History

This is the first textbook of its kind to amass cases of genocide and other mass atrocities across the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first cent...

About the Book This book represents a new, expanded and substantially updated edition of one of the most acclaimed overviews of Australian military...

This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the ...

About the Book A History of the Muslim World since 1260 continues the narrative begun by A History of the Muslim World to 1750 by tracing the devel...

A History of the Modern World: An Outline is an introductory text that provides a well-rounded historical account of the processes of the modern wo...

Rest occupies a space outside of sleep and alertness: it is a form of recuperation but also of preparation for what is to come, and is a need felt ...

About the Book The turbulent history of Poland has long attracted international interest. In this wide-ranging survey, Anita J. Prazmowska explores...

A History of Modern Germany is a well-established text that presents a balanced survey of the last 150 years of German history, stretching from nin...

The seventh edition of this two-volume narrative of English history draws on the most up-to-date primary and secondary research, encouraging studen...

A History of England, Volume 1: Prehistory to 1714 focuses on the most important developments in English history from the first humans settlements ...

About the Book Covering a vital period in the history and development of East Africa this narrative history of the vast region explores the diverse...

About the Book In recent years, Portugal has experienced great social and economic change. This concise, illustrated history of the country offers ...

About the Book In 1660 England emerged from the devastations of the Civil Wars and restored the king, Charles II, to the throne. Over the next 190 ...

About the Book This title explains the political landscape over the early modern period of Britain and shows how the modern nation was forged in th...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Is religion a force for war, or a force for peace? Some of the most terrible wars in history...

Even after 70 years, the Partition of India, we continue to grapple with its histories, memories and legacies within our contemporary society. It r...

This book is a pioneering attempt to study Mughal Indian polity and the dynamics of family, kinship and caste through Riti Kal literature. The lite...

This collection of essays, written by leading experts, showcases historiographical problems, fresh interpretations, and new debates in medieval and...

The sixth edition of this bestselling book takes students on a journey through the 20th century and provides a clear overview of the key events whi...

Featuring over 130 colour maps of ancient physical and human landscapes spanning Britain to India and deep into the Sahara, this atlas is a compact...

Thsi volume takes up the story of the Indian National Movement from 1919, when the first nationalist struggle took place on an all-India scale - th...

In The Pilgrim’s Bowl, Swiss poet Philippe Jaccottet examines Giorgio Morandi’s ascetic still lifes, contrasting his artistic approach to the life ...

From the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century to the entry into peace talks in the late twentieth century the Northern Irish people have...

bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b T.W. Adorno (1903-69) was a German philosopher and social and cultural theorist. His wo...

Mark Katz surveys the age-old interrelationship between music and technology, from prehistoric musical instruments to today's digital playback devi...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The myths surrounding Sparta are as old as the city itself. Even in antiquity, Sparta was a ...

Political theory offers a great variety of interpretive traditions and models. Today, pluralism is the paradigm. But are all approaches equally use...

April 30, 1945, marked an end of sorts in the Third Reich. The last business day before a national holiday and then a series of transfers of power,...

The third edition of Archaeological Research introduces the basic methods of archaeological research, including data collection, analysis, and inte...

Footprints of a Queer History is a simple narrative of queer stories marked by personal journeys, political consciousness, socio-legal struggles, f...

This monograph illustrates the conception, planning, and building of a unique settlement named Hathigaon, or Elephant village, designed by Rahul Me...

Written over the first two decades of the present century, the essays in The Lotus and the Lion dwell on Indian history between the eleventh and th...

Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry. After decades of pressure from rural Protestants suc...

The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas and in all of human history. Long before contact with European...

An updated, penetrating, and balanced analysis of one of the most contentious issues in America today, offering a historically informed portrait of...

Very Short Introductions:Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Cold War dominated international life from the end of World War II to the fall of the Ber...

By the early twentieth century, it became common to describe the United States as a "business civilization." President Coolidge in 1925 said, "The ...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination ― mummies and pyramids, curses an...

Tackling current historiographical questions in an accessible way, the author offers a clear introduction to Marxist views of history, key Marxist ...

A Supernatural War reveals the surprising stories of extraordinary people in a world caught up with the promise of occult powers. It was a commonl...

The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, an...

Having spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbours China and Japan, Korea is now the object of considerable interest for radically different r...

Although often neglected and underplayed in mainstream history, armed resistance to British imperialism is a significant part of India’s epic strug...

Possessing the City is a social history of the property market in late-colonial Delhi; a period of much turbulence and transformation. It argues th...

A commitment to modernity is the underlying theme of this volume. Through essays that are interpretive and theoretical, the author seeks to situate...