Topic: History

Weapons in Space

Weapons in Space

A new and provocative take on the formerly classified history of accelerating superpower military competition in space in the late Cold War and beyond. In March 1983, President Ronald Reagan...
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336 pages
2024-05-07 Published
Visions of a Digital Nation

Visions of a Digital Nation

Why the privatization of British Telecom signaled a pivotal moment in the rise of neoliberalism, and how it was shaped by the longer development and digitalization of Britain's telecommunications infrastructure....
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352 pages
2024-02-06 Published
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The Green Power of Socialism

How the Soviet forestry industry developed a unique form of industrial ecology—a commonsense approach toward natural resources for the economy and society. In The Green Power of Socialism, Elena Kochetkovaexamines the relationship...
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256 pages
2024-02-20 Published
The Computers That Made Britain

The Computers That Made Britain

INSIDE THE HOME COMPUTER REVOLUTION OF THE 1980s The home computer boom of the 1980s brought with it now iconic machines such as the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Commodore...
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300 pages
2021-05-28 Published