History books

A Great Storm Arising first examines the broad context in which the German offensive was undertaken in 1918 in terms...  Read More >>

Conversation-starting and prize-winning international fiction- an extraordinary meditation on violence, conspiracy...  Read More >>

Observances, Feasts, and Scripts is the first monograph written in English to offer a comprehensive analysis of...  Read More >>

An acclaimed Southern author's soul-stirring photographs digitally scanned for the first time  Read More >>

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Demonstrates the formative influence of Arab nationalist thought on Arabic literature since decolonization. It is...  Read More >>

For centuries, women have organized social gatherings known as 'salons', which have served as sites of women's creativity...  Read More >>

Vienna is world-famous for its unique musical ambience and status. This wide-ranging study probes the history underlying...  Read More >>

This book presents the first history of the death penalty under British colonial rule in the late twentieth century....  Read More >>

Introducing the critical and previously overlooked role played by protest brokers in South Africa, this study explores...  Read More >>

This book offers a sociological account of the political conversion from democratic socialism to fascism in interwar-France....  Read More >>

A leading group of scholars debate the 'big picture' approach in an engagement with renowned scholar Barry Buzan....  Read More >>

In this rich study of the pre-industrial city in early modern Europe, Jan de Vries uses modern demographic techniques...  Read More >>

A panoramic, non-Eurocentric view of theatre history that emphasizes the variety of connections among the world's...  Read More >>

Drawing from the author's family history, this book charts the intimate and global transformation of a rural region...  Read More >>

Debates about homosexuality are historically shaped by national specificities. In comparative and empirically rich...  Read More >>

Through an in-depth analysis of wartime essays and literary works, Literature and Cultural Identity during the Korean...  Read More >>

This thrilling historical mystery sees a young female Pinkerton detective take on the lawless American frontier...  Read More >>

Gold, greed, empire – the hidden history of Britain’s stolen West African treasure  Read More >>

A razor-sharp, utterly immersive political travelogue that reveals one of the world’s most enigmatic regions  Read More >>

Charts world history from the dawn of civilisation to the modern culture we live in today. From the origins of homo-sapiens...  Read More >>

For centuries a debate has raged about whether people survived the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE; Steven...  Read More >>

A comprehensive introduction to the key political, economic, and cultural developments shaping China's position...  Read More >>

War is far more likely to occur in countries where women lack equal standing in society. Focusing on gendered political...  Read More >>

The genealogy of 'humanism' demonstrates its impossibility as a historiographical category since the Early Modern...  Read More >>