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A History of the Netherlands
From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
2019 || Paperback || Friso Wielenga || Bloomsbury Publishing
This is the most comprehensive history of the Netherlands available in the English language. It surveys Dutch history from the 16th century, when the nation took shape as a geographical, administrative and political entity, right through to the Netherlands of today. Examining domestic politics and wider international contexts, as well as economic and cultural history, Friso Wielenga provides a varied and in-depth investigation that will lead to a rich understanding of the country's past.
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The Golden Road
How Ancient India Transformed the World
2024 || Paperback || William Dalrymple || Bloomsbury Publishing
For most of its modern history, India was fated to be on the receiving end of cultural influence from other civilisations. But this isn't the complete story. A full millennium earlier, India's major cultural exports - religion, art, technology, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, language and literature - were shaping civilisations, traveling as far as Afghanistan in the West and Japan in the East.
Out of India came pioneering merchants, astronomers and astrologers, scientists and ma...
History by Numbers
An Introduction to Quantitative Approaches
2016 || Paperback || Prof. Pat Hudson e.a. || Bloomsbury Publishing
Fully updated and carefully revised, this new 2nd edition of History by Numbers stands alone as the only textbook on quantitative methods suitable for students of history. Even the numerically challenged will find inspiration. Taking a problem-solving approach and using authentic historical data, it describes each method in turn, including its origin, purpose, usefulness and associated pitfalls.
The problems are developed gradually and with narrative skill, allowing readers to experience the ...