History

The course of Maratha history in its last phase is marked by contingencies, some of greater import than others. Against the weakening authority of ...

Fall of the Maratha Empire, Vol. I (1796-1806) documents that significant transitional epoch in modern Indian history when the Marathas lost their ...

About the Book The Cold War was a period of intense geopolitical rivalry, in which diplomacy and international relations in Asia and the Middle Eas...

This book examines the regional culture of nineteenth century Bengal, subjected to acute interpretative stress throughout this period. This is done...

About the Book Richard Cork is one of the most serious, most influential, and best-informed art critics in Britain today. These four volumes contai...

This paperback is derived from the last third of the 20th Century Europe text-designed for the increasing number of courses splitting up traditiona...

About the Book Jan Logemann is a Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington D.C., USA, and project coordinator of　 Transatlan...

About the Book The conflict in Bosnia, disputes within the new World Trade Organizatiion and debates about NATO enlargement all illustrate a single...

About the Book Rammohun Roy (c.1772-1833) is counted amongst the most influential intellectuals of Modern India. But even after a century of debate...

Essays in Medieval Indian Economic History is part of a three-volume set, comprising representative articles of Indian History Congress Proceedings...

About the Book This book, on the history of telecommunications in India is the first of its kind to intentionally link the past and present, the co...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever yo...

About the Book Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist whose defiant patriotism made him a hero in India This book sheds light on Neta...

About the Book An established introductory textbook that provides students with an engaging overview of the complex developments in Eastern Europe ...

About the Book Early Music History is devoted to the study of music from the early Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century. The scope is ...

Early Indian Religion and Society examines the gradual disappearance of sacrificial liturgy in South Asia in the first millennium BCE, prompting pr...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever yo...

This is a story of Muzaffar Ahmad. In Calcutta through Muzaffar Ahmad's transitions, the little investigated history of the left in Bengal prior to...

About the Book Terrorism is one of the most significant security threats that we face in the twenty-first century. Not surprisingly, there is now a...

About the Book Divided We Stand is a study of how class and race have intersected in American society--above all, in the "making" and remaking of t...

About the Book Displacement and citizenship are intricately connected in the contemporary flows of forced migration, internal displacement due to c...

About the Book This text collates the personal letters written by 18 of the thousands of British emigrants who left for North America in the 15 yea...

About the Book Twenty of Florida's most catastrophic incidents due to natural and other causes are recounted here. Featured are the Jacksonville fi...

About the Book Known for his brilliantly dark fictional visions, L szl Krasznahorkai is one of the most respected European writers of his generatio...

About the Book A stupendous feat of reportage.-Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our Fathers Praise for Desperate Hours ""Goldstein's book is packed...

About the Book A stupendous feat of reportage.-Ron Powers, cowriter of Flags of Our Fathers Praise for Desperate Hours ""Goldstein's book is packed...

About the Book Many books have been written on the fascinating and chequered history of the city of Delhi. Few, however, have the breadth and scope...

About the Book Revolution is an idea that has been one of the most important drivers of human activity since its emergence in its modern form in th...

About the Book The German 'Blitz' that followed the Battle of Britain killed tens of thousands and laid waste to large areas of many British cities...

About the Book Deadlock and Disillusionment: American Politics Since 1968 is an insightful consideration of the events people, and policy debates t...

About the Book A preeminent historian examines World War II's turning point On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed at five Normandy beaches, precede...

David Blunkett has never been a conventional politician - or personality. Blind since childhood, seemingly a traditional 'old Labour' councillor in...

What haunts the city? Why is there so much pessimism in our urban lives? And how does this physical and psychological insecurity of relentless comp...

About the Book Curing Madness? focusses on the institutional and non-institutional histories of madness in colonial north India. It proves that 'ma...

About the Book In this book, the prominent poet and author Kishwar Naheed presents a fascinating account of Pakistan's rich and varied cultural lan...

Cultural Pasts collects essays on a range of subjects in early Indian history. Its focus is on historiography and the changing dimensions of social...

About the Book This is a revised edition of R. C. Smail's classic account of the military achievements of the Crusaders in the context of a 'feudal...

About the Book The book provides insights into the society, polity, and literary ethos of Pakistan within the broader South Asian context. An attem...

About the Book Sectarian murder, torture, bloody power struggles and racketeering are what for many define their image of the Ulster Defence Associ...

About the Book This book demonstrates that American agricultural development was far more dynamic than generally portrayed. In the two centuries be...

About the Book Cosmopolitan theory suggests that we should shift our moral attention from the local to the global. Richard Vernon argues, however, ...

Indian nationalism has been a contested space over the last century. Claims and counter-claims have been advanced regarding its nature for long now...

About the Book A stirring tale of adventure and tragedy "They brought balls of spun cotton and parrots and javelins and other little things that it...

Coconuts have been around for longer than Homo sapiens; they have been turned into art, taken part in religious rituals and been a sign of wealth a...

About the Book What can war tell us about empire? Climate of Conquest is built around this question. Here the author eschews the conventional way o...

About the Book Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, Classical Mythology, Ninth Edition, is the most comprehensive survey of...

About the Book Most of us grew up with the knowledge that India had been a British colony--the jewel in the crown of the Raj. Even those with sligh...