Promoted as a means for rectifying the problems of a region in extreme need, the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission (AACC) only exposed and exacerbated the underlying antagonisms between Britain and the United States over the economic and political structure of the post-war world.
Bryan Cooper's "e;The Tenth (Irish) Division in Gallipoli"e; provides a meticulously detailed account of the Tenth (Irish) Division's role in the Gallipoli campaign during World War I.
Introducing Yugoslavia (1954) looks at the racial and historic chequer-board of 1950s Yugoslavia, providing a fascinating insight into the social and cultural aspects of a land that few Westerners visited at the time.
In den turbulenten Zeiten der Donaumonarchie formte sich an den zerklüfteten Küsten der Adria eine Gruppe furchtloser Krieger, die als Uskoken in die Annalen der Geschichte eingingen.
Entdecken Sie die Vielfalt und Tiefe der deutschen Kultur und IdentitätKulturelle Wurzeln und nationale Identitäten erlangen eine immer größere Bedeutung.
Although the importance of domestic servants in eighteenth-century England has long been recognized, The Domestic Servant in Eighteenth-Century England (first published in 1956, reviving the 1980 edition here) is the first attempt to investigate comprehensively what was the largest occupational group at that time.
Henry Christophe and Thomas Clarkson: A Correspondence provides a detailed and illuminating exploration of the correspondence between Henry Christophe, the self-declared king of Haiti, and Thomas Clarkson, the renowned English abolitionist.
Originally published in 1964, this further volume in Poul Borchsenius' history of the Jewish people, is the story of the emancipation from the time when the Jews lived a segregated life in the ghetto, until the Age of Enlightenment they achieved equality.
A detailed examination of one of the crucial campaigns of World War II in Burma, in which British and Commonwealth forces achieved their first decisive victory over Japanese arms.
The pastor in print explores the phenomenon of early modern pastors who chose to become print authors, addressing ways authorship could enhance, limit or change clerical ministry and ways pastor-authors conceived of their work in parish and print.
The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish Conquest and Settlement by Alonso De Espinosa is a fascinating historical account that offers a unique glimpse into the culture of the Guanches, the indigenous people of Tenerife, and the pivotal events surrounding the Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands.
In einer Zeit, in der die katholische Kirche immense Macht und Reichtum auf sich vereinte, stellte sich ein Mann mutig gegen die vorherrschende Korruption und Dekadenz – Jan Hus.
This study emphasizes the legacies of British internationalism in the international organizations of the twentieth century while examining British responses to the end of the British Empire.
La Inquisición española fue una mezcla de agencia de espionaje, unidad de asuntos internos y fuerza de orden público que, aunque tuviera como objetivo prioritario la persecución de delitos religiosos, acabó convirtiéndose –y esta es una de las sorpresas mayúsculas de este libro– en un brazo «político» de la monarquía hispánica, realizando una labor de vigilancia global, con intervenciones quirúrgicas.
Raised on a Montana farm, Vernon Drake enlisted in the Army Air Corps, piloting B-24 bombers and painting nose art while enduring perilous missions in the Himalayas during World War II.
Explores the contrasting fates of Admiral John Duncan Bulkeley and General Douglas MacArthur, revealing the often-overlooked sacrifices of Bulkeley's PT boat crew during a heroic yet controversial rescue from the Philippines in World War II.
In the wake of both Joycean and Dantean celebrations, this volume aims to investigate the fecund influence of Italian culture on Samuel Beckett's work, with a specific focus on the twentieth century.
This collection raises incisive questions about the links between the postcolonial carceral system, which thrived in Ireland after 1922, and larger questions of gender, sexuality, identity, class, race and religion.
A new and accessible translation of Hariulf's History of St Riquier, this book examines the history of a monastic community from the seventh to the eleventh century.
Ireland and the Renaissance court is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring Irish and English courts, courtiers and politics in the early modern period, c.
Importing Fascism analyses the mechanisms of the Italian fascist regime in incorporating the Italian-Scottish diaspora into their nation- and fascism-building project via its transnational efforts between the rise of fascism in 1922 and Italy's declaration of war on Britain in June 1940.
This history of Anglo-American efforts to overturn Ireland's neutrality policy during the Second World War adds complexity to the grand narrative of the Western Alliance against the Axis Powers, exploring relatively unexamined emotional, personalised, and gendered politics that underlay policymaking and alliance relations.
Esta es la primera guía que reúne el conocimiento necesario para planificar, redactar, editar, publicar y comercializar un libro con éxito, realizada por un editor profesional y adaptada al sector editorial actual.
Der Sammelband enthält ausgewählte Studien tschechischer und mährischer Historiker und Archäolog:innen, die sich in den letzten zwanzig Jahren mit der Entwicklung von (spät-)mittelalterlichen Städten befasst haben.
This collection brings together academics and practitioners to consider the increasingly central role that memory and recalling the past plays in determining contemporary politics and the future direction of Northern Irish society.
