History

Mahua Sarkar examines how Muslim women in colonial Bengal came to be more marginalized in nationalist discourse than their Hindu counterparts. She ...

This book presents the oral testimony of Subhashini (1914 2003), head of a well-known Arya Samaj institution devoted to women's education in rural ...

About the Book As the Victorians excavated the earth to create canals and railways in the early part of the nineteenth century, geological discover...

About the Book Victorian America and the Civil War examines the relationships between American Victorian culture and the Civil War. The author argu...

About the Book The year is 1950 ; the Liaquat -Nehru Pact has been signed between India and Pakistan; she doesn't know it will change her life fore...

Well-researched and craftily woven, this is a remarkable historical novel, taking the reader back to pre-independent India through a tale of patrio...

About the Book A fascinating look at thirty of the mysteries that have baffled the world through the ages, by the author of Unsolved Mysteries of A...

About the Book Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer ""A first-class historian."" --The Wall Street Journal Vendetta! ""A wealth of insights.""--L...

1943: As the British Empire draws to a close, the state of Bengal is just emerging from the grip of famine. Exploited mercilessly by feudal landlor...

About the Book Kutiyattam, India's only living traditional Sanskrit theatre, has been continually performed in Kerala for at least a thousand years...

About the Book This is the story of modern Britain, focusing on twelve formative days in the history of the United Kingdom over the last five decad...

About the Book For almost a millennium until the beginning of the twentieth century, Turkish rulers and military commanders controlled vast stretch...

About the Book Popular, prolific, and impassioned, British historian A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990) was also outspoken, controversial, and quarrelsome...

The official records of the trial that culminated in the death sentence of Mangal Pandey, hailed by some as the one who initiated India’s First War...

About the Book The devotional Bhakti movement, or more specifically, the Vaisnava Bhakti movement, in Bengal is a subject on which much has been wr...

About the Book The first part of this anthology of historical documents contains the correspondence of Simon Taylor, 1765-1775, on the management o...

Contributed articles on the sufferings of women during the partition of Bengal in 1947; includes personal narratives.

About the Book Blessed with numerous safe harbours, accessible ports, and a rich hinterland, Gujarat has been central to the history of Indian Ocea...

About the Book After the bicentenary of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson, this volume acts both as a summary and a collection of some of the best ...

A vivid account of a fascinating adventure that follows Major HPS Ahluwalia and his team members through cities as exotic as Bukhara, Samarkand, An...

About the Book Bolivia’s foremost social and political theorist, René Zavaleta Mercado held diplomatic and ministerial posts with the Revolution...

About the Book In the 25 years since the last edition of Thornton and Tully's Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors was published, scientific ...

About the Book Five years after her return home from Auschwitz, Piera Sonnino found the courage to tell the story of the extermination of her paren...

About the Book Throughout human history, routes concentrated, funnelled, and mixed human experience. On them moved books, scrolls, and art, in addi...

About the Book Bernier provides us with a riveting chronicle of that time, so vastly different from our own yet so pregnant with meaning for us as ...

About the Book Over three and a half centuries from the 880s to 1250, moneyers working in Winchester produced at the very least 24 million silver p...

About the Book From the Straits of Gibraltar to Sicily, the European northern Mediterranean nations to the shores of North Africa, the western Medi...

About the Book Organized chronologically, this is the second of two volumes which provide an introduction to the Western humanities - art, music, p...

About the Book The War fo Independence had a substantial impact on the lives of all Americans, establishing a nation and confirming American identi...

About the Book A complete examination of the men and forces that created and shaped the modern state of Israel over the last hundred years Walls of...

About the Book One moment the Vikings were a mere speck on the sea; the next, a murderous force slashing its way into unprotected monasteries and v...

About the Book This book argues that in the work of trained historians, as well as amateurs, English local history is weakened by a pervasive antiq...

About the Book The monarchs of the Tudor period are among some of the most well-known figures in British history. John Guy presents a compelling an...

About the Book What is terrorism and can it ever be defended? Beginning with its definition, proceeding to its possible justifications, and culmina...

Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks, no state has unleashed nuclear weapons. What explains this? According to the author, the answer lies in a...

About the Book A vivid tableau of the American conquest of the Pacific Coast "With Broughton's expedition, the Americans and the British had poste...

About the Book Provides options for implementing IPv6 and IPv6 multicast in service provider networks New technologies, viewing paradigms, and cont...

This book examines the economic, cultural, political and social positions of Muslim women in medieval India. It explores the changes that took plac...

About the Book Historians are very much aware of the variety of national and international trends that have shaped historical inquiry in recent dec...

This engaging survey of the Space Age links science and technology with politics and popular culture, war and peace, and crises and controversies. ...

About the Book An acclaimed historian explores the dynamic history of the twentieth century Soviet Union In ten concise and compelling chapters, Th...

About the Book Around the turn of the nineteenth century, the north-western littoral of India—largely comprising of Gujarat, Kathiawad, Cutch and...

The sixth edition of The Sixties is a provocative account of a transformative era in American history, exploring the significant political, social,...

The Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s most magnificent buildings, and the frescos that decorate its ceiling and walls are a testimony to the cre...

About the Book The silences of Hammerstein, the latest work from one of Germany's most significant contemporary authors, engages readers with a ble...

About the Book The modern manager faces a bewildering range of challenges every single day. Their ability to make critical decisions, often under p...

An unusual and engrossing effort by a career academic, this book tells the life story of the Italian Capuchin friar, Padre Marco della Tomba (1726–...