 334 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, illustrations, chronology
|
Medieval history
|
In contrast to Norwich and
Ostrogorsky, this is a book of many separate essays by specialists on specific
aspects of Byzantium. The illustrations and production values of the book are
impressive. The subject matter tends toward the cultural and intellectual
aspects.
|
Manion, Clarence
|
The Key To Peace
|
Heritage Foundation, Chicago,
1951, 121 pgs., appendix
|
Public Policy
|
Recommendations for public policy
in America
|
Manning, J. G. & Ian Morris
|
The Ancient Economy
|
Stanford Univ. Press, 2005, 285
pgs., index, bibliography, maps, illustrations, paperback
|
Ancient History, Egypt,
Mesopotamia, Rome, Greece, economics, trade
|
This consists of articles by 11
experts on their subjects. It is mostly about the evidence available and the
models the authors develop while trying to understand their subjects.
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Mannix, Daniel P.
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Those About To Die
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Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1958,
183 pgs., bibliography, paper back
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Roman History
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Book about gladiators
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Mansharamani, Vikram
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Boombustology
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John Wiley &Sons, N.Y. 2011,
272 pgs., notes, figures, paperback
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Economics, investment, financial
history
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Subtitle: Spotting Financial
bubbles before they burst
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Mantoux, Paul
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The Industrial Revolution in the
Eighteenth Century: an outline of the beginnings of the modern factory system
in England
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Harper & Row, N. Y., 1961,
528 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, maps, paperback
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Modern History
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Preface by T. S. Ashton. This
second edition was first published in 1927. It is amazingly detailed and
comprehensive. Itr is about the introduction and development of the 'factory
system' of production. But the changes that generated had huge impact on
agriculture, trade, merchants, politics, society in every respect. All of that
is included here. There are many issues debated by historians about causes and
effects which Dr. Mantoux discusses.
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Maranon, Gregorio
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Tiberius; The Resentful Caesar
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Duell, Sloan, Pearce, N. Y.,
1956, 215 pgs., index, foot notes
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Ancient History - Biography
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The author describes Tiberius and
his era in Roman society
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus -
Trans. G. M. Grube
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The Meditations
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Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis,
Ind., 1963, 143 pgs., glossary, biographies
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Literature
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The classic work by the Roman
Emperor who was also a philosopher.
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Marcuse, Herbert
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Reason and Revolution: Hegel and
the Rise of Social Theory
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Becon Press, Boston, 1960, 431
pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
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Political Philosophy - Socialo
Theory
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The author was a leading and
influential teacher of the new left political movement in academia. The
dedication to Max Horkheimer, a leader of the Frankfurt School of leftist
political movement is entirely appropriate. He writes: "This book was
written in the hope that it would make a small contribution to the revival, not
of Hegel, but of a mental faculty which is in danger of being obliterated: the
power of negative thinking. As Hegel defines it: 'Thinking is, indeed,
essentially the negation of that which is immediately before us." He
continues: "Today, this dialectical mode of thought is alien to the whole
established universe of discourse and action." Well, he under estimates
the situation and his own contributions.
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Marrou, Henri - trans. Patrick
Hepburne-Scott
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St. Augustine and his influence
through the ages
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Harper and Brothers, N.Y., 192
pgs.. bibliographical guide, illustrations, paperback
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Religious Philosophy
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The author discusses both St'
Augustine's life and his works.
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Marsh, Frank B.
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Reign of Tiberius
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Barnes & Noble, N. Y., 1931,
335 index, bibliography, foot notes, Appendices, genealogical tables
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Ancient History
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The main primary source for
Tiberius is Tacitus, a very critical author. Mr. Marsh discusses Tacticus,
Suetonius and Dio. Refer also to Maranon
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Martin, Felix
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Money: The Unauthorized Biography
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Alfred A. Knopf, N., Y. 2014, 321
pgs., index, end notes, illustrations
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Economic history, Finances,
Banking
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An excellent history of money.
But the author is inconsistent in his definition of what is used for money.
That is currency versus credit. He includes many concepts and their authors not
found in some histories of money.
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Mason, A. E. W.
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The Four Feathers
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The Macmillan Co., London,
1901-1969, 277 pgs.,
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Novel - literature - Modern
history
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This is a classic Victorian novel
based on the Kitchner expedition to Khartoum. A tale of romance and adventure.
Two great movies were made based on the story.
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Matlock, Jack E. Jr,
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Autopsy on an Empire: The
American Ambassador's Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union
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Random House, N. Y., 1995, 836
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, maps, illustrations
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Soviet History
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The eye-witness memoir from an
experienced observer.
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Matthew, Donald
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Atlas of Medieval Europe
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Facts on File, N.Y., 1983, 240
pgs., index, glossary, maps, bibliography, gazetteer, illustrations,
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Medieval History
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This is much more than a
simple atlas containing maps, although it is based on this organization. It
include much text on historical development and traces the description of these
changes on their geographic locations.
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Mauldin, John
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Bull's eye Investing: Targeting
Real Returns in a Smoke and Mirrors Market
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John Wiley & Sons, N. Y.,
2004, 426 pgs., index, tables
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Investment advice - Economics,
Finance - Stock markets
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Excellent analysis of the economy
and financial industry with predictions ahead of the collapse and financial
chaos that soon followed.
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Mauldin, John & Jonathan
Tepper
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Endgame: The End of the Debt
Supercycle and how it Changes Everything
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John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken N.
J., 2011, 318 pgs., index, end notes, graphs
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Investment advice - Economics,
Finance - Stock markets
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The author has a free weekly
email essay that is worth reading. I do not believe in 'super cycles' nor that
the debt crisis has ended, it is expanding. But I do agree with the authors
that the government and FED have created a disaster. The world entered another
periodic deflation era and governments every where are desperately seeking to
re inflate their economies.
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Mauldin, John & Jonathan
Tepper
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Code Red: How to Protect Your
Savings from the Coming Crisis
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John Wiley &Sons, Hoboken N.
J., 2014, 354 pgs., index, graphs
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Investment advice - Economics,
Finance - Stock markets
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The authors believe a major
financial crisis and market collapse is coming. The central banks are creating
vast quantities of money, which distorts the economy and will lead to another
crisis. They give general recommendations on protecting an individual's
investments from this crisis. They accept standard economics concepts such as
'velocity of money' and GDP
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Maurois, Andre - trans Henry
Binesse
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A History of France
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Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, N. Y.,
1956, 598 pgs. ,index, maps,
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Medieval and Modern History of
France
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One of my favorite books. The
author is a great writer with many credits. The book is full of quotable bits
and pieces a teacher can use to generate student interest. The scope is all of
French history from ancient Gaul to the Fourth Republic.
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May, Henry F.
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The Enlightenment in America
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Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1976,
419 pgs., index, end notes,
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Intellectual History - American
History
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The author is a fan of
Enlightenment thinking. As he describes in his lengthy and excellent
introduction he has been focused as an historian on 19th and 20th century
American thinking. He recognized that there must be an intellectual background
and precursor to early 19th Century American thought in the 18th century. He
finds this background in two dominant intellectual threads - Protestantism and
Enlightenment thought. In this book he skips Protestantism to focus on the role
of Enlightenment thinking in America and its influence on the Revolution and
post Revolutionary era. He organizes his subject into interesting thought
periods. - 1 Moderate Enlightenment 1688-1787 - 2 Skeptical Enlightenment
1750-1789 - 3 Revolutionary Enlightenment 1776-1800 - 4 Didactic Enlightenment
1800 - 1815. Throughout he not only describes but also explains, comments,
evaluates thinking, the origins of the thoughts, and the consequences or
results of the thinking. This is an excellent companion to histories of the
events.
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Mayer, Christopher
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Invest like a Dealmaker: Secrets
from a Former Banking Insider
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John Wiley & Sons, N. Y.
2008, 222 pgs., index, notes
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Investment advice
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One of the best bvooks on
investing. But the author correctly describes a very rigorous 'due dilligance'
process that individual will find it difficult to follow.
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McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen
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Bourgeois Virtues
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, Univ. of Chicago Press,
Chicago, 2010, 616 pgs., notes, index, bibliography, paperback
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History, economics, culture,
literature, public policy
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Volume 1 - subtitle: Ethics for
an Age of Commerce. The three volumes taken together are a magnum opus on the
causes of the 'betterment' she calls the industrial revolution. I have
extensive review on the web.
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McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen
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Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics
Can't Explain the Modern World
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, Univ. of Chicago Press,
Chicago, 2010, 571 pgs., notes, index, bibliography, paperback
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History, economics, culture,
literature, public policy
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Volume2 - excellent for what is
included, but the author dies not give sufficent credit to the revolution in
banking and government finance that occured with the creation of the Bank of
England and the monetary compromise between the monarchy and the merchant,
bourgeois, class.
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McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen
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Bourgeois Equality Subtitle: How
ideas, Not Capital or Institutions Enriched the World
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, Univ. of Chicago Press,
Chicago, 2016, 787 pgs., index, bibliography, notes
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History, economics, culture,
literature, public policy
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Volume3 - yes, indeed, but ideas
are the basis for everything - beginning with concepts about change, decisions
to act, and evaluation of results - But not all ideas resullt in changes,
especially if they do not have adequate material resources.
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McKenzie, R. T.
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British Political parties: The
Distribution of Power within the Conservative and Labour Parties
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Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1963, 694 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
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Political Science - Modern
History
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This is both a history and an
analysis - The Liberal Party is discussed briefly in an appendix. The current
Green, Scottish, Irish, and Liberal Democratic parties of course are not
included.
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McMeekin, Sean
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The Russian Revolution
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Subtitle: A New History, Basic
Books, NY. 2017, 445 pgs., index, sources, notes, maps
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Moderen History, Russian History
- Communism, World War I
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The best historical and
anlyitical account of the Russian Revolution, the Role of the Germans in it,
the failures of the Liberals and Kerensky and the role of Lenin. The excellent
discussion continues by including the Civil War and the international role that
aided the Bolsheviks up to the Treaty of Rapallo.
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McNeill, William H.
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The Rise of the West: A History
of the Human Community
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Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1963, 829 pgs., index, illustrations, foot notes,
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World History
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The author notes that he
conceived the book in 1936, began it in 1954 and completed it in 1962. This
explains how he got away with the title. Now thinking that the West ever Rose
is anathema. He also notes that he has skipped much relative detain on well
known aspects of European history in favor of including more on lesser known
topics such as Asian history. Thus he does not propose the book as a basic text
for students.
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McNeill, William H.
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History Handbook of Western
Civilization
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Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1953, index, maps, further readings, charts, chronologies, illustrations,
paperback
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European History
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The authors, professors at Univ.
of Chicago, developed this as a student reference that is somewhere between a
standard textbook and a set of primary sources. Thus the topics are first
organized into short tables of contents and then discussed in brief outline
form. But the information contained is comprehensive. The book remains a
valuable review summary for students who have read the more lengthy standard
texts.
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Meer, F. Van der - trans Brian
Battershaw and G. R. Lamb
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Augustine the Bishop: Church and
Society at the dawn of the Middle Ages
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Harper & Row, N. Y., 1961,
679 pgs., index, end notes, illustrations, paperback
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Ancient - Medieval History
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Part 1 is about the church at
Hippo Regius, the environment in which Augustine lived. Part 2 is about The
cults, descriptions and commentary on documents. Part 3 is Preaching, The
precepts and content of his teaching. Part 4 is about Popular Piety, what the
common folks believed and how they acted with respect to religious beliefs. The
Epilogue is an analysis of Augustine's thought and its influence to present
times.
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Mehrling, Perry
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The New Lombard Street, How the
FED Became the Dealer of Last Resort
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Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2011, 174 pgs,. index, references, notes
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Economics, Finance, investments,
public policy
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History of money and credit with
application to discussion of the financial crisis of 2008
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Meier, Ronald
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Common Sense Rekindled
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Self published, 2016, 94 pgs,
paperback
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Politics, Constitution, American
history, public affairs
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An excellent study comparing the
views of the authors of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence
with later and present changes generated by progressives and radicals. The
focus is largely on views about the importance of religion in public affairs.
The author presents his 'call to action' with ideas about what one can do to
return our political situation to original purposes.
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Meiss, Millard
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Painting in Florence and Sienna
after the Black Death
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Harper & Row, N. Y., 1951,
197 pgs. , index, illustrations, foot notes, paperback
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Art History
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The 169 illustrations are key to
the book. The sub-title is The Arts, Religion and Society in the Mid-Fourteenth
Century. The time period is generally from 1350 to 1375, a short span but what
a mass of great art. The author shows the interrelation between art, religion,
and the thoughts of society.
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Mendenhall, Thomas et al,
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Foundations of the Modern State:
Four Problems in Historical Interpretation
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Henry Holt Co., N.Y., 1952, 117
pgs., end notes.
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Politics, History
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This is a product for student
education. It contains four case studies in the conflict between the
centralizing modern state and individual liberty. Each case is built around
extracts from contemporary authors who had different opinions on this conflict.
The student it expected to form his own opinions on the issues.
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Mendenhall, Thomas et al,
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The Quest for a Principle of
Authority in Europe 1715 - Present
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Henry Holt Co., N. Y., 1948, 376
pgs., end notes, study questions, paperback
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Modern History
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This is also fur students. There
are 14 sections, with study questions, extracts from primary sources, and an
introduction explaining what the problem is that is described in that section.
. The time period is from the Enlightenment to 19th Century Liberalism.
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Meyer, G. H.
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Witness of Antiquity
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Museum of Western Asiatic
Antiquity, Berlin 1971, 42 pgs., illustrations, paperback
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Ancient History
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A small, illustrated guide book
to some of the exhibits in 13 rooms of the Museum of Western Asiatic Antiquity
in Berlin,
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Mian, Atif and Amir Sufi
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House of Debt; How They (and You)
Caused the Great Recession, and how We Can Prevent it from Happening Again
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University of Chicago Press,
Chicago, 2014, 219 pgs., index, end notes, tables
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Finances, Economics, Public
Policy - Financial collapse in 2008
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The authors refuse to consider
the role of federal government in causing the housing boom and bust. They blame
bankers and bank regulators but down play the role of the Federal Reserve.
Their ideas about how mortgages are created and by whom are incorrect,
especially their idea that somehow wealthy homeowners are involved. Please read
"Fragile by Design" for a more accurate analysis.
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Michener, Charles D. & Mary
H. Michener
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American Social Insects: A book
about bees, ants, wasps, and termites
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D, Van Nostrand Co., N. Y., 1951,
267 pgs., index, glossary, bibliography, illustrations
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Behavior of social insects
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A general description intended
for the general audience.
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Mises, Ludwig von
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Theory and History: An
Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution
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Arlington House, New Rochelle, N.
Y., 1969, 384 pgs., index
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Philosophy
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Thoughts on fundamental issues of
reality
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Mises, Ludwig von
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Socialism: An Economic and
Sociological Analysis
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Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1951, 599 pgs., index
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Economics, Philosophy
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The devastating attack on
socialism that shows the impossibility of a central planed economy to meet the
needs of a public, let alone expand.
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Mises, Ludwig von
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Human Action: A Treatise on
Economics, 3rd ed.
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Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, 1966,
907 pgs., index
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Economics, Philosophy
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The magnum opus in which von
Mises develops a science of human action - praxeology. Since everything in
economics ultimately is based on human action, it is critical to have a full
understanding of what human action really is, what motivates it. Von Mises
establishes an epistemological basis for study of the subject. Then he
discusses categories of human action, the rule of uncertainty, the role of
deferment of present desires for future results and much more.
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Mises, Ludwig von
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The Theory of Money and Credit
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Skyhorse Publishing, NYC., 2013,
493 pgs, index, footnoters, paperback - first published in 1934
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Economics, Philosophy,
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The classic Austrian view on
money, credit and banking. The most important book on the actual role of money.
A review is forthcoming.
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Mises, Ludwig von
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The Anti- capitalistic Mentality
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The Ludwig von Mises Institute
Augurn AL., 2016, 114 pgs , index, paperback
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Economics, public policy
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Discussion of the attacks against
capitalism and their psycololgical sources - namely envy
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Mishkin, Frederic S.
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The Economics of Money, Banking,
and Financial Markets - 5th edition
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Addison- Wessley, N. Y., 1998,
732 pgs., plus appendices, illustrations, tables, graphs
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Economics text book
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This is a massive college level
text book that includes every subject the student needs to learn about the
title subject. The author is off and on Professor at Columbia Univ. and
Governor of the Federal Reserve System. He should know what the ideas on
economics are that are the bible of establishment economists. Thus it is a real
avenue into establishment thinking, or was as of 1998. I looked forward for
years to read Prof. Mishkin's text book written after the financial collapse
now in 2014..
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Mishkin, Frederic S.
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The Economics of Money, Banking,
and Financial Markets - 9th edition
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Addison- Wessley, N. Y., 2010,
665 pgs., plus appendices, illustrations, tables, graphs, glossary
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Economics text book
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And here it is - the 2010 edition
in which Professor Mishkin writes that the world of banking has changed as a
result of the financial near collapse and he has revised his book. But it is
still is a massive college level text book that includes every subject the
student needs to learn about the title subject. The author is again Professor
at Columbia Univ. He should know what the ideas on economics are that are the
bible of establishment economists. Thus it is a still real avenue into
establishment thinking. And still disagree with several of the fundamental
economic concepts - for instance the nature of money and of interest rates.
This is still a Keynesian economic theory that ignores the Austrian school.
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Mitchell, Matthew D. & Peter
Boettke
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Applied Mainline Economics
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Mercatus Center, George Mason
Univ. Arlington, VA., 2017, 1678 pgs., index, bibliography, notes
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Economics
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Subtitle: Bridging the Gap
between Theory and Public Policy
This is an excellent description of the economics taught at the Mercatus
Center at George Mason Univ. It is largely but not entirely based on 'Austrian
school' economic theory. I agree with the concepts fully, but do not believe
that in current practice by establishment economists this can be considered
'mainline'. I wish it were. I highly recommend the book to students for the
points of economic theory it describes. But also as an invitation to students
who want to study real economics in an intellectual atmosphere that encourages
skepticism about the establishment thinking on economic policy today. For
instance, one should read Danielle Booth's book on the Federal Reserve -
FEDUP to see the difference.
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Mitsik, Yurii Andrievich &
Ivan Storozhyenki
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Rano Vstali Kozlchyen'ki
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Izdatel'stvo Promin',
Dnepropetrovsk, 1990, 134 pgs., illustrations, maps, paperback
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Cossack History
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Chapters on several Cossack
battles including at Kam'yanets Podilski
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Mitsik, Yurii Andrievich &
Ivan Storozhyenki
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Spolozhi kozats'koi zvityago
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Izdatel'stvo Promin',
Dnepropetrovsk, 1991, 205 pgs., illustrations, maps, paperback
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Cossack History
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Cossack campaigns in 1640's. List
of Cossack Hetmen of Right Bank and Left Bank Ukraine from Bogdan
Kmyel'nitsikii on.
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Mokyr, Joel
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Culture of Growth: The Origins of
the Modern Economy
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Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2017, 403 pgs. ,index, references
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Modern History - economic
history, economic theory
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A very valuable addition to the
extensive discussion on the causes and efffects of the Industrial Revolution -
The stress is on evolution of European culture and its impact on economic
development - an excellent addition to Dr. McCloskey's studies.
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Population Movements in Modern
European History
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Macmillan Co., N. Y., 1964, 138
pgs. population tables, paperback
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Modern History - Sociology
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There are 13 essays on a variety
of topics related to demography. The editor comments that there is insufficient
knowledge about population numbers in general..
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Molnar, Thomas
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Utopia: The Perennial heresy
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Sheed and Ward, N. Y., 1967, 245
pgs., index
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Political Theory
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This is about the secularized
Religion that has made man its god (or else the state). It is another way of
writing about messianism. The author writes: "One effort throughout this
book has been to show that utopianism is not merely a way of experimenting with
social possibilities , as when a child arranges his tin soldiers in various
formations. Utopianism is a system of thought, a philosophy with well
established views of God, man, nature and community. The history of utopian
thought in religious heresies, various Gnostic doctrines, Marxism, spiritual
evolutionism and the like proves that utopianism is a perennial Type of
Thinking as ineradicable as realistic philosophy itself."
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Mommsen, Theodor - trans Rev.
William Dickson
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The History of Rome, Vol 1
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Richard Bentley &Son, London,
1872, 511 pgs., appendices
|
Roman History
|
A rare first edition. The classic
German history of Rome by the great historian. From the founding to the
unification of Italy
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Mommsen, Theodor - trans Rev.
William Dickson
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The History of Rome, Vol 2
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Richard Bentley &Son, London,
1872, 480 pgs., map, appendices
|
Roman History
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A rare first edition. The classic
German history of Rome by the great historian. From the Union of Italy to the
destruction of Carthage and the Greek States
|
Mommsen, Theodor - trans Rev.
William Dickson
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The History of Rome, Vol 3
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Richard Bentley &Son, London,
1876, 478 pgs., appendices
|
Roman History
|
A rare first edition. The classic
German history of Rome by the great historian. The Roman Revolution
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Mommsen, Theodor - trans Rev.
William Dickson
|
The History of Rome, Vol 4
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Richard Bentley &Son, London,
1877, 681 pgs., index, appendices
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Roman History
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A rare first edition. The classic
German history of Rome by the great historian.
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Monnerot, Jules - trans. Jane
Degras and Richard Rees
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Sociology of Communism
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George Allen & Unwin, London,
1949, index, foot notes
|
Sociology and Political
Philosophy
|
Interesting that the author
titles for first section "The Twentieth-Century 'Islam'". The author
notes: "In the 19th century, Marx's study of Clausewitz gave him the idea
of using strategy in the service of revolution." While the Soviet Union is
no more, still, the study of Marxism such as in this book on its sociology is
important as there remain dedicated theorists throughout the world.
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Moodie, Graeme C.
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The Government of Great Britain
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Thomas Y. Crowell Co., N. Y.,
1961, 207 pgs., bibliography, foot notes, paperback
|
Political Science
|
The book was designed as part of
a set for study of comparative government. We have Germany and France in this
list. The structure of British government has not changed much since 1960. Most
of the book is historical in nature anyway so worth study today.
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Morford, Mark P. O. & Robert
Lenardon
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Classical Mythology - 2nd ed.
|
Longman, N.Y., 1977, 523 pgs.,
index, bibliographies, maps, illustrations, figures
|
Literature
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Limited to Greek and Roman
mythology, but very complete. See Hamilton and Gayley.
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Morgan, Edmund S. & Helen M.
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The Stamp Act Crisis
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Collier Books, N.Y., 1955, 384
pgs., index
|
American History
|
Discussion of the important event
that lead to the American Revolution. It is a fascinating read. I am always
amazed at the volume of personal letters by unofficial individuals that remain
in archives from the 18th century Exploiting this vast quantity of material the
authors have produced a very detailed account of who did what on both sides
during this conflict over Parliament's right to tax the colonies.
