In his introduction he explains how his research sheds a useful new light on world social history.
His landing in America on 12 October 1492 marks a seminal event in world history, opening up a New World for Europeans.
The Rise of the Western World: a New Economic History, by Douglas North and Robert Paul Thomas.
Mr. Roberts, a historian, is author most recently of "The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War" (Harper, 2011).
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On Tuesday Gordon Brown heralded President Obama's inauguration as a "new chapter in both American history and the world's history".
In fact, like most new, world-changing technologies there is a longer history than most people think.
Players will discover an entirely new chapter of Elder Scrolls history in this ambitious world, set a millennium before the events of Skyrim as the daedric prince Molag Bal tries to pull all of Tamriel into his demonic realm.
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But even with its history, the region is still considered a New World wine producer.
You are pioneering a whole new way to look at the world through the eyes of your own family history.
Probably one of the most significant moments in franchise history, the blocked punt made the world aware that New Orleans was alive again, and not backing down after being ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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Sometimes history give clear lessons, sometimes it is indeed a brave new world with no clarity or certainty.
Taylor, the world number one, set a new record for the highest average in the history of televised darts as he beat John Part 8-3 in Aberdeen, and King admitted it was an impressive win.
When Jorge Bergoglio stepped onto the balcony at the Vatican on Wednesday evening to reveal himself as the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he made history as the first non-European pope of the modern era, the first from Latin America, the first Jesuit and the first to assume the name Francis.
In this part of the world, it is not uncommon for new leaders to airbrush their predecessors out of history such is the fate, for example, of Egypt's Sadat and Tunisia's Habib Bourghuiba.
The Frenchman stunned the sport by producing a jump of 17.98m in New York earlier this season, the third longest effort in history, but the world indoor champion tore his calf muscle at his national championships a fortnight ago and only confirmed his participation on Monday.
Lintott (played by Frances de la Tour with heartbreaking irony and ferocity) and through the eight young history scholars themselves -- every one of them interesting, each one a new world a-borning.
And at the same time bring invaluable benefits to your countries and the world as well as make a mark in history by supporting the creation of the new industry of immortality.
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It needed an unusual type of mind to see that Nazism was something new in the world, a radically modern movement with a potential for destruction that had no precedent in history.
Why would the most entrepreneurial economy in the world, perhaps the most entrepreneurial in history, worry about its capacity to start-up new businesses?
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New Zealand's defeat meant they failed to reach the semi-final for the first time in World Cup history.
The history of an RAF airbase whose pilots fought battles across the world is being charted in a new exhibition.
Israel's increased involvement has created new complications for all actors in the war, given its long history of conflict with much of the Arab world.
He said Georgia has been part "of an inspiring and hopeful new chapter in Europe's history, " and he noted that Europe "has moved beyond" the world wars and the Cold War, the standoff between Soviet-style communism and the West. iReport.com: Did you experience the Cold War?
"What we look for is to have a new milestone in this very exciting history of aviation that can attract interest of the people, of the political world, of the media and show that with renewable energies and clean technology for energy efficiency, we can achieve impossible things, " Piccard said.
If you know the history of global oil in the years before World War Two, then you realize there is nothing new about America enjoying energy independence as Asia worries about its own needs.
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