Niall Ferguson: 24 books
The House of Rothschild
Volume 2: The World's Banker: 1849-1999
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
A major work of economic, social and political history, Niall Ferguson's The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849-1999 is the second volume of the acclaimed, landmark history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty.
Niall Ferguson's House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848...
The Pity of War
Explaining World War I
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I
The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German...
Empire
How Britain Made the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empire
Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and the deserts of Arabia. Just how did a...
The Square and the Tower
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
**The instant New York Times bestseller.
A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks.
“Captivating and compelling.” —The New York Times
"Niall...
Has the European Experiment Failed?: The Munk Debate on Europe
The Munk Debate on Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
In the sweep of human history, the European Union stands out as one of humankind's most ambitious endeavours. It encompasses half a billion people, twenty-seven member states, twenty-three languages, and an economy valued at over $15 trillion. Modern Europe's stunning achievements aside, its sovereign...
Türme und Plätze
Die verborgene Geschichte der Netzwerke
Language: German
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Die Welt war schon immer vernetzt, sagt der renommierte Historiker Niall Ferguson. In seiner brillanten Analyse der sozialen Netzwerke seit der frühen Neuzeit zeigt er, welche politische und wirtschaftliche Rolle sie in der Weltgeschichte seit jeher spielen. Wir haben uns längst daran gewöhnt,...
Civilization
The West and the Rest
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower
Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries.
How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western...
The Great Degeneration
How Institutions Decay and Economies Die
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, a searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens our collective future
What causes rich countries to lose their way? Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing...
Kissinger
1923-1968: The Idealist
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
**From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, the definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papers.
Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award**
No American statesman has been as revered...
by Niall Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2005
Is America an empire? Certainly not, according to our government. Despite the conquest of two sovereign states in as many years, despite the presence of more than 750 military installations in two thirds of the world’s countries and despite his stated intention "to extend the benefits of freedom...to...
El triunfo del dinero
Cómo las finanzas mueven el mundo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 22, 2011
La fascinante y enrevesada historia del invento más decisivo de la humanidad: el dinero.
Pasta, guita, plata, parné, duros. Da igual cómo lo llamemos, pero lo cierto es que el dinero importa ahora más que nunca. En El triunfo del dinero Niall Ferguson demuestra que la historia de las finanzas...
The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2008
The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency
In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of "Chimerica"...
The Abyss
World War I and the End of the First Age of Globalization--A Selection from The War of the World (Penguin Tracks)
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Excerpted from Niall Ferguson’s sprawling bestseller The War of the World, The Abyss now stands on its own as one of the most thrilling short histories of World War I ever written. This is not a conventional military history about battles and generals. Rather, The Abyss examines how World War I...
by Niall Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2008
What if there had been no American War of Independence? What if Hitler had invaded Britain? What if Kennedy had lived? What if Russia had won the Cold War? Niall Ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed The Pity of War, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into...
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