{"title":"Donald Sassoon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDonald Sassoon\u003c\/strong\u003e offers incisive explorations into the intricate forces shaping modern history and politics. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eRevolutions\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into transformative events with clarity and depth, illuminating the interplay of social, economic, and ideological currents that have defined our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders seeking a thoughtful and rigorous approach to history will appreciate Sassoon’s engaging scholarship, which balances intellectual rigour with accessibility. His books serve as valuable resources for those interested in understanding the complexities of past upheavals and their lasting impact on contemporary society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-anxious-triumph-by-donald-sassoon-9780141986555","title":"The Anxious Triumph","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed magnum opus of one of Britain's most wide-ranging historians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCapitalist enterprise has existed in some form since ancient times, but the globalisation and dominance of capitalism as a system began in the 1860s, when states all over the world developed their modern political frameworks: the unifications of Italy and Germany, the establishment of a republic in France, the elimination of slavery in the American South, the Meiji Restoration in Japan, the emancipation of the serfs in Tsarist Russia. This book magnificently explores how, after the upheavals of industrialisation, a truly global capitalism followed. For the first time in the history of humanity, a social system was able to provide a high level of consumption for the majority. Today, capitalism dominates the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith wide-ranging scholarship, Donald Sassoon analyses the impact of capitalism on the histories of many different states, and how it creates winners and losers by constantly innovating. This chronic instability produces the anxious triumph of his title. To alleviate such anxieties it was necessary to create a national community, to develop a welfare state, to intervene in the market economy, and to protect it from foreign competition. Capitalists needed a state to discipline them, to nurture them, and to sacrifice a few to save the rest—a state overseeing the war of all against all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVigorous, argumentative, surprising, and constantly stimulating, \u003cem\u003eThe Anxious Triumph\u003c\/em\u003e gives a fresh perspective on all these questions and on its era. It is a masterpiece by one of Britain's most engaging and wide-ranging historians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46355107905772,"sku":"9780141986555","price":68.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14667533482238.jpg?v=1744297968"},{"product_id":"revolutions-by-donald-sassoon-9781836740209","title":"Revolutions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevolutions\u003c\/em\u003e is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting events, such as the Fall of the Bastille or the Storming of the Winter Palace. In reality, they take decades to burn out, if they ever do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of our great historians, Donald Sassoon, takes the long view of some of the most celebrated upheavals: the English Civil War, which killed a king; the American War of Independence, which ejected the British but allowed slavery to persist; the French Revolution, which produced the Rights of Man and years of instability; the national revolutions that unified Italy and Germany; and the Russian and Chinese revolutions, which transformed the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevolutions\u003c\/em\u003e adroitly compares these historical juggernauts to the many rebellions, coups, and tumults that time forgot. It is a history rich in irony and surprises. ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ was first sung by English troopers to make fun of dishevelled American colonials. The Long March of retreating Chinese Communists assumed a mythical dimension on a par with Washington crossing the Delaware.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Sassoon shows in this tour de force account, revolutions usually catch revolutionaries themselves by surprise, and the consequences are difficult to fathom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevolutions\u003c\/em\u003e will change how you think about the transformative moments in history, both big and small.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48318018420972,"sku":"9781836740209","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781836740209-revolutions-1.jpg?v=1788751540"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/donald-sassoon.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}