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Morgan, Theodore
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Introduction to Economics
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Prentice-Hall Inc, N.Y. 1950, 857
pgs., index, foot notes, tables
|
Economics
|
Standard college text of 1950 -
very much has been learned (or at least presumed) since then but it is
interesting to learn what the establishment theories were right after World War
II.
|
Morgenson, Gretchen & Joshua
Rosner
|
Reckless Endangerment: How
Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption led to Economic Armageddon
|
Henry Holt Co., N. Y., 2011, 331
pgs., index, sources, list of main characters
|
Finance, Banks, money, Market
crash 2008
|
Many books rushed out to blame
various people or institutions for the financial crisis, mortgage bubble,
market recession of 2007-=08. This one blames the mortgage industry, banks,
regulators, GSE's, and Congress. They name names, such as Jim Johnson at Fannie
Mae and Angelo Mozilo at Countrywide And Andrew Cuomo, director of HUD.
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Morrall, John B.
|
Political thought in medieval
times
|
Harper & Brothers, N.Y., 152
pgs., index, bibliography, paper back
|
Medieval History - Political
Theory
|
The author discusses in detail
the beginnings of the concept of 'state' in the 14th century citing the papacy
and the combination of Germanic conceptions of the duty of kings to seek advice
from council and the Roman concept of representation in matters of private law.
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Morris, Ian
|
Why the West Rules - for Now
|
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, NY.,
2010, 750 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
World History, Politics,
economics
|
Subtitle is The Patterns of
History and What They Reveal About the Future
|
Morrison of Lambeth, Lord
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Government and Parliament: A
Survey from the Inside - 3rd edition
|
Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1964,
384 pgs., index,
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Political Science - Modern
History
|
Lord Morrison was for years a
minister member of Parliament in the House of Commons when he wrote the first
edition of this book, he became a Peer and member of the House of Lords before
making the amendments for this third edition. Thus he writes with great
authority on the daily working mechanisms of the British Parliament.
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Morwood, James - ed.
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Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary
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Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 2005,
maps, paperback
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Literature
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Excellent small dictionary for
students of Latin
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Mosse, George L. ed.
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Calvinism: Authoritarian or
Democratic?
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Rinehart & Co., N. Y., 1957,
25 pgs., map, bibliography, paperback
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Intellectual History - Modern
History
|
This is in a series of booklets
designed for teachers to use for class discussions. There are 12 essays on the
ideas of John Calvin and on considerations of the trends in his thought toward
absolutism or democracy.
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Mosse, George L.
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The Reformation -3rd edition
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1953, 136 pgs., index, paper--+back
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Intellectual History - Modern
History
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The author writes that:
"This study centers upon the religious scene itself, Unless this is
properly understood, the social, political, and economic factors of the age
will seem inexplicable. The link between life and thought is indissoluble, but
during the Reformation, at least, the elucidation of the thought is of prime
importance for an understanding of the life of the period."
|
Mott, George Fox & Harold M.
Dee
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Middle Ages: An Outline History
from the Decline of the Roman Empire through the Reformation
|
Barnes & Noble, N. Y., 1950,
272 pgs., index, readings, bibliography
|
Medieval History
|
A college outline for review.
|
Moulin, Raoul-Jean - trans.
Anthony Rhodes
|
Prehistoric Painting
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Funk & Wagnalls, N. Y., 1965,
illustrations, bibliography, dictionary, maps
|
Art - Art History
|
An extensively illustrated study
of pre-historic art from around the world, including Oceana and Africa. The
text is an excellent description and commentary on the meaning or art.
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Muller, Herbert J.
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Freedom in the ancient world
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Bantam Books, N. Y., 1963, 390
pgs., index, bibliography, paper back
|
Ancient History
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The concept of 'freedom' in the
ancient world was quite different from the modern concept. The author means
only the Western World
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Muller, Jerry Z.
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The Mind and the Market
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Random House, NY., 2002, 487
pgs., index, notes, paperback
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Intellectual History - Economic
thought - political/economy
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Subtitle: Capitalism in Western
Throught -
Vivid descriptions of the views and theories about capitalism by a diverse
selection of authors since the 18th century. Prof. Muller describes the
historical context in which the author lived, his personal background and
influences and his theories about the positive and/or negative atributes of
capitalism in society.
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Muller, Jerry Z.
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Thinking About Capitalism
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The Great Courses, Chantilly VA.,
2008, 2 vol., 281 & 277 pgs., bibliography, paperback and DVD lectures
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Intellectual History - Economic
thought - political/economy
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This is a greatly expanded
discussion of major authors and commentators on the nature of capitalism from
Greek and Christian philisophers to the present. The course and transcript book
are organized in 36 lectures - chapters. Each with specific references and
questions for the student.
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Mulligan, Casey B
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The Redistribution Recession: How
Labor Market Distortions Contracted the Economy
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Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 2012,
315 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, graphs
|
Economics, Public Policy,
recession of 2008
|
The author employs the whole
arsenal of modern econometric tools, graphs, mathematics and all to show that
government policy in manipulating the labor market through subsidies and wage
controls expanded and prolonged the level of unemployment
|
Mumford, Lewis
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The City in History: It's
origins, it's transformations, and it's prospects
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Harcourt, Brace & World,
N.Y., 1961, 657 pgs. ,index, bibliography, illustrations
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Western Urban History
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The author explains that his
study is limited to cities he has personally visited, therefore he has to omit
major areas such as Russia and South America. He is the author of many books on
urban culture and was a practicing city planner as well as professor of city
planning. He begins with the questions - "What is the city? and how did it
originate. He continues to examine its functions. He believes the city has a
great future.
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Mumford, Lewis
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Symposium on The City in History
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Washington University Law
Quarterly, Vol 1962, June 1962, Number 3
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Western Urban History
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This issue contains 5 essays -
lectures devoted to discussion of Mumford's book. The organizers of this
symposium, the participants and Mumford himself all realized in 1962 that the
growth of urban contuberations was creating problems, among which law would
play a part. But even so, they didn't imagine the extent now projected for the
growth of cities over the next 20-30 years.
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Murray, Charles
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Losing Ground: American Social
Policy 1950-1980
|
Basic Books, N.Y., 1984, 323
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, appendices with tables
|
American Social Policy
|
The author writes: "This
book tries to do two things that are not quite mutually exclusive, but almost.
it draws upon a varied and sometimes technical body of social science data; and
it addresses a general audience. part of the solution has been to write what
amounts to a subtext in the notes for the chapters in parts II and III. The
reader who so wishes may read the book from beginning to end without once
referring to the notes and I I trust) come away with an accurate understanding
of the argument and the evidence." The book is about the failure of the
American welfare program to provide the help its workers hope to provide. Of
course it generated a storm of criticism from the progressive left.
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Murray, Oswyn
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Early Greece
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Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1993, 331 pgs., index, sources, maps, date chart
|
Ancient Greek History
|
The book is part of the Fontana
series on the ancient world.
|
Myagkov, Aleksei
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Inside the KGB
|
Arlington House Pub., New
Rochelle N, Y., 1978, 131 pgs., appendices,
|
Modern History
|
Now with the most famous former
agent President of the Russian Federation even an older history of the
organization is worth reading, despite the many changes in the Soviet Union and
Russia since 1978.
|
Namier, Sir Lewis
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Vanished Supremacies: Essays on
European History 1812-1918
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Harper & Row, N. Y., 1963,
179 pgs., foot notes, paperback
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Modern History
|
The book consists of 12 chapters,
each an essay on quite different topics. It seems the only connection is from
the title, that these all have to do somehow with the empires or states that
disappeared at the end of the 19th century in World War One. The topics
include, Napoleon's letters, Talleyrand, Metternich, Prince Lieven, 1848,
Downfall of Habsburg Monarchy and others.
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Nardo, Don - ed.
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The Black Death
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Greenhaven Press, San Diego,
1999, 173 pgs., index, bibliography, chronology
|
Medieval History
|
A series of essays by various
specialists on different aspects of the plague including causes, course, and
results.
|
Nash, Gary B. & Julie
Jeffrey, et al.
|
The American People: creating a
Nation and a Society 2nd ed.
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1990,
568 pgs., index, appendices, maps, illustrations, recommended reading
|
American History
|
This is the 'poster child' of the
radical progressive view of American history that permeates high school texts
of which this is a leading example.
|
Nasibova, Aida - trans Arthur
Shkarovski-Raffe
|
The Art Treasures of the Moscow
Kremlin
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Planeta Pub., Moscow, 1992,
illustrations, large format
|
Russian History - art
|
Another spectacular book of color
photographs of exhibits in the Kremlin and of the architecture itself.
|
Neale, J. E.
|
Elizabeth I and her Parliaments
1559-1581
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St. Martin's Press, N. Y., 1958,
434 pgs., index, foot notes, illustrations
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Early Modern History
|
The author writes that 'This
volume is the first of two in which I hope to fulfil the promise made in my
Elizabethan House of Commons to write a parliamentary history of
Elizabeth I's reign. ...I have focused the narrative on the relations between
the Crown and Parliament: partly because the story would have been formless and
unreadable if I had attempted to discuss all the business that came before
Parliament; and partly because my purpose is to reveal the significance of the
Elizabethan period in the constitutional evolution of England..." The
chapters are each devoted to one Parliament - 1559 - 1563 - 1566 - 1571 -1572 -
1576 - and 1581.
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Neale, J. E.
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Elizabeth I and her Parliaments
1584-1601
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St. Martin's Press, N. Y., 1958,
452 pgs., index, foot notes, illustrations
|
Early Modern History
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As the author noted above this is
the second volume in his history. The chapters are on the Parliaments of
1584-85 - 1586-87 - 1589 - 1593 - 1597-98 - and 1601.
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Nef, John U.
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Cultural Foundations of
Industrial Civilization
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Harper & Row, N.Y., 1960, 164
pgs., index, foot notes, paperback
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Modern History - Intellectual
History
|
The author remarks about recent
trends toward more specialization in less and less. The comments, "I came
to realize that, not only my own effort as a specialist, (in the coal industry)
but the whole approach to the problem of origins in terms of economic history
was a partial approach." The results of his change of view is among other
places, found in the following important book as well as this one. He
continues, "A knowledge of general history is bound to change man's
outlook on economic history, and in all probability on the other separate
channels into which specialized research has divided the study of history
during the past hundred years or so." Fischer, in The Great
Wavedevotes a whole appendix to the same lament. There is much more in this
introduction as well as the entire book. This is why the title of the first
chapter is "Movements of the Mind, 1570 -1660." And other chapters
are titled, "The Spiritual Basis of Civilization" and "The
Aesthetic Basis of Civilization". I wish everyone would read these two
books.
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Nef, John U.
|
Western Civilization since the
Renaissance: Peace, War, Industry and the Arts
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1950,
464 pgs., index, end notes
|
Early Modern and Modern History
|
The time frame of the content is
from circa 1494 to 1950. The theme is the change in warfare and all else
between those dates. In the introduction the author notes: 'I had come to
realize that all sides of human endeavor are interrelated, and that the very
specialization which for a century had been opening new avenues to information
concerning many facets of history was blinding historians to the consideration
of history as a whole and from views of the nature and extent of historical
interrelations." This is a very important book. The same point may be made
about the divergent specialization of economics and political science from each
other and from history. The author also notes: "I discovered that peace,
which is an absence of war, and war, which is an absence of peace, were closely
related to every facet of historical development during the past four or five
centuries in Europe, in America and indeed in the whole world." The book
is meant to show this. It should be read with Preston and Wise Men In
Arms
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Neill, Thomas P.
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Makers of the Modern Mind
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Bruce Publishing, Milwaukee,
1958, 420 pgs., index, paperback
|
Intellectual History
|
Bios and short discussion about
12 major influential intellectuals - Luther, Calvin, Descartes, Locke, Newton,
Rousseau, Kant, Bentham, Darwin, Marx, Freud and Dewey.
|
Nevins, Allan & Henry Steele
Commager
|
A Pocket History of the United
States
|
Simon & Schuster, 1974, 625
pgs. , index, readings, maps, paperback
|
American History
|
A handy school text. Only one
general map of the southern US at the time of the Civil War and no campaign
maps.
|
Norwich, John Julius
|
Byzantium: The Early Centuries
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1996, 408
pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, illustrations, maps, family trees,
|
Medieval History
|
The chapters begin with
Constantine to 323 AD and conclude with Irene 775-802 AD. Thus they include a
much shorter period than does Ostrogorsky (see below). But the coverage is
thereby more detailed. Also compare with the biographies of Justinian. The
detailed treatment of Byzantine nearly perpetual wars can be compared with
books in the military history list. Dr. Norwich points out that Heraclius's
wars against the Persian, Chosroes II left both empires too weak to withstand
the immediate attack of the Muslim Arabs.
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Nussbaum, Frederick L.
|
The Triumph of Science and Reason
1660 - 1685
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Harper & Row, N. Y., 1953,
304 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, map, foot notes, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This is in the Rise of Modern
Europe Series. The author includes some thought on the previous period -
Baroque. The central development of the period was the further expansion of the
power of 'the state'. The conflicts between the European powers did not end
with the 30 Years' War included in the previous book but degenerated into
separate wars between France and others. Agriculture and industry continued to
improve and overseas adventures increased.
|
Ober, Josiah
|
The Rise and Fall of Classical
Greece
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2015, 416 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, map, tables, images, appendices
|
Ancient History
|
A comprehnensive study of how and
why classical Greece became so different from the political/economic social
system of its contremporary neighbors.
|
Ohmae, Kenichi
|
The End of the Nation State
|
The Free Press, N.Y., 1995, 211
pgs., index, references, end notes
|
History, current events, public
policy, economics
|
The author writes that the
current structure, political geographical borders, no longer conform to reality
in economic markets. Political organization will soon conform to economic
market organization.
|
Oliva, L. Jay - ed.
|
Russia and the West from Peter to
Khrushchev
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D. C. Heath Co, Boston, 1965, 283
pgs., paper back
|
Russian History
|
The book contains about 100
essays from specialist historians. The sections extend from Peter the Great,
through 18th and 19th centuries to the Revolution, Stalin, WWII, and Soviet
Union since Stalin. The editor has also included a useful introduction stating
the theme - the place of Russia in relation to Western Europe and the
intellectual struggle centered about what the place is or should be.
|
Olschki, Leoarndo
|
Marco Polo's Asia
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Univ. of Calif. Press, Berkeley,
1960, 459 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, map, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
Scholarly study of Marco Polo's
book with analysis.
|
Onacewicz, Wlodzimierz
|
Empires by Conquest - 2 Vol.
|
HERO Books, Fairfax VA., 1985,
460 and 317 pgs., bibliography, maps
|
Russian History
|
Russia from the 9th century to
1945. Written by a Pole, the theme shows in the title. Very negative on the
Russians
|
O'Neil, Paul
|
The Rivermen
|
Time-Life Books, N. Y., 1975,240
pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations
|
American History
|
This is part of a Time-Life
series - The Old West - It is extensively illustrated with contemporary and
recent photographs. The story is about the life and activities along the
Missouri - Mississippi rivers north and west of St. Louis,
|
Orwell, George
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1984
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Signet Classic, N. Y., 1950, 268
pgs., bibliography, paperback
|
Literature
|
The great classic novel about the
coming dystopia.
|
Ostrogorsky, George - trans. Joan
Hussey
|
History of the Byzantine State
|
Rutgers Univ. Press, New
Brunswick, 1957, 548 pgs., index, geneologies, maps, foot notes, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
A comprehensive study of
Byzantium, its wars, its culture, its economics and politics.
|
Packard, Laurence Bradford
|
The Commercial Revolution
1400-1776
|
Henry Holt Co., N. Y., 1927, 105
pgs., index, paperback
|
Medieval - Early Modern History
|
The booklet was designed as
supplementary reading for students. There are three sections - The Commercial
Revolution describes medieval commerce - Colbert and Mercantilism describes the
economic and fiscal policies of early modern France - From Mercantilism to Adam
Smith describes the economy and economic ideas in England in the 18th century.
The text shows that early capitalist ideas pre dated Max Weber's theory about
Protestantism.
|
Packard, Sidney R.
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Europe and the Church Under
Innocent III
|
Henry Holt Co., N. Y., 1927, 109
pgs., index, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
It is generally agreed that the
medieval church reached its strongest and greatest position during the Reign of
Pope Innocent III. In this book the author provides a short biography of that
pope and then a general view of Italy and the Empire including the pope's
conflict with the Hohenstauffen emperors, Henry VI, Otto IV and Frederick II.
Then the author turns to papal relationships with Spain, France, and England
all of which also had powerful rulers. Lastly the author discusses the
relationship of Innocent III and the Church itself. It was during his reign
that the Church launched the Albigensisan Crusade in southern France and that
the Fourth Crusade which he had preached was turned by Venice to attack
Constantinople. He also had to deal with the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215.
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Painter, Sidney
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The Rise of the Feudal Monarchies
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Cornell Univ. Press, 1951, 147
pgs., readings, index, chronology, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The focus is limited to England,
France and the Empire. The author notes that in all three regions the early
monarchs were 'Germanic' in their concepts stemming from being tribal war
chieftains. "The royal power rested on three bases. Each king had a small
group of men, bound to him by special oaths of loyalty, who served as his
officials and bodyguard, clearly a later form of the German chieftain's
comitatus." As leader in war he had the right to call for service from
every able-bodied man. And the kings' economic resources came from the lands he
held for his own use. Government was very limited in scope or power. The author
in this book then describes the extended process by which the early Germanic
kingships were transformed by Christian concepts into feudal monarchies.
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Painter, Sidney
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Medieval Society
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Cornell Univ. Press, 1951, 109
pgs., readings, index, chronology, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
This book is in same series as
the above. The topics of the chapters are: - The Feudal System - The Seignorial
System - The Development of towns and commerce. There are many other books in
this list that discuss feudalism. Opinions have been changing recently.
Likewise the subject of medieval commerce and especially of money has been
changing.
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Palamarchuk, Petr - sobvral
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Sorok Sorokov - Krel' i monastri,
Vol. Pervii
|
AO "Kniga i Biznes",
Moscow, 1997, 603 pgs., illustrations, notes, sources
|
Russian History
|
A monumental reference work - a
labor of love - it is a detailed listing of all the churches and monasteries in
Moscow including especially the huge number that were destroyed by the
Bolsheviks. Volume 1 describes those that existed in the Kremlin. There are
tables listing the names of the original churches that describe the appauling
destruction of hundreds.
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Palamarchuk, Petr - sobvral
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Sorok Sorokov - Moskva v
granitsakh Sadovogo kol'tsa; Kitai-gorod, Belii gorfod, Zemlyanoi gorod,
Zamoskvorechie - Vol vtoroi
|
AO "Kniga i Biznes",
Moscow, 1994, 271 pgs., illustrations, notes, sources
|
Russian History
|
This volume describes the
churches that were within the Garden Ring _line of medieval walls since
destroyed - in Kitai gorod, White Gorod, Earthen Gorod and across the Moscow
river..
|
Palamarchuk, Petr - sobvral
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Sorok Sorokov - Moskva v
granitsaskh 1917 goda -
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AO "Kniga i Biznes",
Moscow, 1995, 603 pgs., illustrations, notes, sources
|
Russian History
|
This volume describes the 275
churches that were within the Moscow city limits in 1917
|
Palamarchuk, Petr - sobvral
|
Sorok Sorokov - Okraini Moskv i
Inoslaviye i inobveriye.
|
AO "Kniga i Biznes",
Moscow, 1995, 579 pgs., illustrations, notes, sources, tables
|
Russian History
|
This volume describes the 88
(existing, closed, and detroyed) churches that were around Moscow and
nonj-=Orthodox. -
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Palmer, A. W.
|
A Dictionary of Modern History
1789-1945
|
Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1962,
363 pgs., paperback
|
Reference - History
|
An alphabetical listing of short
entries useful for quick reference.
|
Palmer, R. R. & Joel Colton
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A History of the Modern World -
2nd ed.
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1964, 970
pgs., index, end notes, maps, bibliography, chronology, illustrations
|
Modern History - mostly European
|
The content begins with a few
pages of background discussion of ancient Greece and Rome, then a few more
pages on medieval Europe. The main subject matter then begins in the chapter on
The Revolution in the Christian Church, 1300 - 1560. It continues in typical
fashion by mixing intellectual developments with events and institutions. The
final chapter is on World War II and its immediate aftermath. The book is a
basic general text for college students.
|
Palmer, R. R. & Joel Colton
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A History of the Modern World -
3rd ed.
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1965,
1031 pgs., index, end notes, maps, bibliography, chronology, illustrations
|
Modern History - mostly European
|
The content begins with a few
pages of background discussion of ancient Greece and Rome, then a few more
pages on medieval Europe. The main subject matter then begins in the chapter on
The Revolution in the Christian Church, 1300 - 1560. It continues in typical
fashion by mixing intellectual developments with events and institutions. The
final chapters are on World War II and the Cold War after 1945. The book is a
basic general text for college students
|
Colton, Joel - R. R. Palmer
|
A Study Guide to Accompany R. R.
Palmer A History of the Modern World
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1956, 188
pgs., maps, tables, questions, graphs
|
Modern History - mostly European
|
The student review summary with
questions and study guide.
|
Palmer, R. R.
|
The Age of the Democratic
Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America 1760-1800 - The Challenge
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
1959, 534 pgs., index, foot notes, appendix
|
Modern History
|
Volume One of Professor Palmer's
study of the American and French Revolutions. This volume describes the
background - the ancien regime and the political thought generated by
Enlightenment authors. It also includes the American Revolution.
|
Palmer, R. R.
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The Age of the Democratic
Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America 1760-1800 - The Struggle
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
1964, 584 pgs., index, foot notes, appendix
|
Modern History
|
This is volume Two of the study.
