History Policy – Bücher, CDs, LPs und mehr, Seite 2

David N Livingstone
The Empire of Climate

How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquityScientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat…

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Melvyn P Leffler
Confronting Saddam Hussein

A vivid portrayal of what drove George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003--an outcome that was in no way predetermined.America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign po…

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William D Hartung, Ben Freeman
The Trillion Dollar War Machine

A hard-hitting investigation into how the Pentagon's runaway spending embroils America in foreign wars, squanders its wealth, and enriches a privileged eliteAmerica spends nearly a trillion dollars a year…

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Sergi Auladell Fauchs
The Catalan Crisis

Applying theory to the political crisis in Catalonia and Spain.The Catalan Crisis explores the dissolution of the politico-territorial status quo between Catalonia and Spain and examines the emergence of …

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Heather Ann Thompson
Fear and Fury

In this masterful, groundbreaking work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson shines surprising new light on an infamous 1984 New York subway shooting that would unveil simmering racial resen…

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Patrick Mulford O'Connor
The Political Reconstruction of American Tobacco, 1862-1933

A deeply researched and clearly argued account of the mutual growth of the federal government and the modern tobacco Nearly everything about the United States tobacco economy changed in the generation fol…

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Brendan Greeley
The Almighty Dollar

In this ambitious and groundbreaking history of the dollar, financial journalist and economic scholar Brendan Greeley makes a new argument about the origins of our money---and the people and nations who h…

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Protagonists of Urban Order from the Middle Ages to the Present

European cities and towns are considered places with a particular order established by their inhabitants. This volume centres on the authorities, groups, and individuals who formed the rules for common li…

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Jonathan M Jackson
Visions for an African Valley

What was the effect of the numerous, albeit often unsatisfied, plans for development on the land and communities of the Kilombero valley throughout the colonial period and after independence?This book tra…

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Trude Strand
Israel and the Gaza Strip Since 1967

Following the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Israeli decision-makers opted to conquer, colonise, occupy and dominate the Gaza Strip.Why was this sliver of land - home and refuge to around 400,000 Palestinians - s…

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Tristan G Brown
Laws of the Land

"A groundbreaking history of Fengshui's roles in public life and law during China's last imperial dynastyToday the term Fengshui, which literally means "wind and water," is recognized aroun…

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Stephanie Gray
Restoring America

Exploring how the New Deal shaped history through politically driven commemorationDuring the Great Depression, Americans employed historic preservation as a tool to address the political, economic, and so…

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Kate Brown
Tiny Gardens Everywhere

This manifesto for the next food revolution by acclaimed environmental historian Kate Brown speaks to nature lovers, food activists, social-justice warriors, urban planners, WOOFers, and the climate-conce…

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Pelle Dragsted,
Nordic Socialism

In recent years, the Nordic countries have been the envy of the world for their economic success, their institutional stability, and their consistently high levels of social happiness. But are they social…

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Stephanie Gray
Restoring America

Exploring how the New Deal shaped history through politically driven commemorationDuring the Great Depression, Americans employed historic preservation as a tool to address the political, economic, and so…

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Alfred Runte
Trains for Nature

Discover how America's abandoned passenger trains hold the key to preserving our nation's scenic treasures and wilderness landscapes.In this timely and provocative work, renowned environmental historian A…

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Roger Karapin, David Vogel
When Federal Climate Policy Works

An original analysis of the federal government's sectoral climate policy accomplishments over the last five decades, with recommendations for policy makers.When Federal Climate Policy Works challenges the…

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Thomas McStay Adams
Europe's Welfare Traditions Since 1500, Volume 2

A comprehensive examination of welfare institutions and commitments in and across Europe from 1700 to 2000.

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Barney White-Spunner
Nations in Arms

A critical study of five historical armies that offers solutions for how contemporary forces need to change to deal with modern threats.

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Daniel Rood
In the Shadow of the Great House

We imagine the plantation-the big house, the porticos, the slave quarters, the vast cotton fields-as situated firmly in the dismal American past. Yet as historian Daniel Rood shows in In the Shadow the Gr…

lieferbar ab 17.3.2026.

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