\nUp-to-date edition of the latter of the two dramatic books of Thucydides\' Peloponnesian War to deal with the Sicilian…

Part history, part literary critique, Sir Leslie Stephen's 1882 biography examines the significant people and places of…

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

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

\nFor thousands of years China had a vibrant imperial urban civilization, which over the last century has been transformed…

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

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

Watkin Tench (c.1758-1833) was a member of the crew of the Charlotte, which was one of the eleven First Fleet ships of…

• Rok vydání 1890

Arthur Cornwallis Evans (1860-1935) was chaplain on HMS Calliope on a voyage to Asia, Australasia and the Pacific from 1887…

A fresh and readable account of one of the great epochs in European history, this book will appeal to the general reader as…

Holliday Bickerstaff Kendall (1844-1919) was a Methodist minister and a social historian. This volume, first published in…

• Rok vydání 1882

Sir George Alexander Macfarren (1813-87) was one of the most prolific composers of the nineteenth century, remembered today…

The establishment of a national Natural History Museum was an idea opposed almost unanimously by the scientific community…

First published in 1881, this biography by George Saintsbury examines the role of John Dryden (1631-1700) in reforming…

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

\nThis book traces the role of human rights concerns in US foreign policy during the 1980s, focusing on the struggle among…

\nSarah Derbew brings into brilliant new focus varied portrayals of blackness in ancient Greek literature and art, while…

\nAimed at senior undergraduate Latin students and professional scholars, this edition provides help with the linguistic…

\nThis is a biography of Earthopolis, the only Urban Planet we know of. Carl Nightingale takes readers on a six-continent,…

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

A new take on the origins of the Southern Literary Renaissance, Reviewing the South shows how book reviewing played a vital…

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

This 1838 book begins with a short survey of the history of Egypt up to the time of Alexander the Great. Sharpe then surveys…

Henry George Bonavia Hunt (1847-1917) is best remembered as the founder of Trinity College of Music, London. This popular…

Thomas Gray (1716-71) was one of the most influential poets of the eighteenth century, probably best remembered today for…

• Rok vydání 1928

This 1928 volume provides an account of the key events in the First World War. Created principally for young students, and…

• Rok vydání 1840

This 1840 work was the first detailed account of the colony of British Guiana. Schomburgk surveyed and helped determine its…

This work by Henry T. Prinsep (1792-1878), published in 1844, draws from the coin collection left to the author when his…

John Neville Figgis (1866-1919) was a historian, political theorist and monk, his writings extensively influenced the…

A biography, published in 1882, of the English clergyman, classicist and textual critic Richard Bentley (1662-1742).…

This book assesses the effectiveness of the sermon as a key means of transmitting religious ideas.…

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

The book examines Spanish conquest and early colonialism from the vantage point of the indigenous nobility of Tetzcoco, one…

\nThis book will interest scholars and students of comparative politics, Middle East politics, religion, and collective…

This Companion explores an extensive range of 1930s authors, contexts, themes, and literary debates. Informed by current…

\nRomanos\' lively and dramatic hymns are a highlight of Byzantine literary invention. This book examines the rhetorical…

Understanding events and key actors Iran has been pivotal to understanding global history and politics, and this is…

\nExplores how ancient and late antique Christianity traveled through Asia by examining the social networks that connected…

The library of George Spencer-Churchill (1766-1840) included some of the most sought-after incunabula of the period, a fine…

George Washington (1732-1799) shaped the history of the United States of America as revolutionary general and first…

Maud Doria Haviland (1889-1941) was a British naturalist who was particularly influential in the field of ornithology. In…

Edward Gordon Duff (1863-1924) was a librarian and bibliographer specialising in the early history of the printed book. This…

Edmund Burke is a key thinker in the history of modern political thought. His writings, speeches and actions reflect complex…

Among the leading Egyptologists of his day, Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and…

• Rok vydání 1816

John William Polidori (1795-1821) was, for a brief period, the personal physician to Lord Byron. William Michael Rossetti,…

First published in 1882 as a translation from the original German text, this series of concurrent chronological tables…

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

\nA study of English neighbourhoods based on a rich variety of hitherto largely unstudied sources, engages with the…