Najlepsze książki z kategorii Microhistory

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Salt

autor: Mark Kurlansky • 2002

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

3.75

77 000+

🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory

Salt

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

autor: Mark Kurlansky 2002 484 stron

3.75

77 000+ ocen

🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory

Shroom

autor: Andy Letcher • 2007

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

3.87

375

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy

Shroom

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

autor: Andy Letcher 2007 384 stron

3.87

375 ocen

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy

Concrete Planet

autor: Robert Courland • 2011

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

3.89

218

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Concrete Planet

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

autor: Robert Courland 2011 400 stron

3.89

218 ocen

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Tulipmania

autor: Mike Dash • 2000

A tulip worth a house: the virus that streaked its petals sparked the first speculative mania.

3.66

2000+

🏛️ Economic History 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🇳🇱 Dutch Golden Age

Tulipmania

A tulip worth a house: the virus that streaked its petals sparked the first speculative mania.

autor: Mike Dash 2000

3.66

2000+ ocen

🏛️ Economic History 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🇳🇱 Dutch Golden Age

The Pencil

autor: Henry Petroski • 1992

A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.

3.80

500+

🏭 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ Engineering Design

The Pencil

A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.

autor: Henry Petroski 1992 434 stron

3.80

500+ ocen

🏭 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ Engineering Design

The Dirt on Clean

autor: Katherine Ashenburg • 2007

Roman luxury, medieval sin, modern obsession: the hidden forces that shaped our hygiene.

3.71

2000+

🧼 History Of Hygiene 🔍 Microhistory 🦵 Body History

The Dirt on Clean

Roman luxury, medieval sin, modern obsession: the hidden forces that shaped our hygiene.

autor: Katherine Ashenburg 2007 249 stron

3.71

2000+ ocen

🧼 History Of Hygiene 🔍 Microhistory 🦵 Body History

The Book on the Bookshelf

autor: Henry Petroski • 1999

Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.

3.75

1000+

📦 Material Culture 📖 History Of Reading 🏛️ Library History

The Book on the Bookshelf

Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.

autor: Henry Petroski 1999 307 stron

3.75

1000+ ocen

📦 Material Culture 📖 History Of Reading 🏛️ Library History

Cod

autor: Mark Kurlansky • 1997

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

3.92

25 000+

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Cod

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

autor: Mark Kurlansky 1997 294 stron

3.92

25 000+ ocen

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Bleu

autor: Michel Pastoureau • 2000

The Virgin Mary, a French king, and denim: how blue went from barbarian to beloved.

3.99

1000+

🏛️ Cultural History 🎨 Color History 👗 Fashion History

Bleu

The Virgin Mary, a French king, and denim: how blue went from barbarian to beloved.

autor: Michel Pastoureau 2000 216 stron

3.99

1000+ ocen

🏛️ Cultural History 🎨 Color History 👗 Fashion History

It's All a Game

autor: Tristan Donovan • 2017

The board games in your closet once trained generals, hid spies, and taught machines to think.

3.96

1000+

🎲 Board Game History 🔍 Cultural History 🎨 Game Design

It's All a Game

The board games in your closet once trained generals, hid spies, and taught machines to think.

autor: Tristan Donovan 2017 304 stron

3.96

1000+ ocen

🎲 Board Game History 🔍 Cultural History 🎨 Game Design

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