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History

In­tel­lec­tu­al & Cultural History

118 books

The Great Crash 1929
The Great Crash 1929 John Kenneth Galbraith
The American Story
The American Story David M. Rubenstein
The Ascent Of Man
The Ascent Of Man Jacob Bronowski
The River of Doubt
The River of Doubt Candice Millard
Dirt
Dirt David R. Montgomery
The Forgotten Man
The Forgotten Man Amity Shlaes
This Time Is Different
This Time Is Different Carmen Reinhart
History Has Begun
History Has Begun Bruno Macaes
Wild Swans
Wild Swans Jung Chang
Political Order and Political Decay
Political Order and Political Decay Francis Fukuyama
Energy And Civilization
Energy And Civ­i­liza­tion Vaclav Smil
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists
Amazons, Abo­li­tion­ists, and Activists Mikki Kendall
American Nations
American Nations Colin Woodard
An Introduction to Contemporary History
An In­tro­duc­tion to Con­tem­po­rary History Geoffrey Barraclough
The Upright Thinkers
The Upright Thinkers Leonard Mlodinow
Black Monday
Black Monday Tim Metz
The Origins of Political Order
The Origins of Political Order Francis Fukuyama
Between Serb and Albanian
Between Serb and Albanian Miranda Vickers
At Canaan's Edge
At Canaan's Edge Taylor Branch
Chants Democratic
Chants Democratic Sean Wilentz
Ice Age
Ice Age John Gribbin
City of Light, City of Poison
City of Light, City of Poison Holly Tucker
Nightfrost in Prague
Nightfrost in Prague Zdenek Mlynar
Nixonland
Nixonland Rick Perlstein
Mind of Napoleon
Mind of Napoleon J. Christopher Herold
Mirrors
Mirrors Eduardo Galeano
Lenin's Tomb
Lenin's Tomb David Remnick
Lincoln and the Fight for Peace
Lincoln and the Fight for Peace John Avlon
Lincoln at Gettysburg
Lincoln at Gettysburg Garry Wills
Lone Star
Lone Star T. R. Fehrenbach
Making China Modern
Making China Modern Klaus Mühlhahn
Fault Lines in the Constitution
Fault Lines in the Con­sti­tu­tion Cynthia Levinson
Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe
Democracy and Dic­ta­tor­ship in Europe Sheri Berman
Condemned to Repetition
Condemned to Repetition Robert A. Pastor
History of the World
History of the World Jm Roberts
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Edmund Morris
Generations
Generations William Strauss
Days of Rage
Days of Rage Bryan Burrough
Destiny of the Republic
Destiny of the Republic Candice Millard
Cover of 'Megatrends'
Megatrends John Naisbitt
Cover of 'A conflict of visions ideological origins of political struggles'
A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles Thomas Sowell
Cover of 'The witch doctors'
The witch doctors John Micklethwait
Prohibition
Prohibition Dygest Original
Alexandre Kojève: Wisdom at the End of History
Alexandre Kojève: Wisdom at the End of History James Nichols
A Conflict of Visions
A Conflict of Visions Thomas Sowell
The City in History
The City in History Lewis Mumford
Alexandre Kojève
Alexandre Kojève James H. Nichols Jr.
Black Athena
Black Athena Martin Bernal
Intellectuals
In­tel­lec­tu­als Paul Johnson
Heaven on Earth
Heaven on Earth Joshua Muravchik
How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters
How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters Daniel Hannan
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me James W. Loewen
Minima Moralia
Minima Moralia Theodor Adorno
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna Carl Emil Schorske
Photography and Society
Photography and Society Gisèle Freund
The Excommunicated Kings of France
The Ex­com­mu­ni­cat­ed Kings of France François-Marin Fleutot
A History of War
A History of War Bruno Cabanes
Another History of the Renaissance
Another History of the Renaissance Didier Le Fur
