History

About the Book The Mutiny at the Margins series takes a fresh look at the Revolt of 1857 from a variety of original and unusual perspectives, focus...

About the Book : The Mutiny at the Margins series takes a fresh look at the revolt of 1857 from original and unusual perspectives, focusing in part...

About the Book As countries in Asia try to create unified polities, many face challenges from minority groups within their own borders seeking inde...

This book provides a richly illustrated survey of the history of Mughal architecture.

About the Book Praise for Unsolved Mysteries of American History "The facts are presented clearly and concisely, and the answers have been thoroug...

About the Book Chinese Buddhists have never remained stationary. They have always been on the move. In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores...

About the Book This book is a re-examination of the fertile years of early modernism immediately preceding the First World War. During this period,...

About the Book In 1979, Margaret Thatcher rose to power and the ensuing years are key to understanding Britain in the 21st century. Keith Laybourn ...

About the Book Brazil is associated in many people's minds with conviviality, sensuality, and natural beauty. Yet the country behind these images a...

About the Book Model Nazi tells the story of Arthur Greiser, the man who initiated the Final Solution in Nazi-occupied Poland. Between 1939 and 194...

About the Book Today all would agree that Mexico and the United States have never been closer―that the fates of the two republics are inextricabl...

About the Book The book ventures to look into eras bygone in order to chronicle the passage of three mega species-the rhinoceros, tiger, and elepha...

About the Book A comprehensive and authoritative short guide, this Very Short Introduction to Medieval Britain covers the establishment of the Angl...

About the Book Few developments in the industrial era have had a greater impact on everyday social life than the explosion of the mass media and co...

Material Culture Of Gangetic Plains During First Millennium B.c.: An Archaeological Study

Looking back on the glorious tradition of iron making in India, Marvels of Indian Iron Through the Ages provides concrete evidence of the expertise...

About the Book Abandoning her privileged position in society, Marie d'Agoult eloped with Franz Liszt, and later won fame as a writer under the name...

About the Book Striking in appearance--six foot four and physically imposing--with an aristocratic bearing and incredible charm and self-assurance,...

About the Book This new study explores how British youth was made, and how it made itself, over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Urbanisatio...

This history of the erstwhile princely state of Udaipur evokes the glory and grandeur of the Rajput courts. Here are tales of honour and chivalry, ...

About the Book The Thirty Years' War (1618-48) was Europe's most destructive conflict prior to the two world wars. Two of European history's greate...

Krishna Bose was born Krishna Chaudhuri on 26 December 1930 in Dhaka, to East Bengali parents settled in Calcutta. In December 1955 she married Sis...

About the Book Professional archaeologists have been working in the city of London, and revealing its secrets, since the early 1970s. This book cel...

About the Book Letters and first-person narrative accounts relating to the courtship of Elizabeth Wiseman by Robert Spencer in 1686-1687. The docum...

Legendotes of Hyderbad

Latin American Economic History: An Introduction to Daily Life, Debt, and Development guides readers through significant features and developments ...

About the Book Latin America 2040 presents a longer term vision of Latin American society and economies, within which current policy debates and ac...

About the Book The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt. As Devin Fergus explai...

The complex socio-political and economic structure of life on the Indian subcontinent has been confused by centuries of accretion in overlapping te...

About the Book Acclaim for Lafayette ""I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis's two revolutions...

Keshab Chandra Sen (1838–84) was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in nineteenth-century Bengal. A religious leader and social ref...

About the Book Advance Praise for Joseph P. Kennedy "Ted Schwarz gives us a darker, and truer, picture of the founding father (and only Kennedy to ...

About the Book By the 1920s, Jews were--by all economic, political, and cultural measures of the day--making it in America. But as these children o...

About the Book This is a short introduction to the life and ideas of Jawaharlal Nehru, independent India's first prime minister. The approach is bi...

About the Book In this book, Romila Thapar examines the link between time and history through the use of cyclic and linear concepts of time. While ...

About the Book Presents a collection of essays that look at Iraq's history, arts, religion, politics, and the role of women.

About the Book Since the beginning of recorded history, Iran/Persia has been one of the most important world civilizations. Iran remains a distinct...

About the Book Representing a fresh approach to the teaching of American history, this textbook takes innovation as its theme. The book is a chrono...

About the Book Representing a fresh approach to the teaching of American history, this textbook takes innovation as its theme. The book is a chrono...

Now in its fourth edition, Introduction to Global Military History is an accessible, up-to-date account of modern warfare from the eighteenth centu...

About the Book Shennan examines the changing criteria upon which European relations were based between 1689 and 1789, a complex period which saw: ...

About the Book Indira Gandhi is perhaps one of the few Indian leaders whose recognition factor has not diminished with time. Her legacy, both in te...

Indias Rise as an Asian Power: Nation, Neighborhood, and Region

India's Labouring Poor: Historical Studies C.1600-C.2000

Metallurgy had begun in the Indian subcontinent around 6th Millennium BCE. But unlike other metals zinc appeared much later, only a few hundred yea...