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08-15-2005, 02:36 PM
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World History Book
One of my worst subjects, so I want a good book on it. Nothing very political or philosophical - just a good account of the history of the world.
I heard of a book with a title something like "Men, Machines, and Money" that was such a book - the title could be way off, but I'm pretty sure "machines" was in the title. A search on Amazon didn't give me anything. Besides that one, can anyone recommend a decent book? 
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08-15-2005, 02:41 PM
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Re: World History Book
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08-15-2005, 02:44 PM
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Re: World History Book
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One of my worst subjects, so I want a good book on it. Nothing very political or philosophical - just a good account of the history of the world. I heard of a book with a title something like "Men, Machines, and Money" that was such a book - the title could be way off, but I'm pretty sure "machines" was in the title. A search on Amazon didn't give me anything. Besides that one, can anyone recommend a decent book? [/ QUOTE ] Perhaps you mean Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel." This is not a "history" book per se, but more of a meta-history - an outline of the initial environmental conditions that gave some regions a big advantage over others. I recommend it unreservedly.
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08-15-2005, 02:51 PM
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Re: World History Book
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] One of my worst subjects, so I want a good book on it. Nothing very political or philosophical - just a good account of the history of the world. I heard of a book with a title something like "Men, Machines, and Money" that was such a book - the title could be way off, but I'm pretty sure "machines" was in the title. A search on Amazon didn't give me anything. Besides that one, can anyone recommend a decent book? [/ QUOTE ] Perhaps you mean Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel." This is not a "history" book per se, but more of a meta-history - an outline of the initial environmental conditions that gave some regions a big advantage over others. I recommend it unreservedly. [/ QUOTE ] Yes - that's it. You the man.
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08-15-2005, 03:17 PM
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Re: World History Book
i used this book for my world history class fall. and when i say i used i mean my teacher used and i stopped reading it after the 1st ch. not bad from what i read just history isn't my thing and u could easily get thru the class by just taking notes in class.
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