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Big Questions in History

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ISBN-10: 0224072803

ISBN-13: 9780224072809

Edition: 2005

Authors: Harriet Swain

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A distinguished group of historians answers key questions about the past — and about the present and future. What wins wars? Why do empires rise and fall? What makes a great leader? What causes nationalism? How do spiritual movements spread? These are the questions in the forefront of our minds today but they meant just as much to people in the past. How did earlier generations tackle them, and how far can historians use the lessons of the past to help find some answers? Drawing on examples from ancient Greece to Tony Blair’s Britain, leading historical thinkers address twenty of the really big questions that have been asked over the centuries: What is history? How does personality affect…    
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Book details

Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: RHCB
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 5.72" wide x 8.92" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Preface
What is history?
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What makes a great leader?
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How does personality affect politics?
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What makes successful government?
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Why do empires rise?
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Why do revolutions happen?
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Why do economies collapse?
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What makes effective laws?
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What causes nationalism?
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Why do wars begin?
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What wins wars?
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How do civilisations develop?
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Why do religious and spiritual movements grow?
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How do intellectual movements begin?
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How does technology affect social change?
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How do cultural booms happen?
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How does private life affect public life?
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How do physical bodies affect cultural change?
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What is the impact of geography on events?
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Can history have an end?
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