\nThis volume offers an interdisciplinary and geographically wide-ranging approach to understanding the emergence of towns…

\nExplores the ways in which Aristotle\'s legacy was appropriated and reshaped by vernacular readers in Medieval and…

Susan Pollock\'s detailed treatment of early state and urban societies in lowland Mesopotamia covers nearly three millennia,…

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This important but accessible 2004 text presents an overview of the archaeology of the Jomon period of Japan (circa…

\nThis is an elegant, readable narrative of Nauru\'s imperial history that makes a compelling argument for the island\'s…

This new edition of Italy: A Short History presents a clear and concise account of the principal developments in Italian…

This book explores the wide-ranging consequences of Germany's short-lived colonial project for the nation, and European and…

In this two-volume memoir of 1906, William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) provides an unparalleled glimpse into the dynamics…

Wawro describes the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1, that violently changed the course of European history.…

This book shows that the Western treatment of World War II, the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War…

This book challenges and enriches existing knowledge about law, human rights, and childhood, in and beyond the…

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The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its…

Reveals the centrality of women rebels to Fidel Castro's Cuban insurrection in the 1950s.…

\nThucydides\' classic work is a foundational text in the history of Western political thought. This new translation…

\nA comprehensive introduction and teaching resource for state-of-the-art Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R…

\nThis book explores the powerful continuing influence of Spinoza\'s metaphysical thinking in late eighteenth- and early…

An accessible, vivid and up-to-date student-level introduction to the coinage and history of the Hellenistic world (323-31…

Kort goes beyond the dominant orthodox narrative surrounding the Vietnam War, incorporating insight from revisionist…

A concise and complete guide to emergency disaster planning. Featuring practical frameworks for action, step-by-step…

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The decision matrix; 3. Decisions under ignorance; 4. Decisions under risk; 5. Utility; 6. The…

\nSarah Derbew brings into brilliant new focus varied portrayals of blackness in ancient Greek literature and art, while…

Comprehensive second editions of History for the IB Diploma Paper 2, revised for first teaching in 2015.…

\nBlending narrative with clear explanations of key events and sources, this undergraduate textbook deconstructs the early…

This book is an important reassessment of the failure of Germany's 1941 campaign against the Soviet Union.…

A major new global economic history that explains why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain.…

\nThe second edition of this student-friendly textbook now includes over 150 new exercises, key concept summaries and a…

\nAimed at senior undergraduate Latin students and professional scholars, this edition provides help with the linguistic…

A revision guide tailored to the AS and A Level Biology syllabus (9700) for first examination in 2016.…

A revision guide tailored to the AS and A Level Chemistry syllabus (9701) for first examination in 2016.…

\nHemingway\'s letters constitute a rich, continuous portrait of the artist. Never intended for publication, the letters…

\nThis textbook summarises the history of British trade unions between 1933 and 2000. The book discusses the key themes and…

\nThis is a book on public opinion told through the eyes of the pollster. It looks at public opinion as a concept and in…

A wide-ranging and accessible account of the history of the book from ancient inscription to contemporary e-books, within…

\nThe political and cultural lessons drawn from the collapse of the Weimar Republic are invoked in order to understand…

\nFor thousands of years China had a vibrant imperial urban civilization, which over the last century has been transformed…

\nSocial and political polarization has posed novel challenges to U.S. democracy in recent years. Democratic Resilience…

The hands of colonized subjects were vital sites of fascination and interpretation in late-Victorian imperial narratives.…

\nArmed with the knowledge that self control is not an accidental response, but an intentional act in the pursuit of…

A new take on the origins of the Southern Literary Renaissance, Reviewing the South shows how book reviewing played a vital…

\nRomanos\' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical…

The reforging of national identities of the fourteen borderland post-Soviet states has had a major effect in reshaping the…

\nA comparative analysis of how African states have engaged with fundamentalist Muslim groups between the 1950s and today.…

\nTraces the history of government profiling, the effects of contemporary technologies on surveillance practices, and how…

\nThe book provides an analysis of the role of the private sector in the prevention and cessation of mass atrocities, and…