Finalist for the Cundill History PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedomChoice touches virtually every aspect of our lives, from what to buy and where to live to whom to love, what profession to practice, and even what to believe.
Discover the extraordinary story of Giovanni de' Medici, the son of Florence's most powerful dynasty, who ascended to the papacy as Leo X and forever changed the cultural and spiritual landscape of Europe.
Los autores de esta obra se valen de la historiografía moderna que, en torno a los pueblos de indios, ha cuestionado las tácitas reminiscencias prehispánicas como herencia en los pueblos.
The Russian Orthodox Church (1986) concentrates on the recent history of the church, examining the situation of Russian Orthodox believers in the Soviet Union.
Kinship and Marriage in the Soviet Union (1984) presents articles by established Soviet anthropologists, writing on kinship and marriage in the countries of the USSR.
Franks and Saracens is the first and only book to examine the Crusades from the viewpoint of psychoanalysis, studying the hidden emotions and fantasies that drove the Crusaders and the Muslims to undertake their terrible wars.
This book explores the rise of two resistance movements in Yugoslavia after its invasion and partition by Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria in April 1941: one led by Draza Mihailovic's Chetniks, supporters of the Serb monarchy; and the Partisans, led by Josip Broz Tito and his Communist Party.
Revealing Portugal's counterinsurgent spying on Muslims during Mozambique's liberation struggle, this book uses archival and field work to study Muslim responses to counterinsurgency and armed nationalism that led to Mozambique's freedom from colonial rule.
Imperial Inequalities takes Western European empires and their legacies as the explicit starting point for discussion of issues of taxation and welfare.
Part of The Making of the Modern World series, this innovative textbook offers an introduction to the 19th-century world with a focus on human perspectives through social and cultural histories.
Sport and physical culture in Occupied France examines the Vichy state's attempts to promote physical education and sports in order to rejuvenate French men and women during the Occupation.
Im Herzen des mittelalterlichen Skandinaviens erhebt sich eine Familie, die das Schicksal Dänemarks über Jahrhunderte hinweg prägen sollte: das Haus Estridsson.
Many missionary societies established mission schools in the nineteenth century in the British Empire as a means to convert non-Europeans to Christianity.
As an early experiment in the creation of multilateral institutions, the League of Nations was entrusted by its members to maintain peace but also to be a standard-maker and a manager of contemporary problems and challenges requiring a global response.
