We're glad to again service customers, even though our store front stays closed and we operate this web store under reduced services.
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The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world
The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing that ever happened, clearing the path for Europe's economic rise and the creation of the modern age. Ranging across the entire premodern world, Escape from Rome offers new answers to some of the biggest questions in history: Why did the Roman Empire appear? Why did nothing like it ever return to Europe? And, above all, why did Europeans come to dominate the world? In an absorbing narrative that begins with ancient Rome but stretches far beyond it, from Byzantium to China and from Genghis Khan to Napoleon, Scheidel shows how the demise of Rome and the enduring failure of empire-building on European soil ensured competitive fragmentation between and within states. This rich diversity encouraged political, economic, scientific, and technological breakthroughs that allowed Europe to surge ahead while other parts of the world lagged behind, burdened as they were by traditional empires and predatory regimes that lived by conquest. It wasn't until Europe escaped from Rome that it launched an economic transformation that changed the continent and ultimately the world. What has the Roman Empire ever done for us? Fall and go away.Nevertheless, UPB provides ship-to-home service.
Until our on-line fulfillment team returns, everything you purchase from us comes from a warehouse.
Much of what we used to carry on store shelves is available, except for very expensive books, used books, and titles fallen between printings. ,/p>
A number of limitations apply during this period of reduced operations:
You can also purchase eBooks and audio books through us. Distributed by Hummingbird, they include publications from the major trade publishers. Just access the menu link or the sidebar image above.
We greatly appreciate your support of the store with your book orders. Need a book without our current shopping restrictions? We recommend Bookshop. View our affiliate page, then search for whatever book you'd like.
No reading groups nor author events will meet until it seems reasonably safe to do so, even after the store front opens.
We’re riding eventualities as they unfold and cannot predict when the store front will open and gatherings resume. The Cafe Ohlone has also closed. Check their website for word of their plans as circumstances enable them to form them.
Should you have questions, email us via our contact form. Since none of will be keeping regular hours, it may take a day or two to get back with you.
From 1974, University Press Books has stoked the blaze of well over ten thousand minds on fire, carrying new scholarship published by the great university presses in the English-speaking world.
Since our founding, we've added quality fiction and creative non-fiction to our selection, without drfiting from our mission to showcase top new texts introduced by university presses.
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