Bücher der Reihe The Short Histories

Examines the enduring forces - such as trade, migration, war and technology - that have enabled some cities to emerge from the pack into global leadership. Much more than an historical review, Clark's book looks to the future, examining the trends that are transforming cities around the world as well as the new challenges all global cities increasingly will face.

With long-time legal and social barriers to marijuana falling across much of the US, the time has come for an accessible and informative look at attitudes toward the dried byproduct of Cannabis sativa. Marijuana: A Short History profiles the politics and policies concerning the five-leaf plant in the United States and around the world.

Nationalism, once the scourge of world politics, is back. Liah Greenfeld takes the reader on an intellectual journey through the origins of the word "nationalism" and how it has changed over the centuries.