The Persian Empire was the world's dominant geo-political force from the later sixth century to its conquest by Alexander in…

In three sections, the Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the richness and variety of medical history…

\nDrawing on personal journals and letters, underground newsletters, and alternative publications, this first history of…

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\nA new account of the conquest of Mexico that focuses on the fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs, timed for the…

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\nThis edited volume brings together experts on the later middle ages to chart the principle developments of medieval…

\nWritten in a lively and compelling style, this book explains the hidden relationship between Judaism and the world of…

\nUtopia\'s Discontents provides the first synthetic treatment of the Russian revolutionary emigration before the…

\nOffers the full story of a fateful alliance between past and future mortal enemies-long preceding the well-known…

\nIn Pick a Pocket Or Two, acclaimed author Ethan Mordden brings his wit and wisdom to bear in telling the full history of…

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A magnificent new volume in the acclaimed Oxford History of the United States, written by the bestselling, Pulitzer…

This fresh interpretation of apartheid South Africa integrates histories of resistance with the analysis of power - asking…

A compelling account of political and religious developments from the advent of the Tudors in the 1460s to the death of…

\nInferior Politics explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in…

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For this edition of the Metamorphoses R.J. Tarrant has freshly collated the oldest fragments and manuscripts and has drawn…

\nChris Fraser presents a rich study of the culminating period of classical Chinese philosophy, the third century BC. He…

\nPhoenicians among Others provides the first history of Phoenician immigrants in the ancient Mediterranean from the fourth…

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\nThe first book to look at a succession of British general elections in significant detail. By starting the survey in 1964…

A new and original explanation of Stalin's Terror, showing how Soviet leaders developed a grossly exaggerated fear of…

\nAustria 1867-1955 connects the political history of German-speaking provinces of the Habsburg Empire before 1914 (Vienna…

\nDrawing upon Muslim Europe\'s own voices, institutions, and experiences, this compelling work reframes the debates on…

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How modern Europe came to be--a new look at the powerful forces that transformed the continent by the end of the first…

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\nHybrid Hate is the first book to study the conflation of anti-Semitism and anti-Black racism. As objects of racism, Jews…

\nSince his brutal conquest of Ireland, Oliver Cromwell has attained the status of Ireland\'s national ogre. This book…

\nIn this expansive new biography of George Reisner, Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian examines the life and work of…

\nThis work presents a collection of texts in translation on ancient athletics in Greek and Roman history, including a wide…

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Writing a War of Words is the first investigation of a valuable archive of war-time notebooks documenting changes to the…

In this general introduction to the history of the French Revolution, the author provides a guide to the vast historiography…

\nA gripping and authoritative history of the Six Day War based on extensive research into new Arab, Israeli, Soviet, nad…

Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg reveals the pivotal role the Soviet Union played in the Nuremberg Trials of 1945 and 1946.…

Entomologist Gene Kritsky presents the first full-length discussion of the ways in which bees were a part of life in ancient…

\nA new account of the Mediterranean economy in the 10th to 12th centuries, forcing readers to entirely rethink the…

The author offers advice on designing an oral history project; discusses reliability of oral evidence; considers the context…

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This comprehensive, authoritative book traces the turbulent history of France from the 1774 accession of Louis XVI, through…

In 1989 three Soviet republics--Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, known as Baltic countries--started a determined push for…

Retaining well-loved features, this book covers in depth the challenges faced by the USA at home and abroad as it emerged…

\nIn this monumental study of the Enlightenment in England, Scotland, France, Germany, and the United States from c. 1650 to…

\nThe Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire, Disease, and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam tells the darkly humorous story of the…

\nThe Invention of Marxism shows how a theory of the capitalist system grew into a political philosophy that shaped the…

\nAs the Nazis staged their takeover in 1933, instances of antisemitic violence began to soar. Hermann Beck examines the…

\nExamines the key roles of Scots in central aspects of the Atlantic and imperial economies from the eighteenth to the…

\nColonized by Humanity is a study of racial liberalism at the end of empire. It uncovers the projects to cultivate racial…

\nLondon, 1984 examines the history of London during the tumultuous 1980s. Against the backdrop of dramatic political and…

The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe provides the first comprehensive, geographically extensive, thematic overview of the…

\nExamines the stories of more than 100 women and their varied experiences during the miners\' strike of 1984-1985 to shed…

The United Kingdom is weakening. Alvin Jackson examines the UK in the light of the experience of similar union states…