History

This book discusses the period from 1000 BC to the end of the sixth century AD. Divided into five thematic sections, the first section discusses qu...

Ayii Tendulkar, a young journalist from a small town in Maharashtra, traveled to Germany to pursue a doctorate in statistics. In Berlin, Ayii becam...

With exquisite color photographs melding into one another to create a rare visual continuity, this volume celebrates the history, culture and spiri...

In this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia. He examines the main features...

This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and acade...

The contribution of the Ancient Greeks to modern western culture is incalculable. In the worlds of art, architecture, myth, literature, and philoso...

The Gothic is wildly diverse. It can refer to ecclesiastical architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror films, and a distinctive style of rock...

Two hundred years of imperial rule left a legacy of Raj literature comprising journals, diaries and travelogues, ably complemented with the visual ...

This monograph breaks new ground by weaving stories of fathers and children into the history of gender, family and nation in colonial India. Focusi...

The story of how psychoanalysis was used in the war against Nazi Germany - in the crucial quest to understand the Nazi mind. Daniel Pick brings bo...

This volume attempts detailed analyses of Tamil and Telugu sources to explore the impact of notions of rituals, caste and religion in the formation...

The Idea of History

A book that captures the essence of this magnificent fort and acknowledges the deeds of courage and valour of its inhabitants. The subject overwhel...

Separated by age, custom, tradition, faith and beliefs, India's 'father of the nation' and first prime minister shared arguably the most important ...

This volume visualizes the cultural space of the northern Bay of Bengal as embracing upland landlocked areas—Ava, Yunnan, the Tripuri, Dimasa and A...

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Centur...

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...

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew's Very Short Introducti...

This Very Short Introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examin...

This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal...

Indian civilization has layers of images where the highest train of thoughts from erudite verses mingle with simple home truths lying embedded in a...

A fascinating study of the cultural history of Thanjavur starting from the time when the Rajarajeswaram temple, which is now known as the Brihadees...

The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history....

The Reformation transformed Europe, and left an indelible mark on the modern world. It began as an argument about what Christians needed to do to b...

This book takes a clear-eyed view of the changing face of Calcutta. The city’s built heritage inherited from pre-Independence times is in the last ...

An architectural marvel and a national monument, the Jama Masjid is much more than the edifice itself. Its arches and domes, minars and minarets, g...

The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. This introduction covers the history of the empire at its height, looking at its people, religions a...

The Viking reputation is of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British Isles and the North Atlantic throughout the early Mi...

The Revolt of 1857 is being increasingly recognized as one of the major events of the nineteenth century, a turning point in the history of imperia...

Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subje...

Spanning some twenty-five years of research and writing, the essays in this volume fall into two categories: historiography and Indo-Islamic civili...

A HISTORY OF SOUTH INDIA (OIP): From Prehistoric Times To the Fall of Vijayanagar

The author presents a large comparative database derived from ethnographic and architectural research in Southeast Asia, Egypt, Mesoamerica, and ot...