\nIn this expansive history, Steinfeld develops a thorough, systematic account describing how American judicial review was…

Eliza Fletcher (born Eliza Dawson) (1770-1858) was an English writer and literary patron who was a supporter of…

\nThis study attempts to show how the Spanish Civil War was understood and absorbed, particularly by those who could claim…

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Provides an introduction to the history of medieval Wales, with emphasis on political developments. It traces the growth of…

Originally published in 1921, this book sets out the roots of modern educational ideas as invented by celebrated educators…

John Oman (1860-1939) was a well-respected British theologian who passed away suddenly before he could send off the…

The main focus of this concise 1930 volume is on Samuel Johnson, particularly in terms of his relationship with the…

Since their first publication, the four volumes of The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations have served as the…

Since their publication, the four volumes of the Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations have served as the…

In 1889-90 the pioneering British Egyptologist Amelia Edwards (1831-92) toured the United States, addressing more than 100…

The first comprehensive modern history of the origins and emergence of German philosophy.…

\nBeginning with a geographical overview that explains the development of Egyptian belief systems as well as its subsequent…

\nThis compelling new history situates the religious upheavals of the civil war years within the broader history of the…

How to maintain fair market relations, a major contemporary concern, is addressed in this study of the regulation of bread…

1. Introduction; 2. Roman Ravenna; 3. Ravenna and the western emperors 400 489 AD; 4. Ravenna the capital of the Ostrogothic…

\nQuagga zebras that pulled carriages and protected livestock against predators, are the focus of this book that combines…

Introduction; Part I. The Practice of Learning: 1. The legacy of the past; 2. A networked army; 3. Disseminating learning;…

\nIconoclasm, the debate about the legitimacy of religious art in Byzantium during the eighth and early ninth centuries, has…

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Mathilde Marchesi (1821-1913), the German mezzo-soprano and celebrated teacher of singing, presents an illuminating account…

Published in 1893, this lively biography of the influential Victorian businessman and politician W. H. Smith (1825-1891)…

A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the AQA 2015 A/AS Level History.…

Examining the making of the medieval borderland, the March of Wales, and the crucial role its lords played in the politics…

This book is about the impact of World War II on the Soviet system of economic planning. It assesses the prewar Soviet…

This history of dramatic art in Christian Europe surveys its foundations: the architecture, costumes and ceremonial of the…

An innovative history of the formation of the Soviet intelligentsia which focusses on universities as key institutions in…

This 1922 book presents the English translation of a German original written by Swiss historian Wilhelm Oechsli (1851-1919).…

An internationally distinguished team of contributors explore the richness, diversity and complexity of ideas about freedom…

The libraries of the ancient world were completely unlike those we know today. This book explores and explains those…

\nA new nuclear arms race is underway. This book describes in accessible language how and why it is happening, who still…

\nVolume 1 surveys late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century European intellectual history, focusing on the profound impact of…

\nCentered around three of the dominant themes of Nigeria\'s post-colonial narrative - ethnicity, democracy and governance,…

\nThis account of Sir Earle Page\'s eight-month mission to London provides insights into Anglo-Australian wartime relations…

Under Cromwell Puritanism had dominated the whole of English life. With his death and the collapse of the Commonwealth there…

The ancient conundrum of pleasure came alive in the eighteenth century with a new consideration of its ethical and political…

Staub recasts 1930s cultural history, demonstrating the seldom-discussed multicultural diversity of those genres so…

This is an elegant and concise history of American foreign relations during the Cold War era, based on the most recent…

Anthony Warner offers a detailed account of both the synchronic and diachronic properties of auxiliaries. This book meets…

This first book-length study of Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire examines his use of classical Roman…

In this second volume in his three-volume history of the life and career of Samuel Pepys, originally published in 1935,…

A new cultural history of the Irish Romantic novel in the turbulent decades of the 1790s-1820s. Drawing on rich archives of…

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the Jewish experience, from its ancient origins to its impact…

\nThis groundbreaking study provides a new perspective on the Atlantic slave trade, highlighting the agency of Africans in…

\nIn a revised edition of Morris\' earlier work, which explored the realities behind the Palestinian exodus of 1948, fresh…

In this two-volume work, published in 1912, the Hungarian-born archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943) describes his…