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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): 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): Symonds • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralAbout the Book Seventy years ago, more than six thousand Allied ships carried more than a million ...

• 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): 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): 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): Richard Toye • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - World War IIAbout the Book The popular story of Churchill's war-time rhetoric is a simple one: the British people were energize...

• 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): Schilling Heinz | Rona Johnston • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: ReligiousNo other German has shaped the history of early-modern Europe more than Martin Luther. In this comprehensive ...

• 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): Larry Schweikart | Bradley J. Birzer • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book In this authoritative and comprehensive resource, you'll find detailed information on a vast array of topics related ...

• Author(s): Buckner F. Melton Jr. • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book Aaron Burr remains one of the most darkly compelling figures in early United States history. Best known as the man who killed Alexan...

• 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): 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): Dasgupta Uma • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralFriendships of ‘Largeness and Freedom’ presents the story of three remarkable individuals—Rabindranath Tagore, Mahat...

• Author(s): Chris Thomas • Publisher: Yale UP • Publisher Imprint: Yale UP • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book Professional archaeologists have been working in the city of London, and revealing its secrets, since the early 1970s. This book celebrat...

• Author(s): NathPratyay • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Military - GeneralAbout the Book What can war tell us about empire? Climate of Conquest is built around this question. Here the author esch...

• 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): Orcutt Frost • Publisher: Yale UP • Publisher Imprint: Yale UP • Subject: HistoryVitus Jonassen Bering (1681-1741) is a towering figure in the history of exploration. In the course of two expeditions that consumed most of his adult l...

• Author(s): Michael Freeman • Publisher: Yale UP • Publisher Imprint: Yale UP • Subject: History • BISAC: HistoryAbout the Book As the Victorians excavated the earth to create canals and railways in the early part of the nineteenth century, geol...

• Author(s): Walsh, J. H. Tull • Publisher: Andesite Press • Publisher Imprint: Andesite Press • Subject: History • BISAC: General This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civiliz...

• Author(s): William Miles • Publisher: L. Rienner Publisher • Publisher Imprint: L. Rienner • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book Explores the modern-day legacy of French colonialism in India. This work comes to the conclusion that the nature of the ...

• Author(s): K. C. Yadav • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge India • Subject: HistoryThis volume analyses the Trial of Bahadur Shah, a watershed moment in 19th century colonial history of India.

• Author(s): Sekhar Bandyopadhyay • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralAbout the Book The book seeks to situate caste as a discursive category in the discussion of Partition in Be...

• Author(s): Swapna M. Banerjee • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: History • BISAC: Asia - South - GeneralThis monograph breaks new ground by weaving stories of fathers and children into the history of gender, family...

• Author(s): Henry Beveridge | Translated by Alexander Rogers • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: HistoryEmperor Nuru-d-din Jahangir hails from the illustrious Babur family. The memoir writing trend descended to Babur d...

• Author(s): Sandria B. Freitag • Publisher: PrimusBooks • Publisher Imprint: PrimusBooks • Subject: History • BISAC: History

• Author(s): Captain R.C. Temple • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Nirmal B. • Subject: History

• Author(s): H.A. Rose • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Nirmal B. • Subject: History

• Author(s): W.H. Moreland • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: History