Books like Civilization: The West and the Rest
12 books with a reading profile close to Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Eduardo Galeano details how European and North American industrial growth relied upon the systematic extraction of Latin American natural resources.
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Daron Acemoğlu and James Robinson argue that the fundamental driver of a country’s economic success is the nature of its political and economic institutions.
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3
No Logo
by Naomi Klein
Also outward-looking · analytical, academic
Naomi Klein argues that major corporations shifted their focus in the late twentieth century from manufacturing physical goods to marketing abstract brand identities.
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Financing Higher Education
Also outward-looking · analytical, academic
Nicholas Barr argues that higher education systems must transition from state-funded models to a combination of market-driven tuition and government-backed lending.
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Gordon Campbell coordinates a chronological survey that expands the Renaissance beyond its traditional fifteenth-century Tuscan borders.
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Art Under Control in North Korea
by Jane Portal
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Jane Portal examines the institutional mechanisms through which the North Korean state dictates artistic production.
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Richard Rothstein identifies the specific local, state, and federal policies that created and enforced residential segregation across the United States.
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Angela Davis connects disparate liberation efforts through a framework of intersectional internationalism.
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9
History of Beauty
by Umberto Eco
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Umberto Eco examines the shifting definitions of aesthetics in Western civilization from ancient Greece to the dawn of the twenty-first century.
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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
by Chris Miller
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Chris Miller explains how semiconductors became the backbone of modern civilization, determining both economic success and military dominance.
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
by Naomi Klein
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Naomi Klein argues that free-market economists use large-scale crises to push through unpopular neoliberal policies while citizens are in states of collective shock.
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Truth and fiction in the Da Vinci code
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Bart Ehrman examines the historical claims presented in Dan Brown’s novel, specifically addressing the origins of the New Testament and the identity of Mary Magdalene.
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