Bøker av Joyce (UCLA) Appleby

An engrossing history of the voyages of exploration that ignited curiosity about nature and gave birth to modern science.

"Splendid: the global history of capitalism in all its creative-and destructive-glory." -New York Times Book Review

"A fascinating historiographical essay. . . . An unusually lucid and inclusive explication of what it ultimately at stake in the culture wars over the nature, goals, and efficacy of history as a discipline."-Booklist