24. ‘Your English Summer's Done’
Christopher Harvie and H. C. G. Matthew
in Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction
‘Your English Summer's Done’ describes the lead-up to the First World War. Britain's entente policy committed it to the French and Russian side of the European equation. Britain could bring ...
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5. NEP: society and culture
S. A. Smith
in The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
From the start of the NEP, social inequality rose. Class remained a fragile structure. ‘NEP: society and culture’ considers what the Soviets did to refashion the social systems in Russia, ...
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6. Trading and spending
Christopher J. Berry
in Adam Smith: A Very Short Introduction
In Book IV of the Wealth of Nations, Smith identifies two faulty alternatives to his own explanation of the wealth of nations: the French Physiocrats, who argued that land is the sole ...
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2. Where did capitalism come from?
James Fulcher
in Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
How did capitalism originate? ‘Where did capitalism come from?’ argues that although capitalist production made its first fully developed appearance in Britain, key capitalist institutions ...
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10. Britons and Romans
Barry Cunliffe
in The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
According to ‘Britons and Romans’, Classical authors perceived the inhabitants of Britain and Ireland as differing significantly from those of Gaul. To Caesar, while the Britons and the ...
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9. Gauls and Romans
Barry Cunliffe
in The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
‘Gauls and Romans’ observes that, by the time of Caesar's involvement in Gaul, the Romanizing process in the south was already sixty years old and lucrative trading networks existed. When ...
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2. Kingdoms
James R. Rush
in Southeast Asia: A Very Short Introduction
By the second or third millennium bce, the people of Southeast Asia were cultivating rice, domesticating pigs, chickens, and cattle, and forming the region’s earliest settled communities in ...
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3. New France
Alan Taylor
in Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction
The French in America hoped to get a share of the American wealth they saw the Spanish taking. They turned to North America, which seemed a safer setting for a colony. ‘New France’ charts ...
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5. New England
Alan Taylor
in Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction
The English founded a new set of colonies in New England during the beginning of the seventeenth century. This area attracted a different type of colonist: people of some wealth, espousing ...
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6. Diplomacy in the age of globalization
Joseph M. Siracusa
in Diplomacy: A Very Short Introduction
‘Diplomacy in the age of globalization’ discusses the diplomatic challenges faced by globalization. The diplomacy of the global economic system ranges from the activities of transnational ...
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2. Shaping the continent
Kenneth Morgan
in Australia: A Very Short Introduction
‘Shaping the continent’ looks at the elements that have determined Australia's economy and population. Ownership of land is key: land availability, land use, exploitation, pastoral ...
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2. The rise of the West
Robert C. Allen
in Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction
Why has the world become increasingly unequal? ‘The rise of the West’ looks at how geography, institutions, culture, technological change, globalization, and economic policy have played a ...
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3. Aztec expansion through conquest and trade
Davíd Carrasco
in The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction
‘Aztec expansion through conquest and trade’ examines the Codex Mendoza. The Codex Mendoza is a rare example of Spanish and Aztec cooperation, and tells the story of the Aztec people. ...
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2. Eras of silk road fluorescence
James A. Millward
in The Silk Road: A Very Short Introduction
‘Eras of silk road fluorescence’ looks at the effect on silk road communications of shifting political groupings. The most intense communications took place when both nomadic states and the ...
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2. Civil war and the foundation of the Bolshevik regime
S. A. Smith
in The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
The October revolution was viewed as a chance for justice and equality to prevail over the old regime of arbitrariness and exploitation. The Bolsheviks hoped that revolution would break out ...
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4. NEP: politics and the economy
S. A. Smith
in The Russian Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
In March 1921, many feared that the new regime in Russia would not survive. In response Congress endorsed the abandonment of forced requisitioning in favour of a tax in kind on the ...
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6. Crises of neoliberalism: the 2000s and beyond
Manfred B. Steger and Ravi K. Roy
in Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction
Whilst early manifestations of neoliberalism have had their day, ‘Crises of Neoliberalism’ shows that neoliberalism has been extremely adaptable to specific social contexts. One of the ...
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2. The creation of the World Trade Organization
Amrita Narlikar
in The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction
‘The creation of the World Trade Organization’ outlines the creation and structure of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in ...
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5. Settling disputes
Amrita Narlikar
in The World Trade Organization: A Very Short Introduction
‘Settling disputes’ outlines the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU), the single, highly legalized settlement body of the World Trade Organization. The onus falls on members to make ...
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Introduction
Ashley Jackson
in The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction
At its height, the British Empire comprised over 13,000,000 square miles — nearly one quarter of the earth's land surface — and Britain was responsible for ruling over 500 million people, ...
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