A controversial history of the Great Famine from Ireland's greatest historian, who provocatively points the finger of blame…

Kniha 9780230243644 Palgrave Atlas of Byzantine History John Haldon…

This book provides a thematic survey of English foreign policy in the sixteenth century, focusing on the influence of the…

This chronology covers the whole sweep of Evelyn Waugh's varied and eventful life and career, including his numerous…

Written by the author of "The Political Economy of Soviet Defence Spending" and co-author of "The Growth of the British…

The first decade of the 21st century raised many questions regarding hegemonic power. This system for managing global…

This book critically reviews the British experience in Hong Kong with special emphasis on the tenure of the last governor,…

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• Rok vydání 2013

A History of English Literature has received exceptional reviews. Tracing the development of one of the world's richest…

The two Germanies, arising from the unpromising ashes of defeated Nazi Germany, came to represent opposing models of state…

This is the first biography of Richard Aldington, contemporary and friend of Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence and T.S. Eliot and…

Evans has written an extensive new introduction that discusses the origins and the impact of the book, and assesses its…

The essays in this volume seek to examine the uses to which concepts of genius have been put in different cultures and times.…

This volume compares one of the largest instances of 'ethnic cleansing' - the German expellees from the East (Vertriebene) -…

• Rok vydání 2024

Many African nations are now described as \'fourth world nations\', ones which essentially have no future. Focusing on the…

British Counterinsurgency challenges the British Army's claim to counterinsurgency expertise. It provides well-written,…

This period witnessed the first full flowering of women's writing in Britain. This illuminating volume features leading…

• Rok vydání 2000

Antony Alcock recounts the historical development of Europe from the Greek city states through to the year 2000. Told simply…

Produkt George Gissing: The Cultural Challenge - Sloan, John zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Palgrave Macmillan.…

Produkt Political Economy of Soviet Defence Spending - Maddock, R.T. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Palgrave…

This study examines the early history plays - the first tetralogy and "King John" - as plays, not only by analyzing their…

At the end of World War II and through the Allied occupation, the Allies deliberated whether to abolish or to preserve the…

This collection examines Cuban cultural production during the Special Period of the 1990s, following the collapse of the…

This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from…

A reappraisal of Sir Anthony Eden's conduct of foreign relations during the Suez crisis of 1956. It traces his conduct of…

This book presents reflections of prominent international peacemakers in the Middle East, including Jimmy Carter, Lakhdar…

• Rok vydání 2007

Taking as its starting point two uprisings in England and Germany (Richard Marshal in 1233-4 and Henry (VII) in 1234-5),…

An ethnographic study showing how Western women living in Pakistan as international development workers constructed new…

The extent to which history has been used to inform policy remains a neglected topic. Focusing upon the 1957 Whitehall…

This volume focuses on how Russian policy toward Europe (and sometimes, by extension, the West more broadly) has developed…

Upon his death, Hendrik van Loon was described in The Times obituary as 'one of the most engaging products of the marriage…

A study of the major U.S. military interventions in unconventional war, this book looks at four wars that occurred while the…

This is the first comprehensive account of the diversity and complexity of censorship practices in Italy under the Fascist…

Banking Reform in India and China seeks to explore the ways in which banking reform is conditioned by a variety of…

In the Third Reich, political dissidents were not the only ones liable to be punished for their crimes. Their parents,…

This volume focuses on the literary connotations of the 'Channel Packet' and sets forth lively dialogues between French and…

\nThis is a study of the forces which brought about a change in the status and position of the Muslims of Punjab during the…

Virtually every government communication in a modern democracy is formulated and evaluated in the context of spin. Based on…

After foreign military interventions, the French political and intellectual elites embraced regime change and launched an…

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During the eighteenth century English defendants, victims, witnesses, judges, and jurors spoke a language of the mind.…

The 1798 Rebellion unleashed a paper war involving contemporary historians and pro-Establishment literary reviews. This…

• Rok vydání 2015

Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and…

• Rok vydání 2017

Recent literature has suggested that famines are complex, long-drawn-out and political processes, rather than sudden,…