General and world history

China held a unique place in European thought during the eighteenth century.

In 1919, Bolshevik Russia and its followers formed the Communist International, also known as the Comintern, to oversee the global communist movement.

From the beginning of the Qing Dynasty in the middle of the 17th century to the present time, this compact volume guides the reader through the social, political, and economic vicissitudes of the Chinese nation.

A stunning debut poetry collection confronting colonialism, relationships, grief and intergenerational wounds.

Emergent Africa (1967) expertly compresses the story of European penetration into the Africa of 1800.

History of Nigeria (1969) was first published in 1929 and completely revised by its author, and gives the history of Nigeria from before its first encounters with the British, through colonial rule, and up to independence in 1960.

Refugees and displaced people rarely figure as historical actors, and almost never as historical narrators.

Prehistoric human life is a common reference point in contemporary culture, inspiring attempts to become happier, healthier, or better people.

Refugees and displaced people rarely figure as historical actors, and almost never as historical narrators.

When strange signs appeared in the sky over Quebec during the autumn of 1660, people began to worry about evil forces in their midst.

Prehistoric human life is a common reference point in contemporary culture, inspiring attempts to become happier, healthier, or better people.

When strange signs appeared in the sky over Quebec during the autumn of 1660, people began to worry about evil forces in their midst.

Until the nineteenth century all time was local time.

The Beatty Lecture, established in 1952 in honour of former Canadian Pacific Railway president and McGill chancellor Sir Edward Beatty, is McGill University's most anticipated annual event.

Does media history really start with a bang?

George Nelson (1786-1859) was a clerk for the North West Company whose unusually detailed and personal writings provide a compelling portrait of the people engaged in the golden age of the Canadian fur trade.

George Nelson (1786-1859) was a clerk for the North West Company whose unusually detailed and personal writings provide a compelling portrait of the people engaged in the golden age of the Canadian fur trade.

In the late nineteenth century a resurgent Jacobite movement emerged in Britain and the United States, highlighting the virtues of the Stuart monarchs in contrast to liberal, democratic, and materialist Victorian Britain and Gilded Age America.

In the late nineteenth century a resurgent Jacobite movement emerged in Britain and the United States, highlighting the virtues of the Stuart monarchs in contrast to liberal, democratic, and materialist Victorian Britain and Gilded Age America.

The 1978 publication of Edward Said's Orientalism unsettled the world.

Launched by healthcare providers in January 2018, the #aHand2Hold campaign confronted the Quebec government's practice of separating children from their families during medical evacuation airlifts, which disproportionately affected remote and northern Indigenous communities.

Until the nineteenth century all time was local time.

Capitalism and Colonial Production (1982) examines the ways in which capitalism has transformed the societies it came to dominate, and the link between colonialism and capitalism.

Capitalism and Colonial Production (1982) examines the ways in which capitalism has transformed the societies it came to dominate, and the link between colonialism and capitalism.

East Africa (1971) examines the century from 1870 that saw the emergence of East Africa from an ancient isolation into the modern world.

History of Nigeria (1969) was first published in 1929 and completely revised by its author, and gives the history of Nigeria from before its first encounters with the British, through colonial rule, and up to independence in 1960.

Between the closing battles of the Second World War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War cast a shadow over the lives of people throughout the world.

After the Titanic sank on 15 April 1912, the story hit the headlines worldwide.

Organized by days of the year, this reference presents detailed information on the HMS Titanic, from the ship itself to passengers, crew, and survivors.

The first book to study the four wives of Queen Victoria's sons as a family group-based partly on previously unpublished material from the Royal Archives.

This popular volume on the culture of hair through human history and around the globe has been updated and revised to include even more entries and current information.

Published under the auspices of the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati, Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution is a narrative history of the War for Independence.

By focusing on traders, missionaries, warriors, and adventurers-the four types of agents who are responsible for globalizing processes- this highly accessible volume brings analytical coherence and clarity to an unwieldy subject matter.

Donald Clark does a masterful job of situating the entire sweep of Korean history in its global context thus belying the shop worn stereotype of Korea as a hermit nation.

Excerpt: "e;Although it has been said of human nature that the more it changes the more it is the same thing, it is yet true that at different epochs it is actuated by widely different ideas.

The Soviet Union was one of the most secretive states that ever existed.

The Popish Plot: A Study in the History of the Reign of Charles II is a historical work that focuses on the events of the Popish Plot, a conspiracy alleged to have been planned by Jesuit priests and other Roman Catholic conspirators against the king and government of England during the reign of King Charles II.

The frequency and repetition of economic crises over the last hundred years demands an analysis that allows us to discover the root causes of these situations and the problems they have generated in the world economy.

The frequency and repetition of economic crises over the last hundred years demands an analysis that allows us to discover the root causes of these situations and the problems they have generated in the world economy.

¿Cuáles serán las grandes potencias del siglo XXI?

Three wars have dominated world events in recent years: The conflict which erupted between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands; the multinational conflict in Lebanon involving Irsaeli, Syrian, and FLO forces in Lebanon; and the savage struggles between ground and air units of the Iranian and Iraqi forces.

Three wars have dominated world events in recent years: The conflict which erupted between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands; the multinational conflict in Lebanon involving Irsaeli, Syrian, and FLO forces in Lebanon; and the savage struggles between ground and air units of the Iranian and Iraqi forces.