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(0)Timothy C Winegard
Author
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
This original and pioneering study analyzes the evolution of oil as a catalyst for both war and diplomacy, and connects the events of the First World War to contemporary petroleum geo-politics and international aggression.
Author
Publisher
Dutton, An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this...