It shifts to the French Revolution on Bastille Day of 1792. It moves on to the
revolutions in Holland, Italy, Helvetia, and Germany. Then it discusses
reactions in Great Britain and America. The content concludes in 1799, before
Napoleon.
|
Palmer, R. R.
|
Twelve Who Ruled: The Year of the
Terror in the French Revolution
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
1941, 427 pgs., index, map, list of the 12
|
Modern History
|
This period is the author's
speciality. In this book he can dig deeply into the specific actions and events
and the individuals who were the leaders. This is the story of the French
Committee of Public Safety. The first chapter titled, "Twelve Terrorists
to Be" provides brief biographies of these men. The remainder of the book
describes their thoughts, and actions.
|
Panov, T. D.
|
Nekropoli Moskovskogo Kremlya
(Cemeteries in the Moscow Kremlin)
|
State history of culture, Moscow,
2002, 69 pgs., illustrations, plan drawings, bibliography, paperback
|
Russian History
|
A history of the burials and
internments in The Kremlin with a list of 324 individuals who were interned and
note for those since removed (mostly when the cathedral in which they were was
destroyed. It gives interesting information on these individuals and their
families.
|
Pares, Bernard
|
A History of Russia
|
Dorset Press, N. Y., 1953 - 1991,
811 pgs., index, bibliography, genealogy charts
|
Russian History
|
An interesting introduction here
was written by the author's son, Richard Pares. This is, next to Florinski, the
best history of Russia one can study. The author begins with excellent
explanation of the impact of geography, climate and length of growing season
and soil on the very poor agricultural base of Muscovite Russia. He describes
the system of land ownership and the patrimonial government system. he includes
Kievan Rus until the Mongol conquest but after that only writes about Muscovy,
leaving out any history of what became Ukraine. Read Magocsi for that.
|
Parkinson, C. Northcote
|
The Evolution of Political
Thought
|
Viking Press, N.Y., 1958, 327
pgs., index, footnotes, paper back
|
Political Theory
|
The author provides a broad view
from ancient times to the present with these major subjects - monarchy,
oligarchy, democracy, and dictatorship. The author is a realist. In the preface
he provides excellent comment. He debunks common fallacies. "First of
these implicit fallacies is the idea that political thought is confined to
authors and denied to every one else." Another is that political theory
began in ancient Greece. He continues: "One other error implied in the
existing text-books is that the published works of political theorists have had
a vast influence on actual events." "NO actual politician is greatly
influenced by a book of political theory although many have been influenced by
a book of religion." If a book appears to have "influenced a
politician it is because the author recommends what he, the ruler, has already
decided to do; or what indeed he has already done." I can add that the
same goes for books on economic theory He continues, "It is the events
which decide which book is to be pulped and which made compulsory reading in
the schools." "The significance then of a political theorist is not
that he guided the ruler but that he provided the ruler with a rational
explanation of what he, the ruler, had already done." I add or what he is
planning to do..
|
Papaioannou, Kostas
|
Byzantine and Russian Painting
|
Funk & Wagnalls, N.Y., 1965,
207 pgs., bibliography, dictionary, maps, museums, chronology, documents
|
Art - Art History
|
The text describes the individual
illustrations and also the history of Byzantine and Russian art. The Russian
painting is the medieval religious art - icons and the like - similar to
Byzantine - not 17th century and later art. The book is one of a series.
|
Parkman, Francis - ed Mason Wade
|
The Journals of Francis Parkman -
2 vol.
|
Harper & Brothers, N.Y.,
1947, 718 pgs., index, end notes, map, illustrations
|
American History - Literature
|
A wonderful primary source from
the famous historian. Parkman visited many of the places about which we wrote.
The Oregon Train journey in 1846 is especially important, but prior to that he
visited Canada, New York and New England, the locus of the French and Indian
Wars. And he made a tour in Europe in 1843-44. And after the Oregon Trail his
note books extend to 1892. The editor has provided critical commentary and
explanation about Parkman's motives and efforts in making these extensive
tours. It is rare enough for an accomplished historian to visit the locale
about which he intends to write, let alone provide us with his personal notes
about his sights and thoughts..
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Parks, Henry Bamford
|
Gods and Men: The Origins of
Western Culture
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N, Y., 1959, 497
pgs. , index, bibliography, foot notes, illustrations
|
Ancient Western Intellectual
history
|
The book is about ancient near
eastern culture and religion, Judaism, Hellenism, and Christianity. The author
writes: "This book is planned as the first of several volumes dealing with
the cultural history of the Western world. Western civilization will be treated
as a unity, and the main purpose will be to analyze the development of those
dominant ideas and beliefs which have given the Western world its creativity
and its sense of collective purpose." "Ethical monotheism, natural
law, and the Christian kingdom of heaven have been the main spiritual
principles of Western civilization and as all of them transcend reason, they
must be defined as social myths. This book is written in the conviction that
the vitality of any society depends on the continued affirmation of mythical
symbolisms created by the collective imagination for the ordering of
experience, and that a pure rationalism can result only in social
disintegration." Well, we now are witnesses to the results the author
indicated.
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Parrington, Vernon Louis
|
Main Currents in American
Thought: An Interpretation of American Literature from the Beginning to 1920
|
Harcort, Brace & Co., N. Y.,
1930, Book 1 493 pgs,. Book 2, 429 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes,
|
Intellectual History - Literary
criticism, American political history
|
The author analyzes literature,
but much of it is political writing or cultural (for instance religious texts)
that were politically influential. Basically it is a study of the influence of
ideas on action. The first section is on the Puritan Heritage in 1620-1660.
Each intellectual development is thoroughly described along with its impact.
The final chapter, written in 1930, treats the 'liberal' now we call
progressive, movement of the pre-World War One as a mostly spent force. Little
did the author predict the following 70 years.
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Parry, J. H.
|
The Establishment of the European
Hegemony 1415-1715: Trade and Exploration in the Age of the Renaissance
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Harper & Row, N. Y.,
1949-1961, 201 pgs. , index, readings
|
Early Modern History
|
This is a straight forward
narrative of the European expansion pushed initially by the desire to make
profit through trade. Then came the exploitation of the New World for silver,
then colonies. Soon there was rivalry and war between the European states
seeking to take over from the earlier explorers.
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Payne, Robert & Nikita
Romanoff
|
Ivan the Terrible
|
Thomas Y. Crowell Co., N.Y.,
1975, 502 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, chronology, glossary,
genealogy, illustrations, map
|
Russian History
|
One of the biographies of Ivan in
this list.
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Pedretti, Carlo
|
Leonardo da Vinci
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TAI books, Surrey, 2004, 232
pgs., index, illustrations, chronology, large format, paperback
|
Art
|
A terrific large print of
Leonardo's work - two sections, one on his art and science and the other on his
drawings of machines. The topics include anatomy.
|
Plender, John
|
Capitalism: Money, Morals and
Markets
|
BiteBack Books, London, 2015, 344
pgs., index, notes
|
Economics, Public Policy
|
xx
|
Perkins, Edwin J.
|
The Economy of Colonial America,
2nd ed.
|
Columbia Univ. Press, N. Y.,
1988, 226 pgs. , index,
|
American History - Economics
|
A scholarly study of American
Economic History. The author describes colonial America as a very dynamic place
with output expanding 12-fold between 1700 and 1774. .By the time of the
Revolution the colonies were rapidly gaining in economic output with Great
Britain itself. Even so, the economy was mostly rural and agricultural. Total
economic development was largely due to population increase. He gives these
numbers: White population in 1650=40,000 - in 1700=235,000 - in 1770=1,.8
million. The black population went from 13000=1690 to 465,000 in 1770.
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Peters, Harvey W.
|
America's Coming Bankruptcy: How
the Government is Wrecking your Dollar
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle, N.
Y., 1975, 222 pgs., index, tables
|
Public Policy - financial
|
Written in 1975 at the height of
a period of massive inflation, the book describes how the government fiscal and
monetary policies are leading to bankruptcy. Well it is now 2014 and the same
government policies are still leading to bankruptcy, even more so. It is worth
reading old predictions that didn't come to pass to see why they did not.
|
Petrie, Sir Charles
|
Philip II of Spain
|
W. W. Norton Co., N.Y., 1963, 319
pgs., index, maps, illustrations, foot notes
|
Biography, Early Modern History
|
This is more than a pure
biography. As Philip lived in turbulent times - times also occupied by many
other powerful personalities, the biography includes much about these
individuals and the significant events. The author pens a favorable assessment
of Philip's leadership and rule. He left Spain stronger than he found it.
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Piggott, Stuart
|
Ancient Europe from the
beginnings of Agriculture to Classical Antiquity
|
Aldine Publishing, Chicago, 1965,
340 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations
|
Pre-history and Ancient History
|
The book is based archaeology. It
is not meant to be comprehensive but a focus on the factors the author believes
contributed to the eventual character of the ancient world that was behind
historical Europe.
|
Piketty, Thomas, trans., Arthur
Goldhammer
|
Capital in the Twenty-First
Century
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
2014,685 pgs., index, end notes, tables, illustrations
|
Public Policy, Economics,
Economic history, politics
|
Very controersial book that
claims that there has been a great increase in the inequality of wealth - rich
versus poor in recent years. The author advocates government intervention and
redistribution of wealth.
This is a very interesting and important book. It is about much more than
what is described in the press reviews I have read. The author is a French
economist. Yes, the book is about economics and is full of the typical graphs,
equations and econometric material so popular with economists today. But it's
about much more - political/economy in its fullest meaning. Actually it is
about public policy. The author takes for granted the status quo of what he
terms the 'social state' what I would call the 'welfare state'. This is very
reasonable as he is convinced or presumes that this established political
structure is not about to change. His thesis is that under uncontrolled
conditions capital is increasing more rapidly and greater than income and the
result is to greatly increase the gulf between the tiny wealthy people and the
mass of the poor people.
|
Pipes, Richard
|
Russia under the Old Regime
|
Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y.,
1974, 361 pgs., index, chronology, notes, illustrations, maps
|
Russian History
|
A standard reference by noted
historian
|
Pirenne, Henri - trans. Bernard
Miall
|
A History of Europe: From the
invasions to the XVI Century
|
University Books, N.Y., 1955, 625
pgs., index
|
Early Modern History
|
See also Lopez and Heather. This
famous historian wrote much on the origins of Europe. The subject chapters here
are: The End of the Roman world; The Carolingian Epoch; Feudal Europe; The War
of Investitures and Crusades; The formation of the Bourgeoise; The Beginnings
of the Western States; Hegemony of the Papacy and France; European Crisis; and
Renaissance and Reformation. Thus it parallels many of the other books in this
list.
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Pirenne, Henri - trans. I. Clegg
|
Economic and Social History of
Medieval Europe
|
Harcourt, Brace & World,
N.Y., 1933, 239 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The text describes the general
movement of economic and social evolution in Western Europe from the end of the
Roman Empire to the fifteenth century. The focus is on the totality of Western
Europe while still noting the variations in specific regions. Much scholarship
has been published since 1933 and theories of history itself have changed.
Pirenne made particular stress on the Moslem conquest of enough of the
Mediterranean basin to force a shift of European society northward. Even so, he
discusses the continuity as much as it was of commerce across the
Mediterranean. He discusses medieval fairs, merchants, commerce, credit, money,
and beginnings of capitalism.
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Pirenne, Henri
|
Mohammed and Charlemagne
|
World Publishing Co, N. Y., 1957,
293 pgs., index, foot notes, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The author writes some
conclusions:
1 The German invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient
world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the Roman
culture as it still existed in the 5th century, at a time when there was no
longer an Emperor in the West.
2. The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and
unexpected advance of Islam. The result of that advance was the final
separation of East from West, and the end of the Mediterranean unity.
3 The West was blockaded and forced to live upon its own resources, For the
first time in history the axis of life was shifted northwards from the
Mediterranean.
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Pirenne, Henri - trans. Frank
Halsey
|
Medieval Cities: Their Origins
and the Revival of Trade
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City
N. Y., 1925, 185 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The book was created from the
author's lectures in 1922. The author's basic thesis is the same as in the
above book, namely, that the Roman Empire was a Mediterranean civilization
which was its economic and political basis. The Germanic tribes also sought to
migrate to the Mediterranean if possible. Their aim was not to destroy the
Roman empire but to occupy and enjoy it. And they succeeded for a time.
Marseilles was still a great port in the 8th century. It was the Moslem
conquest of much of trhe Mediterranean shore in the late 7th and early 8th
centuries that shattered this unit. This forced the center of gravity of
western Europe northwards. From then on, Pirenne shows, that cities began to
grow in the northern regions. He describes life in these towns and cities in
detail.
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Plato -
|
The Dialogues of Plato
|
Bantam Books, N.Y., 1986, 342
pgs., bibliography
|
Philosophy
|
The book consists of 8 of Plato's
books, each translated by a different scholar.
|
Plato - trans Francis Macdonald
Cornford
|
The Republic of Plato
|
Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1961,
366 pgs. , index, foot notes, paper back
|
Philosophy
|
The translator, editor notes that
he has reorganized the material from its 10 papyrus 'rolls into six sections by
subject matter. - current views of justice; justice in the state and
individual; the philosopher king; decline of society; quarrel between
philosophy and poetry; and immortality and the rewards of justice.
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Plato, - trans. G. M. A. Grube
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Plato's Republic
|
Hackett Pub. Indianapolis Ind.,
1974, 276 pgs., index, foot notes, bibliography, paperback
|
Philosophy
|
The most important of Plato's
books for political theory.
|
Plato, - trans. Tarrane, Harold
|
Plato - The last Days of
Socrates- Euthyphro - Apology, Crito, Phaedo
|
Penguin Books, London, 1954, 237
pgs., introduction, paperback
|
Philosophy
|
This is Plato's description that
presents his own philosophy in the name of Socrates. The trial and death of
Socrates beginning with Socrates' discussion of ethics prior to the trial, then
his rebutal of the charges against him with a defense of his life's work, then
in prison he continues and refuses to escape, and in Phaedo he awaits death
while proclaiming the immortality of the soul
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Platonov, S. F. - trans L Rex
Pyles
|
Boris Godunov. Tsar of Russia
|
Academic International Press,
Gulf Breeze, 1973, 230 pgs., index, index, notes, map, illustrations. sources
|
Russian History
|
Excellent introduction by John
Alexander. The book is organized into 3 parts - Boris' career, policy and
tragedy.
|
Plumb, J. H.
|
The Italian Renaissance; A
Concise Survey of Its History and Culture
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1961,
164 pgs., index, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
The author begins with a
gruesome, negative word picture of Rome and Italy. And the story gets worse
from there. It is a distorted view of the Medieval World. But then the scene of
the Renaissance becomes worse. The book is quite different from Burckhardt to
say the least. But refreshing if you like blood and guts.
|
Plumb, J. H. - ed.
|
Renaissance Profiles
|
Harper & Row, N.Y., 1961, 161
pgs., index
|
Early Modern History
|
In this book the author of above
becomes editor and the picture lightens considerably. The nine short
biographies are: Petrach by Morris Bishop; Machiavelli by Garrett Mattingly;
Michelangelo by Kenneth Clark; Lorenzo de' Medici by Ralph Roeder; Leonardo da
Vinci by J. Bronowski; Pope Pius II by Iris Origo; Doge Francesco Foscari by H.
R. Trevor-Roper; Federigo da Montefeltro by Dennis Mack Smith; and Beatrice and
Isabella d'Este by Maria Bellonci.. My favorites are the last two.
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Podany, Amanda H.
|
Brotherhood of Kings
|
Oxford University Press, 2010,
389 pgs., index, maps, notes, Bibliogrpahy, cast of characters, paperback
|
Ancient History, Mesopotamia,
economics, society, diplomacy
|
Subtitle: How International
Relations Shaped the Ancient New East. This is a fascinating account of the
elaborate diplomatic relations conducted by the rulers in Mesopotamia, Egypt,
Anatolia and the Levant circa 3500 -2000 B.C. It is based on the finding and
traslating of thousands of clay tablets with cuneiform letters, reports,
documents and invoices in the archeological sites throughout the region.
|
Podany, Amanda H.
|
Ancient Mesopotamia
|
The Great Courses, Chantilly,
VA., 2018, 524 pgs., bibliography, illustrations, paperback
|
Ancient history, cullture,
economics, warfare
|
The subtitle is: Life in the
Cradle of Civilization. The author is a practicing archeologist who has
conducted extensive field wortk at ancient sites in Iraq, Syria, and published
scholarly reports. She delivers excellent lectures at California State
Polytechnic University. She is an expert in reading cuneiform documents. The
huge expansion of knowledge about Mesopotamia from the many thousands of
cuneiform tablets translated in recent years has shown the mistakes in previous
historical writing.
|
Polanyi, Karl
|
The Great Transformation
|
Rinehart Co., 1944, 315 pgs.,
index, end notes, paperback
|
Economic History - Public Policy
|
The theme is the social
implications of economic systems, in particular the market economy. The author
believes that the uncontrolled 'free market' has created disastrous conditions
for society. Chapter 16 on the problems with money is especially valuable. The
authors views on post industrial revolution are OK but he has a distorted and
romantis conception of life in medieval and classical times.
|
Polanyi, Michael
|
The Tacit Dimension
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N.Y., 1967, 108 pgs., index, notes, bibliography, paperback
|
Philosophy
|
Very brief, but very concise. The
author had his run-ins with Soviet theoreticians such as Bukharin. He writes:
'I was struck by the fact that this denial of their very existence of
independent scientific thought came from a socialist theory which derived its
tremendous persuasive power from its claim to scientific certainty." Well
we know how that turned out. Further "It seemed to me then that our whole
civilization was pervaded by the dissonance of an extreme critical lucidity and
an intense moral conscience, and that this combination had generated both our
tight-lipped modern revolutions and the tormented self-doubt of modern man
outside revolutionary movements."
|
Polin, Raymond
|
Marxian Foundations of Communism
|
Henry Regnery Co., Chicago, 1966,
203 pgs., bibliography, foot notes
|
Political Theory
|
An introduction to the study of
communist theory with an introduction by Robert MacIver. The book includes a
chapter on Dialectical Idealism of Georg Hegel and then on on Marx and Engles
transformation of this to Dialectical Historical Materialism. Another chapter
is about communism in China.
|
Pollard, Alfred W.
|
The Romance of King Arthur and
his Knights of the Round Table - Abridged from Malory's Morte D'Arthur
|
Macmillan Co., 1917, 509 pgs.,
glossary, illustrations
|
Literature - Medieval History
|
The famous Morte D'Arthur in a
modern English version with excellent illustrations.. No commentary or notes,
but at least a glossary for students.
|
Polo, Marco
|
The Travels of Marco Polo
|
Orion Press, N. Y., 356 pgs.,
illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
A special edition with no
translator or editor listed. The illustrations are from a 14th century
manuscript in the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris.
|
Polybius - trans. Mortimer
Chambers
|
The Histories
|
Twayne Pub., N.Y., 1966, 340
pgs., index, glossary, foot notes
|
Ancient History
|
There is an important
Introduction by E. Badian in which he describes Greece and Rome at the time,
Polybius' life and work and the present book. Polybius's history was published
in 40 volumes in which he attempted a history of the entire Mediterranean, and
of which only some have survived. This edition in turn includes only some of
these; those that describe Roman history and institutions. Thus we have here
books I, II, III, IV, V, VI:, XII, XVIII, and XXXI. Book VI is often considered
the most interesting as it discusses the structure of Roman government and its
military system.
|
Pope, Stephanie - ed
|
Cambridge Latin Course unit 1
|
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge,
2010, 260 pgs., index,
|
Literature
|
Excellent course in Latin for
beginners.
|
Popper, Karl R.
|
The Open Society and It's Enemies
Vol II: The High Tide of Prophecy: Hegel, Marx, and the Aftermath
|
George Routledge & Sons,
London, 1945, 352 pgs, index, end notes
|
Philosophy
|
Very Influential concepts about
modern society
|
Prabhavananda, Swami &
Christopher Isherwood - trans.
|
Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1954, 145 pgs., appendices, paperback
|
Religion
|
The classic Hindu epic poem that
includes a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna. It includes Vedanta philosophy
and much more. It was composed in Sanskrit. Its basic philosophy contains four
doctrines - 1 the phenomenal world of matter and of individualized
consciousness - the world of things and animals and men is manifestation of a
Devine Ground -apart from it they would be nonexistent
2 human beings are capable not merely of knowing about the Divine Ground
3 man possesses a double nature, a phenomenal ego and an eternal self
4 man's life on earth has only one end and purpose: to identify himself with
his eternal Self and to come to unitive knowledge of the Divine Ground.
|
Prados, John
|
Keepers of The Keys: A History of
the National Security Council from Truman to Bush
|
William Morrow Co, N. Y., 1991
632 pgs., index, end notes, illustrations, acronyms
|
American History
|
Mr. Prados has devoted years to
the study of American national security and intelligence organizations, as this
deeply researched book shows. He narrates and analyzes the central guiding
brain of this organization here. Recognizing organizational problems from World
War II the Truman administration created the National Security Council directly
in the White House. Prados continues the story up to the First Bush
administration. as a fine story teller, he starts the first chapter not at the
beginning with President Truman, but with the exciting actions of the NSC staff
of President Reagan in the Achille Lauro incident. That was in 1985 and the
book was published in 1991. Unintended by Prados, the incident is an example of
TERRORISM in action those many years ago by Islamic terrorists. We still fail
to understand the threat.
|
Prados, John
|
Safe for Democracy: The Secret
Wars of the CIA
|
Ivan R. Dee, Chicago, 2006, 696
pgs., index, end notes, acronyms
|
American History
|
The author describes and analyzes
CIA covert operations throughout the world since its creation. His conclusions
are very critical. he discusses how the CIA and US Intelligence agencies are
subject to 'oversight' by Congressional committees and operate under strict
guidance from the President. He comments that this 'oversight' effort is
actually in competitive process between Congress and President and it needs to
be examined in public as much as the CIA operations themselves. Much, much more
information has become public knowledge since 2006, but the book remains an
important reference providing broader context.
|
Presniakov. Alexander E. - ed and
trans Robert Price
|
The Tsardom of Muscovy
|
Academic International Press,
Gulf Breeze, Fl., 1978, 157 pgs., end notes
|
Russian History
|
Presniakov was a famous historian
living in 19th century Russia. Charles Halperin, himself a notes scholar of
medieval Russia, provides a valuable introduction, noting that this book is a
classic. The books is organized by functional topics into chapters such as land
tenure, population, government, church and state, boyars, public life and
Russian people. The focus is on the period of the Reigns of Ivan III to the
Time of Troubles.
|
Presniakov, A. E. - trans. A. E.
Moorhouse
|
The Formation of the Great
Russian State
|
Quadrangle Books, Chicago,
1970,414 pgs., index, maps., genealogical charts.
|
Russian History
|
The original Russian text of the
great historian was published in St. Petersburg in 1917. He describes and
comments about the expansion of Russia in the Thirteenth to Fifteenth
Centuries. There is an excellent introduction by Alfred Rieber that describes
both Presniakov's personal accomplishments and the broader state of Russian
historiography in 1890 1920.
|
Preston, Richard A. & Sydney
Wise & Herman Werner
|
Men in Arms
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N.Y., 1962,
406 pgs., index, bibliography
|
Military - Social History
|
This was a major influence when
first published. The subtitle is: A History of Warfare and its
Interrelationships with Western Society. The focus and stress is on
'interrelationships'. While more recent historical study has shown the errors
in facts, especially about medieval warfare, the author's general thoughts on
the relation of war and society are worth considering.
|
Price, Lorna
|
The Plan of St. Gall in brief: an
overview of the three volume work by Walter Horn & Ernest Born
|
Univ. of California Press,
Berkeley, 1982, 100 pgs., illustrations, large format
|
Medieval History
|
This is a masterpiece of printing
and publication skill as even more is the three volume edition of which this is
a summary. It is a detailed description of the marvelous plan of the
Benedictine monastery at St. Gall. The monastery was founded ca. 612 AD. The
Plan depicts the buildings laid out in an architecturally coherent and
brilliantly arranged composition. It was drawn on parchment between 820 and 830
AD from a lost original. Thus it is evidence of both the high skill in early
middle ages of the designers and builders of the monastery and of the skill of
the draftsmen who prepared this document. The document was lost until 1604 when
the later text of a Life of St. Martin was noticed on the verso.
|
Priest, William W. & Steven
Bleiberg
|
Winning at Active Management
|
Wiley, NYC., 2016, 306 pgs.,
index, tables
|
Management, investment
|
Subtitle: The essential roles of
culture, philosophy, and technology - Case studies and theories about how to
improve business management
|
Pushkarev, Sergei - trans Robert
McNeal
|
The Emergence of Modern Russia
1801-1917
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1963, 511 pgs., index, charts, maps, bibliography, notes, glossary
|
Russian History
|
An excellent history of the 19th
century in Russia with strong sections on cultural developments, finances,
bureaucracy, foreign and domestic policy, social changes, All this described
and analyzed in chronological sections from the status of Russia in 1801 to the
start of the Revolution in 1917.
|
Pyle, Howard
|
The Book of King Arthur
|
Classic Press Inc., San Rafael,
CA. 1969, 192 pgs., illustrations
|
Medieval history - Legends
|
The book is written for school
students. It is about much more than King Arthur - descriptions of how to
become a knight, glossary of terms on the relevant pages, and a concluding
section about Mr. Pyle. He is the author of many books about history written
for young readers.
|
Quigley, Carroll
|
Tragedy and Hope: A History of
the World in our time
|
Macmillan Co, N. Y., 1966, 1348
pgs., index,
|
Modern World History
|
Not only a narrative of modern
history, but more importantly the author's assessments, commentary, opinions.
