History books

Depuis que Verlaine a recommandé de prendre l'éloquence et de tordre son cou, le lyrisme en prose ou en vers est...  Read More >>

This book offers a compelling look at how television censorship in China works not just as top-down control, but...  Read More >>

This book considers the formation of South Africa’s universities, more specifically those that evolved as colleges,...  Read More >>

This book builds on Head’s previous work on Soviet legal scholar Evgeny Pashukanis, challenging Western academics...  Read More >>

This book offers a compelling re-examination of Mao Zedong’s political authority, giving readers a clear understanding...  Read More >>

Portraits of Italian mercenary captains (condottieri) constitute a representative part of the earliest 15th-century...  Read More >>

Real Lives in the Eighteenth Century presents a global history using four sets of biographies to illustrate corresponding...  Read More >>

This book investigates the nature of ‘home’ and nation in post-imperial British novels, which deal with the loss...  Read More >>

This book examines China’s cultural system from 1911 to 1949 by exploring its formation, evolution and the underlying...  Read More >>

This book offers an illuminating account on the development of Soviet music and music political discussions in the...  Read More >>

This book addresses the pressing issues of environmentalism and its representations in African literature. It emphasizes...  Read More >>

This book offers articles connecting the Russian Revolution and the Indian anti-colonial struggle, serving reflections...  Read More >>

This book builds upon landmark contributions by Lucien Hanks and Benedict Anderson to interdisciplinary scholarship...  Read More >>

This book illustrates how literary narratives can function as a type of activism, spanning socio-cultural, cognitive,...  Read More >>

Éliane Brault's book tells a remarkable story. This Anglophone edition retains the originality of Brault’s style,...  Read More >>

Building on the growing general interest in and the excellent recent scholarship on Japanese cinema’s fraught transition...  Read More >>

This work is essential for archaeologists, historians, anthropologists and heritage enthusiasts, emphasizing the...  Read More >>

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A new volume, after nine years, Panzer Tracts No. 22-6 is set to become the definitive reference for all types and...  Read More >>

Im 9. Jahrhundert, einer Zeit, in der das Eisen über das Schicksal entschied, prallen zwei Welten aufeinander. Brand,...  Read More >>

The Prime Minister's Punchline is a sharp and satirical take on power, politics, and the unexpected role of humor...  Read More >>

On the morning of December 7, 1941, as the nation reels from the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese American fishing...  Read More >>

Ykatit 12: The Massacre of Addis Ababa tells the true story of one of the darkest days in Ethiopia's modern history....  Read More >>

Descrizione Il Cuore di un Re Buono In un Medioevo ideale, dove la storia incontra il sogno, nasce Il Regno del...  Read More >>

Aztec Tattoos is a guide for anyone interested in Aztec inspired tattoos and the visual world behind them. It blends...  Read More >>