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

A bold new interpretation of the 'consumer revolution' in the eighteenth century, when European elites, middling classes,…

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

• Rok vydání 2023

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

\nNow in its third edition, this widely acclaimed history of Palestine from the Ottomans in the nineteenth century to the…

\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,…

Bringing together contributors of varied backgrounds to tell a history of intellectual property (IP) in 50 objects, this…

A comprehensive narrative, tracing the economic, social and political history of the islands of the Caribbean from the…

The First World War is usually believed to have had a catastrophic effect on British art, killing artists and movements, and…

A richly documented and illustrated survey of the archaeology of a crucible of world culture, covering the earliest urban…

• Rok vydání 1928

The studies in this 1928 book illustrate the lives of children within various different times and social contexts. Created…

In this comprehensive survey of two hundred years of Iran's political history, Mehran Kamrava examines the rise and fall of…

The Netherlands is known among foreigners today for its cheese and its windmills, its Golden Age paintings and its…

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

Charting the rise and fall of Japan, the model developing country of the nineteenth century, the overthrow of the…

Kniha 9780521719254 Industrious Revolution Jan De Vries…

Kniha 9780521133074 Contending Visions of the Middle East Zachary Lockman…

Kniha 9781107401945 Short History of Ireland John O'Beirne Ranelagh…

Kniha 9781108736374 Concise History of Canada MARGARET CONRAD…

Kniha 9780521179447 History of Communications Marshall T. Poe…

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

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

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,…

This innovative study of political upheaval, revolution and Enlightenment in Europe views this tumultuous period through the…

A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the history of Latin script, containing a detailed account of the role of the book…

Explores the notion of plagiarism in Victorian fiction and how many writers of this period stole, altered or parodied the…

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

A broad-ranging history of dynastic power in the late medieval and early modern world. Ranging from the European, Mughal,…

This revisionist account of the history of Islamic political thought from the early to the late medieval period focuses on…

Why did the nonviolent mutiny of Indian soldiers at Meerut in 1857 lead to a war that threatened to destroy the British…

This diary provides the reader with an insider account of the frantic diplomacy at the UN headquarters and capitals around…

A comprehensive, systematic, and historical collection of essays on Rudolf Carnap's philosophy and legacy, written by…

Re-evaluates a genre that was central to the Greek literature of the high Roman empire. Rejecting traditional conceptions of…

Based on rich archival sources, this timely history explores the entry, reception and resettlement of refugees across…

This provocative new history of early modern Europe explores the 'information revolution' over the period 1450-1700, when…

Sudan's modern history has been consumed by revolution and civil war. The country attracted international attention in the…

Kniha 9781108941044 In the Mirror of Persian Kings Blain Auer…

This is a major new account of the role and performance of the Italian army during the First World War. Drawing from…

This book evaluates the life and empire of the pivotal yet controversial and poorly understood Byzantine emperor Heraclius…

• Rok vydání 2003

The reign of Basil II (976–1025), the longest of any Byzantine emperor, has long been considered as a 'golden age', in which…

Whereas the first edition of A Concise History of Brazil concluded with Brazil's transition to democracy from the 1960s to…

A comprehensive history of Sweden covering events from the Stone Age to the present day.…

Kniha 9780521134705 Greek Word Order Dover…

The twenty-fourth book of the Iliad is one of the masterpieces of world literature, a work of interest to a far wider…