History

15 books

• How We KnowFree to readWhere a claim about the past comes from, and what it rests on.3 chapters
• Turning Points, Re-examinedFree to readThree famous stories, and what the evidence says instead.3 chapters
• The Shape of the Modern WorldFree to readThree changes that made the present look the way it does.3 chapters
• Before Writing, and Just AfterFree to readFarming, the first cities, and why anybody started keeping records.3 chapters
• How Empires Hold TogetherFree to readRelay riders, indirect rule, and the arithmetic of holding a continent.3 chapters
• The World Was Already ConnectedFree to readCaravan relays, an ocean with a timetable, and the century that opened both.3 chapters
• Religion as a Political FactFree to readWhat a converting king was buying, and what the press did to the church.3 chapters
• The Age of RevolutionsFree to readOne war debt, three revolutions, and the year that failed everywhere.3 chapters
• Slavery, and How It EndedFree to readThe shipping records, the arithmetic, and the first modern campaign.3 chapters
• The Short Twentieth CenturyFree to readTotal war, the end of the empires, and a cold war that was not cold.3 chapters
• Plague, Famine and NumbersFree to readHow many people there were, and why that decided most of the rest.3 chapters
• The CityFree to readHow most people came to live in places that could not feed themselves.3 chapters
• Counted, Mapped, NamedFree to readHow states learned to see the people they were governing.3 chapters
• The History of Everyday LifeFree to readWhat an ordinary day contained, which is most of what happened.3 chapters
• How the Past Gets UsedFree to readWho decides what a country remembers, and what that decision is for.3 chapters