European history

Originally published in 1949, and as a third revised edition in 1966, this is a fascinating, lucid and comprehensive survey of the complicated succession of colonial empires in east and west.

This volume was originally published in 1931 and revised for the third edition in 1937.

First published in 1948, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of Europe from 1610 to 1715.

She would risk everything to save his soul.

Through contributions of money and time, many individuals made a variety of philanthropic enterprises possible.

An illustrated study of the legendary Spitfire and the evolving tactics behind its early defence of Britain's shores.

The maiden was just another treasure to be won-until she stole his heart and changed his life forever.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, many individuals were motivated by their religious creeds to give.

Paris, March 19, 1815; midnight.

Exploring the intriguing interplay between tradition and modernity in the 19th-century capitals of London, Athens and Rome, Richard Alston delves into the political and architectural choices that shaped these cities as representations of self-consciously modern nations.

The new thrilling Roman historical adventure in a series based around one of the most renowned and intriguing figures of Ancient Rome.

This book uncovers how during the origins of modernity in the nineteenth century the senses were mobilised to sell more, both through the popularisation of objects aimed at the senses (such as panoramas, optical boxes, automatons, music boxes and pianolas), and also through marketing mechanisms (for example, advertising and window dressing).

This book explores the entanglements among Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth century from a global perspective.

This book explores the entanglements among Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth century from a global perspective.

An illustrated study of Rome's key enemies from the Late Principate and Dominate: the western Visigoths and the eastern Ostrogoths.

This book is the reconstruction of the life and times of a remarkable woman who lived in the city of Nottingham in Victorian England.

From newsletters and magazines to bazaars and dinners to festivals and concerts, charities and philanthropic enterprises competed among one another to obtain financial support for their causes, justify their expenditures and, to borrow a phrase from a recent historical study, "e;monetize compassion.

Germany's legendary Atlantic surface war was fought by Naval Group West.

This volume spans 1914-1939 to provide a concise interpretation of the role the United States played in the origins of the Second World War.

Fanfare for a City invites us to listen to the sounds of Paris during the Second Empire (18521870), a regime that oversaw dramatic social change in the French capital.

Completed shortly before Hamas carried out its barbaric October massacre,Hate Speech and Academic Freedomtakes up issues that have consequently gained new urgency in the academy worldwide.

Few cities in the world are as famous as Liverpool, the home of the modern world's most celebrated rock group and of a legendary football team.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, many individuals were motivated by their religious creeds to give.

The Evolution of the English House (1933) discusses the popular and native art in domestic English architecture, tracing the changes over the years.

The political and military dimensions of the Anglo-Irish 'troubles' following World War I have received numerous historical treatments.

First published in 1981, Europe and the Decline of Spain deals with the slow ebbing of Spanish power, its 'melancholy, long, withdrawing roar' during the 'long seventeenth century' of pre-industrial Europe.

The Gothic, proliferating across different literary, socio-cultural, and scientific spaces, permeated and influenced the project of Italian nation-building, casting a dark and pervasive shadow on Italian history.

Economic Integration in East and West (1976) explores the logic of economic integration to form free trade areas and common markets, and applies the findings to the European Economic Community and Comecon, and to third countries and the world economic order in general.

The Danish Economy in the Twentieth Century (1987) surveys the Danish economy, examining the effects of the rapid industrialisation which occurred in the country in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

A Study in Creative History (1932) aims to present the main movements of thought as they emerge clearly into history.

Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Emigre Autobiography is a collective biography of four German-Jewish converts to Christianity, recounting their spiritual and confessional journeys against the backdrop of the Holocaust and its aftermath.