He claims to have been inside the world financial system that is organized to
control all government.
|
Raeff, Marc - ed.
|
Peter the Great: Reformer or
Revolutionary?
|
D.C. Heath Co., 1963, 109 pgs.,
readings, paper back
|
Russian History
|
This is a Heath teaching aid
designed to generate discussion among students. It consists of 19 essays by
noted historians, many 19th century Russians, with varied and opposing views on
the nature of Peter's policies for transformation of Muscovy into Russia.
|
Raeff, Marc - ed.
|
Catherine the Great
|
Hill and Wang, N. Y., 1972, 331
pgs., chronology, foot notes, recommend reading,
|
Russian History
|
A compendium of essays on various
subjects related to Catherine and Russia by specialists.
|
Ramsey, Dave
|
The Total Money Makeover:
|
Nelson Books, Nashville Tenn.,
2013, 237 pgs., index, tables
|
Investment Advice
|
The author apparently believes
his advice is a 'hard sell' because he includes many pages of testimonials from
delighted couples who followed it. The book is about how to GET OUT of debt.
But by extension some of the ideas, if followed, might keep people out of debt.
|
Raspail, Jean - trans Norman
Shapiro
|
The Camp of the Saints
|
Charles Scribner's Sons, N. Y.,
311 pgs.
|
Novel - Modern History
|
The novel is a prediction of the
invasion of Western Europe by masses of refugees from the 'third world' and the
passive inability of the French to prevent it.
|
Reagan, Ronald - ed Douglas
Brinkley
|
The Reagan Diaries
|
Harper Collins, N. Y., 2007,767
pgs., glossary, index, illustrations
|
Biography, American History
|
Douglas Brinkley in his
introduction expresses the central thoughts one has when reading the diaries.
|
Reden, Sitta von
|
Money in Classical Antiquity
|
Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010, 237
pgs., index, references, maps, figures , tables, ,glossary, bibliographical
essay, appendices, paperback
|
Economic History, money, finance,
ancient history
|
A scholarly study of ancient
sources focused on the origins and role of money - including currency and
credit - in Classical Greece and Rome. The author describes money differently
than authors of some general histories. Importantly, she shows that credit
played a significant part in classical financial activities.
|
Reece, Richard
|
Roman Coins
|
Ernest Benn Ltd., London, 1970,
189 pgs. , index, bibliography, illustrations
|
Roman coins
|
This is a practical guide for
collectors of Roman coins. This requires also a short section on Roman history,
as this knowledge is required for associating coins to their period in Roman
history. Conversely, understanding Roman coinage assists the student in study
of history. - See also Sutherland
|
Reinhart, Carmen M & Kenneth
S. Rogoff
|
This Time is Different: Eight
Centuries of Financial Folly
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2009, 463 pgs., index, references, end notes, tables
|
Economic History, Finance,
Banking
|
This book was a publishing
sensation. Not only did it stir extensive commentary in the professions, but
also became well known in the public arena. But so far I have not seen any
significant reaction to prevent the same financial 'folly' they describe from
occurring again.
|
Reitran, E. A. - ed.
|
George III: Tyrant or
Constitutional Monarch?
|
D. C. Heath, Boston, 1964, 106
pgs., readings, paperback
|
Modern History
|
This is a booklet in the problems
of European civilization series designed for teachers to use in classroom
discussion. It seems to me that one can be both a tyrant and constitutional
ruler. The booklet has 12 essays proposing various opinions on the subject.
Four are by contemporary authors such as Burke and Walpole, two are by Whig
historians, three are by Namier 'school' of which two are by Namier himself,
and three are responses to Namier. The editor provides a long introduction in
which he quotes Herbert Butterfield's point that there is a problem in
determining who is conservative and who not. And he describes the work of Sir
Lewis Namier as starting a modern look at King George. The result is a booklet
full of able arguments that a teacher may use for class discussion.
|
Reman, Edward
|
The Norse Discoveries and
Explorations in America
|
Univ. of California Press,
Berkeley, 1949, 201 pgs., index, foot notes,
|
Medieval History
|
The chapters are organized for
each of the major Norse explorers, Gunnbjorn Ulfsson, Erik the Red, Lief
Erickson, Thorvald Erickson, and Thorfinn Karlsfni
|
Reynolds, Susan
|
Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval
Evidence Reinterpreted
|
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994,
544 pgs., index, bibliography, footnotes, appendix
|
Medieval History
|
An entirely new concept about
Fiefs and vassals in medieval western Europe. The author meticulously dissects
the document sources and shows many false conclusions reached by previous
scholars. The many books on 'feudalism' in this list must be revised.
|
Riasanovsky, Nicholas V.
|
A History of Russia
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N.Y., 1977,
762 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, maps
|
Russian History
|
A standard college course text
recently popular, But I prefer Florinski.
|
Riasanovsky, Nicholas V.
|
The Image of Peter the Great in
Ruissian History and Thought
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N.Y., 1985,
331 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
|
Russian History
|
The author points out that this
is not a history of Peter or of his times as such, but rather, as the title
indicates. a study of the popular and influential opinion about Peter that
developed after his death. It is a history of ideas, intellectual history
including literature and even myth.
|
Rice, Philip M.
|
Understanding a History of
Civilization
|
Prentice-Hall Co, Englewood
Cliffs, N.J., 1959, 122 pgs. , maps, outlines, questions, paperback
|
Modern History
|
This is a student study booklet
and guide designed to accompany Vol II of A History of Civilization, by
Brinton, Christopher and Wolff.
|
Rich, Norman
|
The Age of Nationalism and Reform
1850-1890
|
W. W. Norton Co., N. Y., 1970,
270 pgs., index, readings, maps, illustrations, paperback
|
Modern History - Intellectual
History
|
This book follows Breunig's
The Age of Revolution and Reaction 1780-1850in the Norton History of
Modern Europe series. Nationalism as both concept and political agenda expanded
greatly as a reaction to Napoleonic France. It had it most significant effects
in the unifications of Germany and Italy and increasing disunity of the
Habsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire. The author describes also the great changes
in intellectual and cultural agendas with science and art and literature.
|
Richards, Jay W.
|
Money, Greed, and God: Why
Capitalism is the Solution and not the Problem
|
Harper One, N.Y., 2009, 255 pgs.,
notes, appendix, paperback
|
Public policy, economics,
morality
|
A well organized refutation of
many myths that accuse capitalism of numerous social ills. Worth reading along
with Rodney Stark's books - such as "The Victory of Reason".
|
Richardson, Joanna
|
Louis XIV
|
Book Club Associates, London,
1973, 232 pgs., index, readings, genealogy charts, illustrations
|
Biography - Early Modern History
|
Very well illustrated. It is
biography with little else about political and other events during the reign.
|
Richelson, Jeffrey
|
The U. S. Intelligence Community
|
Ballinger Pub. Co., Cambridge
Mass, 1989, 483 pgs., index, chapter notes, illustrations, figures, tables,
abbreviations, paperback
|
Modern History
|
A comprehensive study of American
federal government intelligence organizations from the National Security
Council on down. The author also includes topics such as exchange with foreign
governments, sources, analysis and estimates, counter intelligence, covert
operations. The book should be refreshed with new information on changes
regularly.
|
Richelson, Jeffrey
|
Sword and Shield: The Soviet
Intelligence and Security Apparatus
|
Ballinger Pub. Co., Cambridge
Mass, 1986, 279 pgs., index, chapter notes, figures, tables, abbreviations,
paperback
|
Modern History
|
The author describes both the KGB
and the GRU. The organization of subject matter is similar to the above book.
|
Richmond, I. A.
|
Roman Britain
|
Penguin Books, London, 1963, 240
pgs. , index, bibliography, illustrations
|
British History - Roman History
|
The first chapter is about the
military aspect of Roman Britain
|
Rickards, James
|
Currency Wars: The Making of the
Next Global Crisis
|
Portfolio/Penguin, N. Y., 2012,
296 pgs., index, sources, end notes, paper back
|
Financial, Economics, Public
Policy
|
The author describes briefly a
'financial wargame' and then draws conclusions from his extensive career in
international finance and currency markets. He discusses the previous currency
wars since World War One and indicates that another one is in progress now.
Nations engage in currency wars in order to protect their own currency and
economy from the devaluations made in their currencies by other countries.
|
Rickards, James
|
The Death of Money: The Comiong
Collapse of the International Monetary System
|
Portfolio/Penguin, N. Y., 2014,
356 pgs., index, sources, end notes
|
Financial, Economics, Public
Policy
|
This book builds on the previous
- Currency Wars. The author describes the reasons he expects the US dollar to
collapse soon. Along with that he expects the entire International monetary
system to collapse, for one thing due to the central position of the dollar as
the reserve currency. In place, he expects the IMF to expand its issues of SDR
- Special Drawing Rights - to become a new world currency. he recommends
certain classes of assets as investments that will survive the best. The world
financial system has collapsed several times in the past. We are now in a
deflationary era.
|
Ridley, Matt
|
The Evolution of Everything: How
New Ideas Emerge
|
Harper Collins, N.Y. 2015, 360
pgs., index, sources
|
History, philosophy, public
policy, economics
|
The author applies the
basicconcept of evolution - that change is gradual and effects all aspects of
life to everything from the universe to the Internet. But the author is an
athiest, materialist who goes to extremes to denounce all religions. In
everything he means everything - all is pure chance driven by an evolutionary
process.
|
Riffenburgh, Beau
|
Exploration Experience
|
National Geographic Society,
Wash. D. C., 2007, 80 pgs., large format, index, maps, illustrations, inserts
|
World History
|
xThis is an elaborate, highly
illustrated history of exploration and explorers world wide- organised by
geographic region, which corresponds generally with the chonological events -
that it Central Africa and Australia are described after Central Asia and North
America.
|
Riha, Thomas, ed
|
Readings in Russian Civilization
|
Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1964, 801 pgs., index, chronology,
|
Russian History
|
This is 3 volumes in one. -
Russia before Peter the Great - Imperial Russia - Soviet Russia Each contains
essays on specific topics
|
Roberts, J. M.
|
History of the World Vol. 1,
Prehistory and the First Civilizations
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1998,
192 pgs., illustrations, index, maps
|
Ancient History
|
The color illustrations are
great. The multi-volume organization enabled the author to focus in each volume
on much detail.
|
Roberts, J. M.
|
History of the World Vol 2,
Eastern Asia and Classical Greece
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1999,
192 pgs., illustrations, index, maps
|
Ancient History
|
The color illustrations are
great. The multi-volume organization enabled the author to focus in each volume
on much detail.
|
Roberts, J. M.
|
History of the World Vol 3, Rome
and the Classical West
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1999,
192 pgs., illustrations, index, maps
|
Ancient History
|
The color illustrations are
great. The multi-volume organization enabled the author to focus in each volume
on much detail.
|
Roberts, J. M.
|
History of the World Vol 4, The
Age of Diverging Traditions
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1999,
192 pgs., illustrations, index, maps
|
Medieval History
|
The color illustrations are
great. The multi-volume organization enabled the author to focus in each volume
on much detail.
|
Roberts, J. M.
|
History of the World Vol 5, The
Far East and A New Europe
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1999,
192 pgs., illustrations, index, maps
|
World History
|
The color illustrations are
great. The multi-volume organization enabled the author to focus in each volume
on much detail.
|
Roberts, J. M.
|
History of the World Vol 6, The
Making of the European Age
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1998,
192 pgs., illustrations, index, maps
|
Modern history
|
The color illustrations are
great. The multi-volume organization enabled the author to focus in each volume
on much detail.
|
Roberts, J. M.
|
History of the World Vol 7, The
Age of Revolution
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1998,
192 pgs., illustrations, index, maps
|
Modern History
|
The color illustrations are
great. The multi-volume organization enabled the author to focus in each volume
on much detail.
|
Roberts, Penfield
|
The Quest for Security: 1715-1740
|
Harper and Row, N. Y., 1947, 300
pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, illustrations, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This is one of the books in the
Rise of Modern Europe series. It includes political, economic and intellectual
history and the arts.
|
Robertson, Wilmot
|
The Dispossessed Majority
|
Howard Allen, Cape Canaveral
Florida, 1973, 586 pgs., index, foot notes, paperback
|
Political Philosophy
|
The author writes: "The most
truly disadvantaged are those who are hated for their virtues, not their vices,
who insist on playing the game of life with opponents who have long ago
abandoned the rules, who stubbornly go on believing that a set of highly
sophisticated institutions developed by and for a particular people at a
particular point in time and space is operational for all peoples under all
circumstances.'
|
Robinson, James Harvey
|
Readings in European History, Vol
1
|
Ginn and Co., N.Y., 1904, 55-0
pgs., index, foot notes
|
European History
|
A collection of extracts from the
sources chosen with the purpose of illustrating the progress of culture in
Western Europe since the German Invasions. - From the breaking of the Roman
Empire to the Protestant Revolt. With introductions and commentary by the
author
|
Roche, George Charles III
|
Frederic Bastiat: A Man Alone
|
Hillsdale College Press,
Hillsdale MI., 1977, 256 pgs., index, paperback
|
Biography, Economics - Political
Policy
|
Frederic Bastiat lived in France
during the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 in which socialism became a popular
political theory and practice. He denounced the theory and wrote essays proving
its dire consequences.
|
Roche, George Charles III
|
Education in America
|
Foundation for Economic
Education, 1969, 163 pgs., index
|
Public Policy
|
Critique of education system and
results - not favorable
|
Roche, George Charles III
|
Legacy of Freedom
|
Hillsdale College Press,
Hillsdale, Michigan, 1973, 356 pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Western European History
|
The focus is on the heritage the
West received from classical Greek and Roman civilizations. The author deplores
that the ancient standards have not been maintained and hopes for a return to
this heritage.
|
Roche, George Charles III
|
The Bewildered Society
|
Hillsdale College Press,
Hillsdale, Michigan, 1974, 346 pgs., index, paperback
|
American History - Political
Philosophy
|
The theme is the modern expansion
of 'bigness' in government, industry, business, and society. All of this has
caused the current social disruption and feeling of personal estrangement. The
author focuses on the rapid spread of this 'bigness' from the last half of the
19th century. He describes the role of many specific individuals - both
politicians and academics. They have imported European theories about the
'state' and the demand for centralization and the role of expert elites in
government control over the individual.
|
Roche, George Charles III
|
The Bewildered Society
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle, N.
Y., 1972, 346 pgs., index,
|
American History - Political
Philosophy
|
The theme is the modern expansion
of 'bigness' in government, industry, business, and society. All of this has
caused the current social disruption and feeling of personal estrangement. The
author focuses on the rapid spread of this 'bigness' from the last half of the
19th century. He describes the role of many specific individuals - both
politicians and academics. They have imported European theories about the
'state' and the demand for centralization and the role of expert elites in
government control over the individual.
|
Rockwood, Raymond O. - ed.
|
Carl Becker's Heavenly City
Revisited
|
Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, 227
pgs., index, footnotes
|
Intellectual History
|
A series of essays focused on
various critiques of Carl Becker's ideas expressed in his "Heavenly
City" The essays are a result of a symposium at Colgate Univ. in 1956. The
event itself was an example of Becker's influence. It seems that most
objections to Becker's opinions are about his treatment of various
Enlightenment authors rather than about his own philosophy.
|
Rorimer, James J.
|
The Cloisters
|
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ny.,
1963, 212 pgs., index, illustrations, map, paperback
|
Art and Archetecture History
|
A guide book that identifies the
origins of the many parts of the building and its collection that was assembled
by moving medieval archetecture and art from Europe and assembling them into a
wonderful whole in New York City;.
|
Rorlich, Azade-Ayse
|
The Volga Tatars: A Profile in
National Resilience
|
Hoover Institution Press,
Stanford, 1986, 288 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes. maps, genealogies,
paperback
|
History of Russia and its
minorities
|
There is a short section on the
Kazan Khanate prior to Russian conquest. Then a narrative of that conquest.
Most of the book is a history and assessment of the fate of the Volga Tartars
under Russian and Soviet rule.
|
Rosen, William
|
The Third Horseman: Climate
Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century
|
Viking, N. Y., 2014, 302 pgs.,
index, bibliography, end notes,
|
Medieval History
|
This should be read with
Fischer's The Great Wave. And it is relevant to current theories and
discussions about climate change.
|
Ross, Alec
|
The Industries of the Future
|
Simon and Schuster, N.Y., 2016,
304 pgs., index. notes
|
Economics, Investment, Public
Policy
|
The author describes how the
future will be dependent on the expansion of technology and especially
information technoligy in chapters on robots, information warfare, geography
and other determinants of the future.
|
Ross, Charles
|
Edward IV
|
Book Club Associates, London,
1975, 475 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, maps, illustrations, diagrams
|
Biography, Medieval History
|
Edward lived through tumultuous
times and reigned for 22 before dying rather suddenly at age 40. He and his
reign have come in for trhe usual controversial assessments by generations of
historians. Ross, makes great use of many contemporary witnesses who wrote
extensively. His assessment is favorable.
|
Rossiter, Clinton
|
The American Presidency
|
Mentor Book, N.Y., 1956, 166
pgs., index, appendix, paperback
|
American Politics
|
A short but condensed description
of the American Presidency including topics such as Powers, Limits, history and
relationship of modern presidency to the Constitution.
|
Rostovtzeff, M. - trans J. D.
Duff
|
Rome
|
Oxford Univ. Press, N. Y., 1960,
350 pgs., index, maps, bibliography, illustrations, paper back
|
Ancient History
|
A reprint of a 1927 classic by
the great Russian historian. The narrative and analysis is from the foundation
of Rome to its decline in the 4th century
|
Rostow, W. W.
|
The Stages of Economic Growth: A
non-communist manifesto
|
Cambridge University Press, 1961,
179 pgs., index, appendix, foot notes, paper back
|
Economic History in Theory
|
The author was a very influential
political adviser and this book was also very influential at the time. But it
subsequently has been overcome by events, for instance the collapse of the
Soviet Union and belief in Communism.
|
Rothbard, Murray N.
|
An Austrian Perspective on the
History of Economic Thought - two volumes, Economic Thought before Adam Smith -
and Classical Economics
|
Ludwig von Mises Institute,
Augurn, Alabama, 2006, 556 and 528 pgs., index, bibliography
|
Economic Thought, from ancient
era to the middle 19th century
|
Comprehensive - one wishes for a
continuation into the 20th century.
|
Rothbard, Murray N.
|
What Has Government Done to Our
Money?
|
Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama,
2015, 116 pgs., index, paperback
|
Economics, finance, public policy
|
The author is a leading economist
of the Austrian School. Tis is a libertarian discussion on the American money
supply and what the government has doneto devalue it
. |
Rothbard, Murray N.
|
Conceived in Liberty
|
Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama,
2015, 1616 pgs.
|
American Colonial History
|
This is a one volume edition of
the original 4 volume history by Dr. Rothbard in the 1970's. It is a
libeertasrians assessment of American history. The author stresses his concept
that history is a record of conflict between rulers and ruled over power. The
account is very detailed including many individual's names and dates of events.
|
Rothbard, Murray N.
|
|
Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama,
2011, pgs.,
|
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Rothbard, Murray N.
|
|
Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama,
2015, ., index, paperback
|
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Round, J. H.
|
Feudal England: Historical
Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
|
Barnes & Noble, N. Y.,
1895-1964, 444 pgs., index, genealogy chart, foot notes
|
Medieval History
|
There has been much new
information and theory about the actual nature of 'feudal' since the book was
published. It contains several rather detailed and separate discussions. One
lengthy section is about controversy over the Battle of Hastings. There are
lengthy sections extracted from primary sources. I suggest it should be studied
after one has learned a great deal about medieval England.
|
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques - trans
Judith R. Masters
|
The First and Second Discourses
|
St. Martin's Press, N. Y., 1964,
248 pgs.
|
Political Philosophy
|
The famous and influential
essays.
|
Runciman, Steven
|
Byzantine Civilization
|
Meridian Books, N. Y., 1956, 246
pgs., bibliography, footnotes, list of emperors
|
Medieval History
|
The book provides a general
summary of the East Roman civilization by a highly regarded specialist in the
subject. - His books on the Crusades are listed in my military history catelog.
|
Russell, Bertrand
|
Freedom versus Organization: The
Pattern of Political Changes in 19th Century European History
|
W, W, Norton Co., N.Y., 1934, 471
pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Modern History - Political theory
|
The author writes: "This
book is an attempt to trace the main causes of political change during the
hundred years from 1814 to 1914. These causes appear to me to have been of
three kinds: economic technique, political theory, and important
individuals." He continues, "The part played in history by
individuals, which was over emphasized by Carlyle, and is still exaggerated in
our day by his reactionary disciples, tends, on the other hand to be unduly
minimized by those who believe themselves to have discovered the laws of
sociological change." "Nor can we ignore the part played by what may
be called chance, that is to say, by trivial occurrences which happened to have
great effects." I call this contingency.
|
Rutland, Jonathan
|
See Inside An Ancient Greek Town
|
Barnes & Noble, London, 1986,
31 pgs., index, glossary, illustrations, paperback
|
Ancient History
|
The full color illustrations are
of much more than layout and descriptions of towns. They include people and
artifacts.
|
Ryan, Alan
|
On Politics - 2 vols
|
Liveright Pub. N.Y., 2012, 1114
pgs., index, bibliography
|
History of Political Theory
|
The content includes authors on
political theory from Herodotus to the present. The author appears to favor
progressive thinking in the 20th century.
|
Saccio, Peter
|
Shakespeare's English Kings
|
Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1977,
268 pgs., index, bibliography, genealogy charts, map, chronology chart
|
Medieval History - Literature
|
The book describes English
history during the 8 reigns Shakespeare treated in his plays. He focuses on the
difference between our understanding of the history of those periods and what
Shakespeare claimed in a play. He writes: 'This book is intended as background
reading for Shakespeare's ten history plays. They are about - Richard II- the
Fall of a King - Henry IV - The King Embattled - Henry V- The King Victorious -
Henry VI - The Loss of Empire -- Henry IV and Edward IV - The rival Kings -
Richard III - The Last Plantagenet - John - The Legitimacy of the king - and
Henry VIII - the Supreme Head.
|
Saggs, H. W. F.
|
The Greatness that was Babylon: A
sketch of the ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates valley
|
Hawthorn Books, N. Y., 1961, 562
pgs,. index, chronology, bibliography, maps, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
A classic scholarly work on
ancient Mesopotamia - Sumner, Babylon, Assyria
|
Saint-Simon, Henri de - ed and
trans Felix Markhan
|
Social Organization, the Science
of Man and Other Writings
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1952,
116 pgs., foot notes, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de
Saint-Simon is one of these influential authors who are much more often quoted
than read. This relatively short book of extracts from some of his huge written
output seeks to provide at least a favor of his thought. He was of a military
family and served in the French Army including Rochambeau's expedition in
support of the American Revolution. He was a politician during the phases of
the French Revolution. He died in 1825. Felix Markham provides an enlightening,
lengthy introduction attempting to clarify Saint Simon's ideas.
|
Salmio, Mario
|
Chiese di Roma
|
instituto Geografico de
Agosteini, Novara, 1962, 168 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Architecture - Art History
|
Text in Italian - excellent
photography of buildings and paintings in Rome
|
Samuelson, Kurt - trans. E
Geoffrey French
|
Religion and Economic Action: A
Critique of Max Weber
|
Harper & Row, N.Y., 1957, 157
pgs., index, foot notes, paperback
|
History, Sociology, Economics
|
The author of the introduction,
D. C. Coleman, comments: "The very fact of the continuing influence of
Weber's hypotheses is in itself a tribute, be it to their truth or to some
deep-seated appeal which they possess. For in spite of much damaging criticism,
of refutations and counter- refutations, the belief in some sort of influence
wielded by Puritanism on capitalism is still strong and pervasive." He
continues with comment of Taweney's Religion and the Rise of Capitalism.
