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The Greek Origins of Modern Science

The Social Foundations of Islamic Science

Islamic Science in the Middle Ages

European Science in the Middle Ages

The End of Feudalism

The Emergence of European States

Why was Science So Successful in Europe?

The Discovery of the Sea I

The Discovery of the Sea II

Why Were the Americas So Underdeveloped when Europeans Reached Them?

The Foundations of the Scientific Revolution

A History of the Mechanical Universe I

A History of the Mechanical Universe II

Economic Ideology and the Glorious Revolution

The Enlightenment in Britain and France

A History of Religious Toleration

The Industrial Revolution

The Steam Engine

The Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution

Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen in Britain in the Eighteenth Century?

The Nineteenth-Century Rules for Growth

The Second Industrial Revolution

The Division of the World

More on the Division of the World

How Modern Science Came to China

The Transformation of Japan after the Meiji Restoration

One Hundred and Fifty Years of American Growth

Why Nations Fail: Extractive and Inclusive Institutions

Why Nations Fail: Theory is Tidy, History is Messy

Democracy’s Dilemma

Property and Property Rights: A History

The Doctrines of Nineteenth-Century Socialism

The Political Impact of Nineteenth-Century Socialism

An Economic History of Russia: 1900-1924

An Economic History of Russia: 1924-1953

An Economic History of Russia: 1953-1985

An Economic History of Russia: 1985-1991

The Holodomor and Mao’s Famine

An Economic History of Postwar Japan

Chinese Politics in the Time of Deng Xiaoping

The Chinese Economy after Mao