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How did society arrive at where it stands today? To learn about the politicians, scientists, innovators, leaders and rulers whose actions shaped the present, peruse these summaries.

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100 Years of Wall Street
100 Years of Wall Street

Charles R. Geisst

McGraw-Hill, 2000

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A Concise History of the Middle East
A Concise History of the Middle East

Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. and Lawrence Davidson

Westview Press, 2005

(7)

A Farewell to Alms
A Farewell to Alms
 

Gregory Clark

Princeton UP, 2007

(10)

A Free Nation Deep in Debt
A Free Nation Deep in Debt

James A. Macdonald

FSG, 2003

(7)

A G-Man's Life
A G-Man's Life
 

Mark Felt and John D. O'Connor

Public Affairs, 2006

(9)

A History of Corporate Finance
A History of Corporate Finance

Paul J. Miranti Jr. and Jonathan Barron Baskin

Cambridge UP, 1999

(6)

A History of Modern Computing
A History of Modern Computing

Paul E. Ceruzzi

MIT Press, 2000

(7)

A Short History of Financial Euphoria
A Short History of Financial Euphoria

John Kenneth Galbraith

Penguin, 1994

(10)

A Splendid Exchange
A Splendid Exchange
 

William J. Bernstein

Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008

(10)

Adam Smith
Adam Smith
 

Nicholas Phillipson

Yale UP, 2010

(8)

Alexander The Great’s Art of Strategy
Alexander The Great’s Art of Strategy

Partha Bose

Gotham Books, 2003

(9)

Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville
 

Hugh Brogan

Yale UP, 2008

(8)

America Alone
America Alone

Jonathan Clarke and Stefan Halper

Cambridge UP, 2004

(6)

America's Response to China
America's Response to China

Warren I. Cohen

Columbia UP, 2000

(8)

And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)
And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out)
 

Paul Blustein

Public Affairs, 2005

(9)

Birth of a Salesman
Birth of a Salesman

Walter A. Friedman

Harvard UP, 2005

(9)

Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears

Richard Donkin

Thomson Texere, 2001

(8)

Bush At War
Bush At War
 

Bob Woodward

Simon & Schuster, 2002

(9)

Capital
Capital
 

Karl Marx

Oxford UP, 1999

(9)

Capitalism and the Jews
Capitalism and the Jews

Jerry Z. Muller

Princeton UP, 2010

(9)

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
 

Joseph A. Schumpeter

HarperCollins, 1984

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