We have both in this list. The author bases his analysis on study of the
religious doctrines of both Catholics and Puritans in comparison with the
concepts of the promoters of capitalism and finds no differences. But more
recent historians had refuted Weber rather on historical grounds by showing
that capitalism was well advanced in Europe centuries before the Reformation.
|
Samuelson, Paul A.
|
Economics: An Introductory
Analysis
|
McGraw- Hill, New York, 1955, 853
pgs., index, illustrations
|
Economics
|
The standard college text - we
used it at WP - several generations of students led wrong by the acolyte of
Keynes .
|
Santosuosso, Antonio
|
Barbarians, Marauders, and
Infidels: The Ways of Medieval Warfare
|
Westview Press, Boulder Colorado,
2004, chronology, bibliography, end notes, maps, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
Part one is about the Ostrogoths,
Lombards and Franks. Part two is about the Muslims. Part three is about the
Vikings, Magyars, Normans and Crusades. Part four is about the 100 Years War.
Throughout the author describes arms and armor, warfare methods,,
fortifications, and specific battles.
|
Scarisbrick, J.J.
|
Henry VIII
|
Univ. of California Press,
Berkeley, 1968, 561 pgs., index, sources, maps, illustrations, appendices
|
Medieval History - Biography
|
The author writes that the book
is something between a private life of the king and a comprehensive study of
his life and times. There is little about the development of governmental
institutions or economic, diplomatic or religious topics. So this is a rather
lengthy biography of a personality that lived a life 'larger than life' so
amply justifies a larger than expected biography.
|
Schama, Simon
|
Citizens: A Chronicle of the
French Revolution
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1989,948
pgs., index, sources and bibliography, illustrations, map
|
Modern History
|
By 'chronicle' the author means
it - a chronological narrative of events and personal ideas designed to show
the haphazard and chaotic nature of the causes and effects. And what a massive
chronicle it is. In his preface Schama discusses in some detail the changing
trends since the Revolution in the perceptions of writers and ideological
appraisals it has created in generations of historians. The whole preface it
itself an excellent comment on historiography.
|
Schama, Simon
|
A History of Britain - vol III -
The Fate of Empire 1776 - 2000
|
Hyperion, N. Y., 2002, 575 pgs.,
index, bibliography, illustrations,
|
Modern History
|
The book was published to
accompany a BBC TV production. What a massive book and it is only Vol III and
only covers a limited time period in the history of "Britain" - not
Great Britain. The author notes that this is his subjective value judgment
about what to include. In this he chose to include considerable discussion of
India and its role in and effects on development in the Home country.
|
Schevill, Ferdinand
|
Medieval and Renaissance Florence
Vol I, Medieval Florence
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1961,
258 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
This pair are some of my favorite
books. The style is engrossing. When one starts one must continue to the next
chapter.. The story begins with Etruscan pre-Florence. We learn about one of my
favorites, Countess Matilda of Tuscany. Then there is the conflict between
Guelphs and Ghibellines. Dante takes center stage for a spell.
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Schevill, Ferdinand
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Medieval and Renaissance Florence
Vol II, The Coming of Humanism and the Age of the Medici
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Harper & Row, N. Y., 1961,
277 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, paperback
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Medieval History
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The volume begins with the
struggle between urban democracy and oligarchy - 1343-1382 and concludes with
the end of the republic in 1530 when the Medici regained power.
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Schiff, Peter D
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The Real Crash: America's Coming
Bankruptcy -how to save Yourself and your Country
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St. Martin's Press, N. Y., 2012,
335 pgs., index, appendices
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Economics, Public Policy,
Financial
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The author believes nothing
significant has changed in the causes for the financial crisis of 2008. He
expects a much worse market crash to happen within a few years. Now rather than
housing the bubbles are in Treasury Bonds and the rest of the massive federal
government debt.
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Schoeck, Helmut - trans. Michael
Glenny
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Envy: A Theory of Social Behavior
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Harcourt, Brace &World, N.Y.,
1966, 408 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, paper back
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Sociology - History
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The book is about the role of
envy as human behavior throughout history. Thus it includes politics,
philosophy, guilt, justice, The author writes: "Throughout history, in all
stages of cultural development, in most languages and as members of widely
differing societies, men have recognized a fundamental problem of their
existence and have given it specific names: the feeling of envy and of being
envied."
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Schweizer, Peter
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Architects of Ruin: How Big
Government Liberals Wrecked the Global Economy - and How They Will do it Again
if No one Stops them.
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Harper Collins, Pub. N. Y., 2009,
219 pgs., index, end notes
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Economic, Public Policy,
Financial Crisis of 2008
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The author describes how the
radical left in political office, business, pressure groups used government
power to demand that minorities and others lacking credit to purchase houses
nevertheless be given mortgages that were then passed on to the financial
world. The result was disaster.
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Scott, James C.
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Against the Grain
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Subtitle: A Deep History of the
Earliest States, Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, 2017, 312 pgs., index,
biblipgraphy, notes, illustrations, paperback
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Ancient history, Mesopotamia, Old
Kingdon Egypt, China, agriculture
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Subtitle: A Deep History of the
Earliest States. - The author writes that his study of recent scholorship has
invluenced him to change many ideas about the earliest cities in Mesopotamia
and the whole historyh of the development of agriculture and sedentary
societies
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Scruton, Roger
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Fools, Frauds and Firebrands:
Thinkers of the New Left
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Bloomsbury, London, 2015, 296t
pgs, index,
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Political Philosophy, Politics
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The author demolishes the
fraudulant theories and writings of the more significant of 20th century
leftist writers.
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Scullard, H. H.
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A History of the Roman World 753
- 146 B.C. 3rd ed.
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Methuen &Co., London, 1964,
484 pgs. , index, notes, maps, bibliography, chronology, appendices
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Ancient History
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The author notes that political
and military activities take a major place in the account of the history of
this period. But he has included also economic, social and intellectual history
as well. There are chapters on religions, literature, art, Roman life. The wars
Punic Wars including the Second between Hannibal and Scipio are well covered.
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Scullard, H. H.
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From the Gracchi to Nero: A
History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A. D. 68
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Methuen &Co., London, 1959,
460 pgs. , index, notes, maps,
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Ancient History
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There is a rational for selecting
the time period for this study, namely that it comprises the critical years of
the transformation of Rome from Republic to Empire. In the first paragraph of
his introduction the author sets out the problem facing Roman society in 146 -
133 BC. "Could Rome adapt her institutions to meet the challenge of her
increasing responsibilities?". One can see some similarities to the issues
facing the American society today. The author sets the stage by first
describing the position of Roman society ca. 146 BC. Roman politics at the time
was very much personal, the leaders of a handful of families who had held the
highest offices for generations. Could then work together in the greatly
expanded arena of the Mediterranean world? Professor Scullard focuses chapters
on some of these: the Gracchi, Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Caesar, then Antony and
Octavian. He also includes chapters on economics, social life, art, literature
and intellectual history. The concluding chapters carry the narrative and
analysis through from Octavian to Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius and Nero, thus
firmly into the established new order of empire..
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Sealey, Raphael
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A History of the Greek City
States 700-338 B.C.
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Univ. of California Press,
Berkeley, 1976, 515 pgs., index, illustrations, maps, notes, abbreviations
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Ancient History
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An introduction to the study of
Greek history. The author presents his hypotheses and theories about issues
that are not known as certain facts. This is one of the very best text books on
ancient Greece
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Sears, Steven, M.
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The Indomitable Investor: Why a
Few Succeed in the Stock Market When Everyone Else Fails
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John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken N.
J., 2012, 238 pgs., index, end notes
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Investment advice - finance
|
The author has a column in
Barron's on stock market derivatives - how to profit from puts and calls. This
book is a description of the stock market and how it functions. It emphasizes
the psychological in motivations of traders and investors.
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Sedeen, Margaret - ed.
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Our Fifty States
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National Geographic, Wash. D. C.,
1991, 264 pgs., index, maps, illustrations data tables
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Reference - atlas
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Organized by region. Not only
state maps but also flags and text.
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Selgin, George
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Money Free and Unfree
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Cato Institute, Wash., D. C.,
2017, 379 pgs., index, tables, figures, references, notes
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Economics, monetary policy,
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The history of money and
economics in the United States, with forcus on current FEd monetary policy and
Federal government fiscal policy
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Selin, A. A.
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Ivangorodskaya Doroga
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Yazikovoi Tsentr, St Petersburg,
1996, 35 pgs., references, end note, maps, paperback
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Russian History
|
The book is about one of the more
important main 'roads' in medieval Russia - the Ivangorod road. that connected
Novgorod the Great with Ivangorod, opposite Narva. The maps show the routes and
intermediate places that are described in the text.
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Sellers, Charles and Henry May
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A Synopsis of American History
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Rand McNally Co, Chicago, 1963,
434 pgs., index, tables, map, paperback
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American History
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A study aid for high school
students. The content is political history with the commentary on the liberal
side.
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Shakespeare, William
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
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American Book Co, N.Y. 1898, 125
pgs.
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Literature
|
Full text of the play
|
Sharma, Ruchir
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The Rise and Fall of Nations
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W. W. Norton Co. Ny., 2016, 464
pgs., index, bibliography, notes
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Finance, economics, public
policy, investment
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A personal appraisal based on the
author's remarkable access with direct interviews with political and economic
leaders world-wide
|
Shepherd, William R.
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Atlas of Medieval and Modern
History
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Henry Holt Co. N. Y., 1932, 42
pgs., index, maps
|
Reference - atlas
|
Full color maps showing the
complexity of political divisions of medieval Europe.
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Shiller, Robert J.
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Irrational Exuberance
|
Broadway Books, N. Y., 2000, 319
pgs., index, references, end notes, figures, tables, paperback
|
Economics, Finance,
|
The book is about the recent
stock market booms and busts. Note, he is thinking of the market busts of the
1990's. - The booms and busts of 2000 -2012 were yet to come.
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Shilling, A. Gary
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The Age of Deleveraging:
Investment Strategies for a Decade of Slow Growth and Deflation
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken N.
J., 2011, 512 pgs., index, graphs
|
Investment Advice - finance -
Economics
|
The author correctly believes the
world has entered a deflationary era. He offers investment advice.
|
Shishsov, A.
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Russkiye Knyaz'ya (Russian
princes)
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Izdatel'sto Feniks, Rostov na
Don, 1997, 443 pgs.,
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Russian History
|
Biographies of selected Russian
grand princes from Oleg to Igor Starshi, to Yaroslav Mundri, to Vasilii III
Ivanovich.
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Shishsov, A. V
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Kazach'i voiska Rossii: ot
Vol'nixh kazakov do Reservnogo kazach'ego voiska
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Dopyechatnaya podgotovka
vipolnyena v Redaktsionno izdateel'skom tentre, Moscow, 2004, 271 pgs.
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Russian History
|
There are sections on the history
of the independent Cossacks then cossacks entering Russian service, then
sections on 14 individual Cossack forces such as Amur, and Astrakhan and Don
Cossacks, then short biographies of some of the 28 Cossack leaders such as
Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Suvorov-Romnikskii and Ataman Ermak Timofiyeev and
General-major Nikolai Pavlovich Sleptsov. In Russian
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Shishsov, A. V
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Zsdnamyenitiye Inostrantssi na
Sluzhbe Rossii
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ZAO Isd-po=vo Tsentrpoligraf,
Moscow, 2001, 619 pgs. illustrations
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Russian History
|
The study of foreigners who
entered Russian service (mostly military service) . They mostly began during
the reign of Alexsyeya Mikhailovich. Two of the first to reach senior command
were Patrick Gordon and Franz Lefort, who became companions of Peter I. There
are chapters focused on 21 of these individuals. In Russian
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Shishsov, A. V
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Zagdki Pervoi Mirovoi
Voini,
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ZAO, Isdatelstvo
Veche, 2000, 319 pgs., illustrations, maps,
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Russian History
|
There are 13 chapters
in Russia on various topics concerning Russian actions during World War One.
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Shlaes, Amity
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the forgotten man: A New History
of the Great Depression
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Harper Collins, N. Y., 2007, 464
pgs., index, bibliography
|
American History - Economic
History
|
A wonderful book based on
extensive scholarship and research. The author sets the historical record right
in showing what really happened as a result of the Roosevelt administration and
the Federal Reserve to use the economic results of the stock market crash of
1929 to effect a political revolution in the United States. The author has
since published a fine biography of President Coolidge.
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Siegel, Jeremy J.
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Stocks for the Long Run, 5th
Edition
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McGraw Hill, N. Y., 2015, 422
pgs, index, notes, graphs
|
Investment advice, economics
|
A massive and comprehensive text
that includes extensive historical description and analysis. Butg i question
some of his statistical methods - especially with respect to the 'value' of
money itself.
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Simkins, Francis Butler
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Virginia: History, Government,
Geography
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Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y.,
1964, 672 pgs., index, illustrations, appendix
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American History
|
This is a high school text
describing Virginia from Jamestown in 1609 to the 1960's. Fully a third is
devoted to colonial period and another 150 pages or so to the period through
the Civil War.
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Simms, Brendan
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Europe: The Struggle for
Supremacy from 1453 to the present
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Basic Books, N. Y., 2013, 690
pgs. index, references, maps
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Modern History
|
The author's belief is that the
struggle for control of German territory was a central motivation and cause for
historical development in Europe.
|
Sirico, Rev. Robert
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Defending the Free Market: The
Moral Case for a Free Economy
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Regnery Pub., Washington, D. C.,
2012, 213 pgs., index, end notes
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Public Policy, Economics,
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Individual freedom requires
economic freedom - that is found when markets for economic exchange a free from
government or other monopoly control. Socialism generates more greed in its
leaders than does capitalism. The 'state' is the enemy of individual freedom as
is shown by controls in welfare state policies and government control of health
industry.
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Siu, R. G. H.
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The Craft of Power
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John Wiley & Sons, N. Y.,
1978, 253 pgs. , index, bibliography
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Political Theory
|
This is a handbook of advice for
those who seek power in any organization, public or private. The bibliography
includes some famous authors including Machiavelli and Alinsky.
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Sizov, E. S. et al.
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Treasures from the Kremlin
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.
Y., 1979, 223 pgs., index, illustrations, bibliography,
|
Russian History
|
This is the catalog prepared for
a special exhibit at the Museum of items brought from the Moscow Kremlin, The
photography is super and the text well documents the material. One section is
on the arms and armor .
|
Skarica, David
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The Great Super
Cycle: Profit from the Coming Inflation Tidal Wave and Dollar Devaluation
|
John Wiley &
Sons, Hoboken, N. J., 2011, 248 pgs., index, references, charts, graphs
|
Economics, banking,
finance - Investment advice
|
So far it has not
happened. Yes, the government and FED and ECB are flooding the world with
debt-credit - money. But inflation is a way off because all this money
'printing' is only countering the deflation that has included deleveraging and
reduction in private debt plus greatly increased productivity. The advice to
shift investment into gold, commodities and contrarian ideas is premature at
best.
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Skousen, Mark
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The Structure of
Production
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New York Univ. Press,
NY., 2015, 402 pgs. , index, notes, references, paperback
|
GDP, investment,
economics, monetary policy
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A very important and
valuable study of the full nature of the production process, in which the
author shows that establishment economic theory and resulting statistical
measures such as GDP fail to account for a very significant component of real
economic output.
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Skousen, W. Cleon
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The Naked Capitalist
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W. Cleon Skousen,
Salt Lake City, 1970, 144 pgs., index, appendix, paper back
|
Political Policy,
History
|
This is a commentary
and critique of Quigley's book Tragedy and Hopewhich we list here also.
Skousen writes that Quigley had inside information about the world financial
system.
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Slavin, Arthur J. -
ed.
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The "New
Monarchies" and Representative Assemblies: Medieval Constitutionalism or
Modern Absolutism?
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D. C. Heath, Boston,
1964, 99 pgs., readings, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
The booklet is one of
a series designed for teachers to use in classroom discussion. It contains 12
essays including the opening one by Alfred Pollard who coined the term' new
monarchies' in his book. The others are then addressing his thesis. The editor,
Arthur Slavin, in a long introduction shows with citations to names that this
issue is indeed controversial and worthy of examination. There is no question
about the expanding role and power of the new concept 'state' but considerable
differences in opinion about its underlying attributes and developments.
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Sloan, Jared
|
The Effects of Video
Frame Delay and Spatial Ability on the Operation of Multiple Semiautonomous and
Tele-operated Robots
|
Thesis submitted for
degree of Masters of Science, University of Central Florida, 2005, 38 pgs.,
bibliography, tables, paperback
|
Psychology
|
A very interesting
and timely case study based on experiments judging the capabilities of human
operators to control unmanned aerial robots.
|
Sloan, John
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A Comparative
Application of the Methods of Stokes and Hirvonen to the Computation of the
Undulation of the Geoid
|
A Thesis presented
for fulfillment of Degree of Master of Science, Ohio State Univ. 1960, 63 pgs.,
bibliography, tables, paperback
|
Geodetic Science
|
The study was based
on gravity measurements around Pike's Peak in Colorado. Advanced mathmatics
were used to compare the historic methods developed in theory by Sir George
Stokes with modern methods using more gravimetric data and the methods
described by R. A. Hirovonen.
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Smith, Adam
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An Inquiry into the
Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations - 2 vols.
|
Arlington House, New
Rochelle, N. Y., nd., 446 and 575 pgs.
|
Moral Philosophy,
Economic Theory
|
The classic study of
morality and economics
|
Smith, A. L.
|
Church and State in
the Middle Ages
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Frank Cass Co.,
London, 1964, reprint from 1915, 245 pgs.,
|
Medieval History
|
The book consists of
six lectures presented in 1915. Obviously much scholarship has been generated
since then. But the topics are very much of interest today. They deal with the
Church at the height of its power in the 13th century. As the title indicates
the book is about political power, legal concepts and institutions, the Pope as
a powerful politician, especially Pope Innocent III. The development of the
Church itself as a 'state'. Unfortunately, the book lacks a recent commentary
by a historian today.
|
Smith, A. Robert
& Eric Sevareid
|
Washington:
Magnificent Capital
|
Doubleday & Co.,
Garden City, N.Y. 1965, 248 pgs., index, illustrations
|
American History -
Geography
|
This book is all
about the excellent photography of Washington D. C. - the text accompanies and
explains. But the book is organized around topics - The City itself, the
Potomac, the President, the Lawgivers, The Diplomats the Judiciary, the
Bureaucracy, and other similar subjects.
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Smith, Barbara, J. -
ed.
|
Champions of Freedom:
The Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series Vol. 2
|
Hillsdale College
Press, Hillsdale MI. 1975, 127 pgs., paperback
|
Economics, history
|
A set of 6 essays
from lectures by noted scholars influenced by Ludwig von Mises.
|
Smith, Barbara, J. -
ed.
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Champions of Freedom:
The Ludwig von Mises Lecture Series Vol. 3
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Hillsdale College
Press, Hillsdale MI. 1976, 154 pgs., paperback
|
Economics, history
|
A set of 6 essays
from lectures by noted scholars influenced by Ludwig von Mises.
|
Smith, Paul A. Jr.
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On Political War
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National Defense Univ. Press,
Wash. D. C., 1989, 277 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
History, Political Science
|
The author discusses political
war in 10 chapters from classical era to Reformation to Napoleon and till
today. He writes: "Political war is the use of political means to compel
an opponent to do one's will, political being understood to describe purposeful
intercourse between peoples and governments affecting national survival and
relative advantage." Of course Machiavelli long ago noted that politics is
war conducted by other, less violent, means.
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Snell, Bruno - trans. T. G.
Rosenmeyer
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The Discovery of the Mind: The
Greek Origins of European Thought
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Harper & Brothers, N.Y., 324
pgs., index, end notes, paper back
|
Ancient History - Greek thought
|
The author begins with the direct
statement: "European thinking begins with the Greeks." Many other
authors in this list write the same thing with different words. But
unfortunately today there are many academics and 'progressives' who refuse to
admit this. The author begins with a discussion of Homer, then Pindar,
Aristophanes and on. But this is denounced as 'euro-centrism'.
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Snell, John L - ed.
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The Nazi Revolution: Germany's
Guilt or Germany's Fate?
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D. C. Heath, Boston, 1959, 97
pgs., readings, paperback
|
Modern History
|
The booklet is in the series on
problems in European civilization designed for use by teachers in classroom
discussion. 19 essays by noted authors presenting their opinions on the
question. The editor provides an introduction to explain why the topic can be
worth discussing. Of course the interpretation is highly ideological with
leftists denying that the Nazi were also a revolutionary movement.
