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Series
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Description
Cities and Statecraft in the Renaissance looks at the rise of trade, commerce, guilds, and the merchant and ruling classes in northern Europe. This influenced the growth of towns, cities, states, and regions, who competed with one another for power, artistic talent, and creativity. At the same time, people rich and poor were struggling to establish new forms of society and government.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
xxix, 432 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
Draws on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers to offer a complete history of Venice's centuries-long reign as a naval power and maritime trading empire.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
[xvi, 560] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Americana takes us on a four-hundred-year journey of this spirit of innovation and ambition through a series of Next Big Things -- the inventions, techniques, and industries that drove American history forward: from the telegraph, the railroad, guns, radio, and banking to flight, suburbia, and sneakers, culminating with the Internet and mobile technology at the turn of the twenty-first century. The result is a thrilling alternative history of modern...
Author
Publisher
Guy Crabb Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
viii, 120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Description
"The Cross Streets is a treasure of photos and facts that inspire a fun exploration into the past of San Luis Obispo downtown buildings and businesses. Jumping every 5 years, starting in 1905, discover what kinds of businesses filled Osos, Choro, Morro, Garden, Broad, Nipomo, and other streets over the past 100 years."--Description from www.amazon.com
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xix, 282 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"By now, we all know the mythology of the digital revolution: it improved efficiency, eliminated waste, and fostered a boom in innovation. But as business reporter David Sax shows in this clear-sighted, entertaining book, not all innovations are written in source code. In fact, businesses that once looked outdated are now springing with new life. Behold the Revenge of Analog. Sax has found story after story of entrepreneurs, small business owners,...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
314 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"The merchant kings of the Age of Heroic Commerce were a rogue's gallery of larger-than-life men who, for a couple hundred years, expanded their far-flung commercial enterprises over a sizable portion of the world. They include Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the violent and autocratic pioneer of the Dutch East India Company; Peter Stuyvesant, the one-legged governor of the Dutch West India Company, whose narrow-minded approach lost Manhattan to the British;...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xix, 535 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...
11) 1493
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2011
Physical Desc
14 CDs (17 hr., 47 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Charles Mann chronicles the Age of Exploration and its consequences. Here, he looks at how the European presence affected the Americas, China, and Africa.
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