He has also written numerous articles on nineteenth and. Soon, he finds out that the book deals with questions as the following. Language and sources info in this extract ferguson takes these different essays and weaves them into a counterfactual narrative history. He is the author of paper and iron, the house of rothschilds, and the pity of war. Virtual history, he says in his office, was a very important moment in my intellectual development. Niall ferguson is a senior fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university, former laurence a. These include the pity of war on wwi, the war of the world about the major conflicts in the 20th century including a stunning chapter on the armed slave labor camp that was the soviet union, and this book virtual history on counterfactual or. Exciting, the digital historian thinks, and begins to attack the introduction of almost 100 pages. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read virtual history. Virtual history by niall ferguson, 9780241952252, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Virtual historyalternatives and counterfactuals by niall.
Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Alternatives and counterfactuals ebook written by niall ferguson. Niall ferguson was born april 18, 1964, in glasgow.
Alternatives and counterfactuals by niall ferguson. Niall ferguson has written several fine books that are mustreads for educated people. Tisch professor of history at harvard university and the william ziegler professor of business administration at. Whats more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history. In 1997, however, niall ferguson edited a collection of essays that launched the idea of counterfactual history on the world. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. What if nazi germany had defeated the soviet union. Virtual history alternatives and counterfactuals niall ferguson editor london. In this extract ferguson takes these different essays and weaves them into a counterfactual narrative history. Virtual history is the brainchild of niall ferguson, a fellow and tutor in modern history at jesus college, oxford, and the author of a formidable history of the house. As an adolescent in the 1970s, he felt that he wanted to write books but did not know what kind.
Virtual history niall ferguson is fellow and tutor in modern history at jesus college, oxford. Virtual history by niall ferguson penguin books australia. Counterfactual history, also sometimes referred to as virtual history, is a form of historiography that attempts to answer what if questions known as counterfactuals. Alternatives and counterfactuals by niall ferguson online at alibris. These include the pity of war on wwi, the war of the world about the major conflicts in the 20th century including a stunning chapter on the armed slave labor camp that was the soviet union, and this book virtual history on counterfactual or what if history. 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. However, for the scottish historian niall ferguson, editor of the.
How would england look if there had been no cromwell. Niall ferguson virtual history the pity of war niall ferguson pronounced neal was born in glasgow in april 1964 and was educated at glasgow academy. Alternatives and counterfactuals by niall ferguson for online ebook. Alternatives and counterfactuals paperback 5 may 2011 by niall ferguson author visit amazons niall ferguson page. Ferguson s brilliant 90page introduction doubles as a manifesto on the methodology of counterfactual history. What if britain had stayed out of the first world war. Niall ferguson is fellow and tutor in modern history at jesus college, oxford. Niall ferguson is a historian who wrote the pity of war, virtual history and. He is a weekly columnist for the sunday telegraph and the latimes. Hamburg business and german politics in the era of inflation 18971927 which was shortlisted for the history today book of the year award. The global empire of niall ferguson harvard magazine.
Niall ferguson, virtual history faculty of history. Edited by niall ferguson, virtual history applies counterfactual arguments to decisive moments in modern history. Tisch professor of history at harvard university and current senior fellow at the center for european studies at harvard university, a visiting professor at tsinghua university, beijing, and founder and managing director of advisory firm greenmantle llc. The time is ripe for a reappraisal, and in empire, niall ferguson boldly recasts the british empire as one of the worlds greatest modernizing forces.
He writes regularly for the times literary supplement, and lives in oxford. It is, at the very root, the idea of conjecturing on what did not happen, or what might have happened, in order to understand what did happen. Ferguson begins his introductory essay to this thoughtprovoking volume with the phrase, what if. He specializes in financial and economic history as well as the history of empire. Pdf the ascent of money download full pdf book download. Money, niall ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. Doing so, ferguson placed virtual history within the limits of past perceptions. Though counterfactual history has been dismissed by some historians as a parlorgame, a red herring, even the complete rejection of history, ferguson will have none of it. He is also a senior fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university, and a. There, niall ferguson presented 9 articles towards a chaotic theory of the past.
Pan books, 2003 leading historians explore what would have happened if historical events had turned out differently. Schumpeter warned that socialism might ultimately prevail. Niall ferguson, milbank family senior fellow, hoover institution. Niall ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed the pity of war, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into imaginary time and provides farreaching answers to these intriguing questions. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included.
Edited by niall ferguson new york, basic books, 1999 548 pp. He remembers that the decision turned on comparing hamlet with the thirty years war. Previously, he was a professor at harvard university and new york university, visiting professor at new college of the humanities and senior research fellow at jesus college, oxford ferguson writes and lectures on international history, economic and. An important new work of synthesis and revision, empire argues that the world we know today is in large measure the product of britains age of empire. Niall ferguson is one of the worlds most renowned historians.
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