Interviewer
Jordan Schneider
Interviews by Jordan Schneider
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama -
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Seeing Like a State
by James C Scott -
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The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics
by Edna Ernestine Kramer -
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Finite and Infinite Games
by James Carse
The best books on How the World Works, recommended by Venkatesh Rao
The best books on How the World Works, recommended by Venkatesh Rao
Armed with one of the 'big histories' currently in vogue, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and a tome about how modern maths came to be, you too can get a grip on how the world works. Tech blogger Venkatesh Rao chooses some good books for those who agree with Socrates that 'for a human being, the unexamined life is not worth living.'
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Super Sad True Love Story
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China's Superbank: Debt, Oil and Influence - How China Development Bank is Rewriting the Rules of Finance
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Economic Statecraft
by David Allen Baldwin -
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Network Power: The Social Dynamics of Globalization
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Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
by Adam Hochschild
The best books on Geoeconomics, recommended by Jennifer M Harris
The best books on Geoeconomics, recommended by Jennifer M Harris
With its passion for neoliberal ideology, the US uses its economic weight clumsily in terms of foreign policy, says former state department official and senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Jennifer M. Harris. Here she picks the best books for understanding the vital area of geoeconomics.
The best books on World War III, recommended by P W Singer and August Cole
What will the next global conflict look like? Two of America’s leading defence experts, P W Singer and August Cole, turned to science fiction to explore the prospect of a future war, and how existing technology might be used in one. Here, they choose five novels depicting a fictional World War Three that served as inspiration.
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The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia
by James C Scott -
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The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China
by Mark C Elliott -
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Wolf Totem
by Jiang Rong -
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The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History
by Rian Thum -
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Forgotten Kingdom: Lijiang and the Naxi People
by Peter Goullart
The best books on Minority Survival in China, recommended by James Palmer
The best books on Minority Survival in China, recommended by James Palmer
China’s minority peoples have shaped the country’s history and its identity. They led its most successful dynasty, the Qing. But nowadays, their role has been reduced to that of tourist spectacle. Beijing-based writer James Palmer picks the best books on China’s ethnic minorities.