Category: History

The Decline of British Industrial Hegemony: Bengal Industries 1914-46 by Indrajit Ray (Routledge Explorations in Economic History)
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Overview: Through two World Wars and the Great Depression, this book explores the turbulent history of colonial Indian industry in the period immediately prior to independence.

Focusing on five major industries in Bengal – coal mining, iron-smelting, jute manufacturing, paper making and tea plantation – the book looks at the impact of the war efforts on production, employment and capital: some industries experienced rapid growth due to additional investment, others suffered due to the dislocation of markets. Moreover, by drawing lessons from the war economy (especially the dearth of various essential commodities including war materials), the colonial government took up various measures in the inter-war period to promote India’s domestic industries for the first time. Additionally, the book also argues that many of the expatriate firms in India became financially weak because of the Depression which paved the way for the ‘Indianisation’ of corporate houses. These elements were significant factors in the decline of British industrial hegemony in India and aided the de-colonisation process which followed.

This book will be of interest to scholars of Indian economic history as well as those with wider interests in decolonisation, industrial history and the first half of the twentieth century.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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Quest for the Presidency: The Storied and Surprising History of Presidential Campaigns in America by Bob Riel
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Overview: Quest for the Presidency gathers in a single volume the compelling stories behind every presidential campaign in American history, from 1789 through 2020. Bob Riel takes us inside the 1800 clash between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the 1860 election that launched the Civil War, the 1948 whistle-stop comeback of Harry Truman, the Kennedy-Nixon drama of 1960, the 1980 Reagan Revolution, the historic 2008 election of Barack Obama, the turbulent 2020 battle between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and everything in between.

This engaging and insightful book includes a trove of entertaining stories about campaigns and candidates, and it goes beyond the campaign tales to also consider the threads that link elections across time. It sheds light on the continually evolving story of American democracy in a way that helps us to better understand present-day politics.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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Radical Theatrics: Put-Ons, Politics, and the Sixties by Craig J. Peariso
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Overview: From burning draft cards to staging nude protests, much left-wing political activism in 1960s America was distinguished by deliberate outrageousness. This theatrical activism, aimed at the mass media and practiced by Abbie Hoffman and the Yippies, the Black Panthers, and the Gay Activists Alliance, among others, is often dismissed as naive and out of touch, or criticized for tactics condemned as silly and off-putting to the general public.

In “Radical Theatrics, ” however, Craig Peariso argues that these over-the-top antics were far more than just the spontaneous actions of a self-indulgent radical impulse. Instead, he shows, they were well-considered aesthetic and political responses to a jaded cultural climate in which an unreflective “tolerance” masked an unwillingness to engage with challenging ideas.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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The Penguin History of Latin America by Edwin Williamson
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Overview: Beginning with the aftermath of Columbus’ arrival, the conquest of Cuba and Hispaniola and the period of the Conquistadors, the author traces the history of Latin America through the heyday of the Spanish and Portuguese empires and the independence struggles of the 19th century, to the difficulties and dilemmas of the independent states today, weaving into the narrative a masterly synthesis of the economic, political and cultural problems and achievements of the region.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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The Pursuit of Power by Richard J. Evans
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Overview: ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 ‘A scintillating, encyclopaedic history, rich in detail from the arcane to the familiar… a veritable tour de force’ Richard Overy, New Statesman ‘Transnational history at its finest … .. social, political and cultural themes swirl together in one great canvas of immense detail and beauty’ Gerard DeGroot, The Times ‘Dazzlingly erudite and entertaining’ Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times A masterpiece which brings to life an extraordinarly turbulent and dramatic era of revolutionary change. The Pursuit of Power draws on a lifetime of thinking about nineteenth-century Europe to create an extraordinarily rich, surprising and entertaining panorama of a continent undergoing drastic transformation. The book aims to reignite the sense of wonder that permeated this remarkable era, as rulers and ruled navigated overwhelming cultural, political and technological changes. It was a time where what was seen as modern with amazing speed appeared old-fashioned, where huge cities sprang up in a generation, new European countries were created and where, for the first time, humans could communicate almost instantly over thousands of miles. In the period bounded by the Battle of Waterloo and the outbreak of World War I, Europe dominated the rest of the world as never before or since: this book breaks new ground by showing how the continent shaped, and was shaped by, its interactions with other parts of the globe. Richard Evans explores fully the revolutions, empire-building and wars that marked the nineteenth century, but the book is about so much more, whether it is illness, serfdom, religion or philosophy. The Pursuit of Power is a work by a historian at the height of his powers: essential for anyone trying to understand Europe, then or now.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History

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