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East Africa: A Century of Change 1870–1970 W.E.F. Ward 9781032422671
RRP: $48.01$40.81East Africa (1971) examines the century from 1870 that saw the emergence of East Africa from an ancient isolation into the modern world. This survey pays attention to the social and economic as well as the political history of this transition, and takes... -
Freedom's Mirage: Virgil Bennehan's Odyssey from Emancipation to Exile Sydney Nathans 9781469682648
RRP: $168.10$142.88Freedom's Mirage traces the exceptional life of Virgil Bennehan, born in bondage in 1808 in Piedmont North Carolina, who rose to become an enslaved doctor on one of the South's largest plantations and to view himself as a friend to Blacks and whites... -
Norse Mythology: The Gods, Heroes, Monsters and Legends of the Viking Culture Finn D Moore 9780228105046
RRP: $42.88$36.45The Norsemen of old Scandinavia were a tough and hardy people, best known today for their prowess in bloody combat and storytelling. Because they had no writing, the frightening reputation of warriors survives, but Norse mythology — all storytelling — is... -
Slavery's Fugitives and the Making of the United States Constitution Timothy Messer-Kruse 9780807182765
RRP: $66.81$56.79Slavery's Fugitives and the Making of the United States Constitution unearths a long-hidden factor that led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. While historians have generally acknowledged that patriot leaders assembled in response to postwar... -
Colonial Sequence 1949 to 1969: A Chronological Commentary upon British Colonial Policy in Africa Margery Perham 9781032455860
RRP: $51.44$43.72Colonial Sequence 1949 to 1969 (1970) continues the sequence begun in Colonial Sequence 1930 to 1949 and presents a valuable body of evidence for the enquiry into Britain’s colonial actions, written at a time when Britain was retreating from empire. In... -
Liberalism and Naval Strategy: Ideology, Interest and Sea Power During the Pax Britannica Bernard Semmel 9781032549293
RRP: $48.01$40.81Liberalism and Naval Strategy (1986) examines the role that liberalism played in shaping the naval strategy of the Pax Britannia. Liberalism was linked to commercial interest, and the devotion of the middle classes to peaceful commerce and their... -
Traveling to Unknown Places: Nineteenth-Century Journeys toward French and American Selfhood Lloyd S. Kramer 9781469682389
RRP: $168.10$142.88Traveling to Unknown Places presents a compelling, incisive analysis of how French and American writers reshaped their personal and collective identities as they traveled in foreign countries after the social upheavals of the eighteenth-century Atlantic... -
Elstree Aerodrome: 90 Years in Pictures Grant Peerless 9781803995984
RRP: $39.43$33.52From its humble beginnings in the 1930s as a landing strip associated with a country club, Elstree Aerodrome would go on to be used extensively for repair and overhaul of military aircraft in the Second World War and would later become one of the... -
Colonizing Ourselves Volume 5: Tejano Back-to-Mexico Movements and the Making of a Settler Colonial Nation José Angel Hernández 9780806194592
RRP: $66.81$56.79In the late nineteenth century, the Mexican government, seeking to fortify its northern borders and curb migration to the United States, set out to relocate “Mexico-Texano” families, or Tejanos, on Mexican land. In Colonizing Ourselves, José Angel... -
The Pullman Strike: A Gilded Age Clash between Labor, Capital, and Government Edward T. O'Donnell 9781032483917
RRP: $231.57$196.83This book examines the 1894 Pullman Strike, one of the most consequential clashes between labor and capital that paralyzed America’s railroad system.The Gilded Age saw rapid economic growth, expansion of industrialization, and real wage growth. Yet... -
The Morality of Revolution: Reeducation Camps and the Politics of Punishment in Socialist Mozambique, 1968–1990 Benedito Luís Machava 9780821425831
RRP: $54.89$46.66The Morality of Revolution offers the first historical examination of urban cleanup campaigns and reeducation camps in socialist Mozambique. The book presents the camps as the template for independent Mozambique’s punitive society under Frelimo... -
Damming the Reservation Volume 23: Tribal Sovereignty and Activism at Fort Berthold Angela Parker 9780806194615
RRP: $66.81$56.79“The single most destructive act ever perpetrated on any tribe by the United States,” Vine Deloria Jr. called it. For the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara communities living on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, the construction of the... -
Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses M.G. Sheftall 9781035422692
RRP: $29.14$24.77The stories of hibakusha - Japanese for atomic bomb survivors - lie at the heart of this compelling minute-by-minute account of 6 August 1945 - the day the world changed forever as the Enola Gay dropped its payload over Hiroshima, ushering in the nuclear... -
