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World History
Steven Wallech
World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis presents the highly anticipated second edition of the most affordable and accessible survey of world history designed for use at the college level. An engaging narrative that contextualizes history and...
World History
Steven Wallech
World History: A Concise Thematic Analysis presents the highly anticipated second edition of the most affordable and accessible survey of world history designed for use at the college level. An engaging narrative that contextualizes history and...
A History of Modern Germany. 1800 to the Present
Martin Kitchen
Featuring revised and extended coverage, the second edition of A History of Modern Germany offers an accessible and engagingly written account of German history from 1800 to the present. Provides readers with a long view of modern German...
Europe between Democracy and Dictatorship. 1900 - 1945
Conan Fischer
Fischer offers a captivating analysis of Europe’s turbulent history during the first half of the twentieth century, from the optimism at the turn of the century to the successive waves of destruction of the First and Second World Wars. Written...
Fear and Progress. Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975
Antonio S?nchez Cazorla
Utilizing hundreds of confidential documents from authorities in the Franco government, Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975 recounts the experiences of Spanish citizens who lived during the 40-year Franco dictatorship....
Caliphs and Kings. Spain, 796-1031
Roger Collins
Roger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society – when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in apparent harmony – revealing a fuller, more complex picture of this fascinating period....
Во времена Саксонцев
Юзеф Игнаций Крашевский
Предпоследний, 28 роман из цикла История Польши знаменитого польского классика Ю. Крашевского продолжает тему Саксонской трилогии. В нём показаны приход к власти, первые годы правления Августа II в Польше, Северная война. Довольно интересна...
The Strange Non-death of Neo-liberalism
Colin Crouch
The financial crisis seemed to present a fundamental challenge to neo liberalism, the body of ideas that have constituted the political orthodoxy of most advanced economies in recent decades. Colin Crouch argues in this book that it will shrug...
A Global History of Sexuality
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A Global History of Sexuality provides a provocative, wide-ranging introduction to the history of sexuality from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Explores what sexuality has meant in the everyday lives of individuals over the last...
Remembering Katyn
Simon Lewis
Katyn– the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940 – has come to be remembered as Stalin’s emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history. Yet paradoxically, a majority of its victims...
A Companion to Global Historical Thought
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A Companion to Global Historical Thought provides an in-depth overview of the development of historical thinking from the earliest times to the present, across the world, directly addressing the issues of historical thought in a globalized...
За веру, царя и Отечество
Виктор Яковлевич Коростышевский
Большинство персонажей этого исторического романа жители подмосковных деревень Куркино, Юрово, Машкино, Филино с подлинными именами. Двадцать пять крепостных крестьян были отданы помещиком в ополчение и стали участниками Бородинского сражения...
The Wiley-Blackwell Dictionary of Modern European History Since 1789
Nicholas Atkin
The Wiley-Blackwell Dictionary of Modern European History Since 1789 is an authoritative and accessible reference guide to the major people, events, and issues that have shaped the development of Europe from the French Revolution to the present...
A Companion to the Punic Wars
Dexter Hoyos
A Companion to the Punic Wars offers a comprehensive new survey of the three wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC. Offers a broad survey of the Punic Wars from a variety of perspectives Features contributions from an...
И стихли выстрелы. Цикл «Пустота»
Владислав Долганов
Восточный Фронт. Первая Мировая в самом разгаре. Русские отбрасывают австро-венгерские войска. Уже все устали, все хотят мира и вернуться домой, к своим семьям, но кто мог подумать, что 25 декабря 1914 года произойдет одно событие, которое...
Орден в огне
Вячеслав Моисеев
Книга «Орден в огне» написана для любителей интриг и средневековых боев. Вы «увидите» картины сражений и осад замков и крепостей, «услышите» звон алебард и мечей. Вас ждут заговоры аббатов, народные восстания, яростные сражения. И только хитрая...
Deadlock and Disillusionment
Gary W. Reichard
Deadlock and Disillusionment: American Politics Since 1968 is an insightful consideration of the events people, and policy debates that have shaped and continue to influence, even control, the current political era. Rejects conventional wisdom...
A History of Modern Britain
Ellis Wasson
Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present provides a comprehensive survey of the social, political, economic and cultural history of Great Britain from the Hanoverian succession...
History of Modern Latin America
Teresa A. Meade
Now available in a fully-revised and updated second edition, A History of Modern Latin America offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the rich cultural and political history of this vibrant region from the onset of independence to...
The Human Footprint
Anthony N. Penna
The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day. Provides a comprehensive, global, multidisciplinary history of the planet from its...
Going to the Sources. A Guide to Historical Research and Writing
Anthony Brundage
The updated fifth edition of Going to the Sources presents a practical guide to historical research and writing for all students of history. Focuses on the basics of historians’ craft, introducing students to concepts including refining a topic,...
Going to the Sources
Anthony Brundage
It’s been almost 30 years since the first edition of Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing was first published. Newly revised and updated, the sixth edition of this bestselling guide helps students at all levels meet...
Sports in American Life
Richard O. Davies
The third edition of author Richard O. Davies? highly praised narrative of American sports, Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of...
Nationalism in Asia
Jeff Kingston
Using a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, Nationalism in Asia analyzes currents of nationalism in five contemporary Asian societies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea. Explores the ways in which nationalism is expressed,...
The Cold War
Ralph B. Levering
Now available in a fully revised and updated third edition, The Cold War: A Post-Cold War History offers an authoritative and accessible introduction to the history and enduring legacy of the Cold War. Thoroughly updated in light of new...
