History / World

A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society.

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization.

A radical revision of the geographical history of the discovery of the Americas that links Columbus's southbound route with colonialism, slavery, and today's divide between the industrialized North and the developing South.

The essays in this book examine how the West modernized and what that modernization meant to human society, particularly in Western Europe and the United States. Within that frame are several distinct...