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BOOK REVIEWS - CIVILIZATION: THE WEST AND THE REST. BY NIALL FERGUSSON. IAŞI: POLIROM, 2011. Authors: . |
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Abstract: Niall Ferguson (b. 18 April 1964) is a British historian specialised in the field of economic history, his career having an ascending path, as he holds the positions of history professor at Harvard University and Harvard Business School, Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College (Oxford University), Senior Fellow at Hoover Institution (Stanford University) and a professor of history and international relations at London School of Economics. Among the works that made his famous we would like to specify a few titles: Paper and Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation 1897-1927 (1993), Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals (1997), The Pity of War: Explaining World War One (1998), The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000 (2001), Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World (2003), Colossus: The Rise And Fall Of The American Empire (2004), and The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World (2008). | |||||||