The Morality of Revolution: Reeducation Camps and the Politics of Punishment in Socialist Mozambique, 1968–1990 Benedito Luís Machava 9780821425824
RRP: $138.94$118.10The Morality of Revolution offers the first historical examination of urban cleanup campaigns and reeducation camps in socialist Mozambique. The book presents the camps as the template for independent Mozambique’s punitive society under Frelimo... -
Red Threads: A History of the People's Flag Henry Bell 9780745347691
RRP: $42.88$36.45The red flag: there is no symbol, perhaps other than the crucifix and the crescent moon, that so many people have lived and died for. A standard of hope and resistance to millions, and of terror and tyranny to many. But why is the red flag red? How did... -
Graphic War Navy: The Secret Naval Drawings and Illustrations of World War II Donald Nijboer 9780228104841
RRP: $68.61$58.32Prepare to embark on an extraordinary journey into the heart of naval warfare during World War II with Graphic War Navy. Following the success of Graphic War: The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II, Donald Nijboer unveils a... -
The Chief Rabbi's Funeral: The Untold Story of America's Largest Antisemitic Riot Scott D. Seligman 9781640126183
RRP: $51.44$43.72On July 30, 1902, tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets of New York’s Lower East Side to bid farewell to the city’s chief rabbi, the eminent Talmudist Jacob Joseph. All went well until the procession crossed Sheriff Street, where the six-story... -
At the Origins of Politics: Formation and Growth of the State in Syro-Mesopotamia Giorgio Buccellati 9780367256708
RRP: $63.45$53.93This volume, now available in English, explores how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality, leading to new forms of social interaction, and the development of the state, its laws and its religion to... -
The Great Genesee Road: Traveling through Time on New York State's Historic Route 5 Richard Figiel 9781493075577
RRP: $32.57$27.68Today we call most of it New York Route 5. Over the centuries it has been called the Iroquois Trail, Genesee Road, Mohawk and Seneca Turnpike, Buffalo Road. In Route 5 and the Great Genesee Road, author Richard Figiel takes readers on a historical... -
The Forgotten Era: Nigeria Before British Rule Max Siollun 9780745350080
RRP: $42.88$36.45Much is known about colonial Africa (or, what Europeans did in Africa). Yet very little is known about Africa before its colonisation. In this surprising history, Max Siollun uncovers a Nigeria that was not part of a backward 'dark continent' as European... -
Disasters in World History Benjamin Reilly 9781032566955
RRP: $222.99$189.54Disasters in World History surveys the development of disaster studies as a discipline as well as the historical case studies and theories used by historians to understand disasters.Disasters, here defined as the complex interaction between natural... -
Visualizing Christ's Miracles in Late Byzantium: Art, Theology, and Court Culture Maria Alessia Rossi 9781009387620
RRP: $145.80$123.93This book investigates the political and spiritual agenda behind monumental paintings of Christ's miracles in late Byzantine churches in Constantinople, Mystras, Thessaloniki, Mount Athos, Ohrid, and Kastoria. It is the first exhaustive examination of... -
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World Richard Cockett 9780300279368
RRP: $22.28$18.94How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West’s intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to... -
Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18: Flying High with Harris' Hellcats Michael I. Fink 9781682473214
RRP: $59.95$50.96USS Intrepid’s Fighting Squadron 18 (VF-18) was one of the U.S. Navy’s highest-scoring carrier units of World War II. Despite having only one combat veteran in its roster, its aviators—including Cecil “Speedball” Harris, the Navy’s second-ranking... -
Engaging with Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History: Medicine in Britain, c1250–present and The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18 Dale Banham 9781398389229
RRP: $36.02$30.62Trust the power of cognitive science to help students to understand more, remember more and feel more confident about their exams.This textbook is guaranteed to make learning more effective. The approach was created by author and teacher Dale Banham, who... -
A History of England Llewellyn Woodward 9781032828794
RRP: $154.38$131.22First Published in 1947, A History of England combines a concise record of events with an absorbing picture of England’s evolution in the political, social, economic, and cultural spheres. It brings important themes like Britain under the Romans; the... -
Empires and Indigenous Peoples: Comparing Ancient Roman and North American Experiences Michael Maas 9780806194523
