50% off World History series!
Haven't had a chance to read all of our acclaimed World History series yet? Now is your chance to pick up Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, A History of Gold and Money, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, and more all for 50% off!
From now through to December 1st all eleven of the Verso World History series are 50% off with FREE shipping when you purchase from our website.
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Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism
by Perry Anderson
“A complex, beautifully interwoven account of Europe from the ancient Greeks to modern absolutist monarchies ... exhilarating. ” — Guardian
Lineages of the Absolutist State
by Perry Anderson
“A dazzlingly provocative narrative of the two millenia between Pericles and Louis XIV. ” — Sunday Times
The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800
by Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin
“It is one of the most exciting scholarly books ever written on printing ... This book is serious work—marvelously rich and stimulating.” — Sunday Times
Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? The "Final Solution" in History
by Arno Mayer
“As fresh, challenging and thought-provoking in its conceptualization as it is thoroughly researched and brilliantly, stylishly and above all sensitively written … a masterly study.” — The Nation
The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery: 1776-1848
by Robin Blackburn
“One of the finest studies of slavery and abolition.” — Eric Foner
The Making of New World Slavery: From the Baroque to the Modern, 1492-1800
by Robin Blackburn
“Blackburn's book has finally drawn the veil which concealed or made mysterious the history and development of modem society.” — Guardian
The Meaning of the Second World War
by Ernest Mandel
“One of the most creative and independent-minded revolutionary Marxists of the post-war world.” — Guardian
A History of Gold and Money: 1450-1920
by Pierre Vilar
Translated by Judith White
“A work of sweeping scholarship, it is impressive and welcome in English.” — Economist
The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War
by Arno Mayer
“A seminal book—extremely challenging.” — Carlo Ginzburg
The History of the Paris Commune of 1871
by Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray
Preface by Eric Hazan
“Lissagaray relives the Commune with all the bitterness of a man who could see the tragedy unfold, even as he played his part, dutifully, to the end.” — Paul Mason, author of Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere
The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations
by Max Weber
Translated by R.I. Frank
“The prestige of Max Weber among European social scientists would be difficult to overestimate. He is widely considered the greatest of German sociologists and ... has become a leading influence in European and American thought.” —Hans Heinrich Gerth and Charles Wright Mills