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Barons of Banking: Glimpses of Indian Banking History Dadabhoy Bakhtiar K.

Barons Of Banking Highlights The Contributions Of Six Distinguished Personalities From The World Of Banking-Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas Sir Chintaman D. Deshmukh A.D. Shroff H.T. Parekh And R.K. Talwar-Who Not Only Played A... more

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Pre-Owned Banking on Baghdad: Inside Iraq s 7 000-Year History of War Profit and Conflict (Paperback) 0471773492 9780471773498

Big business and global warfare have long been fiery and symbiotic forces in Iraq. Banking on Baghdad tells the dramatic and tragic history of a land long the center of world commerce-and documents the many ways Iraq s recent history mirrors its... more

Framing Finance : The Boundaries of Markets and Modern Capitalism (Hardcover)

As the banking crisis and its effects on the world economy have made plain the stock market is of colossal importance to our livelihoods. In Framing Finance Alex Preda looks at the history of the market to figure out how we arrived at a point where... more

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History of Water A Series II Volume 1: Ideas of Water from Ancient Societies to the Modern World (Hardcover)

How has water been perceived in different societies and across different eras of world history? How have these changing conceptions informed and influenced our ideas about society and ourselves? In The Idea of Water leading international scholars... more

Oxford Handbooks The Oxford Handbook of the Atlantic World (Hardcover)

The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive overview of Atlantic history from c.1450 to c.1850 offering a wide-ranging and authoritative account of the movement of people plants pathogens products and cultural practices--to mention some of the... more

Blackwell History of Europe: Europe Between Democracy and Dictatorship: 1900 - 1945 (Paperback)

Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe s turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction of the First and Second World Wars. Written by a... more

The Freemasons : A History of the World s Most Powerful Secret Society (Paperback)

What did Mozart and Bach Oscar Wilde and Anthony Trollope George Washington and Frederick the Great Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt have in common? They were all Freemasons a secret society that has been the subject of endless... more

The Illustrated History of World WarTwo : An authoritative and detailed account of the military and political events of the second world war with over 350 photographs and maps (Paperback)

9781844769803. New condition. Paperback. Language: English. Pages: 160. 160 p. Contains: Unspecified. Includes unspecified. This is a highly readable history of the military and political events of the war from the rapid advance of the Nazi forces... more

Economics of the Middle East Islamic Banking and Finance: Definitive Texts and Cases (Hardcover)

In a world where conventional interest-based finance is the dominant framework Islamic banking faces many challenges. This book is the first to address different Islamic banking issues from both the researchers and practitioners perspective across... more

Capitals of Capital: The Rise and Fall of International Financial Centres 1780-2009 (Paperback)

This is the first history of international financial centres and of the major stake that they now represent in the global economy. Youssef Cassis one of the world s leading financial historians provides a fascinating comparative history of the most... more

International Library of Twentieth Century History: Non-alignment and Its Origins in Cold War Europe: Yugoslavia Finland and the Soviet Challenge (Hardcover)

After World War II Europe stood divided between two clearly defined and competing ideologies and systems of government. Within this context of confrontation and mutual hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union Rinna Kullaa provides a... more

How Rome Fell : Death of a Superpower (Paperback)

A major new history of the fall of the Roman Empire by the prizewinning author of Caesar In AD 200 the Roman Empire seemed unassailable its vast territory accounting for most of the known world. By the end of the fifth century Roman rule had... more

Cambridge Illustrated Histories The Cambridge Illustrated History of China (Paperback)

More populous than any other country on earth China also occupies a unique place in our modern world for the continuity of its history and culture. In this sumptuously illustrated single-volume history now in its second edition noted historian... more

Enduring Success : What We Can Learn from the History of Outstanding Corporations (Hardcover)

Enduring Success explores how some of the world s top-performing and longest-standing companies have consistently beat their competitors for more than 100 years. more

Revolutions in the Atlantic World: A Comparative History (Paperback)

In the late eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries revolutions transformed the British French and Spanish Atlantic worlds. During this time colonial and indigenous people rioted and rebelled against their occupiers in violent pursuit of political... more

Cambridge Military Histories Foch in Command: The Forging of a First World War General (Hardcover)

Ferdinand Foch ended the First World War as Marshal of France and supreme commander of the Allied armies on the Western Front. Foch in Command is a pioneering study of his contribution to the Allied victory. Elizabeth Greenhalgh uses contemporary... more

The British Atlantic World 1500-1800 (Paperback)

