The Empire of Necessity

Groundbreaking analysis and gripping storytelling from one of today's most original and highly acclaimed historians

About the author

Greg Grandin is author of Fordlandia, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A Professor of History at New York University, he has written for the New Statesman, New York Times, and others, and has been a Guggenheim Fellow. He lives in New York.

Summary

Groundbreaking analysis and gripping storytelling from one of today’s most original and highly acclaimed historians

Product details

• Authors: Greg Grandin
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2015
• EAN: 9781780746456
• ISBN: 978-1-78074-645-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, HISTORY / Oceania, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, maritime history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Australasian & Pacific history, South Pacific, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Australasian and Pacific history, Slavery and abolition of slavery, history; slavery; abolitionism