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Health and the Rise of Civilization
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Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
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A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy
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Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature
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Cities and Economic Development: From the Dawn of History to the Present
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The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1850 (The New Economic History of Britain seri)
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The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
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The Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress
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Cities in Civilization
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The Commercial Revolution of the Middle Ages, 950-1350
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A History of Mechanical Inventions: Revised Edition
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Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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The Search For Modern China
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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
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The Gene: An Intimate History
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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
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The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History
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Floods, Famines, And Emperors: El Nino And The Fate Of Civilizations
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The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850
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The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization
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The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
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China's Past, China's Future
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China's Environmental Crisis: An Enquiry Into the Limits of National Development
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Cycles of Life: Civilization and the Biosphere
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Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts
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Still the Iron Age: Iron and Steel in the Modern World
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Energy In World History
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The Earth's Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change
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Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences
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Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization
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Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines
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Why America Is Not a New Rome
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Power Density: A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses
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Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made
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Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization
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Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects
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Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties
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Global Ecology
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Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact (Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact)
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Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production
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Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science to the Energy Policy Debate
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The Brenner Debate: Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-industrial Europe
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