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Steven Topik, Kenneth Pomeranz, Kenneth Pomeranz
304 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780765617095
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Why are railroad tracks separated by the same four feet, eight inches as ancient Roman roads? How did 19th-century Europeans turn mountains of bird excrement from Peru into mountains of gold? Where has most of the world's oil come from in the 20th...
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Steven Topik, Kenneth Pomeranz, Kenneth Pomeranz
304 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780765617095
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Why are railroad tracks separated by the same four feet, eight inches as ancient Roman roads? How did 19th-century Europeans turn mountains of bird excrement from Peru into mountains of gold? Where has most of the world's oil come from in the 20th...