This collection of essays systematically explores how a sample of political groupings not founded on suffrage reacted and…

A study of the popular modern dramatists and the continuity of the farce tradition from Pinero to Travers, the Whitehall…

History, Memory, Performance is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring performances of the past in a wide range…

Comprising case studies of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, this edited volume explores the key characteristics of democratic…

to the present time, providing an outline of the development of Asian and European religious traditions and institutions,…

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The first English-language monograph on the Slovak-Polish border in 1918-47 explores the interplay of politics, diplomacy,…

This book briefly delineates the history of the Haitian diaspora in the United States in the nineteenth century, but it…

This book is a 'hidden' history of Bletchley Park during the Second World War, which explores the agency from a social and…

Despite incredible political upheavals and a minimal national history of film production, movies such as Come Back, Africa…

This collection gathers many of the best-known names in the field of Anglo-French relations and provides an authoritative…

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Drawing on multi-archival research in Korean, Russian and English, this book looks at the complexity and changes in…

The displacement of population during and after the Second World War took place on a global scale and formed part of a…

This book is about the ways that ordinary people in town and country creatively define themselves, their families and their…

Examines the Labour Party\'s approach to constitutional reforms in historical context, and how these have been pursued more…

The end of the Cold War, the Revolution in Military Affairs, 9/11 and the War on Terror have radically altered the nature of…

This is a stimulating and highly original collection of essays from a team of internationally renowned experts. The…

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New Directions in the History of the Novel challenges received views of literary history and sets out new areas for…

A documentary account of the Chernobyl disaster of April 1986, this is based on interviews with many of the participants.…

The first study to examine psychological warfare in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, this book presents a rational…

This book shows how the totalitarian ideology of the Soviet period shaped the practices of Soviet theatre for youth. It…

An insider's account of the negotiations which ended the Rhodesia conflict and of the British role in South Africa in the…

Modernity and War explores and assesses the development of war in the modern period. The author explains the violence of the…

A study of the history of Sierra Leone concentrating on economic aspects. Conclusions and possible alternatives are put…

Britain and the Cold War, 1945-1964 offers new perspectives on ways in which Britain fought the Cold War, and illuminates…

The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity…

Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was a colourful and complex character, whose supremely successful naval career quickly attained…

\nExamines the evolution of the modern Afghan state in the shadow of Britain\'s imperial presence in South Asia during the…

Set in the context of the rising power of non-Western states and the continuing fall-out from the global economic crisis,…

This fourth edition of this best-selling core history textbook offers a richly illustrated, single volume, narrative…

\nIn the 19th century, both Italy and the US were young countries pursuing liberal nationalism even as unity was threatened…

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This book explores the journey that Kenya has travelled as a nation since its independence on December 12, 1963. It seeks to…

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\nWittlinger takes a fresh look at German national identity in the 21st century and shows that it has undergone considerable…

Why are the British so Euro-sceptic? Forget about tedious treaties, party politics or international relations. The real…

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In British India, the years during and following World War I saw imperial unity deteriorate into a bitter dispute over…

This book explores the phenomenon of the story paper, the meanings and values children took from their reading, and the…

Christians in the Middle East have come under increasing pressure in recent years with the rise of radical Islam. In Egypt,…

This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific technique known as 'tissue culture'. It shows how tissue…

The 1973 military coup gave previously peripheral elements of the right the opportunity to exercise almost unlimited…

This book is a study of Anglo-French relations and military policy making in the First World War, which considers the…

This vivid, multi-dimensional history considers the key cultural, social, political and economic events of Australia's…

This book focuses on the city of St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian empire from the early eighteenth century until…

In this state-of-the-field anthology, leading scholars in the fields of European imperial history and intellectual history…

This study explores U.S-Japanese relations in the interwar period to find that the seeds of the Pacific War were sown in the…

\nDrawing upon interviews with key people in the World Rally Championship as well as trans-local ethnographic research, this…