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Now a Netflix Original Documentary America was once celebrated for and defined by its large and prosperous middle class. Now, this middle class is shrinking, a new oligarchy is …
In this book, Eric Hobsbawm chronicles the events and trends that led to the triumph of private enterprise and its exponents in the years between 1848 and 1875. Along with …
The forthcoming General Election will be one of the most decisive in British post-war history. If the Conservatives were to win again, it would confirm that British democracy is a …
And what can the story of Aladdin teach us about today's world?In this brilliantly original, provocative and witty book, Geoffrey Miller - acclaimed author of The Mating Mind - …
and reveals why we must - and how we can - change our economic culture in this time of crisis. This is a masterful roadmap for prosperity, a programme designed to bridge divides …
A "skillful and lucid" (The Wall Street Journal) way of thinking about efficiency, challenging our obsession with it--and offering a new understanding of how to benefit from the …
Everyone has heard of the workhouse. But exactly what was it? Who went there? And how did an institution so universally hated come to be set up? This title tells the story from its …
Welcome to the new China, a nation in perpetual fast forward - where cities rebuild themselves in double quick time, peasants leave the land in their millions, and parents scratch …
Between 1890 and 1914 the City of London was all dominant as Britain's legendary gold standard reigned supreme across the globe. Combining brilliant scholarship with high …
A World of Its Own tells the story of the City of London's nineteenth century ascent to its position as the world's leading international financial centre.