RRP: $80.53$68.46The Romans who established their rule on three continents as well as the Europeans who initially established new homes in North America interacted with communities of Indigenous peoples with their own histories and cultures. Sweeping in its scope and... -
Back into Focus: The Real Story of Robert Capa's D-Day Chuck Herrick 9781636244730
RRP: $59.95$50.96Although Capa's Falling Soldier image from the Spanish Civil War has been definitively proven to be a staged propaganda fake, no one has applied a similarly critical eye to his later work. This book is the first effort to establish the facts behind the... -
North America Ancient Origins: Stories Of People & Civilization James Ball 9781804178041
RRP: $18.85$16.02Gorgeous Collector's Edition. In this new history, James Ball gathers together the ancient story of North American History, tracing it to today's many still-thriving native cultures. Records of the pre-Columbian era rely heavily on archeological... -
Fragments of Victory: The Contemporary Irish Left David Landy 9780745348759
RRP: $32.57$27.68There is much to learn from modern left-wing activism in Ireland. A rich tapestry of movements, including republicans, social democrats, trade unions, Trotskyists and anarchists, they have been battling neoliberalism and austerity with vigour,... -
The Guardian Angel: Michel Hollard: The Resistance Leader who stopped Hitler's Plans to destroy London Florian Hollard 9781526780058
RRP: $34.29$29.14This book tells the story of an important yet little-known episode of 20th century history. Just as General de Gaulle did, Lieutenant Michel Hollard refused to accept France's surrender in June 1940. A spirited soldier during the First World War, a... -
Writing Resistance in the Second World War: Secrecy and Participation in Newspapers Jane L. Chapman 9783031607417
RRP: $188.67$160.36This book aims to extend existing historical, literary and media knowledge of neglected written voices as a form of print participation in the Second World War. Uniquely, it is framed by an awareness of contemporary requirements for both secrecy and... -
Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers and the American People Steven Watts 9781108495936
RRP: $51.46$43.74Citizen Cowboy is a probing biography of one of America's most influential cultural figures. Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of media and entertainment in the early twentieth... -
Slavic Ancient Origins: Stories Of People & Civilization Barbora Jiřincová 9781804176184
RRP: $18.85$16.02The ancient roots of the Slavs can be traced through language and archeology to the time of late Babylon, and the Vedic culture of India, but more distinct records reveal them as a military force supporting the many tribes, the Avars, the Scythians,... -
Paleoart. Visions of the Prehistoric Past Walton Ford 9783836593205
RRP: $128.65$109.35It was 1830 when an English scientist named Henry De la Beche painted the first piece of paleoart, a dazzling, deliciously macabre vision of prehistoric reptiles battling underwater. Since then, artists the world over have conjured up visions of... -
The Origin and Evolution of China's Names I: The Reigning Dynasties HU A-Xiang 9781032815817
RRP: $231.57$196.83This is the first volume of a two-volume set on the names of China, focusing on the country's official titles throughout history.Using interdisciplinary approaches from fields such as history, geography, ethnic studies, linguistics, psychology and... -
My Dear Kabul: A year in the life of an Afghan women's writing group Untold Narratives CIC 9781399727983
RRP: $34.31$29.16'A hugely important book... I want everyone to read it, share it, discuss it, support it' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'A unique chronicle of the everyday and the earth shattering' LYSE DOUCET'Tender, devastating narratives from some of the bravest women of our... -
A Criminal Hero: Justice, Politics and Media Culture in Eighteenth-Century Naples Pasquale Palmieri 9781032722252
RRP: $222.99$189.54In the spring of 1757, the Augustinian friar Leopoldo di San Pasquale was tried in Naples by the hierarchies of his own religious order on charges of financial fraud, heresy, and sexual immorality. He responded by accusing the heads of the convent of... -
Stone Circles: A Field Guide Colin Richards 9780300235982
RRP: $51.46$43.74The definitive guide to the stone circles of Britain and Ireland From Stonehenge and the Ring of Brogdar to the Rollright Stones and Avebury, the British and Irish Isles are scattered with the stone circles of our prehistoric ancestors. Although there... -
Jurisdictional Battlefields: Political Culture, Theatricality, and Spanish Expeditions in Charcas in the second half of the sixteenth century Mario Graña Taborelli 9781835537091
RRP: $197.26$167.67The book examines three expeditions by the Spanish to the borders of Charcas, a district that covers present-day Bolivia and the northwest of Argentina, in the second half of the sixteenth century, through an approach that has not been attempted until...