\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are fifty concise, entertaining histories on a broad, eclectic range of ideas (borders, feminism), global issues (migration, world trade), commodities (bananas, jeans), regions (Africa, Ireland), and institutions (corporations, the World Bank).\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucid and irreverent, \u003ci\u003eBrief Histories of Almost Anything\u003c/i\u003e challenges common perceptions associated with the subjects by going behind the facts. Each history has been selected from the \u003ci\u003eNew Internationalist\u003c/i\u003e magazine, a leading authority on alternative history and \u0026ldquo;Best International Coverage\u0026rdquo; winner in the \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c/i\u003e Independent Press Awards.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by \u003cb\u003eChris Brazier\u003c/b\u003e, author of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eNo-Nonsense Guide to World History\u003c/i\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e
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