European history

The year 1922 marks a major turning point in Eastern Mediterranean history, with the abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate concluding a long period of upheaval known as the "e;Eastern Question.

Laughter, Power, and the Unconscious offers paradigm-breaking insights into the psychological and sociopolitical dimensions of humour and comedy.

The book presents an original synthesizing framework on the relations between 'the biological' and 'the social'.

The book presents an original synthesizing framework on the relations between 'the biological' and 'the social'.

This book explores the writing of church history during the early Byzantine period, reconsidering the evidence for the nature and authorship of a hypothetical 'Arian' source for many surviving medieval histories of the fourth century.

Eine Nation zwischen Ideal und Wirklichkeit - erzahlt von einer der bedeutendsten Stimmen ihrer Zeit.

This book examines how socialism and post-socialism influenced or determined (if at all) the adaptive behavior and entrepreneurial activities, both legal and illegal, of the Vietnamese in Central Europe (CE).

From its beginnings, Polish economic thought has had a strong national character resulting from specific socio-political and economic realities.

Enter the mysterious world of sixteenth-century science, where astronomers and alchemists shared laboratories.

For many years, historians have not given due attention to the relations between the Nordic countries and Israel.

For many years, historians have not given due attention to the relations between the Nordic countries and Israel.

From the first prehistoric inhabitants of the island to the Windsor Framework for Northern Ireland, this uniquely concise account of Ireland and its people reveals how modern Irish society is the product of a rich, multivalent history.

This book provides the first history of the British and American Intelligence Divisions (IDs) in occupied Germany and the liaison between them.

This book provides the first history of the British and American Intelligence Divisions (IDs) in occupied Germany and the liaison between them.

This book takes a fresh approach to the London Blitz by viewing this time through individual local boroughs of the metropolis.

This book takes a fresh approach to the London Blitz by viewing this time through individual local boroughs of the metropolis.

This book gathers essays on premodern plants, considering the position of critical plant studies in relation to medieval studies.

This book brings together several strands of medieval and medievalist work in the history of emotions, with a focus on literary, historical and cinema studies.

This book considers how to conceive of the group of islands known in our time as the British Isles in the Late Middle Ages.

This book examines mid-20th-century Anglican church architecture in Britain, from the 1935 to the 1975, exploring how it was shaped by liturgical changes, social shifts, and artistic influences.

The 1920s London-Irish Theatre: A History documents, explores and interrogates the Irish theatre that was prevalent in London during the 1920s.

This book explores the role of the Cyprus regiment, a military unit of the British Army, in the Second World War.

This book provides a thorough overview of the ostalgie films about the German Democratic Republic (GDR) produced since the 1990s.

This book focuses on the rise of Kurdish nationalism in northwestern Iran in the context of the emergence of the Kurdish leader, Ismail Agha Simko, who organized a movement to establish a Kurdish state between 1918 and 1922 The rise of Simko is analyzed in the historical framework of the collapse of the Russian and Ottoman empires, as well as the disappearance of Iranian governmental authority in various provinces of the country during and after the end of the First World War.

This book explores the role of the Cyprus regiment, a military unit of the British Army, in the Second World War.

This book focuses on the rise of Kurdish nationalism in northwestern Iran in the context of the emergence of the Kurdish leader, Ismail Agha Simko, who organized a movement to establish a Kurdish state between 1918 and 1922 The rise of Simko is analyzed in the historical framework of the collapse of the Russian and Ottoman empires, as well as the disappearance of Iranian governmental authority in various provinces of the country during and after the end of the First World War.

This edited volume brings together contributions on disability studies organized around two themes: literary and sociological aspects.

This edited volume brings together contributions on disability studies organized around two themes: literary and sociological aspects.

It is almost impossible to imagine the United States without making reference to Italy.

It is almost impossible to imagine the United States without making reference to Italy.

This book analyses the evolution of the city of Rome, in particular, papal Rome, from the plague of 1656 until 1870 when it became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.

This book analyses the evolution of the city of Rome, in particular, papal Rome, from the plague of 1656 until 1870 when it became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.

Engaging Pakistan examines the role of British and American public diplomacy in Pakistan.

This volume examines the ways in which Scottish identity was expressed through visual and material culture in the early to mid-nineteenth centuries, culminating in Victoria's romanticisation of Scotland, or 'Balmorality'.

This book highlights the significant role played by Ignatius Sancho (c.

This book highlights the significant role played by Ignatius Sancho (c.

When the R101 first took to the skies, she was the largest aircraft ever to fly.

Engaging Pakistan examines the role of British and American public diplomacy in Pakistan.

This book investigates the crucial yet often overlooked role of sound in shaping the memory of the Second World War.

This book proposes a new historical framework for the analysis of the relationship between communist Poland and neutral Austria during the final decade of the Cold War.