History and Archaeology

The Soviet Way of Life (1948) is an objective description of the Soviet Russian political and economic systems.

From the 11th century AD, East Asian armies made increasing use of exploding missiles and siege cannon to reduce the fortifications of their enemies.

Spanning three hundred years and the colonial regimes of Spain, Mexico, and the United States, Maurice S.

In this book American colonization is considered in the light of general colonization as a phase of history.

History of the British West Indies (1954) examines the history of the islands of the Caribbean from their first discovery, through the periods of colonisation and slavery, and up to the beginnings of their status as independent nations.

This collective book offers a panorama of the history of tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax havens from the nineteenth century to the present day, based on the latest research in contemporary history.

The Everyday Practice of Public Art: Art, Space, and Social Inclusion is a multidisciplinary anthology of analyses exploring the expansion of contemporary public art issues beyond the built environment.

The Peculiar Afterlife of Slavery explores how antiblack racism lived on through the figure of the Chinese worker in US literature after emancipation.

A Vietnam vet leads an Army Special Forces unit to rescue a compromised CIA agent in 1979 East Berlin in this spy thriller series debut.

This book repositions the groundbreaking Bretton Woods conference of July 1944 as the first large-scale multilateral North-South dialogue on global financial governance.

When a proud Adolf Hitler revealed his new Luftwaffe to the world in March 1935, it was the largest, most modern military air arm the world had seen.

In 1791, the decision was taken in France to keep the death penalty in force & but there was a demand for it to be made more humane.

How the Sun Lost Its Shine: A Newsroom Memoir is award-winning journalist Elaine Tassy's no-holds-barred account of her four years working as a reporter at The Baltimore Sun.

This book explores the power of print and the politics of the book in South Africa from a range of disciplinary perspectives-historical, bibliographic, literary-critical, sociological, and cultural studies.

In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire.

Originally published in 1961.

This book critically explores ways in which our understanding of late medieval liturgy can be enhanced through present-day enactment.

In April 1945 the American 71st Infantry Division exacted the final vestiges of life from the Reich's 6th SS Mountain Division in central Germany.

The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature provides a broad-ranging introduction to some of the key critical fields, genres, and periods in Canadian literary studies.

Political Communication and Social Theory presents an advanced and challenging text for students and scholars of political communication and mass media in democracies.

This book takes a fresh look at warfare and its role in reshaping Bronze Age society from the Mediterranean to northern Europe.

"e;How the War Was Won"e; describes the major role played by the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in defeating the German army.

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Neighbors--Jan Gross's stunning account of the brutal mass murder of the Jews of Jedwabne by their Polish neighbors--was met with international critical acclaim and was a finalist for the National Book Award in the United States.

How the Treaty of Versailles is still influencing current events—with a new Foreword by Sir Harold Evans and a new Introduction by the authorFor more than half a century, it has been widely recognized that the Treaty of Versailles created the circumstances that led inevitably to World War II.

James William Newland's (1810-1857) career as a showman daguerreotypist began in the United States but expanded into Central and South America, across the Pacific to New Zealand and colonial Australia and onto India.

Anarchist Socialism in Early 20th Century Spain is the first English translation of and critical introduction to Ideario, a collection of newspaper and journal articles written by Spanish anarchist Ricardo Mella.

This original and thought-provoking study looks at the context of postmodernist thought in general cultural terms as well as in relation to history.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

'The definitive account of the Vulcan raids taught me something new on every page'- Rowland White, author of the bestselling Vulcan 607A newly researched, fully illustrated account of how RAF Vulcan bombers flew a series of the world's longest air raids in 1982 against Port Stanley airfield, in a daring, hastily improvised strike against the Argentinian invaders.

General Winfield Scott Hancock was perhaps the most influential officer in the federal lines, though he commanded only one of seven Union corps at Gettysburg.

Ungentle Goodnights uses the records of the United States Naval Asylum (later the United States Naval Home), a residence for disabled and elderly sailors and Marines established by the U.

Stalin's Quest for Gold tells the story of Torgsin, a chain of retail shops established in 1930 with the aim of raising the hard currency needed to finance the USSR's ambitious industrialization program.

Originally published in 1935 and authored by a supporter of Scottish Nationalism, this book ascribes many of Scotland's misfortunes in history to the sectarian wars and those of Edward I, as well as the havoc wrought by the Industrial Revolution and the decay of Scotland's successive cultures.

First published in 1985.

Democratization in South Africa has been accompanied by continuing and even deepening economic inequalities.

This book offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on the relationship between crime, harm and consumer culture.

Since the 1940s, Marxist thought has blossomed in Nigeria.

A rich intellectual history of the reinvention of France''s colonial empire in the second half of the eighteenth century.

Interrelated histories of colonial medicine, market and family reveal how Western homeopathy was translated and made vernacular in colonial India.

Aims to modify the periodization for the American Enlightenment.

Although countless books have been written about the U-boat war in the Atlantic, precious few facts have come to light about the men who served in the submarines that wrought such havoc on Allied ships.

The past decades have borne witness to the United Farm Workers' (UFW) tenacious hold on the countrys imagination.

They were brothers from Norways Red County.

In this innovative study, the author carves out a new field, a sociology of literature in which he offers insightful commentary about the nexus of literature and society.

Explores Cicero''s thought on a range of issues including political leadership, persuasive rhetoric, and the right use of power.

This book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary exploration of civility and political culture in the Muslim world.

We, in the West in general, and the United States in particular, have witnessed over the last twenty years a slow erosion of our civilizational self-confidence.