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Snell, John L - ed.
|
The Outbreak of the Second World
War: Design or Blunder?
|
D. C. Heath, Boston, 1962, 107
pgs., readings, paperback
|
Modern History
|
The booklet is in the series on
problems in European civilization designed for use by teachers in classroom
discussion. There are 12 essays and the editor provides an introduction in
which he describes some of the alternate view, largely ideological, about what
caused the war.
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Soloviev, Sergei M. ed and trans.
John Windhausen
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History of Russia Vol. 7 The
Reign of Ivan III the Great
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Academic International Press,
Gulf Breeze Fl. 1978, 164 pgs., index, end notes, diagram.
|
Russian History
|
These translations are from
Soloviev's massive, 29 vols. History published between 1851 and 1879. He is
still considered one of the greatest Russian historians. This covers the events
of the Reign of Ivan III so complements the topical discussion in Presniakov's
book.
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Soloviev, Sergei M. ed and trans
John Windhausen
|
History of Russia Vol. 8 Russian
Society in the Age of Ivan III
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Academic International Press,
Gulf Breeze Fl. 1979, 283 pgs., index, end notes, maps.
|
Russian History
|
This book also discusses events -
war with Lithuania and Livonia, but also social topics similar to those in
Preniakov's book.
|
Soloviev, Sergei M. ed and trans.
Hugh Graham
|
History of Russia Vol. 9 The Age
of Vasilii III
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Academic International Press,
Gulf Breeze Fl., 1976, 273 pgs., index, end notes, illustration.
|
Russian History
|
Further on to events in chapters
on Pskov and Smolensk. The subject moves on after Ivan III's death to the
period of Vasilii III and the regency of Elena in the name of Ivan IV.
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Soloviev, Sergei M. ed and trans
Alexander Muller
|
History of Russia Vol. 24, The
Character of Old Russia
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Academic International Press,
Gulf Breeze Fl. 1980, 301 pgs., end notes, tables, appendices, map.
|
Russian History
|
The introduction provides a
summary of Soloviev's education and its impact on his interpretation of
history. It outlines the development of his multivolume history noting that he
was the first historian authorized access to much government archival material.
His belief in the significance of geographical environmental factors on
mankind's development shows in the first chapter here. The organization of the
book is both chronological and topical. The discussion ranges from the earliest
times of Rurik and Igor down to those of Alexei Michailovich in the late 17th
century. Soloviev ends the book with an enjoyable extract from Patrick Gordon's
diary by way of illustrating some typical aspects of conditions in Moscow.
|
Sornette, Didier
|
Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical
Events in Complex Financial Systems
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2003, 421 pgs., index, references, tables
|
Finance, Economics
|
This is a highly mathematical
approach to the study of stock market dynamics. The authors use several 'market
crashes' as case studies - going back to the famous Tulip Mania and South Sea
Bubble. Markets are complex systems in mathematical jargon. They discuss
'efficient markets' and 'random walks'. They include psychological aspects.
feed back and imitation. and the current fad - the singularity. The author is a
mathematician. He writes, "This book is a story, a scientific tale of how
financial crashes can be understood by invoking the latest and most
sophisticated concepts in modern science, that is, the theory of complex
systems and of critical phenomena.." Scientific or not, I don't come away
having studied it with any more insight as to how to invest. Read also Joseph
Tainter's The Collapse of Complex Societies.
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Sorokin, Pittrim A. & Walter
A. Lunden
|
Power and Morality: Who shall
guard the guardians?
|
Porter Sargent, Boston, 1959, 202
pgs. , index, end notes
|
Political Philosophy
|
A famous book by a famous
sociologist. The authors write: "The Momentous Questions of Our Time - The
well- being and survival of the human race are today largely determined by a
mere handful of the top rulers of the great nuclear powers. " By this they
mean the governments of the nuclear powers. And their study of the history of
governments, presented in this book is one of near criminal. The write:
"The central point underlying diverse glorifying ideologies is the claim
that the moral standards of rulers and governing elite are far superior to
those of the rank and file of the ruled." They proceed to show that in
their opinions this is false. Their concern about impending nuclear war proved
over blown. But the most interesting sections of the book are the tables
listing the rulers of governments from Rome to modern times showing how many
were murderers and how many died violently.
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Southern, R. W.
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The Making of the Middle Ages
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1953, 280 pgs., index, illustrations, bibliography, foot notes, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The book describes the formation
of western Europe between the late tenth and early thirteenth centuries. This
was a period of dramatic development both intellectually and physically. This
book is focused mostly on the intellectual. But the changes in thought also
brought changes in government, relation of government to church and changes
within the Catholic Church. It was a time of expansion of the monasteries and
spread of their influence. The rejuvenation within the church found expression
also in such events ad the Investiture Controversy.
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Sowell, Thomas
|
Basic Economics: A Citizen's
Guide to the Economy
|
Basic Books, N.Y., 2000, 366
pgs., index, sources,
|
Economics
|
Based on common sense as much as
on typical economic theory. No tables, graphs or mathematical formulas. He is
right about the problems Presidents Hoover and FDR created and made greater at
the outset of the Great Depression.
|
Sowell, Thomas
|
Basic Economics: A Common Sense
Guide to the Economy - 3rd Ed.
|
Basic Books, N.Y., 2007, 627
pgs., index, sources,
|
Economics
|
An expanded eversion of still
more common sense. The book is written for non-economists. He writes:
"However, no listing of economic fallacies can be complete, because the
fertility of the human imagination is virtually unlimited." Nevertheless
Sowell makes a strong effort to disprove the fallacies that guide current
government action. This is a book that should be re-read over and over.
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Spear, Percival
|
India; A Modern History
|
Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann
Arbor, 1961, 510 pgs., index, readings, maps, end notes, glossary
|
History of India
|
Although a 'modern history' the
author devoted 100 pages to the earliest times with development of Hinduism,
Jainism and Buddhism. Then he included about 60 pages to the Mughal Empire of
the Moslems. The British defeat of the French and then Indian rulers fills
another 90 pages. So 'modern' India includes the period up to Nehru.
|
Sperandeo, Victor and Alvaro
Almeida
|
Crashmaker: A Federal Affaire - 2
volumes
|
Sheridan Books, Chelsea Michigan,
2000, 1572 pgs.
|
Political novel,
|
A terrific book. A combination
murder mystery, spy story, international conspiracy, didactic lecture on
federal money policy and debt, inner look at politic and expose of Wall Street
financial markets. The authors go to great length to deny any relationship of
characters here to the living of dead, but the parallels are quite obvious.
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Spiteris, Tony
|
Greek and Etruscan Painting
|
Funk &Wagnalls, N. Y., 1965,
207 pgs., index, illustrations, dictionary, maps, glossary, chronology,
museums,
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Art - Art History
|
The text describes the individual
illustrations and also the history of Greek and Etruscan art. The full color
photographs are outstanding. The book is one of a series.
|
Spitz, Lewis W. - ed.
|
The Reformation: Material or
Spiritual?
|
D. C. Heath, Boston, 1962, 104
pgs., readings, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This booklet is in the problems
in European civilization series designed for use by teachers in classroom
discussion. There are 11 essays in which authors present different opinions on
the question. In the introduction Spitz comments: "The interpretation of
the Reformation is particularly challenging to the historian." And
,"One of the most complex and perplexing questions is that of ordering the
Reformation within the total historical development from medieval to modern
times." The booklet provides plenty of material for the student to
discuss.
|
Spitznagel, Mark
|
The DAO of Capital, Austrian
Investing in a Distorted World
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken
N.J., 2013, 332 pgs., index, end notes
|
Investment Advice
|
A strong explanation of the use
of Austrian School economic theories for investment policies in a world
distorted by central banking monetary policies.
|
Spufford, Peter
|
Power and Profit: The Merchant in
Medieval Europe
|
Thames & Hudson, London,
2002, 432 pgs., index, bibliography, notes, maps, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
This is a terrific read and very
valuable study of the reality of medieval Economics - especially the role of
money (currency and credit) - in commerce. Unfortunately the many other
important scholarly works by the author are very difficult to obtain. He has
scoured the local archives and visited the key locations throughout Europe in
researching the broader subject of commerce in the "Middle Ages".
|
Standford, Les
|
Washington a Frenchman's Vision
for our Nation's Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers, and the
Invading British Army
|
Crown Publishers, N., Y., 2008,
353 pgs., index, end notes, map
|
American History
|
Interesting narrative and
commentary on the early history of Washington D.C. Every aspect of the creation
of the National Capital, from location, to design of every structure was
subject to intense political struggles. Then the British came and burned much
of it down. At least Dolly Madison insisted on saving Gilbert Stuart's
full-length portrait of George Washington before she would depart the White
House. Interesting that Charles Carroll was the one to take her to Bellvue.
Immediately the British left the new political struggle over rebuilding began.
The completion was years away, but in the end L'Efant's design won out.
|
Stark, Rodney
|
How the West Won: The Neglected
Story of the Triumph of Modernity
|
ISI Books, Wilmington DE., 2014,
455 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
World History
|
The author seeks to correct the
mass of erroneous information about the development of science and industry -
capitalism in general - in the West. He corrects much misleading concepts about
Islamic history as well. However, he does not present as strong a historical
picture of the achievements of the so- called 'dark ages' in Western Europe
that were anything but 'dark'.
|
Stark, Rodney
|
The Victory of Reason: How
Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success
|
Random House, N.Y., 2005, 281
pgs., index, notes, bibliography, paperback
|
History
|
A narower focus than the latter
book, in this one Stark shows how the concepts of Christianity were the
foundation for belief in Reason and that was the essential ingredient for the
development of Western thought necessary for the development of freedon,
capitalism. and democracy.
|
Starr, Chester G & Nowell,
Lyon, Stearns, Hamerow
|
A History of the World Vol I -to
1500
|
Rand McNally Co., Chicago, 1960,
630 pgs., index, illustrations, maps
|
World History
|
The preface: "A history of
the World is a text book for the study of all the world's people - although the
major portion of the work is devoted to the development of Western
Civilization." The authors were all professors at Univ. of Illinois. They
would never get away with such a content today. But the content does indeed
include more on Asia and Middle East than the typical text book on European
History. The book is enhanced by the inclusion of many maps.
|
Stearns, Raymond Phineas
|
Pagent of Europe: Sources and
Selections from the Renaissance to the Present Day
|
Harcourt, Brace & World,
N.Y., 1961, 1072 pgs., index,
|
Modern History - emphasis on
intellectual history
|
The book is written for use in
college survey courses in modern European history. Thus it escaped most of the
fad of 'political correctness' and anti-eurocentrism. The extracts are
organized topically and the author has provided commentary. One theme is in the
intellectual history - development of 'modern' thought. Thus there are
extensive extracts from writers such as Petrarch, Erasmus, Luther, Calvin,
Voltaire, Locke, and many others into the 1950's.
|
Steven, Stewart
|
The Spymasters of Israel
|
Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1980,
400 pgs., index, bibliography, illustrations, paperback
|
Modern History
|
A history of the development and
success of Israeli intelligence and counter-intelligence organizations and
operations.
|
Stevens, Scott P.
|
Games People Play: Game Theory in
Life, Business, and Beyond
|
The Great Courses, Chattilly,
VA., 2008, 412 pgs., glossary, timeline, readings, paperback
|
Applied math, bsiness, risk,
behavioral psychology
|
This is a course of 24 lectures
with a 24 chapter transcript. It is about game theory, with many examples of
specific types of gaming used in analysis ofpotential outcomes in military or
business applications.
|
Stirling, Matthew W.
|
Indians of the Americas
|
National Geographic Society,
Wash, D. C., 1955, 431 pgs., illustrations
|
American History
|
The numerous, color illustrations
are the chief value of this excellent book. The book includes not only North
America but also Central and South America
|
Stevenson, William
|
A Man called Intrepid; The Secret
War
|
Book Club Associates, London,
1976, 486 pgs., index
|
Modern History
|
This is about British
intelligence activities in the US during World War II. There were some critical
reviews when it was published.
|
Stobart, J. C.
|
The Grandeur that was Rome - 4th
ed
|
Book Club Associates, London,
1976, 322 pgs. ,index, chronology, bibliography, illustrations
|
Ancient History
|
This edition was edited by H. H.
Scullard and W. S. Maguinness. Many people don't consider Rome to be that Grand
in light of its massive slavery and brutality. This account begins with Rome's
beginning and carries through to the decline in the 5th century. The authors
admit that the Romans were blood thirsty and cared little for drama theater but
preferred to watch gladiatorial combat. The illustrations highlight Rome's
major accomplishment - architecture.
|
Stockman, David A
|
The Great Deformation: The
Corruption of Capitalism in America
|
Public Affairs, N. Y., 2013, 742
pgs., index, sources
|
Economics, political policy,
Market collapse 2008
|
This is Stockman's revenge on
Pres. Reagan. Plus his assessment of the political destruction of the 'free
market' in the United States. (I have to assert that there never was a real
'free market' to be destroyed. This is a deserved attack on the FED and its
policies.
|
Stormer, John A.
|
None Dare Call it Treason.. 25
Years Later
|
Liberty Bell Press, Florissant,
Missouri, 1990, 625 pgs., index, end notes, paperback
|
Political Action
|
This is the author's follow on
book with the same title as his earlier edition. The thesis is that radical
left operatives in American society have and continue to subvert the culture in
favor of Soviet communism. Another 25 years has shown quite a change.
|
Storti, Amedeo
|
Venice inside and out
|
Edizioni Storti, Venezia, 1979,
129 pgs., illustrations, map, paperback
|
Architecture - art
|
Has 200 illustrations and photos.
A guide to Venice - text captions for all.
|
Straka, Gerald M - ed.
|
The Revolution of 1688: Whig
Triumph or Palace Revolution?
|
D. C. Heath, Boston, 1963, 98
pgs., readings, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
The booklet is in the series on
problems in European Civilization designed for use by teachers in classroom
discussion. There are 13 essays and the editor has provided an introduction in
which he describes the different interpretations. The opinions can be
ideological depending on whether the author supported the Whigs in overthrow of
the House of Stuart and also whether the author supported the increased power
of Parliament or not.
|
Strouhal, Eugen
|
Life of the Ancient Egyptians
|
Univ. of Oklahoma Press, Norman,
1992, 278 pgs., index, maps, chronology, bibliography, illustrations, large
format
|
Ancient History
|
An excellent text that describes
social, cultural, economic and political life of the Egyptian people.
|
Stuart, Edward F
|
Capitalism vs. Socialism
|
The Great Courses, Chantilly, V.,
2018, 542 pgs., bibliography, illustrations, paperback
|
Political/economy, history,
|
This is a Great Courses
production in 24 excellent lectures with a 24 chapter trascript. The subtitle
is Comparing Economic Systems. The content mixes some history of both economic
systems with more discussion about current conditions and ideas about potential
future developments. As usual the concept of 'capitalism' discussed is much
broader than the core of what 'capitalism' originally consisted to include
political features such as democracy, private ownership of property, free
market exchange and rule of law.
|
Sullivan, Richard E.
|
The Coronation of Charlemagne:
What Did It Signify?
|
D. C. Heath, Boston, 1959, 99
pgs., readings, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The booklet is in the series on
problems in European Civilization designed for use by teachers in classroom
discussion. There are 12 essays and the editor has provided an introduction in
which he describes the different interpretations. He begins by quoting James
Bryce that, "The Coronation of Charles is not only the central event of
the Middle Ages, it is also one of those very few events of which, taking them
singly, it may be said that if they had not happened, the history of the world
would have been different." He comments that other historians may not
agree at least to this dramatic extent, but that all would admit that the event
was so important that every student should 'grasp its nature'. The opinions
expressed in the extracts give the student a good start.
|
Sutherland, C. H. V.
|
Coinage in Roman Imperial Policy
31 BC - AD 68
|
Methuen & Co, London, 1951,
221 pgs., appendices, illustrations
|
Roman coinage
|
see also Reece - The subject here
is narrower in chronology than Reece. But it is focused on the political -
social aspects of the use of coins rather than narrowly on the coins
themselves.
|
Sutton, Anthony, C.
|
Wall Street and the Rise of
Hitler
|
'76 Press, Seal Beach, Calif.,
1976, 220 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, appendices
|
Modern History
|
The author cites sources to show
that many American large corporations provided material support for German
industry that aided Hitler's expansion of power.
|
Swinton, William
|
First Lessons in Our Country's
History
|
American Book Co., N. Y., 1872,
208 pgs., tables, maps, illustrations
|
American History
|
A 19th century grammar school
text book. The author writes : "The extension of the study of United
States History into the lower grades of our schools has suggested the need of a
class-book fitted to their wants." The reader now can judge the quality of
education at that time and compare it with today. At the end of each chapter
there are review lessons. One such, "Did the English try to make
settlements in North America during the sixteenth century?" And on the
Civil War "What was the first important event in the West in 1862?"
And "What was the first great event of 1863?"
|
Syme, Ronald
|
The Roman Revolution
|
Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1960,
580 pgs., index, tables, chronology, bibliography
|
Ancient History
|
The 'revolution' described here
is that transformation of the Roman political system from the republic in which
the senators competed with each other for power and wealth to the empire
initiated in birth by Julius and solidified by Augustus during his 40 year
reign and then further fixed by his immediate heirs.
|
Tainter, Joseph A.
|
The Collapse of Complex Societies
|
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1988, 250 pgs., index, references, figures, paper back
|
History, Economic History,
archeology, Implications
|
The author is an experienced
archeologist - anthropologist, He is fascinated with the 'collapse' of the many
ancient societies he has explored and has developed his theory about collapse
being triggered by increasing social complexity exceeding the energy available
to support its institutions. Fine, but he also thinks the Roman Empire
'collapsed' for the same reason, which I do not believe. The issue is, the
question - Is modern civilization tending to collapse due to its complexity?.
|
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
|
The Black Swan: The Impact of the
Highly Improbable
|
Penguin Books, N.Y., 2007, 244
pgs., index, bibliography, paperback
|
Economics, Investment, Finances
|
In which the author notes that
the standard Gausian curve - a central concept of statistics - does not
adequately account for the possibility of 'fat tails' that is events on the far
left - dangerous side, He advocates caution and defense against risk by taking
account of these 'black swans'
|
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
|
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden
Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
|
Random House, N.Y. 2004, 326
pgs., index, references, end notes,
|
Economics, Investment, Finances
|
In which the author describes the
hubris of market traders who think their success is due to their own cleverness
rather than randomness.
|
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas
|
Antifragile: Things That Gain
from Disorder
|
Random House, N.Y., 2012, 519
pgs., index, bibliography, glossary, appendices, notes
|
Economics, Investment, Finances
|
In which the author goes further.
He claims real profits can be made from the fragility induced by these 'black
swans'
|
Talmon, J. L.
|
Political Messianism: The
Romantic Phase
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N.Y., 1960,
607 pgs. , index, end notes
|
Political Theory
|
The author discusses the several
strains of messianism in 19th century political thought - socialist messianism,
Nationalist messianism, confrontations between liberalism and these, ideas
versus realities, the terror that came with the revolutions of 1848. A similar
political messianism was and is the core of 21st century progressivism. The
target is the same, private property, the abolishment of which is an essential
basis for the egalitarian future.
|
Talmon, J. L.
|
The Origins of Totalitarian
Democracy
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N.Y., 1960,
366 pgs., index, end notes, paperback
|
Political Theory
|
This in many ways is a further
discussion of political messianism. The author places the background for
totalitarianism in the political messianism of the 18th century and then the
Jacobin Improvisation. He then describes the Babouvist Crystallization. Thus
his approach is much earlier chronologically than that of Arendt or Friedreich.
|
Tamny, John
|
Who Needs the FED?
|
, Encounter Boks, NY., 2016, 202
pgs, index, notes
|
Public Policy, finance,
|
Subtitle: What Taylor Swift, Uer,
and Robots Tell Us About Money, Credit, and Why We Should Abolish America's
Central Bank. This a polemic attack on the FED - much deserved - but the author
is very mistaken in his concepts about the nature and role of money - both
currency and credit.
|
Tansill, Charles Callan - ed.
|
The Making of the American
Republic; The Great Documents, 1774-1789
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle, N.
Y., nd., 1115 pgs.
|
American History - Reference -
Political Science
|
A marvelous reference to American
Constitutional history - over 30 of the priceless, primary documents from the
Declaration and resolves of the First Continental Congress in 1774 to
Congressional resolutions submitting the first 12 amendments to the
Constitution.
|
Tawney, R. H.
|
Religion and The Rise of
Capitalism
|
Harcourt, Brace Co, N.Y., 1926,
reprint 1958, 280 pgs., index, paper back
|
History - Political ideas -
Intellectual history
|
Tawney reacts to, comments on and
in some ways disagrees with Max Weber on the theory that Protestantism was a
fundamental influence on the development of Capitalism. But there is much more
in the book about Political, economic and religious thought and practice in the
latter Middle ages and Early Modern Europe. Still worth reading.
|
Taylor, A. J. P
|
The Struggle for Mastery in
Europe 1848-1918
|
Oxford, Univ. Press, 1954, 638
pgs., index, bibliography, maps, foot notes
|
Modern History
|
See also, Brendan Simms - Europe:
The Struggle for Supremacy - This is political diplomatic, and military history
at its finest. Just noting that 638 pages are devoted to not much more than
half a century in Western Europe is an indication of the intensity of the
detail. The student can consider that he is also in a "struggle for
mastery" that of the details of European politics. Such economic
information as is necessary is included, but not cultural, artistic, or
religious subjects.
|
Taylor, George Rogers - ed.
|
The Turner Thesis: Concerning The
Role of the Frontier in American History
|
D. C. Heath, Boston, 1949, 106
pgs., readings, paperback
|
American History
|
One of a series of booklets
designed for use by teachers in classroom discussion. There are 9 essays
including a section by Turner from his book.
|
Taylor, Henry Osborn
|
The Classical Heritage of the
Middle Ages
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1901,
reprint 1958, 379 pgs. , index, bibliography, foot notes
|
Medieval History
|
Forward by Kenneth Setton
describes the current importance. He writes "This book deserves a
thoughtful, unhurried reading." And, he quotes Taylor, "This book
seeks to describe 'the freeing of the human spirit - both its intellect and its
passion - from the limitations of the antique temperament and modes of
thought." Taylor begins by noting, "No date marks the passing of the
ancient world and the beginning of the Middle Ages. The transition from one to
the other was a process of spiritual change, during which antique
characteristics gradually ceased and were replaced by much that was incipiently
medieval."'
|
Taylor, Henry Osborn
|
The Medieval Mind - 2 vol. 4th
edition
|
Harvard uni. Press, Cambridge,
1925, 603 & 620 pgs., index
|
Medieval History, Intellectual
History
|
This book remains valuable and
comprehenisve in study of thought in middle ages
|
Taylor, Lonn & Kathleen
Kendrick & Jeffrey Brodie
|
The Star-Spangled Banner
|
National Museum of American
history, Smithsonian Institution, Wash D.C.. 2008, 182 pgs. , index,
illustrations
|
American History
|
Spectacular book that is a
memorial to the Star-Spangled Banner. It describes the huge and expensive
conservation program the museum accomplished to mount the flag in a new, highly
protected place. And also a very interesting history of the flag from the War
of 1812 to today.
|
Taylor, Philip A. M. - ed.
|
The Industrial Revolution in
Britain: Triumph or Disaster?
|
D. C. Heath, Boston, 1958, 90
pgs., readings, paperback
|
Modern History
|
This is one of a series of
booklets designed for teacher use in class room discussions. Seems to me that
both alternatives posed in the title are ideological, but they reflect two
popular view points pushed by political movements. There are 9 essays in the
booklet. Authors include Arnold Toynbee, John Nef, and Karl Marx.
|
TePaske, John J & John C Rule
-eds.
|
The Character of Philip II: The
Problem of Moral Judgements in History
|
D. C. Heath, Boston, 1963, 103
pgs., readings, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
This is one of a series of
booklets designed for teacher use in class room discussions. There are 16
essays in the booklet. Authors include Leopold von Ranke, Garrett Mattingly,
and Sir Charles Oman. There are contemporary authors as well .The editors
provide an introduction. Of course the subject of Spanish King Philip II is one
of the most ideologically influenced in history. His English enemies saw to
that.
|
Tetlock, Philip E, & Dan
Gardner
|
Superforecasting: The Art and
Science of Prediction
|
Crown Publishers, N.Y., 2015, 340
pgs., index, end notes
|
Psychology, forecasting
|
The author believes that some
forecasting is possible under certain conditions and by experienced
individuals. Read with Nassim Taleb's and David Kahneman's books.
|
Thomas, Clarence
|
My Grandfather's Son
|
Harper Collins, N. Y., 2007, 289
pgs., illustrations
|
Memoir
|
The Supreme Court Justice writes
an autobiography
|
Thomas, Hugh
|
A History of the World
|
Harper & Row, N. Y., 1979,
700 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
World History
|
The author explains his intent.
