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Major transformations in society are always accompanied by parallel transformations in systems of social communication – what we call the media. In th…

Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history. In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor…

This book covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, from their emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to the year 2000. The auth…

The fundamental and explosive changes in the U.S. economy and its business system from 1860 to 1920 continue to fascinate and engage historians, econo…

The mass of the Roman people constituted well over 90% of the population. Much ancient history, however, has focused on the lives, politics and cultur…

Receiving widespread critical acclaim when first published, Ireland 1798-1998 has been revised to include coverage of the most recent developments. Ja…

The Conquest of Mexico is a brilliant account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, written from a new and unfamiliar angle. Gruzinski analyses the proce…

Media practices and the everyday cultures of transnational migrants are deeply interconnected. Mediating Migration narrates aspects of the migrant exp…

The Emergence of Monasticism offers a new approach to the subject, placing its development against the dynamic of both social and religious change. Fi…

The story of cuisine and the social history of eating is a fascinating one, and Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat covers all its aspects in this classic hist…

Urban history is a well-established and flourishing field of historical research. Written by a leading scholar, this short introduction demonstrates h…

More than 60 years have passed since the outbreak of the most catastrophic conflict the world has known: 30 million people dead and unbelievable devas…

The tenth to the thirteenth centuries in Europe saw the appearance of popular heresy and the establishment of the Inquisition, the expropriation and m…

The second edition of Watergate: A Brief History with Documents presents a collection of relevant historic documents from Nixon's acceptance speech at…

Covers the history of the entire African continent, from prehistory to the present day A Companion to African History embraces the diverse regions, su…

Hannah's Dress tells the dizzying story of Berlin's modern history. Curious to learn more about the city she has lived in for over twenty years, journ…

The Art of Conversation is a major contribution to the social history of language – a relatively new field which has become the focus of lively interd…

Curing their Ills traces the history of encounters between European medicine and African societies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Vaughan'…

This is the first major synthesis of Greek religion to appear for a generation. A clearly structured and readable survey for classical scholars and st…

The Guns of Navarone and its three sequels, in which the same characters are sent on other wartime missions, together in one volume for the first time…

Provides an all-encompassing look at the history of Russia, Central Asia, and Mongolia Beginning with the breakup of the Mongol Empire in the mid-thir…

This book traces the emergence of the concept of self-identity in modern Western culture, as it was both reflected in and advanced by the development …

A Social and Cultural History of Late Antiquity examines the social and cultural landscape of the Late Antique Mediterranean. The text offers a pictur…

Who were the scientific geniuses behind some of the most innovative and important discoveries in modern medicine? Medical science in the 21st century …

Picture the perfect family…Now forget it & read this.An achingly funny novel on modern motherhood and married life, as told through the e-mail corresp…

The second edition of Essaying the Past features a variety of updates and enhancements to further its standing as an indispensible resource to all asp…

During the Holocaust, 99 percent of all Jewish killings were carried out by members of state organizations. In this groundbreaking book, Stefan Kühl o…

Nineteenth-Century Europe offers a much-needed concise and fresh look at European culture between the Great Revolution in France and the First World W…

The 17th Century Parisian doctor who made blood transfusion history… In 1667 a Parisian doctor by the name of Jean-Baptiste Denis performed an operati…

Gender History Across Epistemologies offers broad range of innovative approaches to gender history. The essays reveal how historians of gender are cro…

A Timely Look Back at the Era That Shaped Our World Thousands of years of recorded history show that the main way in which human societies have been o…

This book offers a fascinating and insightful overview of seven centuries of murder in Europe. It tells the story of the changing face of violence and…

This history of the Nordic peoples in the period 750-1050 focuses on their homelands and colonies, demonstrating the fluidity and incoherence of the w…

‘Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, a…

Declared a terrorist menace yet elected to government in a free election, Hamas now stands as the most important Sunni Islamist group in the Middle Ea…

This book provides a fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. It also discusses the revivals of i…

This fourth edition of Sir John Hale’s classic history of England and the Italian Renaissance includes a detailed introduction by Edward Chaney survey…

This is an updated edition of Conrad Totman’s authoritative history of Japan from c.8000 BC to the present day. The first edition was widely praised f…

Offers a broad and unique look at Ancient Egypt during its long age of imperialism Written for enthusiasts and scholars of pharaonic Egypt, as well as…

Colonial America: A History to 1763, 4th Edition provides updated and revised coverage of the background, founding, and development of the thirteen En…

This book provides the most comprehensive examination of the Normans available, examining the emergence of the Normans, their characteristics as a gro…

This book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. It takes a fresh approach, making nove…

This Companion brings together 32 new essays by leading historians to provide a reassessment of British history in the early twentieth century. The co…

Winner of the 2006 John D. Criticos Prize This book introduces the reader to the complex history, ethnicity, and identity of the Byzantines. This volu…

If the twenty-first century seems an unlikely stage for the return of a 14th-century killer, the authors of Return of the Black Death argue that the p…