• Rok vydání 1921

This 1921 narrative begins in the prehistoric period, suggesting that the inhospitable landscape and climate dissuaded…

The most up-to-date account of Wales from the Neanderthal times to the opening of the Senedd, the new home of the National…

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\nAncient Christians are closely connected to today\'s world through a living memory and a common textual heritage - the…

This study traces the dramatic course of German history over two hundred years '- all from a Jewish perspective. Through…

British theatre underwent a vast transformation and expansion in the decades after World War II. This Companion ranges…

Against the odds, monarchies flourished in nineteenth-century Europe. Royal Heirs paints a vivid picture of this late…

Both Rome and the USA created national identities of belonging based on founding myths of the dislocation of strangers. Dean…

• Rok vydání 2004

This third edition of Mary Fulbrook's much-admired book provides a clear guide to German history from the early middle ages…

Proclus of Lycia (412?485) was one of the greatest philosophers of antiquity, producing the most systematic version of late…

Kniha 9781107150386 Middle Ages in 50 Objects GERTSMAN ELINA…

Kniha 9780521633598 History of Everyday Things Daniel Roche…

A history of the Abbasid Caliphate from its foundation in 750 and golden age under Harun al-Rashid to the conquest of…

The first single-volume history of Zimbabwe with detailed coverage from precolonial times to the present, this book examines…

Kniha 9780521459105 Mosquito Empires Professor J. R. McNeill…

Nigeria is Africa's most populous country and the world's eighth largest oil producer, but its success has been undermined…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nThis inter-disciplinary volume explores the benefits of historical understanding in leading disciplines in the humanities…

\nMigrating Memories charts the transnational story of German speakers from Romania during a turbulent century in modern…

• Rok vydání 2020

\nThis book orientates students in the complex, multidisciplinary study of medieval book production and contemporary display…

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• Rok vydání 2022

Tracing the history of Palestine from the Ottomans in the nineteenth century, through the British Mandate, the establishment…

• Čeština

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

• Rok vydání 2023

\nEmotions make history, and emotions have a history. Through engaging analysis of twenty essential and powerful emotions -…

The first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical phenomenon from biblical…

A narrative history of modern Kabbalah, from the sixteenth century till today, in the general context of modernization. A…

Two centuries of sexism obscured StaĂ«l's legacy. John Isbell here restores her reputation as historian, theorist of…

Peter P. Reed examines the meanings of Haiti in America's nineteenth-century popular performance. Plays, social…

Provides a bold new interpretation of the Soviet myth of World War II from its Stalinist origins to its emergence as…

In the Shadow of the Holocaust examines the struggle to ensure that war crimes committed during the Second World War were…

Armstrong charts the legacy of slavery in the United States by tracing the representations of global slavery's victims and…

Providing the best coverage of the wide-ranging imperialism that began in the 1850s, this book concentrates on early…

Nepal emerged as a unified state over two hundred years ago, centred on the Kathmandu Valley with its two thousand years of…

This book examines relations between Muslims, Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Middle East before World War I. It…

What does it mean to write a history of the night? Evening's Empire is a fascinating study of the myriad ways in which early…

In the wake of the civil war and Qadhafi's demise, the time is ripe for a new edition of Dirk Vandewalle's classic history…

A ground-breaking study that looks at why European nations sent troops to take part in Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.…

This updated edition analyses the challenges, both internal and external, facing Saudi Arabia in the twenty-first century.…

Kniha 9780521719254 Industrious Revolution Jan De Vries…

Kniha 9780521133074 Contending Visions of the Middle East Zachary Lockman…

\nInvestigates changing socioeconomic relations in Early Roman Palestine (63 BCE-70 CE). It is the most up-to-date synthesis…

A history of the religious and socio-political developments in the Pashtun borderland of modern Afghanistan and Pakistan…

Through a wide-ranging critical history of the idea of Europe from its origins in classical antiquity to the present day,…

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

• Počet stran 350
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2024

Why does Edward Long's History of Jamaica matter? Written in 1774, Long's History, that most 'civilised' of documents,…

• 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…

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

In 1941 the Wehrmacht wrought unprecedented destruction on the Red Army during one of the largest battles of World War II,…

The first published book on John Milton's masculinities, this study shows how a revolutionary poet preached liberty yet…

Provides students of Classics, ancient history and archaeology with an accessible introduction to the archaeological…