Alan Macfarlane Books

Green Gold: The Empire of Tea
The Diary of Ralph Josselin, 1616-1683
Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England
Glass: A World History
Glass: A World History

By Gerry Martin, Alan Macfarlane

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"Picture, if you can, a world without glass. There would be no microscopes or telescopes, no sciences of microbiology or astronomy. People with poor vision would grope in the shadows, and planes, c...

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The Riddle of the Modern World: Of Liberty, Wealth and Equality
The Riddle of the Modern World
The making of the modern world
The making of the modern world

By Alan Macfarlane

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"At the start of the third Christian millennium we are aware of massive political, economic and ideological changes which condition the chances of liberty, wealth and equality. Yet it is surprising...

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The Riddle of the Modern World
The Family Life of Ralph Josselin, a Seventeenth-Century Clergyman: An Essay in Historical Anthropology
Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England

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