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Why has the west dominated the globe for the past two hundred years, and will its power last. Coffees dark history, the sinking of the world s most glamorous ship and other new books to read april 8, 2020 recently discovered drawings for the statue of liberty hint at a lastminute change. Norman davies specializes in the history of eastern europe, a fascinating region often absent in anglocentric texts. This argument should be wellheeded in view of the overly eurocentric tone that much work on world history has taken.
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