General and world history

Novel Histories: British Women Writing History, 1760-1830 argues that British women's history and historical fiction in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries changed not only the shape but also the political significance of women's writing.

Body of State offers a translation of Marco Baliani's acclaimed dramatic monologue, Corpo di stato, concerning the 1978 kidnapping and assassination of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the terrorist Red Brigades.

At heart, suicide is a subversive act: the assertion of individual will against public authority.

From supply chains to surveillance, how logistics drives modern powerand its consequences.

"e;"e;If a historian were allowed but one book on the American involvement in Vietnam, this would be it.

In this completely revised and updated edition of America and the Americas, Lester D.

A radical retelling of human history through collapse from the dawn of our species to the urgent existential threats of the twenty-first century and beyond.

Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly, kept a diary all her life.

The first account of the dissolution of the monasteries for fifty years—exploring its profound impact on the people of Tudor England  “This is a book about people, though, not ideas, and as a detailed account of an extraordinary human drama with a cast of thousands, it is an exceptional piece of historical writing.

The city of Acre, powerfully fortified and richly provisioned, was the last crusader stronghold.

A thought-provoking, authoritative biography of one of history’s most maligned rulers: France’s Louis XVI  “The definitive contribution to our understanding of Louis XVI as a man and a monarch.

*Winner of the 2022 Cherasco International Prize*'Thoroughly engrossing' Michael Pollan, The Atlantic'Wonderful, energising' Kathryn Hughes, The GuardianCoffee is one of the most valuable commodities in the history of the global economy and the world's most popular drug.

In February 1989, the CIA's chief in Islamabad famously cabled headquarters a simple message: "e;We Won.

Fresh, exciting and vividly readable, this is popular history at its very best.

The fall of communism and the break-up of the Soviet Union into 15 independent states in December 1991 was one of the most significant events of the 20th century.

How was poverty measured and defined, and how has this influenced our judgement of the change in poverty in Britain during the first sixty years of the twentieth century?

The Falklands War of 1982 was a small war, but one with large resonances.

The Vietnam War endured for thirty years, cost billions of dollars, and resulted in thousands of Vietnamese, French, and American deaths.

The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating pioneering research in the field of transnational history.

Model Citizens of the State: The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party Period is about the history of the Turkish Jews from 1950 to present.

Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, 1567, was compiled and published by Johann Leisentrit, a Roman Catholic priest who from 1559 to the time of his death in 1586, was Dean at the Cathedral of St.

This documentary history is intended for specialist and non-specialist alike.

During the 1920s and 1930s, Mussolini's fascist regime attempted to promote fascist Italy's national project in Argentina, bombarding the republic with its propaganda.

World history is not a subject; it is all the subjects.

In this key textbook, Andres Kasekamp masterfully traces the development of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, from the northern crusades against Europe's last pagans and Lithuania's rise to become one of medieval Europe's largest states, to their incorporation into the Russian Empire and the creation of their modern national identities.

This book broaches a comparative and interdisciplinary approach in its exploration of the phenomenon of the dictatorship in the Hispanic World in the twentieth century.

As its startling and aggressive title suggests, Dickens Novels as Verse is no standard work of literary criticism.

In this collection of essays, contributors investigate the various connections between Willa Cather's fiction and her aesthetic beliefs and practices.

The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature, 1790-1910explores the femme fatale's careerin nineteenth-century British literature.

A collection of essays originally presented on the Blackfriars stage at the American Shakesepeare Center, Shakespeare Expressed brings together scholars and practitioners, often promoting ideas that can be translated into classroom experiences.

In this collection of essays, contributors investigate the various connections between Willa Cather's fiction and her aesthetic beliefs and practices.

This book broaches a comparative and interdisciplinary approach in its exploration of the phenomenon of the dictatorship in the Hispanic World in the twentieth century.

This documentary history is intended for specialist and non-specialist alike.

The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature, 1790-1910explores the femme fatale's careerin nineteenth-century British literature.

During the 1920s and 1930s, Mussolini's fascist regime attempted to promote fascist Italy's national project in Argentina, bombarding the republic with its propaganda.

A collection of essays originally presented on the Blackfriars stage at the American Shakesepeare Center, Shakespeare Expressed brings together scholars and practitioners, often promoting ideas that can be translated into classroom experiences.

Model Citizens of the State: The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party Period is about the history of the Turkish Jews from 1950 to present.

Since Aristotle's famous declaration that the speculative sciences originated with the emergence of a leisure class, it has been accepted as a truism that intellectual activity requires political stability and leisure in order to flourish.

Metatheater and Modernity: Baroque and Neobaroque is the first work to link the study of metatheater with the concepts of baroque and neobaroque.

Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, 1567, was compiled and published by Johann Leisentrit, a Roman Catholic priest who from 1559 to the time of his death in 1586, was Dean at the Cathedral of St.

As its startling and aggressive title suggests, Dickens Novels as Verse is no standard work of literary criticism.

Since Aristotle's famous declaration that the speculative sciences originated with the emergence of a leisure class, it has been accepted as a truism that intellectual activity requires political stability and leisure in order to flourish.

World history is not a subject; it is all the subjects.

The 50 most important achievements of a timeless civilization, each explained in half a minute.

An entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present.

The Knights of Pythias fraternal organization was founded in 1865 by an Act of Congress.

The first global history of the epic early days of the iron railway Railways, in simple wooden or stone form, have existed since prehistory.

In this key textbook, Andres Kasekamp masterfully traces the development of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, from the northern crusades against Europe's last pagans and Lithuania's rise to become one of medieval Europe's largest states, to their incorporation into the Russian Empire and the creation of their modern national identities.

Internationally renowned actress Ingrid Bergman was of Swedish and German descent, though she was known by the majority as Swedish.

The Detente Deception examines the competition between the U.