Bandits
Bandits Eric Hobsbawm
Bread and Circuses
Bread and Circuses Paul Veyne
Concepts of Cleanliness
Concepts of Cleanliness Georges Vigarello
Gangrene and Oblivion
Gangrene and Oblivion Benjamin Stora
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt
Homo Deus
Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harari
Interpreting the French Revolution
In­ter­pret­ing the French Revolution François Furet
Marignano, 1515
Marignano, 1515 Didier Le Fur
The Age of Extremes
The Age of Extremes Eric Hobsbawm
The Court Society
The Court Society Norbert Elias
The Duty to Revolt
The Duty to Revolt Arlette Jouanna
The Dynamics of the West
The Dynamics of the West Norbert Elias
The Foul and the Fragrant
The Foul and the Fragrant Alain Corbin
The French in the Belle Époque
The French in the Belle Époque Antoine Prost
The Intellectual Roots of the Third Reich
The In­tel­lec­tu­al Roots of the Third Reich George Mosse
The Legend of Bouvines
The Legend of Bouvines Georges Duby
The Lower Depths of Antiquity
The Lower Depths of Antiquity Catherine Salles
The Middle Ages
The Middle Ages Dygest Original
The Question of Palestine
The Question of Palestine Edward Said
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Now? Emmanuel Todd
When Our World Became Christian
When Our World Became Christian Paul Veyne
Whigs and Hunters
Whigs and Hunters Edward P. Thompson
The Renaissance
The Renaissance Dygest Original
Nations and Nationalism since 1780
Nations and Nationalism since 1780 Eric Hobsbawm
Manhunts
Manhunts Grégoire Chamayou
Rethinking Colonialism
Rethinking Colonialism Ann Laura Stoler
The People Unfindable
The People Unfindable Pierre Rosanvallon
The Politics of Large Numbers
The Politics of Large Numbers Alain Desrosières
Speaking Ill
Speaking Ill Arlette Farge
A History of Blasphemy in the West
A History of Blasphemy in the West Alain Cabantous
Islam, Islamism and the West
Islam, Islamism and the West Gabriel Martinez-Gros
Night Battles
Night Battles Carlo Ginzburg
The King's Two Bodies
The King's Two Bodies Ernst Kantorowicz
Propaganda
Propaganda David Colon
The Feeling of Self
The Feeling of Self Georges Vigarello
Imagined Communities
Imagined Communities Benedict Anderson
The Cheese and the Worms
The Cheese and the Worms Carlo Ginzburg
The Civilizing Process
The Civilizing Process Norbert Elias
A History of Rape
A History of Rape Georges Vigarello
Discipline and Punish
Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault
Orientalism
Orientalism Edward Said
The Invention of Tradition
The Invention of Tradition Eric Hobsbawm
Women and the Silences of History
Women and the Silences of History Michelle Perrot
The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality Michel Foucault
Disorderly Families
Disorderly Families Arlette Farge
A History of Bedrooms
A History of Bedrooms Michelle Perrot
Private Affairs
Private Affairs Christophe Masutti
Perfume
Perfume Annick Le Guérer
The Anthropocene Event
The An­thro­pocene Event Christophe Bonneuil
A Cultural History of France
A Cultural History of France Alain Croix
The Legacy of the Enlightenment
The Legacy of the En­light­en­ment Antoine Lilti
A History of Strategic Thought
A History of Strategic Thought Bernard Pénisson
The Guillotine and the Imagination of Terror
The Guillotine and the Imagination of Terror Daniel Arasse
Provincializing Europe
Provin­cial­iz­ing Europe Dipesh Chakrabarty
Fear in the West
Fear in the West Jean Delumeau
Crush the Infamous Thing
Crush the Infamous Thing Bertrand Binoche
The Family in the West
The Family in the West André Burguière
The Impossible Encounter
The Impossible Encounter Annick Ohayon
The Invention of the Earth
The Invention of the Earth Franco Farinelli