"The main purpose of this book is to provide a short history of the world
arranged so far as possible on thematic, rather than chronological lines."
Well, it clearly is not very short, but it unfortunately lacks maps and
illustrations. He was writing during the early student fad of
anti-Eurocentraism, so in the preface he states his view that Western Europe
and America "have provided the world's dynamism." The themes for his
sections are - prehistory - Age of agriculture - Intellectual transformation -
Industrial triumphs - Political failures. These are excellent, fascinating
concepts around with to build the course of history, but I believe a student
should already have a firm grasp of the chronology and of the cultural and
artistic side of things.
|
Thompson, James Westfall
|
Economic and Social History of
the Middle Ages Vol I.
|
Frederick Ungar Co., N. Y., 1928
- 1959, 498 pgs.
|
Medieval History
|
Much scholarly research has been
published since the 1920's, but this remains a huge source of information on
social and economic conditions, without being a book on economics or sociology.
The chapters on the transition of the western part of the Roman Empire to the
'barbarian' kingdoms are especially important
|
Thompson, James Westfall
|
Economic and Social History of
the Middle Ages Vol II.
|
Frederick Ungar Co., N. Y., 1928
- 1959, 408 pgs. index, index, bibliography, maps
|
Medieval History
|
Much scholarly research has been
published since the 1920's, but this remains a huge source of information on
social and economic conditions, without being a book on economics or sociology.
|
Thompson, James Westfall
|
Economic and Social History of
Europe in the Later Middle Ages
|
Frederick Ungar Co., N. Y., 1928
- 1960, 545 pgs. index, index, bibliography, maps
|
Medieval History
|
A continuation of the previous
two volumes
|
Thompson, Merritt, M.
|
The History of Education: Topical
Summary with Chronology from Ancient Times to the Present
|
Barnes & Noble, N. Y., 1961,
159 pgs., index, paperback
|
History of Education
|
An interesting summary outline.
|
Thomson, David
|
Europe since Napoleon - 2nd ed.
|
Alfred A. Knopf, 1963, 934 pgs.,
index, bibliography, illustrations
|
European History
|
The author seeks to integrate the
facts into patterns of the process of historical change. He writes: 'It must
expose the interplay between conditions, events, personalities, and ideas as
well as the interconnections between events themselves. The book is intended to
be a college level history text.
|
Thornblom, Douglas
|
Defending Sea Breezes
|
Privately published - available
on Kindle and in paperback
|
Novel with theme of effecteive
civil defense in an emergency
|
Excellent factual information by
a professional military officer. The depiction of the fictional characters and
the description of their location are excellent and bring the story to
realistic life.
|
Thrupp, Sylvia L. - ed.
|
Change in Medieval Society:
Europe North of the Alps, 1050-1500
|
Appleton Century-Crofts, N. Y.,
1964, 324 pgs., notes, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The book contains many essays on
specific topics by noted historians. The editor writes that the amount of
documentary evidence for a full picture of all aspects of society is generally
lacking for the period prior to the 11th century. Written evidence for the
preceding 500 years is mostly about politics and warfare. Hence the start date
for this book. In keeping with her emphasis, the essays here are mostly about
society and intellectual developments. They do not result in a comprehensive
history of the period but are valuable for their more detailed exposition of
the subjects included. There is one essay, by Carlo Cipolla, on "Currency
Depreciation in Medieval Europe" that has particular interest today.
|
Tierney, Brian & Sidney
Painter
|
Western Europe in the Middle Ages
300 - 1475 - 5th ed.
|
McGraw-Hill, N. Y., 1992, 653
pgs., index, genealogy charts, illustrations, maps
|
Medieval History
|
This is an excellent, very
comprehensive treatment of medieval European civilization. It includes
military, political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural history. It
begins with the decline of the western Roman Empire and Byzantium, then the
expansion of Christianity. The discussion on feudalism could be developed with
recent ideas. The 12th century 'renaissance' is well described, The concluding
chapter is an appraisal of the 'achievement of the Middle Ages'.
|
Tocqueville, Alexis de - trans.
Henry Reeve
|
Democracy in America
|
Arlington House, New Rochelle,
N.Y., nd., 431 and 382 pgs.,
|
American History - Politics in
America
|
This edition has introduction by
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn. It is a classic appraisal of America by noted French
author.
|
Tocqueville, Alex de - trans
Stuart Gilbert
|
The Old Regime and the French
Revolution
|
Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N. Y., 1955, 300 pgs., notes, paperback
|
Modern History - Political
science
|
The author wrote: "It is not
my purpose here to write a history of the French Revolution, that has been done
already, and so ably that it would be folly on my part to think of covering the
ground again. In this book I shall study, rather, the background and nature of
the Revolution." For his research the author had access to the formerly
secret archives of the central and of some regional governments. He comments
that they contained a vast wealth of useful information. His focus is on the
immediate prelude, the 18th century. His chapter titles are generally
"How" such and such took place. Or "how' some idea became
strong. For instance "How the desire for reforms took precedence of the
desire for freedom."
|
Tolley, T
|
A Book of Hours
|
Harper Collins, San Francisco,
1993, 59 pgs., color illustrations
|
Medieval art
|
A small but beautiful book with
reproductions of pages from various famous 'Book of Hours' editions. These were
books of the prayers to be used at various times like compline and prime. They
were so highly illustrated by master artists that they are extremely expensive
as works of art.
|
Tomasssi, John`
|
Free Market Fairness
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
2012, 348 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
|
Economics, Public Policy,
|
The author attempts to reconcile
or perhaps merge classical liberal economic and political thinking with the
current progressive (high liberal) thought prevalent in academia today. Among
other things he provides an excellent discussion of the progressive theories of
John Rawls (current high priest of leftist champions of 'social justice' as the
basis for abrogating Constitutionally protected individual property rights.
|
Tonsor, Stephen J.
|
National Socialism: Conservative
Reaction or Nihilist Revolt?
|
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
HY., 1961, 27 pgs.
|
Modern History
|
This is one in the series of
booklets designed for teachers to use in class discussions. I don't much like
the alternatives expressed in the title. The booklet has 13 essays which in
general advance 4 different answers or concepts, but those are all
ideologically driven and do not include all the theories being expressed.
|
Toynbee, Arnold
|
Civilization on Trial - The World
and the West
|
Meridan Books, N.Y., 1958, 348
pgs., index, paperback
|
World History
|
These two books published in one
volume. The first one is actually a collection of 13 essays and the second is
the Reith Lectures presented in 1952. Both are more relevant today than when
originally presented as the struggle between The West and The Rest. The edition
also contains an essay by D. C. Somervell - The Argument ofA Study of
History.
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Toynbee, Arnold
|
A Study of History - abridgment
of Volumes I to VI by D. C. Somervell
|
Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1946,
617 pgs., index, tables
|
World History
|
Dr. Toynbee writes in his
introduction that he considers this abridgment to be first rate, so we can feel
secure that it provides the essence of his original massive work.
|
Toynbee, Arnold
|
A Study of History - abridgment
of Volumes VII to X by D. C. Somervell
|
Oxford Univ. Press, London, 1957,
415 pgs., index
|
World History
|
Dr. Toynbee writes in his
introduction that he considers this abridgment to be first rate, so we can feel
secure that it provides the essence of his original massive work. There is a
similar abridgment of the first set of volumes as well.
|
Toynbee, Arnold J. - trans. and
ed.
|
Greek Historical Thought: From
Homer to the Age of Heraclius
|
New American Library, N. Y.,
1953, 208 pgs., index, paperback
|
Ancient History
|
This is a combination of extracts
from a large number of Greek historians and Professor Toynbee's commentary and
analysis. The material is organized by subject matter - prefaces, philosophy of
history - pride, doom and the gods - evolution - law and causation - argument
and observation - the art of history - criticism - and epilogues.
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Toynbee, Arnold J.
|
Hannibal's Legacy - The
Hannibalic War's Effects on Roman Life - Vol I
|
Oxford Univ Press, London, 1965,
643 pgs., index, glossary, bibliography, notes,
|
Ancient History
|
A monumental work of scholarship.
Professor Toynbee's basic thesis is that southern Italy never has fully
recovered from the destruction created during Hannibal's occupation. Volume I
describes Rome and her neighbors before Hannibal's entry.
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Toynbee, Arnold J.
|
Hannibal's Legacy - The
Hannibalic War's Effects on Roman Life - Vol II
|
Oxford Univ Press, London, 1965,
752 pgs., index, glossary, bibliography, notes,
|
Ancient History
|
A monumental work of scholarship.
Professor Toynbee's basic thesis is that southern Italy never has fully
recovered from the destruction created during Hannibal's occupation. Volume II
describes Rome and her neighbors after Hannibal's exit.
|
Trentmann, Frank
|
Empire of Things: How We Became a
World of Consumers, from the 15th Century to the 21st
|
Harper Collins, NY., 2016, notes,
digrams, no index, paperback
|
World History, economics
|
The author focuses on the
material result of the 'betterment' discussed by Dr. McCloskey. When critics
discuss the relative 'wealth' of individuals 'rich and poor' they often count
financial assets. But as this book shows, even the 'poor' have amassed an
amazing quantity of actual physical goods in comparison with even the wealthy
in prior eras. Now the author discusses what is and can be done with resulting
trash.
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Trevelyan, G. M.
|
Illustrated English Social
History Vol 1 -Chaucer's England and Early Tudors - Vol 2 - The Age of
Shakespeare and the Stuart Period
|
Longmans, Green and Co., London,
1944, 175 pgs., notes, index, & illustrations & 206 pgs., index, notes,
illustrations
|
English History - Early Modern
History
|
The four volumes of Trevelyan are
published in two boxed volumes.
|
Trevelyan, G. M.
|
Illustrated English Social
History Vol 3 - The Eighteenth Century - Vol 4 - The Nineteenth Century
|
Longmans, Green and Co., London,
1944, 209 pgs., notes, index, & illustrations & 186 pgs., index, notes,
illustrations
|
English History - Modern History
|
The four volumes of Trevelyan are
published in two boxed volumes.
|
Trevelyan, G. M.
|
History of England Vol II: The
Tudors and the Stuart Era
|
Doubleday & Co., N. Y.,
1926-1952, 320 pgs., index, genealogical chart, maps, paperback
|
Early Modern History
|
From the Reign of Henry VII to
the death of Queen Anne.
|
Tuchman, Barbara W.
|
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous
14th Century
|
Alfred A. Knopf, N. Y., 1978, 677
pgs. , index, bibliography, map, illustrations
|
Medieval History
|
A highly acclaimed popular
history of a subject not otherwise likely to gain so much public reader
attention.
|
Turner, Frederick Jackson
|
Frontier and Section; Selected
Essays of Frederick Jackson Turner
|
Prentice- Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
N. J., 1961, 171 pgs., paperback
|
American History
|
Turner's thesis about the closing
of the American frontier was very influential and still draws a lot of comment.
This book has an Introduction by Ray Billington who writes: "The essays in
this volume have been selected to show Frederick Jackson Turner in his true
light, not simply as the father of the 'frontier' and 'sectional'
interpretations of American history, but as a scholar whose interests were
universal and whose views were as modern as tomorrow." There are 9 essays.
They may be classified as contributions to historiography.
|
Twain, Mark
|
Joan of Arc
|
Ignatius Press, San Francisco,
1989, 452 pgs., paperback
|
Medieval History
|
A fictional account cleverly
written by Mark Twain to appear as an eye-witness saccount of the central
events of her life - but baseed on year's of research.
|
Ulam, Adam B.
|
Expansion & Coexistence: The
History of Soviet Foreign Policy 1917-67
|
Frederick A. Praeger, N. Y.,
1968, 775 pgs., index
|
Soviet Russian History
|
Basic reference
|
Ullman, R. J.
|
Latin for Americans -
First Book
|
Macmillan Pub.., N.
Y., 1981, 468 pgs., index, illustrations
|
Literature
|
Excellent text book -
includes much material on Roman culture for students.
|
Underhill, Ruth Murray
|
Red Man's America: A history of
Indians in the United States
|
Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1953, 400 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, illustrations, map
|
American History
|
The author notes that this must
be a very limited survey, since full coverage of the many Indian tribes would
require volumes. She organized the work with an initial description of the
arrival and spread of the native Americans. After that the organization is by
region, begining with the southeast, then north east.
|
Unstead, R. J.
|
See Inside An Egyptian Town
|
Barnes & Noble, London, 1986,
31 pgs., index, glossary, illustrations
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Ancient History
|
Excellent full color
illustrations of what a town looked like, plus people and other subjects.
|
Unstead, R. J.
|
Kings, Barons & Serfs: A
Pictorial History 1086 - 1300 - Vol 2
|
Macdonald Educational, London,
1971, 89 pgs., index, time chart, map, `large format
|
Medieval History
|
The book is for students. It is
highly illustrated with many in color. The focus is on England with kings from
William Rufus to Edward II. Society and social conditions are included, such as
castles, medicine, justice, tournaments. Magna Carta, and education.
|
Ure, Percy Neville
|
Justinian and his Age
|
Penguin Books, Harmondsworth,
1951, 262 pgs., index, map, illustrations, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The book contains much on
Justinian's wars as well as his domestic and political activities. It concludes
with a section in which the author evaluates his achievement and limitations.
|
Vabilina, V. Ye. - ed.
|
Gosudarstvyennaya Oruzhyeinaya
Palata Moskovskogo Kremlya
|
Iskustvo, Moskva, 1953, 577 pgs.,
bibliography, illustrations
|
Russian History
|
A huge reference book on the
contents of the Armory Museum in the Kremlin. There are 10 essays by
specialists in the separate subjects described. One essay is on the collection
of small arms and another is on the personal armor. A third is on the gold and
silver encrusted helmets.
|
Vallentin, Antonina - trans. E.
W. Dickes
|
Leonardo da Vinci: The Tragic
Pursuit of Perfection
|
Viking Press, N.Y., 1952, 561
pgs., index, end notes, bibliography, illustrations
|
Biography
|
This is much more than a plain
biography. The author has written full description of Milan and Italy of the
times. She includes an appraisal of his art and mechanical inventions.
|
Varange, Ulick - Francis Parker
Yackey
|
Imperium; The Philosophy of
history and Politics
|
Noontide Press, Sausalito. Calif.
1948, 626 pgs., index, paperback
|
Political Philosophy - Theory of
History
|
An unusual book.
|
Veritas Staff
|
The Great Deceit: Social
Pseudo-Sciences
|
Veritas Foundation, West
Sayville, N.Y., 1964, 354 pgs., index, foot notes, paper back
|
Political Theory
|
The book is a refutation of
Marxist and Socialist concepts and expose of socialism in practice.. The
introduction and Epilogue are written by Archibald Roosevelt.
|
Verne Jules, trans. George Towle
|
Around the World in Eighty Days
|
Porter & Coates,
Philadelphia, 1873, 315 pgs.,
|
Adventure
|
A rare first edition,
unfortunately not in the best condition.
|
Verne, Jules,
|
Eight Hundred Leagues on the
Amazon
|
Missing info
|
Adventure
|
A rare first edition,
unfortunately not in the best condition.
|
Verne, Jules, trans. William
Lackland
|
Five Weeks in A Balloon: Journeys
and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
|
The Mershon Co., N. Y., 265 pgs.
|
Adventure
|
A rare first edition,
unfortunately not in the best condition.
|
Verne, Jules,
|
From the Earth to the Moon: In 97
hours and 20 minutes - plus other stories
|
M. A. Donohue Co, Chicago, 1877,
168 pgs., illustrations
|
Adventure
|
A rare first edition,
unfortunately not in the best condition. In Vern's imagination the expedition
to the moon was launched from Cape Caneveral Florida.
|
Vernadsky, George
|
A History of Russia Vol.1 -
Ancient Russia
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1943, 425 pgs., index, sources, abbreviations, maps
|
Russian History
|
A classic from one of the best of
historians of Russia. In this one he discusses many theories about the word
'Rus' and about the founding of the earliest towns and cities.
|
Vernadsky, George
|
A History of Russia Vol. 2-
Kievan Russia
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1948, 412 pgs., index, sources, abbreviations, maps
|
Russian History
|
The details of the conflicts
between the descendents of Vladimir and Yaroslav. The conversion of Vladimir to
Byzantine Orthodox Christianity/.
|
Vernadsky, George
|
A History of Russia Vol.3 - The
Mongols and Russia
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1953, 462 pgs., index, bibliography, abbreviations, maps
|
Russian History
|
The Tatar Yoke created and
enforced by the Mongol invaders and their Mongol- Tatar khans for over 200
years changed the Russians.
|
Vernadsky, George
|
A History of Russia Vol.4 -
Russia at the Dawn of the Modern Age
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1964, 347 pgs., index, sources, abbreviations, maps
|
Russian History
|
The center of power shifted from
Kyiv to the Suzdal - Yaroslavl - Rostov region to the northwest and from that
base Moscow gradually expanded its domain.
|
Vernadsky, George
|
A History of Russia Vol 5 Part 1:
The Tsardom of Moscow 1547 - 1682
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1969, 425 pgs., maps
|
Russian History
|
Moscow as expanding even more
rapidly with Tsars, Ivan III, Boris, and Ivan IV. - Then came the collapse of
the Rurikovich dynasty and the Time of Troubles from which the Romanovs took
over.
|
Vernadsky, George
|
A History of Russia Vol 5 Part 2:
Tsardom of Moscow 1547 - 1682
|
Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1969, 391 pgs., index, sources, abbreviations, maps
|
Russian History
|
The story continues.
|
Vesser, Dale A. - ed.
|
Readings in Political Philosophy
- 4th ed.
|
U. S. Military Academy, West
Point, N.Y., 1965,252 pgs.,
|
Political Philosophy
|
A supplement text for the course
in political philosophy. The book has 11 sections in each of which there are
extracts from various authors.
|
Virgil
|
The Aeneid
|
Penguin Books, N.Y., 2006, 4384
pgs.
|
Latin classic, Roman history
|
The great epic poem about the
myth of Aeneas escape from Troy and reaching Rome
|
Vilinbakov, G.
|
Svyatoi georgii pobvedonosyets
|
Izdatl'stvo Iskustvo SPB, St
Petersburg, 1995, 159 pgs., illustrations
|
Russian History
|
A description of artistic
painting and statues of St George.
|
Visscher, Charles de - trans. P.
E. Corbett
|
Theory and Reality in Public
International Law
|
Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton,
1957, 381 pgs., index
|
International Law- History
|
Read along with Philip Bobbitt's
Shield of Achilles.
|
Voegelin, Eric
|
Science, Politics and Gnosticism
|
Henry Regnery, Chicago, 1968, 114
pgs., paperback
|
Philosophy
|
A great philosopher discusses the
modern occurrences of the ancient gnosticism in relation to science and
politics.
|
Voegelin, Eric
|
Order and History Vol One -
Israel and Revelation
|
Louisiana State Univ. Press,
Batton Rouge, 1956, 533 pgs. , index, references
|
Philosophical study of Order
|
Voegelin is acclaimed as the most
influential historian today. This is the first book in a set of 6 that
describes the order of man, society and history to the extent possible with the
surviving original sources. This volume studies "not only the forms of
cosmological and historical order, but also the emergence of the Chosen People
from the ambiance of cosmological empires." These volumes should be
compared with Toynbee's multivolume history
|
Voegelin, Eric
|
Order and History Vol Two - The
World of the Polis
|
Louisiana State Univ. Press,
Batton Rouge, 1957, 389 pgs. , index,
|
Philosophical study of Order
|
From Israel the lead shifts to
Greece
|
Voegelin, Eric
|
Order and History Vol Three -
Plato and Aristotle
|
Louisiana State Univ. Press,
Batton Rouge, 1956, 383 pgs. , index
|
Philosophical study of Order
|
The two Greek Philosophers who
have most influenced thought in later centuries.
|
Voegelin, Eric
|
Order and History Vol Four -
Empire and Christianity
|
Louisiana State Univ. Press,
Batton Rouge, 195, pgs. , index, r
|
Philosophical study of Order
|
not purchased yet |
Voegelin, Eric
|
Order and History Vol Five - The
Protestant Centuries
|
Louisiana State Univ. Press,
Batton Rouge, 195, pgs. , index,
|
Philosophical study of Order
|
not purchased yet |
Voegelin, Eric
|
Order and History Vol Six - The
Crisis of Western Civilization
|
Louisiana State Univ. Press,
Batton Rouge, 195, pgs. , index,
|
Philosophical study of Order
|
not purchased yet |
Voegelin, Eric
|
Plato
|
Louisiana State Univ. Press,
Batton Rouge 1966, 279, pgs. , index,
|
Political Philosophy
|
A study of Plato's major works,
|
Voegelin, Eric - ed. John
Hallowell
|
From Enlightenment to Revolution
|
Duke Univ. Press, Durham, 1975,
307 pgs. ,index
|
Political Philosophy
|
In his excellent review, John
East writes: "The core of this book lies in the author's delineating the
nature and causes of what he terms "the crisis' of modern Western
Civilization. The crisis results from the growth of gnosticism, and the cause
of this unfortunate development is the Western intellectual departure from the
classical Greek and Christian foundations."
|
Walbank, F. W.
|
The Hellenistic World
|
Harvard Univ. Press, 1993, 288
pgs., index, maps, abbreviations, date chart, sources
|
Ancient Greek History
|
This book is part of the Fontana
series on ancient world.
|
Waley, Daniel
|
Later Medieval Europe: From St.
