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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the Worldby: Niall Ferguson October 30, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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The title of this book makes quite a claim. Niall Ferguson is a Harvard University professor from the UK, who produced a volume on the story of the Rothschild financial dynasty in the late 1990s, The book certainly has a number of interesting features e.g. its summary of recent events both precipitating and within the housing market 'crisis' and international commercial relationships between superpowers. Nevertheless, the impression is that the work - fascinating though it is in parts - may just have been a little bit 'scraped together', somewhat hurried.
Given the lightening blitz which has rocked all corners, streets and avenues of the globe's financial institutions, this is perhaps understandable and even forgivable, almost. ... Read More: >>More Details |
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A History of Modern Britainby: Andrew Marr May 02, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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This is an interesting and readable history of our country since the Second World War marred (pun intended) by a liberal/left-wing bias. Andrew Marr deals with a number of topics and this book is neither political nor social history but contains bits of each and more.
Much of the book is a re-hash of information that I had already gathered from elsewhere but some topics were new to me. For example, Andrew Marr spent some time discussing the rise of pop music and how this and the fashion industry seems to have originated mainly from people who went to art school rather than e.g. university or technical college. The main strengths of the book are a clear writing style and the willingness to tackle slighly off beat subjects ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Things Ain't What They Used to beby: Philip Glenister October 16, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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Very enjoyable book, easy to pick up during your lunch breaks, allowing you to look at the 70's in rose tinted glasses. As someone born in '69 I could relate to most of the things in the book, but I do wish that they included Photos. This would have made a good book, fantastic.
From clothing, technology and crisps(he forgot to mention hedgehog flavour) its an enjoyable read for people in their 30s/40s. Now where is my Old Spice and Flares. >>More Details |
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Tommy's War: A First World War Diary 1913-1918by: Thomas Cairns Livingstone September 15, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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I don't usually read diaries but this caught my eye and I decided to give it a go as I generally read war books. From page one it became a treasure trove of snippets from a bygone era. How a family strove to make ends meet through severe hardship during ww1. Thomas makes light of it all with wit, charm and such delightful drawings of news items or his family.
Shaun sewell has made a great discovery and shared it with the nation. We must thank you for that and just hope Harper collins will see fit to produce book 2 from 1919 t0 1933. I only hope someone will find the pre war diaries that might have started as early as 1905 whilst thomas was courting Agnes. This is a real gem, set in Glasgow it gives us all another angle on the great war, ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Great Crash, 1929 (Penguin business)by: John Kenneth Galbraith October 29, 1992 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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John Kenneth Galbraith's classic study of the 1929 Wall Street crash is an exhilarating read. Galbraith combines a fluent, witty style with a detailed breakdown of the build up to disaster,
It is interesting to note how most of the experts - journalists, academics, businessmen, bankers and politicians didn't have a clue what was going to happen and thought that the good times would carry on rolling. Gordon Brown anyone? >>More Details |
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Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 (Tales of a New Jerusalem)by: David Kynaston October 06, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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No-one could fault the time and effort that have gone into producing this extensive work but the sheer volume of facts, figures and comments might well prove mind-numbing to the average reader and certainly led to me - who can just remember the period in question - losing interest and scanning through pages looking for the essence amongst innumerable details. A great resource for a student of the times but not for those seeking a general account of these important years.
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I Never Knew That About Englandby: Christopher Winn April 07, 2005 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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Along with G Meehan I find the errors irritating having found two more in the first 24 pages.
One is often repeated and may be considered trivial by many - the line from Gray's Elegy (page 18) The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, True, several websites print this version but they may well be just copies of other sites. Reputable poetry sites and Oxford University's Gray archive print the version that also appears in the Oxford Book of English Verse: The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, Yes, it does seem odd, but if that's what Gray wrote, that's what should appear. The editors at the publishers, if not the author, should be capable of spotting this. A far less trivial error is the statment ... Read More: >>More Details |
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I Never Knew That About Englandby: Christopher Winn September 04, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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Along with G Meehan I find the errors irritating having found two more in the first 24 pages.
One is often repeated and may be considered trivial by many - the line from Gray's Elegy (page 18) The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, True, several websites print this version but they may well be just copies of other sites. Reputable poetry sites and Oxford University's Gray archive print the version that also appears in the Oxford Book of English Verse: The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, Yes, it does seem odd, but if that's what Gray wrote, that's what should appear. The editors at the publishers, if not the author, should be capable of spotting this. A far less trivial error is the statment on page ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navyby: Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins October 02, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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If you read only one book of history this year that commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Nelson, read Jack Tar.
During the Great War (1793-1815), the Royal Navy was the backbone of the defence of the British Isles and took a major part in the final victory. Just as the great battles from Valmi to Waterloo were won by the troops in the field, the naval battles were in the end won by the crews - and not by the Nelsons, Hoods or Cochranes. Roy and Lesley Adkins have worked like the archaeologists they are, unearthing hundreds of sources, extracting hundreds of relevant pieces, then carefully glueing them together until the whole image is reconstructed: the portrait of rough, hard-working men (women and children) living a perilous life on board a primitive, ... Read More: >>More Details |
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London: The Biographyby: Peter Ackroyd August 21, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Social and Economic History |
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As a life long Londoner and a person well read in history this book was just up my street.
It was a well written book packed with all sorts of fascinating details. For the most part I enjoyed reading it although it could occasionally be long winded and tedious. >>More Details |
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