\nFirst published in 1955, with a revised edition appearing five years later, H. G. Adler\'s Theresienstadt, 1941-1945 is a…

This book, first published in 1990, presents a radical interpretation by Czech philosophers of science of the philosophical,…

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

This book explores Brahe's wide range of activities which encompass much more than his reputed role of astronomer.…

This textbook teaches Hittite grammar in stages, using genuine material throughout, and is the first to introduce the…

• Rok vydání 2017

This is the first textbook on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective.…

A lively and comprehensive overview of Roman slavery, ideal for introductory-level students of the ancient Mediterranean…

• Rok vydání 1912

Published in Oxford in 1912, Pitman's edition of the four middle books of Tacitus' Annals, covers the final years and death…

Originally published in 1927, this book presents a study regarding the life and works of the Scottish poet and novelist…

C. W. Hobley (1867-1947) was a colonial administrator stationed in Kenya between 1894 and 1921. This ethnography contains…

James Stephen (1758-1832) was a lawyer, anti-slavery advocate, and Member of Parliament. He argued that the French should…

This 1934 book presents a highly readable account of the intellectual development of Spain following the 'Glorious…

A pioneering Egyptologist, Flinders Petrie (1853-1942) excavated over fifty sites and trained many archaeologists. This…

Robert Collins traces Sudan's history across two hundred years to show how recent tragic events are rooted in the past. He…

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A magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire by an award-winning author.…

Challenges the preconceptions that hunter-gatherers were Paleolithic relics living in a raw state of nature, instead…

\nIn this ambitious new analysis of the first Indochina War, Shawn McHale explores why the communist-led Resistance in…

\nBased on rich archival and oral histories, this book uses the life of an African clerk who became a king under French…

\nWhat was believable in one era is no longer acceptable in another. What one culture finds utterly incredible elsewhere…

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

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

An updated edition of this classic account of the Irish national struggle and its advance into the modern world. From the…

The June 1967 war was a watershed in the history of the modern Middle East. In six days, the Israelis defeated the Egyptian,…

Lionel Weatherly (1852-1940) was an eminent British psychiatrist. In this work, first published in 1891, he examines a…

Originally published in 1911, this book attempts to discover the amount of historical truth underlying the allusions to…

Philip Gaskell's 1980 study traces the early history of Trinity College Library, from the time of Henry VIII to the time of…

• Rok vydání 1853

This work of 1853 reveals the untold history of Gui Alexis Lobineau's Histoire de Bretagne (1707). This volume of letters…

• Rok vydání 1835

In 1835 journalist Henry Saxelby Melville (1799-1873) was jailed for contempt of court over his coverage of a trial in Van…

Richard, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842) was Governor-General of Bengal from 1798 to 1805. He was appointed British…

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

• Rok vydání 2018

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

A rich and captivating social and political history of Shanghai, one of the world's most complex cities, under high…

\nA social history of everyday family life in the Ottoman Empire, this book offers a groundbreaking examination of the…

Jonathan Fennell captures for the first time the true wartime experience of the ordinary soldiers from across the empire who…

\nColonising Disability explores the construction and treatment of disability across Britain and its Empire. Using a wide…

The Anglo-Jewish Exhibition of 1887 assembled works of art and artefacts illustrating the history of English Jewry, with…

A dramatic history of the British public's confrontation with the iniquities of nineteenth-century colonial rule. James…

Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) served in the Union Navy before becoming a lecturer in naval history and tactics. This 1899…

This book, originally published in 1938, provides a history of the variety of forms of Buddhist art that grew up in Thailand…

Published between 1894 and 1905, this six-volume set served as a key reference work for students and scholars of Egyptology.…

Commissioned in honour of William Pitt the Younger and finished in 1833, The Pitt Building housed the printing and…

Hugo Conwentz (1855-1922) was a German botanist and conservationist. In this book, which was first published in 1909,…

Published between 1894 and 1905, this six-volume set served as a key reference work for students and scholars of Egyptology.…

\nIn this book, Andrew Riggsby surveys the main areas of Roman law and their place in Roman life. With an emphasis on broad,…

\nA major new account of appeasement and the question of whether the Second World War could have been prevented. G. C. Peden…