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African Affairs- "An impressive list of scholars has been assembled and the standard of the contributions is high." The writers of the series have strayed away from the book a bit, including Shaibani Khan's and Wazir Khan's deaths; Esan Dawlat's predicament and the story behind Humayun's poisoning. The series has some elements of the books that need more explanation, such as Babur entering Timur's resting place after capturing Samarkand. There is a classic debate over books and movies— which is better? And in the case of The Empire', the scales tip in favour of the book. Empire of the Bay is about nation-building and exploration, about trade wars and starvation, about brutal weather…..and a meek and beautiful bird.

Catholic Italy was changing fast in the 1960s Trentmann reminds us, and Pasolini caught a reactionary mood as he poured scorn on chewing gum, Coca-Cola, jeans and other trappings of American-style consumismo. Unfortunately, Pasolini did not see that young people have always sought to express themselves through a passionate attachment to things. British mods, with their appropriation of RAF insignia, Gaggia espresso machines and Vespas, struck a blow against entrenched class and conformity. Consumer possessions can sometimes serve to undermine the status quo.

It skips the focus on justifying realistic technology that is common in "hard" sci-fi, and though the plot revolves around a war, it is not "military" sci-fi either, in that it's less about space marines and more about xeno-archaeologists and politicians. This is a people-centric story all the way, with the spotlight on the struggles of the individual characters as they each try to navigate the webs of intrigue, conflicting cultural values, and ancient secrets that surround them. Think the grand scale of Star Wars mixed with the plot style of Game of Thrones, featuring a varied cast of Point-of-View characters whose stories conflict, intersect, and illustrate the plot from different perspectives.

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The prices and ownership of East India Company shares play a special role in the narrative. The author uses movements in the company’s share price and turnover as a metaphor for the relationship between the company and the state. The company’s share prices, Bowen suggests, were driven by speculation and factional politics among company shareholders. By implication, these factors also shaped the company’s relationship with the state. That insider trading and stock-splitting occurred during the 1760s is certainly undisputed. This does not imply, as the author asserts, that share prices best illustrate the company’s “defining institutional characteristics.” Such a creative interpretation of historical share prices is out of synch with the high degree of scholarship elsewhere in the volume.

During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away to charities, foundations, and universities about $350 million (in 2011, $225 billion) – almost 90 percent of his fortune. His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, and it stimulated a wave of philanthropy. It is trapped by expectations of profits that are unsustainable. Left-leaning elements of the Catholic church continue to condemn “conspicuous consumption” and the inequalities attendant on the retail sales boom. John XXIII denounced consumerist values in his 1963 encyclical Pacem in terris as anti-communitarian.

As viewers and readers, we must read and see Babur in his times. Today, each side claims to have the 'right' history and pervade its versions to the current times to satiate egos of supremacy, often forgetting that we are in a different universe now. A Harvard student and programming prodigy, Mark Zuckerberg, created a social networking site for his fellow students at thefacebook.com. The site would have more than 1,000 students in one day and half of the undergraduate population in a month. The site grew like wildfire beyond its humble beginnings to other schools and high schools.

It is these ports, sometimes little more than a fortress Andrew Carnegie on a headland, which stitched the Venetian empire together, and their exploration fills the majority of Morris’ book. The Dalmatian coast, riddled with pirate dens, the Peloponnese, girded by castles, Crete, Cyprus, and the Ionian islands–all are described with brilliant detail. Speaking of Game of Thrones, did I mention that this 7 book series has already been completed and fully published?