Looking for history books that focus more on some idea or ideas than on narrative. Some canonical examples would probably be: Guns, Germs, Steel – Diamond Sapiens – Harrari Square and the Tower – Ferguson War and Peace and War – Turchin by ehead
Capable_Librarian_77 on November 4, 2023 3:08 pm The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber Capital and Imperialism by Utsa Patnaik
Colleen_Hoover on November 4, 2023 4:11 pm Why Nations Fail and The Narrow Corridor by Daron Acemoglu
-rba- on November 4, 2023 4:39 pm Origins of Political Order and then read Dawn of Everything as a counterpoint. The Silk Roads 1491 and 1493
ApparentlyIronic on November 5, 2023 3:25 am *Collapse* by Diamond is considered a sort of sequel to GGnS. It’s about why societies fall and goes into examples for each of those factors
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The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber
Capital and Imperialism by Utsa Patnaik
Why Nations Fail and The Narrow Corridor by Daron Acemoglu
Origins of Political Order
and then read Dawn of Everything as a counterpoint.
The Silk Roads
1491 and 1493
*Collapse* by Diamond is considered a sort of sequel to GGnS. It’s about why societies fall and goes into examples for each of those factors