Civilization: The West and the Rest, Ferguson, Niall
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Автор: Niall Ferguson Название: Civilization ISBN: 0141044586 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141044583 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Цена: 1015.00 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: In 1412, Europe was a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and incessant war, while the Orient was home to dazzling civilizations. This book reveals the six `killer applications` that the Rest lacked: competition, science, property rights, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic.
Автор: Ferguson, Niall Название: The Ascent of Money ISBN: 0143116177 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143116172 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis. --The Washington Post Fascinating. --Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of Chimerica into a trade war, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with his signature clarity and expert lens. The Ascent of Money reveals finance as the backbone of history, casting a new light on familiar events: the Renaissance enabled by Italian foreign exchange dealers, the French Revolution traced back to a stock market bubble, the 2008 crisis traced from America's bankruptcy capital, Memphis, to China's boomtown, Chongqing. We may resent the plutocrats of Wall Street but, as Ferguson argues, the evolution of finance has rivaled the importance of any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. Indeed, to study the ascent and descent of money is to study the rise and fall of Western power itself.
Автор: Niall Ferguson Название: The House of Rothschild ISBN: 0140286624 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140286625 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: от 2904.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Deals with the history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty. This title also shows the portrait of one of the most powerful and fascinating families of modern times. It shows how their power waned as conflicts from Crimea to the Second World War repeatedly threatened the stability of their worldwide empire, and more.
Автор: Niall Ferguson Название: The Cash Nexus ISBN: 0140293337 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140293333 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: от 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: Shows that a nation`s success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, the author offers an analysis of the evolution of today`s economic and political landscape.
Автор: Niall Ferguson Название: The House of Rothschild ISBN: 0140240845 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140240849 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2904.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family. It uncovers the secrets behind the family`s phenomenal economic success. It also reveals the details of the family`s vast political network, which gave it access to and influence over many of the greatest statesmen of the age.
Автор: Ferguson, Niall Название: Colossus ISBN: 0143034790 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143034797 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson ranges across the entire history of America s foreign entanglements and delves into all the dimensions of American power military, economic, cultural, and political. The result is a book whose conclusions are as convincing, and troubling, as they are original. Ferguson demonstrates that America has always been an empire in denial and shows the fateful consequences of its special brand of imperialism. He examines the challenges to the United States from its principal rivals, the European Union and China, and offers a compelling analysis of the connection between the country s domestic economic health and its foreign affairs the bottom line of imperialism, American style. "Colossus" is a peerless reckoning with American power that should be read by any thinking citizen of this unspoken empire.
Автор: Niall Ferguson Название: The Pity of War ISBN: 0140275231 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140275230 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2507.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. Was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? This title deals with questions.
Описание: A bestselling historian shows how the British Empire created the modern world, in a book lauded as "a rattling good tale" (Wall Street Journal) and "popular history at its best" (Washington Post) The British Empire was the largest in all history: the nearest thing to global domination ever achieved. The world we know today is in large measure the product of Britain's Age of Empire. The global spread of capitalism, telecommunications, the English language, and institutions of representative government -- all these can be traced back to the extraordinary expansion of Britain's economy, population and culture from the seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth. On a vast and vividly colored canvas, Empire shows how the British Empire acted as midwife to modernity. Displaying the originality and rigor that have made Niall Ferguson one of the world's foremost historians, Empire is a dazzling tour de force -- a remarkable reappraisal of the prizes and pitfalls of global empire.
Автор: Niall Ferguson Название: Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist ISBN: 0141022000 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141022000 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: от 2507.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть
Описание: No American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as “Super K”—the “indispensable man” whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama—he has also been hounded by conspiracy theorists, scouring his every “telcon” for evidence of Machiavellian malfeasance. Yet as Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial two-volume biography, drawing not only on Kissinger’s hitherto closed private papers but also on documents from more than a hundred archives around the world, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding.The first half of Kissinger’s life is usually skimmed over as a quintessential tale of American ascent: the Jewish refugee from Hitler’s Germany who made it to the White House. But in this first of two volumes, Ferguson shows that what Kissinger achieved before his appointment as Richard Nixon’s national security adviser was astonishing in its own right. Toiling as a teenager in a New York factory, he studied indefatigably at night. He was drafted into the U.S. infantry and saw action at the Battle of the Bulge—as well as the liberation of a concentration camp—but ended his army career interrogating Nazis. It was at Harvard that Kissinger found his vocation. Having immersed himself in the philosophy of Kant and the diplomacy of Metternich, he shot to celebrity by arguing for “limited nuclear war.” Nelson Rockefeller hired him. Kennedy called him to Camelot. Yet Kissinger’s rise was anything but irresistible. Dogged by press gaffes and disappointed by “Rocky,” Kissinger seemed stuck—until a trip to Vietnam changed everything.The Idealist is the story of one of the most important strategic thinkers America has ever produced. It is also a political Bildungsroman, explaining how “Dr. Strangelove” ended up as consigliere to a politician he had always abhorred. Like Ferguson’s classic two-volume history of the House of Rothschild, Kissinger sheds dazzling new light on an entire era. The essential account of an extraordinary life, it recasts the Cold War world.
Автор: Ferguson, Niall Название: Civilization ISBN: 0143122061 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143122067 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1839.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Western civilization's rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or "killer applications"--competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic--that the Rest lacked, allowing it to surge past all other competitors. Yet now, Ferguson shows how the Rest have downloaded the killer apps the West once monopolized, while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside clashes (and fusions) of civilizations, "Civilization: The West and the Rest " recasts world history with force and wit. Boldly argued and teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best.
Автор: Ferguson, Niall Название: The War of the World ISBN: 0143112392 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143112396 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2391.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that Niall Ferguson's numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. In it, he grapples with perhaps the most challenging questions of modern history: Why was the twentieth century history's bloodiest by far? Why did unprecedented material progress go hand in hand with total war and genocide? His quest for new answers takes him from the walls of Nanjing to the bloody beaches of Normandy, from the economics of ethnic cleansing to the politics of imperial decline and fall. The result, as brilliantly written as it is vital, is a great historian's masterwork.
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