Louis to Luther
|
Barnes & Noble, N. Y., 1964.
306 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, illustrations, maps
|
Medieval History
|
The author writes: "The aim
of this book is to serve as an introduction to the history of Europe between
the middle of the thirteenth century and the early part of the sixteenth."
He also states that he has included substantial material on art, culture,
economics, religion and ideas, But that his focus is on the development of the
STATE. Great, just the subject most in need of explanation to people today. For
it was during this period that the abstract concept allied 'state' was
developed and grew its basic foundation.
|
Wallace-Hadrill, J. M.
|
The Barbarian West A.D. 400 -
1000 - The Early Middle Ages
|
Harper & Brothers, N. Y.,
1952 - 1962, 159 pgs., index, bibliography, maps, paperback
|
Medieval History
|
The subject is the gradual merger
of the 'barbarian' Franks, Visigoths, Ostrogoths and Lombards with the
remaining Roman population and government.
|
Wapshott, Nicholas
|
Keynes - Hayek: The Clash That
Defined Modern Economics
|
W. W. Norton Co., N. Y., 2011,
382 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, paperback
|
Economic Theory - Biography
|
Acolytes of Keynes try not to
mention Hayek or that there was even a scholarly debate between them in the
1930's. Or progressives will try to blame Hayek and the Austrian School of
Economic theory for any economics policies by PM Thatcher or Pres Reagan that
the left perceives to be evil. Their intellectual contest was indeed the clash
that defined modern economics. Keynes presented theories that appealed to
socialist politicians, especially in Great Britain, Hayek continually wrote in
defense of individuals versus the state. Hayek's thought gained support from
Thatcher and Reagan, but Keynes has come back strong as a fundamental doctrine
of the British Labor and American Democratic Parties since then. Read also
White and Lewis
|
Warren, W. L.
|
Henry II
|
Univ. of California Press,
Berkeley, 1973, 693 pgs., index, bibliography, foot notes, illustrations,
glossary, maps, genealogical charts
|
Medieval History - Biography
|
A great king deserves a great
biography. Much took place on many fronts and the author covers it all. Not
only Henry, but his wife, Eleanor, sons, Richard, John in particular require
much attention. Henry was of course at war on many fronts. He was busy
reorganizing the government of England. His relations with the Church were
strained, The author includes all of this.
|
Watson, Peter
|
The Modern Mind: An Intellectual
History of the 20th Century
|
Perennial,, Harper Collins, N.
Y., 2011, index, notes and references
|
Intellectual History
|
A masterful description of the
huge shift in popular and elite thinking in Western societies about reality and
such subsidiary thought as culture, politics, economics and both hard and soft
sciences. The author first presents a brief summary of thought circa 1900 and
then describes in detail the simultaneous shifts from 1900 to 2000. He presents
the changes in all these seemingly different fields in such as way as to show
they form an integrated whole.
|
Weatherford, Jack
|
The History of Money: From
Sandstone to Cyberspace
|
Three Rivers Press, N. Y., 1997,
288 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes, paperback
|
Economic History, Finances &
Banking
|
This history of money is
relatively light on the earliest times but strong on current role of banks and
non-banks in creation of money.
|
Weaver, Richard M.
|
Ideas have Consequences
|
Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1948, 190 pgs. , paperback
|
Political Philosophy
|
When first published this book
had a very large influence. The author attempted to analyze many features of
modern disintegration by referring them to a first cause. The causes stemmed
from the changes in Western philosophy from the 14th century, when the reality
of transcendental was first seriously challenged. The decline of belief in
standards and values stems from a change in fundamental ideas - or ideas about
fundamental categories..
|
Weaver, Richard M.
|
Visions of Order: The Cultural
Crisis of our Time
|
Louisiana State Univ. Press,
Baton Rouge, 1964, 153 pgs., foot notes
|
Philosophy
|
The author was a moral
philosopher who sought to defend culture from the ravages of modernism. The
forward is by Russell Kirk. Kirk writes that in this book Weaver 'assaults the
'presentism' scientism, and democratism that are subverting the high old order
of our civilization and our human dignity."
|
Webb, Walter Prescott
|
The Great Plains
|
Grosset & Dunlap, N. Y.,
1931, 525 pgs., index, maps, bibliography, paperback
|
American History
|
This is a special study focuses
on what happened when the Americans encountered the huge plains area west of
the Mississippi.
|
Weber, Max - trans. Talcott
Parsons
|
The Protestant Ethic and the
Spirit of Capitalism
|
Charles Scribner's Sons, N. Y.,
1958, 292 pgs., index, end notes, paperback
|
Political and Intellectual
history - Sociology
|
The concept when first published
was very influential. It is that Capitalism became an economic idea and
practice due to the changes generated by the Protestant Reformation and it
developed in the northern part of Europe inhabited mostly by the new
Protestants. But now much historical evidence has shown that capitalism as both
an idea and economic practice long pre-dated the Reformation. There is an
important introduction by R. Tawney.
|
Weiss, Martin D.
|
Crash Profits: Make Money When
Stocks Sink and Soar!
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken,
N. J., 2003, 359 pgs., index, end notes
|
Investment advice
|
The author owns and operates an
investment advisory service and publishes several subscription news letters. He
was among the first to predict the coming housing bubble crash and financial
crash. Like all investment news letter publishers even when he predicts the
dire times coming he has advice on how the reader can make millions.
|
Weiss, Martin D.
|
The Ultimate Depression Survival
Guide
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken,
N. J., 2009, 220 pgs., index, end notes
|
Investment advice
|
The author owns and operates an
investment advisory service and publishes several subscription news letters. He
was among the first to predict the coming housing bubble crash and financial
crash.
|
Weiss, Martin D.
|
How Federal Regulators, Lenders,
and Wall Street Created America's Housing Crisis: None Proposals for a
Long-Term Recovery
|
Weiss Research Inc. July 2007, 58
pgs., tables, paper
|
Financial - monetary policy
|
Dr. Weiss was among the first to
publicly predict the finanical catastrophy of 2008 and its causes in the
government policy of attempting to increase home ownership by lending to
individuals who could not afford themortgages. This paper describes what
happened and offers solutions..
|
Weiss, Martin D.
|
Proposed $700 Billion Bailout is
Too Little, Too Late to End the Debt Crisis; Too Much, Too Soon for the U. S.
Bond Market.
|
Weiss Research Inc. Paper
submited to the U. S. Congress, Senate Banking Committee and House Financial
Services Committee, Sept. 2008, 21 pgs. paper
|
Financial, monetery and banking
policy
|
Among other important topics in
this paper, Weiss lists the banks he believes are at risk of failure.. His
predictions about which banks and financial institutions would fail came true.
|
Wells, Colin
|
The Roman Empire
|
Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
1984, 366 pgs., index, illustrations, further reading. lists of dates, maps,
|
Ancient Roman History
|
The book is part of the Fontana
series on ancient world. There is one chapter describing the Roman armies
during the period.
|
West, Ray B. Jr.
|
Kingdom of the Saints: The Story
of Brigham Young and the Mormans
|
The Viking Press, N. Y., 1957,
389 pgs., index, bibliography, map
|
American History
|
This is also in part of biography
of Brigham Young, but only as he was the founder, leader of the Morman
experience. The story is about the entire period of their move to Utah.
|
West, Willis Mason
|
The Ancient World: From earliest
time to 800 AD Part II Rome and the West
|
Allyn and Bacon, Boston, 1913,
663 pgs., index, illustrations, maps
|
Ancient History
|
It is interesting to see what
authors were writing for text books a hundred years ago. Volume I of this set
is by William Davis
|
Westin, Alan F. - ed.
|
The Uses of Power: 7 Cases in
American Politics
|
Harcourt, Brace, and World, 1962,
375 pgs., sources, paperback
|
Political theory, Politics
|
Seven case studies on American
Congress, Presidency, Supreme Court, Regulatory Agencies, Political Parties,
State and Local Governments and Pressure Groups.
|
Whalen, R. Christopher
|
Inflated: How Money and Debt
Built the American Dream
|
John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken,
N. J., 2011, 393 pgs., index, references, end notes
|
Economic History, Banking,
Finance
|
This is an economic history of
the United States focused on the role of banks and credit in the monetary
system. The author is very positive about this. He describes the role of the
modern central bank - FED -in expanding credit=inflation which he contends has
been instrumental in creating the American Dream..
|
White, Lawrence H.
|
The Theory of Monetary
Institutions
|
Blackwell, Malden, Massachusetts,
1999, 269 pgs., index, references, notes, figures and tables, paperback
|
Economic Theory, banking, money
|
The book is an excellentg
rebuttal of modern monetary theory based on 'chartalism' The author here
describes the theory of money aduced by Menger. The most relevant subjects
today are the role of the central banks and the possibilities for privately
created money.
|
White, Lawrence H.
|
The Clash of Economic Ideas: The
Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years
|
Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge,
2012, 428 pgs., index, foot notes
|
Economic Theory
|
The book is about all the various
economic theories that flashed through academia in the 20th century and remain
today. But the principal clash was between the individualist ideas of Hayek and
Austrian School and the statist ideas of Keynes and establishment economists.
Throughout, however, the reader learns that the whole academic field called
economics is theory and is guided by the desire of economists to gain influence
and fame (and some power) by finding a theory that will appeal to politicians
and powerful people. They also are eager (desperate) to gain academic
respectability by showing that economics is a science. Thus was born the field
known as econometrics. And of course 'macro-economics' is popular because the
higher the level of abstraction divorced from physical reality the easier it is
to pontificate. Read also Lewis and Wapshott.
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Widener, Alice
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Teachers of Destruction
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The Citizens Evaluation
Institute, Wash. D. C. 1970, 257 pgs., index, paperback
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Public Policy
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The author presents her
eye-witness account of the socialist agenda of many school teachers.
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Wieczynski, Joseph, L. - editor
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The Modern Encyclopedia of
Russian and Soviet History - 42 vols.
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Academic International Press,
Gulf Breeze Fl. 1976 on, each volume about 246 pgs.,
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Russian History
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Alphabetical organization volume
by volume Vol 1 is Aacnen to Anichkov.
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Wiedemer, David & Robert
Wiedemer
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Aftershock: Protect Yourself and
Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown
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John Wiley & Son, Hoboken N.
J., 2010, 273 pgs., index, bibliography, appendices
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Investment Advice - Finance,
Stock Market
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This is a very self-serving book
in which the authors claim a singular ability to predict market crisis and
especially claim they predicted the mortgage and financial collapse of 2007-08.
Many individuals predicted both the 'dot.com' crash and the housing market
collapse. However, even though they were not the only ones they were right. And
their belief about the danger coming from government fiscal and monetary policy
is right.
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Wiggin, Addison
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The Demise of the Dollar.. and
Why It's even Better for Your Investments
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John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken
N.J. 2008, 197 pgs. , index, end notes, paperback
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Investment advice
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The author is one of the senior
members of the AGORA publishing operation owned by Bill Bonner. They publish a
large number of paid subscription and free news letters. They were among the
first to predict the dot-com bubble crash and the housing mortgage crash. But
as with other investment advisors despite predictions of disaster they have to
find ways for their readers to make millions. There is a forward by Chuck
Butler, a currency expert at EverBank.
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Wiggin, Addison & Kate
Incontrera
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I. O.U. S. A. One nation, under
stress, in debt
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John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken
N.J. 2008, 266 pgs. paperback
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Investment advice
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The book is a warning about the
expanding US Federal Debt. It contains interviews with experts who also are
concerned. AGORA made a movie from the material. There is a forward by David
Walker.
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Wilentz, Sean
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The Rise of American Democracy:
Jefferson to Lincoln
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W. W. Norton Co., N. Y., 2005,
1044 pgs., index, end notes, maps, illustrations
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American History
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The narrative and analysis is
divided into three sections: 1 - The Crisis of the New order (Jefferson in the
election of 1800 generated a revolution in American government organization). 2
- Democracy Ascendant, (of which Jackson's administration is center piece). 3
-Slavery and the Crisis of American Democracy (of which of course the continual
struggle between Northern and Southern societies over the status of the west
was significant). This is a huge book focused on the title subject (rise of
democracy). For instance, the Mexican War is analyzed in terms of its impact on
sectionalism and the fight over slavery. His chapter including the War of 1812
begins; "The coming of the war with Britain, and the war itself,
permanently altered the structure of American politics." Throughout, the
author not only (a) describes events, (b) analyzes them in terms of political
results, but also (c) discusses popular and historiographical thought about
them even now.
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The Seventeenth Century
Background
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Doubleday & Co., Garden City,
N.Y., 1953, 316 pgs., index, paperback
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Intellectual History
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The book begins with the end of
Scholasticism as the leading intellectual school. The author then discusses
Bacon, Sir Thomas Browne, Descartes, Hobbes, Joseph Glanville, Milton, John
Locke and other philosophers. The author sought to provide readers with a view
of the 17th century intellectual scene. He focuses on poetic and religious
expression in literature.
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Williams, Schafer - ed.
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The Gregorian Epoch: Reformation,
Revolution, Reaction?
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D. C. Heath, Boston, 1964, 110
pgs., readings, paperback
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Medieval History
|
This is one of a series of
booklets designed for teacher use in class room discussions. The Gregory the
book is about is not the Pope Gregory related to the Chant nor the one related
to change in Calendar. This is the great Gregory VII who confronted the Holy
Roman Emperor, king of the Germans, Henry IV, in the dramatic Investiture
Controversy. There are 14 essays in the booklet. The editor sets the stage by
providing background. He shows the significance by mentioning - "The
period lying between the Synod of Sutri (1046) and the Concordat of Worms
(1122) is called for convenience "The Age of the Gregorian Reform,"
or "The Struggle of the Investitures' or "The Conflict between Church
and State". So this Pope Gregory was someone with whom one needed to
reckon.
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Williamson, G. A.
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The World of Josephus
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Little, Brown Co, Boston, 1964,
318 pgs., index, appendix, map, chronology
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Ancient History
|
Josephus was an eye-witness to
the Roman war that destroyed Jerusalem and he wrote the important book on the
Jewish War. The author here combines his biography of Josephus with a
comprehensive history of the period, beginning before the war. Josephus' book
is listed in the military book catalog.
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Williamson, Kevin D.
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The End is Near and It's Going to
be Awesome; How Going Broke Will Leave American Richer, happier, and More
Secure
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Broadside Books, N.Y., 2013, 227
pgs., index
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Public Policy, Economics,
|
The author describes 'Politics is
Violence' and many of the failures of centralized 'big' government. It is a
decidedly 'libertarian' point of view. He concludes that 'The End is Near'
because increasingly government cannot provide what it has promised or what the
citizens demand. However, his unusual conclusion is that this collapse of
government will result in a glorious new era in which, once freed from
government shackles, the spirit of the people will be unleased and all will be
better. A very optimistic belief.
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Wilson, Andrew R.
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Understanding Imperial China,
Dynasties, Life, and Culture
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The Great Courses, Chantilly,
VA., 2017, 524 pgs., bibliography, illustrations, paperback
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History of China
|
This is an excellent 24 lecture
course with 24 chapter transcript. It is a much needed history of the ancient
Chinese civilization (not simply a country) from the early development of a
political empire. It excludes centuries of earlier Chinese development.
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Wilson, John Harold
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All The King's Ladies: Actresses
of the Restoration
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Univ. Of Chicago Press, Chicago,
1958, 206 pgs. , index, list of actresses,
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Early Modern History
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Social history of a special kind.
The reign of Charles II in England was a bawdy time, in reaction to the Puritan
times of Cromwell. Both the cast and the audience were ribald and disreputable.
And at this point females took to the stage. Whereas in previous times boys had
been cast in female roles, now not only were females cast in female roles but
also in male roles. The purpose was to show of the feminine body, given the
type of costume they wore. Wilson describes the scene. And he provides a list
of the names and short bios of dozens of these actresses.
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Wilson, Peter H.
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Heart of Europe: A History of the
Holy Roman Empire
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Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge,
Mass., 2016, 942 pgs., index, notes, chronology, maps, illustrations, family
trees, appendices
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European History
|
A massive book as befits a
massive subject. The content is comprehensive, the organization is mostly
topical. The book is packed full of information, data, facts as well as
analysis.
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Winks, Robin W. - ed.
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British Imperialism
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, N.
Y., 1963, 122 pgs., readings, paperback
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Modern History
|
One of the series of problems in
history for use by teachers. There are 16 essays from Lenin to Schumpeter and
Galbraith. The booklet for teachers is designed because the topic is considered
controversial and worth class discussion. But not only is the role of Britain
questions, but also the definition of 'imperialism' is an ideological
construct.
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Winterbotham, F. W.
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The Ultra Secret
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Dell, N. Y., 1974, 286 pgs.,
index, paperback
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Modern History
|
A brief summary of the Ultra
program to decode German radio messages.
|
Wittfogel, Karl A
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Oriental Despotism: A Comparative
Study of Total Power
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Yale Univ. Press, New Haven,
1957, 557 pgs., index, bibliography, end notes
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World History
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A famous book that created much
discussion. Wittfogel disputed the Marxian theory of the stages of history. He
found that the great civilizations that depended on massive labor power to
control rivers - floods- and irrigation became the most despotic of early
societies. They relied on seasonal river floods because they lacked sufficient
rainfall.
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Woloch, Isser
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The New Regime: Transformation of
the French Civil Order 1789-1820's
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W. W. Norfton Co., N. Y., 1994,
536 pgs., index, end notes, maps, illustrations, tables, paper back
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Modern History
|
So what happened After the French
Revolution and Napoleon? This book tells the story in great detail.
Pre-revolutionary France had remained a rural society, economy and political
structure, despite the growth of towns and cities. Yes, the abstract concept of
'state' had penetrated the upper, upper class - King Louis XIV even called
himself 'the state' and indeed he was. The author wants to know, "What
civic values animated the new regime, what policies did it adopt, what
institutions did it establish, and how did they fare when carried into
practice? Finally since this is as much a matter of process as results, what
alternatives in various domains were discarded or foreclosed along the
way?" Further, "The great preoccupation of the new regime, it turned
out, was to penetrate the countryside and implant a new civic order in the
villages." The real process proceeded step-by-step and the author's
exposition likewise proceeds in that manner.
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Wood, Gordon S.
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The Creation of the American
Republic 1776-1787
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Univ. of North Carolina Press,
Chapel Hill, 1969, 653 pgs., index, notes,
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American History - Political
Science - Intellectual History
|
This is about the political
theory and practice in colonial America that resulted in the Creation of the
Constitution.
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Wood, Neal
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Cicero's Social & Political
Thought
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Univ. of California Press,
Berkeley, 1991, 288 pgs., index, notes, bibliography, papeback
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Political Theory
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The author was a specialist in
the history of political theory with strong emphasis on the classical authors.
This is an excellent study of the ideas expressed by Cicero in his many
writings.
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Wood, Neal
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Tyranny in America
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Verso, London, 2004, 147 pgs.,
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Political Theory
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The author became disallusioned
with the increasing materialism and coruption of American politics and focuses
his blame on the influence and results of capitalism as a system itself rather
than individuals
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Woolley, Sir Leonard
|
A Forgotten Kingdom: Being a
Record of the Results Obtained from the Excavation of Two Mounds Atchana and Al
Mina, in the Turkish Hatay
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Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1953,
191 pgs., index, illustrations, chronology, drawings, paperback
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Ancient History - Archeology
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This is the record of results
from 8 seasons of archeological digs in Syria. Thee uncovered ruins from Roman
times back to Hittite.
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Wray, L. Randall
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Modern Money Theory
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Palgrave, Macmillan, NY., 2012,
294 pgs., index, notes, bibliogrpahy, paperback
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Economics, economic history,
|
Subtitle is A primer on
Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems - History of money with
discussion of current monetary policy. This is a terrible book. It is a
'chartalist' effort to convince the reader that sovereign governments can print
all the credit money they like in pursuit of political agendas such as
eliminating unemployment. The author completely ignores the actual history of
the creation and ownership by society of its money.
|
Wright, Gordon & Arthur Mejia
Jr.
|
An Age of Controversy: Discussion
Problems in 20th Century European History
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Dodd, Mead & Co., N. Y.,
1963, 506 pgs.,
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Modern History
|
As the title indicates this is a
text for students to support discussion. It is divided into 15 sections each
containing 5 to 8 essays by specialist historians or politicians on a specific
theme. Neither world war is included itself - rather we have a section on the
origins of WWI and another on the Treaty of Versailles - further on a section
on Munich appeasement and one on Yalta and one on Nuremberg Trials. The book
would be useful for teachers to stimulate discussions.
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Yardley, Herbert O.
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The American Black Chamber
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Ballantine Books, N. Y., 1981,
250 pgs., illustrations, paperback
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Modern History
|
There is a fascinating
introduction by David Khan. The book was originally published in 1931 and the
author was himself the leader of America's cryptography organization. That is
why Khan was so eager to find it years ago. The book was a sensation when
published so we are happy now to have this new paperback edition.
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Yermolayev, Igor. Petrovich.
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Proshloye v Litsakh Rurikovichi -
Biograficheskii slovar'
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OLMA_PRESS, Moscow, 2002 191
pgs,. abbreviations, genealogical diagram charts, appendix, illustrations
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Reference - Russian History
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This is an alphabetical list of
biographies of important individuals in Kievan and Muscovite Russia. They are
not all strictly members of the Rurokiviche clan. For instance there are Tatar
khans listed as well.
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Young, G. M.
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Victorian England, Portrait of an
Age, 2nd ed.
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Oxford Univ Press, London,
1957,219 pgs., index, chronological table, paperback
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Modern History
|
A fine narrative with commentary
and analysis - the chronology is very helpful.
|
Zabel, Orville H.
|
Study Guide for An Introduction
to the History of the Western Tradition by Edgar Johnson, Vol II
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Ginn and Co., N. Y., 1959, 92
pgs., readings, tables, chronologies, paperback
|
Modern History
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The content is keyed to the
chapters in the referenced history text. There are extensive source
recommendations and study questions. See Edgar Johnson above in this list.
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Zeihan, Peter
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The Accidental Super power
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Hachet Book group, NY., 2014, 373
pgs., Index, footnotes, maps, tables, graphs, paperback
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Geopolitics, geoeconomics
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Subtitle: The Next Generaton of
Amerian Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
|
Zeihan, Peter
|
The Absent Superpower
|
Zeihan on Geopolitics, Austin,
TX., 2016, footnotes, maps, charts
|
Geopolitics, geoeconomics
|
Subtitle: The Shale Revolution
and A World Without America
|
Zeihan, Peter
|
Disunited Nations
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Harper Collins, N.Y. 2020, 453
pgs., index, graphs
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Geopolitics, geoeconomics
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Subtitle: The Scramble for Power
in an Ungoverned World
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