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• Author(s): G. E. R. Lloyd • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: History & Surveys - Ancient & ClassicalLong before science as we know it today existed, sophisticated studies of the external wo...

• Author(s): Alain Corbin • Publisher: MixBT • Publisher Imprint: MixBT • Subject: HistoryIn a book whose erudition and originality had a dazzling impact on first publication in France and the UK, Alain Corbin has put the sense of smell on the hi...

• Author(s): Bhattacharya Sabyasachi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThe archives are generally sites where historians conduct research into our past. Seldom are they objects...

• Author(s): Stone | . • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Russia & the Former Soviet UnionAbout the Book In the decade after 1945, as the Cold War freeze set in, a new Europe slowly began to emer...

• Author(s): Lucy Morgan Edwards • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: Politics and Current AffairsOctober 7, 2011 marked the tenth anniversary of the start of the Afghan war, and this explosive book exposes how the West lost i...

• Author(s): Derek W. Urwin • Publisher: Pearson • Publisher Imprint: Longman • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book This is the first edition since 1981 of this standard textbook for upper school and undergraduate students of European politics and mod...

• Author(s): Grewal J S • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThis is the first comprehensive study of the life and work of Master Tara Singh (1885-1967), Akali leader, freedom fig...

• Author(s): Donny Gluckstein • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThis history reclaims the Second World War as a global fight 'from below'. The vast majority of h...

• Author(s): Raina Dhruv • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: HistoryThis volume situates the historiography of science in India within a social theory of science. Focussing on several strands from the...

• Author(s): Mcmillian • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: United States - 20th CenturyAbout the Book How did the New Left uprising of the 1960s happen? What caused millions of young people-many of th...

• Author(s): Griffey | Erin • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - RenaissanceThrough a thematic overview of court culture that connects the cultural with the political, confessional,...

• Author(s): Chris Bambery • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThe Second World War casts a long shadow, portrayed as a necessary and paradigmatic war that defeate...

• Author(s): English Richard • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: TerrorismAbout the Book Terrorism is one of the most significant security threats that we face in the twenty-first century. Not surpris...

• Author(s): Meel Tamphanon | John Haywood • Publisher: Thames & Hudson • Publisher Imprint: Thames & Hudson • Subject: History, • BISAC: History - AncientMeel Tamphanon is an illustrator from Phuket, Thailand. She has a degree in 2D Ani...

• Author(s): Charles R. Geisst • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAn intriguing history of the futures market and speculation From Jay Gould's attempt to corner the gold market in the 1860s to the Hunt brothers' scand...

• Author(s): Buckley John; Beaver Paul • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceIn 1918, the Royal Air Force became the first major independent air force in the world. Formed...

• Author(s): No Author • Publisher: Plume Books • Publisher Imprint: Plume Books • Subject: History • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)Abraham Lincoln is the most frequently quoted United States President. In this fascinating co...

• Author(s): Pero G. Dagbovie • Publisher: Verso Books • Publisher Imprint: Verso Books • Subject: History • BISAC: African American & BlackAbout the Book The past and future of Black history In this information-overloaded twenty-first centur...

• Author(s): Douglas Newton • Publisher: Verso Books • Publisher Imprint: Verso Books • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War IThe centenary of the outbreak of the First World War may be commemorated by some as a great moment...

• Author(s): Ray Dolphin • Publisher: Pluto • Publisher Imprint: Pluto • Subject: History • BISAC: Middle East - Israel & PalestineSince Israel began its construction in 2002, the Wall has sparked intense debate, being condemned as illegal by...

• Author(s): Bose Shibani • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralAbout the Book The book ventures to look into eras bygone in order to chronicle the passage of three mega species-th...

• Author(s): Susan Ronald • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book The fascinating six-hundred-year history of one of the world's most coveted gems and the royal feuds, intrigues, and betrayals it engenderedT...

• Author(s): Niccolao Manucci • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: HistoryMogul India or Storia Do Mogor (in four volumes) is a travelogue of a well-known Italian traveller Niccolao Manucci, translated in English and ann...

• Author(s): Fulbrook • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Modern - 20th Century - HolocaustAbout the Book The Silesian town of Bedzin lies a mere twenty-five miles from Auschwitz; through the linked g...

• Author(s): Joan Comay • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: HistoryFrom Karl Marx to the Marx Brothers Who's Who in Jewish History presents a complete reference guide to over a thousand prominent men and wo...

• Author(s): Abdul-qadir Ibn-i-muluk Shah • Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: History • BISAC: History A History of India: Muntakhabu-t-Tawarikh (Volume II), translated by Willi...

• Author(s): Tamar Meisels • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge • Subject: History • BISAC: TerrorismAbout the Book What is terrorism and can it ever be defended? Beginning with its definition, proceeding to its possible justi...

• Author(s): Harmony Siganporia • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: CivilizationAbout the Book In February 2019, Harmony Siganporia walked from Dandi to Ahmedabad, retracing the route of Gandhi's Salt...

• Author(s): Alpers Edward; GoswamiChhaya (Eds.) • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralAbout the Book Blessed with numerous safe harbours, accessible ports, and a rich hinterland, ...

• Author(s): Pati Biswamoy (Ed) • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Revolutions, Uprisings & RebellionsThis volume brings together seminal writings on the rebellion of 1857, including out-of-print...

• Author(s): John C.G. R÷hl | Terence F. Cole • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge • Subject: History • BISAC: Europe - GermanyWithin a couple of decades Kaiser Wilhelm II had led the German Reich into World War and collapse. ...

• Author(s): Vijay Prashad • Publisher: California UP • Publisher Imprint: California • Subject: History • BISAC: World - Middle EasternThis fast-paced and timely book from Vijay Prashad is the best critical primer to the Middle East conflicts to...

• Author(s): Epstein • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: HistoricalAbout the Book Model Nazi tells the story of Arthur Greiser, the man who initiated the Final Solution in Nazi-occupied Poland. Betwee...

• Author(s): Joost R. Hiltermann • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge • Subject: History • BISAC: Middle East - GeneralAbout the Book In March 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, thousands were killed in a chemical attack on a tow...