ADAM TOOZE

The slow growth of South Africa is far more than a national crisis. It is a challenge to the region and to the broa… https://t.co/FRcXiy2lVh

First photo of an American President: John Quincy Adams 1843 https://t.co/TNFgTUQe9Y

The 2100 Project, An Atlas for the Green New Deal is the result of “overlapping” crises – of economics, ecology an… https://t.co/YTFFQerIrN

"In dismissing green macroeconomics, the European commission puts its hopes on private finance. The danger is that… https://t.co/XKWbC07PRv

Romanian mining unions complain that just transition “reskilling’ schemes were captured by decarbonisation firms wi… https://t.co/3LK2rwKxBs

For anyone teaching European history this is a treasure-trove. George III accumulated a remarkable collection of hi… https://t.co/iIb0eHAZRO

Paul Kennedy gives the great international historian Zara Steiner (1928-2020) a fitting send off.… https://t.co/2S7VrWYugX

Tanzania’s Julius Nyerere visited China 30 times over his career. The Soviet Union only once. China was the closest… https://t.co/scvXDzUqJs

The 2100 Project, An Atlas for the Green New Deal is the result of “overlapping” crises – of economics, ecology an… https://t.co/1z5dpAkxBE

"In dismissing green macroeconomics, the European commission puts its hopes on private finance. The danger is that… https://t.co/kLuL3lTgrj

Romanian mining unions complain that just transition “reskilling’ schemes were captured by decarbonisation firms wi… https://t.co/Yay26USAYn

For anyone teaching European history this is a treasure-trove. George III accumulated a remarkable collection of hi… https://t.co/sH5P1Bsv2g

Paul Kennedy gives the great international historian Zara Steiner (1928-2020) a fitting send off.… https://t.co/KZsuNfVhNV

The slow growth of South Africa is far more than a national crisis. It is a challenge to the region and to the broa… https://t.co/dxvGuA7YQO

On Tanzania-China relations in the age of Magufuli & the stalled Indian Ocean port at Bagamoyo this by @JohnHursh i… https://t.co/erynPGui8d

@familyunequal @lydiadepillis In 1961?

@lydiadepillis agreed. And is it place of assembly or nationality of the car firm involved?

January 1964 as captured by Life magazine: Britain’s military intervened in Tanganyika at request of Nyerere himsel… https://t.co/RZ1BuS4zBC

Southern Africa during the early Cold War – its surprisingly hard to find a good map online. This one is an excepti… https://t.co/sp4iCaAYEK

In 1961 Detroit produced 40% of all cars manufactured globally. Today the share is closer to 10% and China’s share… https://t.co/uwJWxkezwB

Bad news in China -> expectation of stimulus -> global markets rebound. It is a strange cycle premised on assumptio… https://t.co/qzIGg72iGC

Share of working population at risk of (relative) poverty in EU – another chart worth bearing in mind when we consi… https://t.co/hX07MC4PlV

How minimum wages vary across the EU: Greek and Portuguese are 1/2 those in Germany. Bulgarian minimum is 1/5 of t… https://t.co/7n2fk76NYg

Along the Amber Route: St Petersburg to Venice, by CJ Schüler This book about the Baltic trade in amber and its lay… https://t.co/Joflr00ksm

How Canada’s Bombardier attempt to move into the high stakes world of passenger jets left it with crippling debt an… https://t.co/lnlr38JhIZ

A T-34 in the service of Idi Amin in the 1979 war with Tanzania. They suffered horrible losses at the hands of far… https://t.co/4TuMfNgyLb

Southern Africa during the early Cold War – its surprisingly hard to find a good map online. This one is an excepti… https://t.co/2h5HWAsAiY

In 1961 Detroit produced 40% of all cars manufactured globally. Today the share is closer to 10% and China’s share… https://t.co/as9MNROGPH

Bad news in China -> expectation of stimulus -> global markets rebound. It is a strange cycle premised on assumptio… https://t.co/s04Qdbxqfj

Share of working population at risk of (relative) poverty in EU – another chart worth bearing in mind when we consi… https://t.co/yte3rHrtgg

How minimum wages vary across the EU: Greek and Portuguese are 1/2 those in Germany. Bulgarian minimum is 1/5 of t… https://t.co/WdYHgZvfnq