This core textbook gathers an international team of historians to present a comprehensive account of the central themes in the histories of Britain British America and the British Caribbean seen in Atlantic perspective. This collection of individual... more

Images of America: Cuyahoga County : The First 200 Years (Paperback)

Cuyahoga County located on the shores of Lake Erie and the banks of the Cuyahoga has recently marked its bicentennial celebrating two centuries of history and achievement. From the county s creation in 1808 to the World War II era and beyond... more

Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900 (Paperback)

The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History since 1900 explores the history of modern relations between the U.S. Europe Africa Asia Latin America and the Middle East. The book s unique analytical framework--which focuses on the... more

Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture: German Scholars in Exile : New Studies in Intellectual History (Hardcover)

German Scholars in Exiledeals with intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and found refuge in either the United States or in American Services in Great Britain and post-WWII Germany. The volume focuses on scholars who were outside the commonly known... more

World Since 1980 South Korea Since 1980 (Hardcover)

This book examines the changes in politics economics society and foreign policy in South Korea since 1980. Starting with a brief description of its history leading up to 1980 this book deals with South Korea s transition to democracy the stunning... more

Southeast Asia : Crossroads of the World 2nd Edition (Paperback)

This accessible text provides a useful introductory look at the history cultures and politics of Southeast Asia an area that is home to more than 400 million people. Neher offers an overview of the region which comprises eleven nations: Brunei Burma... more

Routledge History of the Ancient World The Roman World 44 BC-AD 180 (Hardcover)

The Roman World 44 BC - AD 180 deals with the transformation of the Mediterranean regions northern Europe and the Near East by the military autocrats who ruled Rome during this period. The book traces the impact of imperial politics on life in the... more

New Narratives in American History Cry Liberty: The Great Stono River Slave Rebellion of 1739 (Paperback)

The story of slavery in the colonial New World is in part one of rebellion. In Jamaica Hispaniola Dutch Surinam and elsewhere massive uprisings threatened European rule. But not in British North America. Between the founding of Jamestown in 1607 and... more

Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population (Paperback)

Fatal Misconception is the disturbing story of our quest to remake humanity by policing national borders and breeding better people. As the population of the world doubled once and then again well-meaning people concluded that only population... more

Bombing States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940-1945 (Paperback)

This is the first book to treat bombing during WWII as a European phenomenon and not just the Blitz on Britain and Germany. With Western Europe now at the heart of a united continent it is even more difficult to explain how only 70 years ago... more

Modern Library Chronicles Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History (Paperback)

Acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan explores here the many ways in which history affects us all. She shows how a deeper engagement with history both as individuals and in the sphere of public debate can help us understand ourselves and the world... more

What Makes Great Leaders Great: Management Lessons from Icons Who Changed the World (Hardcover)

Master the skills that icons throughout history have used to achieve the highest levels of success This is an intelligent knowledgeable presentation of management. The pragmatic approach of learning from icons makes the book extremely worthwhile... more

Zones of Violence Frontiers of Violence in North-East Africa: Genealogies of Conflict Since C.1800 (Hardcover)

Northeast Africa has one of the richest histories in the world and yet also one of the most violent. Richard Reid offers an historical analysis of violent conflict in northeast Africa through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries incorporating the... more

Jimmy Stewart Is Dead: Ending the World s Ongoing Financial Plague with Limited Purpose Banking (Paperback)

Discover how the global financial plague is poised to return and what can be done to stop it This is not your father s financial system. Jimmy Stewart the trustworthy honest banker in the movie It s a Wonderful Life is dead. And so is his small-town... more

Themes in World History Alcohol in World History (Paperback)

From the origins of drinking to the use and abuse of alcohol in the present day this global historical study draws on approaches and research from biology anthropology sociology and psychology. Topics covered include: the impact of colonialism... more

Nineteenth-Century Europe: A Cultural History (Paperback)

Nineteenth-Century Europe offers a much-needed concise and fresh look at European culture between the Great Revolution in France and the First World War. It encompasses all major themes of the period from the rising nationalism of the early... more

A Measureless Peril : America in the Fight for the Atlantic the Longest Battle of World War II (Paperback)

An exciting history told with a novelist s eye and filled with intimate details of the longest and largest battle of WWII--the fight for the Atlantic Ocean. Of all the threats that faced his country in World War II Winston Churchill said just one... more

Stackpole Military History Series: Hitler s Nemesis : The Red Army 1930-45 (Paperback)

Details on the Soviet infantry armor artillery and cavalry formations that waged World War II on the Eastern Front. Fills a major gap in our understanding of the Red Army. Based on painstaking archival research. more