God and Gold by Walter Russell Mead

God and Gold

Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World

Walter Russell Mead

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 9, 2007

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Who it’s for
A serious, accessible map of how power, faith, and money shaped the modern world.
Genres
Geopolitics, Political Economy, Globalization
Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, October 9, 2007

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A serious, accessible map of how power, faith, and money shaped the modern world.

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  • big-history sweep of Britain and America
  • clear-minded geopolitical framing

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  • book-club-ready ideas
  • useful reference prose

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Geopolitics45%
Political Economy31%
Globalization24%

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Authors
Walter Russell Mead
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
October 9, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
History