Adam Tooze's Book Recommendations
Adam Tooze is a British historian specializing in 20th-century and 21st-century history. He is a professor at Columbia University and is known for his work on economic history, including his books examining the financial crises of the 21st century. His book recommendations suggest an interest in political and economic history.
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📚 Books Recommended by Adam Tooze 6
A Vast Machine
"An amazing book!"
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Central Banking and Financialization
"Staggering book on 1990s."
book list View source ↗"Folks really need to check out @DanielaGabor staggering book on 1990s: Central Banking and Financialization: A Romanian Account of how Eastern Europe became Subprime (Studies in Economic Transition) Mind-blowing."
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Oil Revolution
"Fascinating book on postcolonial politics & oil."
book list View source ↗"How Gulf oil state revenue surged in the 1950s following the 50/50 deals of the postwar period. The plateau of the 1960s triggered the frustrations that set up OPEC. Great graphic from @CRWDietrich fascinating book on postcolonial politics & oil, Oil Revolution (2017)."
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An Introduction to Contemporary History
"@MWalkerKane Completely agree! Astonishingly prescient book."
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"August 1870: first week of Franco-Prussian war dominated by border clashes at Spichern and Wörth. Maps from excellent new book by @dr_arand that tells story of war from perspective of individual participants."
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Political Ecology
"POLITICAL ecology. The book that accompanied the famous film by the Grzimek, the German father-son team of wildlife campaigners - The Serengeti must not die - had a telling subtitle: "367,000 animals in search of a STATE". Fascinating!"
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