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336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300240214
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 24 July 2018
Description
An Economist Best History Book 2017 "History as it should be written."--Barry Cunliffe, Guardian "Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order."--Walter Scheidel,...
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informative: 100%
reflective: 30%
challenging: 28%
inspiring: 8%
dark: 6%
relaxing: 4%
sad: 4%
adventurous: 2%
tense: 2%
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Slavery, Violence, War
336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300240214
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 24 July 2018
Description
An Economist Best History Book 2017 "History as it should be written."--Barry Cunliffe, Guardian "Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order."--Walter Scheidel,...