Books by Nicholas B. Dirks
“To prepare the chapter on India in my own book, by reading great works like Nicholas Dirks’s book, I feel like I’m starting to understand the modern history of this country a lot better.” Read more...
The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology
Thomas Piketty, Economist
Interviews where books by Nicholas B. Dirks were recommended
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The Great Demarcation: The French Revolution and the Invention of Modern Property
by Rafe Blaufarb -
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Gold and Freedom: The Political Economy of Reconstruction
by Nicolas Barreyre -
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Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960
by Frederick Cooper -
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Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India
by Nicholas B. Dirks -
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The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939–1950
by Or Rosenboim
The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology, recommended by Thomas Piketty
The best books on Historical Change and Economic Ideology, recommended by Thomas Piketty
Throughout history, social and economic inequalities have been fueled and justified by different ideologies. French economist Thomas Piketty’s latest book, Capital and Ideology, looks at the advent and fall of these ideologies, and how they could evolve in the future. He recommends five great books to better understand these complex and always-evolving ideas, and their consequences for the world.