false 434357 0 0 835314 1593760493 9781593760496 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178767525m/835314.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178767525s/835314.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/835314.Seeds_of_Change_Six_Plants_That_Transformed_Mankind 3.74 38 434357 3.86 57 13 2005 2842152 3 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2842152.Seeds_of_Change_Six_Plants_that_Transformed_Mankind 4.11 9 434357 3.86 57 13 1985 1284765 1593760892 9781593760892 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182495440m/1284765.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182495440s/1284765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1284765.Seeds_of_Wealth_Five_Plants_That_Made_Men_Rich 4.00 6 Seeds of Wealth is a collection of elegant essays focusing on the economic and cultural consequences of the exploitation of timber, tobacco, rubber, and the wine grape. These cash crops have had, for the past three centuries, a profound effect on our world. In this intriguing account, Hobhouse illustrates how timber deficiency sparked an industrial revolution, tobacco lead to a wealthy and young nation, the rubber tree created nations, and wine provided the head, heart, and pocketbook with wealth.

This book offers proof of how the seemingly irrelevant can have widespread unintended consequences. In presenting global history from his own perspective, Henry Hobhouse offers an overview of how nature has unwittingly contributed to the creation of human wealth and economic growth.
</div>]]> 434357 3.86 57 13 2005 3609304 1593760752 9781593760755 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3609304.Forces_of_Change_An_Unorthodox_View_of_History 5.00 1 Forces of Change is one. In this updated edition, Henry Hobhouse argues provocatively, and most convincingly, that modern history has been shaped less by the actions of human beings than by three natural forces: population growth, food supply, and disease. Together they form a self-balancing triangle: any change in the dimension of one side, Hobhouse shows, is and must be matched by changes in one or both of the other sides. Using key examples from the history of the past five hundred years, the author opens our eyes to new possibilities, so that history as learned from our textbooks takes on a whole new light.

As original as it is ambitious, Forces of Change examines history from the time of the Black Plague to the present day, observing in each period and historical situation the relative roles of the three sides of the triangle. The result is a work that is revealing, eloquent, and—despite the seriousness of the subject—always witty and eminently readable.</div>]]> 434357 3.86 57 13 2005 1567262 1559700874 9781559700870 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1567262.Forces_of_Change_An_Unorthodox_View_of_History 5.00 1 Forces of Change is one. In this updated edition, Henry Hobhouse argues provocatively, and most convincingly, that modern history has been shaped less by the actions of human beings than by three natural forces: population growth, food supply, and disease. Together they form a self-balancing triangle: any change in the dimension of one side, Hobhouse shows, is and must be matched by changes in one or both of the other sides. Using key examples from the history of the past five hundred years, the author opens our eyes to new possibilities, so that history as learned from our textbooks takes on a whole new light.

As original as it is ambitious, Forces of Change examines history from the time of the Black Plague to the present day, observing in each period and historical situation the relative roles of the three sides of the triangle. The result is a work that is revealing, eloquent, and—despite the seriousness of the subject—always witty and eminently readable.</div>]]> 434357 3.86 57 13 1990 848677 1593760442 9781593760441 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178880528m/848677.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178880528s/848677.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/848677.Seeds_of_Wealth_Four_Plants_That_Made_Men_Rich 4.00 1 434357 3.86 57 13 2004 6710952 3608910247 9783608910247 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6710952-sechs-pflanzen-ver-ndern-die-welt 3.00 1 434357 3.86 57 13 2001 4611088 0060914408 9780060914400 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4611088.Seeds_of_Change_Five_Plants_That_Transformed_Mankind 0.0 0 Seeds of Change illuminates how sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, quinine, and the cocoa plant have shaped our past. In this fascinating account, the impassioned Henry Hobhouse explains the consequences of these plants with attention-grabbing historical moments. While most records of history focus on human influence, Hobhouse emphasizes how plants too are a central and influential factor in the historical process. Seeds of Change is a captivating and invaluable addition to our understanding of modern culture.</div>]]> 434357 3.86 57 13 1987 4265245 0060156317 9780060156312 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4265245.Seeds_of_change_Five_plants_that_transformed_mankind 0.0 0 Seeds of Change illuminates how sugar, tea, cotton, the potato, quinine, and the cocoa plant have shaped our past. In this fascinating account, the impassioned Henry Hobhouse explains the consequences of these plants with attention-grabbing historical moments. While most records of history focus on human influence, Hobhouse emphasizes how plants too are a central and influential factor in the historical process. Seeds of Change is a captivating and invaluable addition to our understanding of modern culture.</div>]]> 434357 3.86 57 13 1986 2198717 033390186X 9780333901861 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2198717.The_Seeds_of_Wealth 0.0 0 Seeds of Wealth is a collection of elegant essays focusing on the economic and cultural consequences of the exploitation of timber, tobacco, rubber, and the wine grape. These cash crops have had, for the past three centuries, a profound effect on our world. In this intriguing account, Hobhouse illustrates how timber deficiency sparked an industrial revolution, tobacco lead to a wealthy and young nation, the rubber tree created nations, and wine provided the head, heart, and pocketbook with wealth.

This book offers proof of how the seemingly irrelevant can have widespread unintended consequences. In presenting global history from his own perspective, Henry Hobhouse offers an overview of how nature has unwittingly contributed to the creation of human wealth and economic growth.
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