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The Mexican Heartland: How Communities Shaped Capitalism, a Nation, and World History, 1500-2000 / John Tutino

Thursday, 14 March, 2019

Nathaniel Morris tackles a fine-grained, politico-economic history of the highlands that ring Mexico City, which is also an analysis of the economic foundations of patriarchy, a study of the violence engendered by extreme inequality, and a history of world capitalism!

The English Armada: the greatest naval disaster in English history / Luis Gorrochategui Santos

Thursday, 14 March, 2019

Manuel del Campo reviews a book which sheds new light on an obscure, but fundamental, episode of the undeclared Anglo-Spanish War.

Unsettled: Refugee Camps and the Making of Multicultural Britain / Jordanna Bailkin

Thursday, 14 March, 2019

Peter Gatrell praises a singularly impressive contribution to 20th-century British history.

Austrian Reconstruction and the Collapse of Global Finance, 1921-1931 / Matthew C. Kolasa

Thursday, 28 February, 2019

Matthew Kolasa and the author discuss a valuable contribution to historical understanding of the first modern bailout in history.

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