General and world history

Students of the Italian Renaissance who wish to go beyond the standard names and subjects will find in this text abundant information on the lives, customs, beliefs, and practices of those who lived during this exciting time period.

This book examines the political connections and trade relations between Italy and China, with particular emphasis on the second half of the 19th century and the period following the Second World War.

The best-selling author of Why the West Rules-for Now examines the evolution and future of human values Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad.

A vivid and detailed account of Soviet skill in the air during the Korean War.

This book analyzes the Vietnam War, focusing attention on women and gender.

What are the causes of imperial decline?

El manuscrit que s'edita correspon a un 'Liber Ordinum' del bisbat de València en temps de Roderic de Borja com a titular d'aquesta diòcesi.

The League of the Iroquois, the most famous native government in North America, dominated intertribal diplomacy in the Northeast and influenced the course of American colonial history for nearly two centuries.

By applying a comparative approach the volume focuses on a select group of empires"e; which are generally not in the focus of empires studies.

This book presents a new picture of the politics, economics and process of government in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev.

A multidisciplinary study of pre-Columbian South Americacentering on the psychoactive plant genus AnadenantheraAs cultures formed and evolved in pre-Columbian South America, Anadenanthera became one of the most widely used shamanic inebriants.

Scholars, librarians, students, and database vendors have all applauded the increase in access to rare, old, venerated, and obscure texts that has resulted from the rise of electronic resources.

During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, US Navy dive bomber pilot Wade McClusky proved himself to be one of the greatest pilots and combat leaders in American history, but his story has never been told until now.

A richly illustrated examination of the British raid on the port of St Nazaire: one of the most daring actions of World War II.

Another Look: One God and Three Faiths is a unique study of sacred history and monotheism.

Over the past two decades or so, medieval geopolitics have come to occupy an increasingly prominent place in the collective imagination-and writings-of International Relations scholars.

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?

Across the globe, history has gone public.

History teaches us that agricultural growth and development is necessary for achieving overall better living conditions in all societies.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

British Colonial Policy in the Age of Peel and Russell (1930) examines British colonial administration during the administrations of Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell.

Goody raises questions about theorists, historians and methodology and proposes a new comparative approach to cross-cultural analysis.

Professor Reinhold, a distinguished senior classicist, has produced a fascinating and accessible collection of essays devoted to the study of ancient history.

Our picture of a chimney sweep is often Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins.

Medieval Rural Settlement: Britain and Ireland, AD 800-1600 is a major assessment and review of the origins, forms and evolutions of medieval rural settlement in Britain and Ireland across the period c.

This major reinterpretation of British-German relations in the 1970s explores why the two countries rarely saw eye to eye over European integration.

This critically-commented source edition contains the commercial directions, merchant diary and naval log of four East India Company ships, which sailed from London to Canton, China in 1723, as well as the travelogue of another contemporary trader who sailed from Ostend.

Contemporary Soviet Government (1975) is a leading study of the practice of Soviet government, examined against a background of Soviet Marxism.

Examines human sexuality as an intrinsic element in the interpretation of complex colonial societies.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 is routinely portrayed as a manifestly secular event which was confined to celebrating the success of science, technology, and manufacturing in the mid-Victorian age.

Luigi Zoja presents an insightful analysis of the use and misuse of paranoia throughout history and in contemporary society.

The Arab theatre and cinema are among the most neglected subjects in the studies of Oriental literature and research into the history of theatre.

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

This volume of primary sources brings together letters, memoirs, petitions, tracts, and stories related to religion and reform around the globe from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries.

A military journalist shines a light on the unsung heroism and contributions of enlisted combat reporters in the Vietnam War in these revealing interviews.

This book explores the historical inter-relations between international law and revolution, with a focus on how international anti-capitalist struggle plays out through law.

This title offers the first comprehensive study of the sudden appearance and rise to popularity of the moralistic prose pamphlet.

John Potts Slough, the Union commander at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, lived a life of relentless pursuit for success that entangled him in the turbulent events of mid-nineteenth-century America.

Until recently, study of the early modern economy in Europe has tended to have heroes and villains: the former being the progressive and 'modern' economies of the Netherlands and England, and the latter being doomed, backward and Catholic Italy and Spain.

This collection of papers charts the development of a collective system of naval defence for the British Empire from the dying days of the nineteenth century up to its greatest test following the outbreak of the Second World War.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the transatlantic relationship between the United States and Europe, from the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall to the Trump administration.

Analyzing published and archival oral histories of formerly enslaved African Americans, Libra R.