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A sweeping, microscopic-to-macroscopic journey through the everyday habits and grand economic shifts that built the modern world. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Civilisation matérielle, économie et capitalisme.
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- immersive
- contemplative
- grounded
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The Mediterranean
Fernand Braudel
A sweeping, panoramic immersion into the geography, economics, and enduring history of the Mediterranean world.
- 02
The Age of Revolution
Eric J. Hobsbawm · 1962
A sweeping, intellectually thrilling masterclass on the twin engines of industry and rebellion that forged the modern world.
- 03
The age of extremes
Eric J. Hobsbawm
A sweeping, sobering masterclass in making sense of the twentieth century's most turbulent and transformative decades.
- 04
Why the West Rules - For Now
Ian Morris
A sweeping, God's-eye view of human history that turns millennia of data into a gripping puzzle about geography, power, and our collective future.
- 05
Energy in world history
Vaclav Smil · 1994
A sweeping, deeply pragmatic lens on human history that reveals the hidden physical forces shaping our world.
- 06
The Great Transformation
Karl Polanyi · 1983
A sweeping, intellectually rigorous dismantling of the free-market myth that fundamentally changes how you view the relationship between society and the economy.
- 07
Le capital au XXIe siècle
Thomas Piketty
A monumental, data-driven reckoning with the historical forces that concentrate wealth and power.
- 08
Europe and the people without history
Eric R. Wolf · 1982
A sweeping, analytical exploration of the economic and social transformations that connected the globe from 1492 onward.
- 09
From Dawn to Decadence
Jacques Barzun · 2001
A sweeping, graceful journey through five hundred years of Western intellectual and cultural history.
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The wealth and poverty of nations
David S. Landes
A sweeping, opinionated masterclass in economic history that challenges the reader to grapple with the cultural and technological roots of global inequality.
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Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft
Max Weber · 1922
A monumental, intellectually demanding architecture of thought that maps the invisible forces governing human society and modern bureaucracy.
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The city in history
Lewis Mumford · 1961
A sweeping, philosophical journey through the stone, steel, and spirit of human civilization.
