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

This is a study of how German monetary history - in the form of the lessons learned from Germany's experience of inflation…

\nHow does long-term intellectual change occur? Can we develop a theoretical framework for understanding past systems of…

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

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

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• Rok vydání 2016

Pre-Civil War English political culture was shaped by an extensive pamphlet literature, which has remained unknown due to…

• Latina

An original contribution to the history of Latin and its development into Romance by a group of leading specialists. The…

• Počet stran 1600
• Rok vydání 2023

A comprehensive study of Pacific history from initial human colonization to the present. Bringing together an international…

• Rok vydání 2020

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

• Počet stran 412
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2017

Covering the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis in post-Mongol Eurasia to its dissolution after the Great…

\nThis is the first book on the \'effectual truth,\' a new kind of truth invented by Machiavelli that led to the invention…

\nWhen Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish…

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

\nThis book is for scholars of contentious politics, conflict, ethnicity, and the Middle East, as well as anyone seeking to…

A history of America's nation-building project told through the voices of its peoples, from the early settlers to its…

\nMonitoring American Federalism examines the use of interposition as a constitutional tool to monitor the federal…

Fourth time around for best-selling text on collapse of Soviet communism. Takes story up to Yeltsin's referendum victory.…

A fascinating study of Chica da Silva, a freed woman of color in a Brazilian town. Her story reveals the world she…

\nCombining scholarship with readability, Jeremy McInerney\'s wide-ranging, stimulating new book uncovers the complexity and…

This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, offering a comprehensive overview of its history,…

A gripping, superbly illustrated account of the political, social and cultural history of France.…

• Rok vydání 2023

\nAncient theories of the soul were influenced decisively by general assumptions about basic properties of living things,…

• Rok vydání 2018

The only introductory Latin textbook to use texts written by ancient Romans for Latin learners, presented in one volume.…

\nThis new interpretation of the Brazilian anti-slavery narrative, placing Brazil within the global network of…

• Čeština

\nLeading scholars in the field survey the political and cultural history of Islam from its Late Antique origins until the…

• Počet stran 206
• Rok vydání 2019

This series is for the Cambridge International AS History syllabus (9489) for examination from 2021.…

This new, critical edition of Vitruvius\' Ten Books of Architecture is the first to be published for an English-language…

A sophisticated introduction to and assessment of all aspects of the Roman Empire's economic life.…

• Čeština

\nAncient South America, 2nd edition is completely revised and updated to reflect archaeological discoveries and insights…

\nThis book describes Constantinople between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries. It discusses practical matters of urban…

A comprehensive overview and reinterpretation of Portugal's formation and history up to 1807 and of its wide-flung maritime…

A comprehensive and radical new survey of religious life in Rome over the course of a millennium.…

\nA panoramic history of the end of Britain as a global civic idea from the Second World War to the present day. Stuart Ward…

Surveying Europe's economic history since 1870, this textbook sets European economic development within a pan-European…

• Počet stran 642
• Rok vydání 2022

This volume narrates the major battles and campaigns of the conflict, conveying the full military experience during the…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThe Council of Nicaea was one of the most important events in the history of Christianity. This volume includes fifteen…

Divided between a study of the discipline of world history and an examination of its earliest phases, the volume introduces…

\nA thorough and up-to-date introduction for anyone who wishes to appreciate the contribution of Latin inscriptions to our…

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

This is a classic account of the origins of freemasonry, a brotherhood of men bound together by secret initiatives, secret…

\nThis study serves as a corrective to the myths surrounding a controversial and poorly understood episode in Mexican…

\nAimed at undergraduate and graduate students, this book can be used in courses on the ancient Mediterranean world and…

• Rok vydání 2007

An authoritative 2007 history of one of the world\'s most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam…

• Počet stran 350
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2023

Throughout the recorded history of Britain, belief in earthbound spirits presiding over nature, the home and human destiny…

An interpretative history of human rights in Africa, exploring indigenous rights traditions, anti-slavery, anti-colonialism,…