History books

First published in 1992, this book (now with a new preface by the author) explains changes in the period up to AD...  Read More >>

First Published in 1990, Moscow Graffiti is a unique and unprecedented look at the graffiti that began to appear...  Read More >>

First published in 1947, Over the Hills and Far Away takes the reader back to the holidays of olden times and then...  Read More >>

First published in 1951, The Malay Magician employs historical and comparative data to unravel the different elements...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1992, Music in English Children’s Drama of the Later Renaissance is the first book-length...  Read More >>

Music Under the Soviets (1955) examines the concept of Soviet music, its special characteristics and its differences...  Read More >>

First published in 1956, this book compares the old order of colonial government, represented by the Indirect Rule...  Read More >>

Montaigne’s Essays were republished in France every two or three years from 1580–1669. The Fortunes of Montaigne...  Read More >>

First published in 1939, Marshal Pilsudski presents a comprehensive biographical history of Józef Klemens Piłsudski...  Read More >>

Kinship and Marriage in the Soviet Union (1984) presents articles by established Soviet anthropologists, writing...  Read More >>

The Making of the Soviet Citizen (1987) examines the distinctive feature of Soviet education – the crucial importance...  Read More >>

Ethnic Relations in the USSR (1986) focuses on popular ethnic attitudes and behaviour among the various nations...  Read More >>

First published in 1965, The Latvian Republic is based on the official British documents, partly on German and other...  Read More >>

The Red Pencil (1989) examines the many ways in which Soviet censorship interfered in the creative process – in...  Read More >>

De-Stalinization and the House of Culture (1990) looks at the houses of culture – arts centres which in the Stalinist...  Read More >>

The Development of Sociology in the Soviet Union (1974) examines the institutionalisation of sociology in the Soviet...  Read More >>

First published in 1979, Political Identity in South Asia deals with the relationship between language, religion...  Read More >>

First Published in 1972, Prelude to Modern Europe provides a political narrative, the social and economic background...  Read More >>

Women in Soviet Russia (1933) is a comprehensive account of the position of women in the Soviet Union. It looks...  Read More >>

First published in 1988, Political Trials in Poland 1981-1986 describes the major political trials which took place...  Read More >>

First published in 1960, Pilkington Brothers and the Glass Industry is a comprehensive economic history of the glass...  Read More >>

First published in 1934, Late Tudor and Early Stuart Geography is a critical commentary on a chronologically arranged...  Read More >>

First published in 1930, Tudor Geography discusses the men and the geographical concepts that enabled world-famous...  Read More >>

First published in 1990, Explaining American Politics looks at substantial and specific problems in American politics....  Read More >>

First published in 1960, The New-Old Land of Israel deals particularly with the excavations which have amazingly...  Read More >>