Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power by Steve CollRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.6Overview: In Private Empire Steve Coll investigates the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil’s annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries. In many of the […]
Power & Empire Series (#1-5) by L. J. HuttonRequirements: .ePUB Reader | 8.97 MBOverview: L. J. Hutton is an English writer living in the Midlands, with a passion for history – especially anything medieval – and rescued dogs. After a series of mundane jobs she escaped to Birmingham University and did two degrees, and now […]
Roman Power: A Thousand Years of Empire by William V. HarrisRequirements: .ePUB reader, 16.3 MBOverview: The Roman Empire was one of the largest and most enduring in world history. In his new book, distinguished historian W. V. Harris sets out to explain, within an eclectic theoretical framework, the waxing and eventual waning of Roman imperial […]
The Great Powers and the End of the Ottoman Empire by Marian Kent (Editor)Requirements: .PDF reader, 2.1 MBOverview: How far was the end of the Ottoman Empire the result of Great Power imperialism and how far the result of structural weaknesses within the Empire itself? These studies of the foreign policy of each of the […]
Powering Empire: How Coal Made the Middle East and Sparked Global Carbonization by On BarakRequirements: .PDF reader, 8.1 MBOverview: The Age of Empire was driven by coal, and the Middle East–as an idea–was made by coal. Coal’s imperial infrastructure presaged the geopolitics of oil that wreaks carnage today, as carbonization threatens our very climate. Powering […]