World War I
Tammy M. Proctor
A lively, engaging history of The Great War written for a new generation of readers In recent years, scholarship on World War I has turned from a fairly narrow focus on military tactics, weaponry, and diplomacy to incorporate considerations of...
The Progressives. Activism and Reform in American Society, 1893 - 1917
Karen Pastorello
The Progressives offers comprehensive coverage of the origins, evolution, and notable events that came to define the pivotal period of American history known as the Progressive Era. Offers a rich, in-depth analysis of who the progressives were...
«Farewell, My Nation». American Indians and the United States in the Nineteenth Century
Philip Weeks
The fully updated third edition of “Farewell, My Nation” considers the complex and often tragic relationships between American Indians, white Americans, and the U.S. government during the nineteenth century, as the government tried to find ways...
Losing Eden
Sara Dant
Losing Eden traces the environmental history and development of the American West and explains how the land has shaped and been shaped by the people who live there. Discusses key events and topics from the Beringia migration, Columbian Exchange,...
The Experience of History
Kenneth Bartlett
The Experience of History is a lively and passionate introduction to the field that encourages students to seek and appreciate history inside the classroom and beyond. This work: Defines history as a discipline and the role of historians within...
Southern Women
Sally G. McMillen
The third edition of Southern Women relays the historical narrative of both black and white women in the patriarchal South. Covering primarily the years between 1800 and 1865, it shows the strengths and varied experiences of these women—on...
A History of Southeast Asia
Anthony Reid
A History of Southeast Asia: Critical Crossroads presents a comprehensive history of Southeast Asia from our earliest knowledge of its civilizations and religious patterns up to the present day. Incorporates environmental, social, economic, and...
A World History of Rubber
Stephen L. Harp
A World History of Rubber helps readers understand and gain new insights into the social and cultural contexts of global production and consumption, from the nineteenth century to today, through the fascinating story of one commodity. Divides...
China and the West to 1600
Steven Wallech
A comparative history of Chinese and Western Civilization from the dawn of agriculture to the dawn of modernity in Europe, China and the West to 1600 explores the factors that led to the divergent evolution of two major cultures of the ancient...
African Americans in the Colonial Era
Donald R. Wright
What are the origins of slavery and race-based prejudice in the mainland American colonies? How did the Atlantic slave trade operate to supply African labor to colonial America? How did African-American culture form and evolve? How did the...
Essaying the Past. How to Read, Write, and Think about History
Jim Cullen
Part research manual, part study guide, and part introduction to the study of history, Essaying the Past guides the reader through the nuts and bolts of producing good historical prose, offering key strategies and useful tips. Includes expert...
A Woman's Dilemma
Rosemarie Zagarri
The second edition of A Woman's Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution updates Rosemarie Zagarri's biography of one of the most accomplished women of the Revolutionary era. The work places Warren into the social and political...
Native America
Michael Leroy Oberg
Native America: A History, Second Edition offers a thoroughly revised and updated narrative history of American Indian peoples in what became the United States. The new edition includes expanded coverage of the period since the Second World War,...
Mississippi
Westley F. Busbee, Jr
The second edition of Mississippi: A History features a series of revisions and updates to its comprehensive coverage of Mississippi state history from the time of the region’s first inhabitants into the 21st century. Represents the only...
Modern Spain
Pamela Beth Radcliff
Modern Spain: 1808 to the Present is a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day. Places a large emphasis on Spain's place within broader European and global history The chronological political...
The Vietnam War
Edward Miller
The Vietnam War is an outstanding collection of primary documents related to America’s conflict in Vietnam which includes a balance of original American and Vietnamese perspectives, providing a uniquely varied range of insights into both...
The Long Sixties
Christopher B. Strain
The Long Sixties is a concise and engaging treatment of the major political, social, and cultural developments of this tumultuous period. A comprehensive yet concise overview that offers coverage of a variety of topics, from the beginnings of...
Fiorello La Guardia
Ronald H. Bayor
Fiorello La Guardia was an ambitious man who wanted great success for himself—but he also wanted to advocate on behalf of the poor and forgotten. Through hard work and perseverance he managed to achieve both. This work examines the life of the...
Vietnam
Gary R. Hess
Now available in a completely revised and updated second edition, Vietnam: Explaining America’s Lost War is an award-winning historiography of one of the 20th century’s seminal conflicts. Looks at many facets of Vietnam War, examining central...
A Companion to the Reconstruction Presidents, 1865 - 1881
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A Companion to Reconstruction Presidents presents a series of original essays that explore a variety of important issues, themes, and debates associated with the presidencies of Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes....
First Islanders
Peter Bellwood
Incorporating research findings over the last twenty years, First Islanders examines the human prehistory of Island Southeast Asia. This fascinating story is explored from a broad swathe of multidisciplinary perspectives and pays close attention...
Inspiration and Innovation
Todd M. Kerstetter
Covering more than 200 years of history from pre-contact to the present, this textbook places religion at the center of the history of the American West, examining the relationship between religion and the region and their influence on one...
A History of Germany 1918 - 2014
Mary Fulbrook
The fourth edition of A History of Germany, 1918-2014: A Divided Nation introduces students to the key themes of 20th century German history, tracing the dramatic social, cultural, and political tensions in Germany since 1918. Now thoroughly...
The Dawning of American Labor
Brian Greenberg
A concise history of labor and work in America from the birth of the Republic to the Industrial Age and beyond From the days of Thomas Jefferson, Americans believed that they could sustain a capitalist industrial economy without the class...
Democratic Empire
Jim Cullen
A brief survey of U.S. history since the end of World War II, focusing on popular beliefs, fears, and hopes that have shaped American culture and history over the last eight decades. Explores the ways in which the American people’s perceptions...
