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A sweeping history of America's first media revolution: the rise of the newspaper, and the transformation of a fledgling republic into the world's first information superpowerNo society had ever generated so much ink and paper in so little time. Between...

The encounter of indigenous history-making tradition with Western historical practice has been long neglected in Southeast Asian scholarship. Theara Thun offers one of the first critical and systematic studies of the interface between these two...

This book summarizes the academic biography of most influential Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming's life in Ming dynasty of China. It gives a detailed description of Wang Yangming's life and career, as well as to makes attention points of research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593490235Author David S. ReynoldsFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 243mm...

To revive the fortunes of socialism we must articulate a credible and attractive alternative. The Constitution of Socialism takes a decisive step in this direction. Offering an original synthesis of socialism and republicanism, the book discusses...

Beyond the Tricolour explores the history of internationalism through individuals and political organizations who took practical action in defense of internationalist principles. Birchall looks at committed internationalists who argued against...

A revised and updated edition of a classic text on the early puritans. The Puritan Experiment is an accessible, authoritative account of early New England, one with an enduring appeal for students and general readers. This revised and updated edition...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593652794Author Thomas W. LaqueurFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 924gDimensions(mm) 242mm...

FLICK is a rousing history of women enjoying sex: sex with themselves, sex with each other, and occasionally sex with men as well.Meet the women throughout history who, quite literally, came before us.From the host of award-winning History Hit podcast...

All We Say is the story of the United States through fifteen speeches - some iconic, others long forgotten, all pivotal - from its founding to the intense divisions of our times, from one of President Obama's former speechwriters.'A learned and...

This book provides a ground-breaking study of monuments to defeat. Focusing on one sculpture-Gloria Victis, or Glory to the Defeated, by French artist Antonin Mercie-the author examines the artwork's profound influence on commemorative practices at the...

The first fully illustrated history of Juneteenth and other Emancipation Day celebrations, told through photographs, art, and an engrossing narrative from an award-winning historian. For more than 150 years, Black communities have gathered to honor...

The rise to power and eventual fall from grace of the Oxbridge intellectualAfter World War II, the academics of Oxford and Cambridge-the dons-formed an unusual kind of university-based, establishment-connected intelligentsia. Unlike intellectuals in...

A profound examination of how photographs can both sever and connect, tracing the paths of Ottoman Armenians across state and family archives. In 1896 the Ottoman sultan issued a decree that allowed Armenians – and only Armenians – to emigrate on the...

When the gates of the last Magdalene Laundry closed in 1996, Ireland moved on. Or so it seemed. 'Enraging ... superb' JOHN BANVILLE, Guardian'Remarkable' Sunday Times 'An extraordinary gift ... both an education and a page-turner' DOIREANN NI...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476699943Author Michael StrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co IncWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

In this persuasive work of intellectual history, Lucas E. Morel argues that the most important influence on Abraham Lincoln's political thought and practice was what he learned from the leading figures of and documents from the birth of the United States...

A groundbreaking reassessment of the legacy of the enigmatic Shah Ismail. Seyed Javad Miri presents Shah Ismail not merely as a historical figure but as a mystic, poet, and thinker who profoundly influenced Iranian and global intellectual landscapes...

A fascinating examination of a formative time in the iconic artist's careerIn 1948, Willem de Kooning held his first solo exhibition, at age forty-four, at the Charles Egan Gallery in New York City. Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years explores how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643795799Author Kesha L GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Lee & Low BooksPublisher Lee & Low BooksWeight(grams) 503gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 228mm *...

Islam and Maoism in Southern Yunnan investigates decades of contentious relations between the Communist party-state of China and the Muslim community of southern Yunnan centered on the village of Shadian, site of an incident of state violence in 1975...

'Jenkins sets about his task with infectious enthusiasm and draws out all the most important themes in America's 250-year history' The TimesIn the two hundred and fifty years since its foundation, the United States of America has grown to become the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800998308Author Dafydd Whiteside ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y LolfaDimensions(mm) 215mm * 140mm * 10mm

A Guide to Mao's China explores how personnel within China's state tourism bureaucracy during the Mao era struggled to balance inbound foreign tourism as a form of political, historical, and cultural representation with demands for developing a...

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All We Say is the story of the United States through fifteen speeches - some iconic, others long forgotten, all pivotal - from its founding to the intense divisions of our times, from one of President Obama's former speechwriters.'Wonderful -...

Bestselling author Harry Sidebottom takes readers on a thrilling journey through a day in the life of the most iconic figure of the ancient world: the Roman gladiator'Wonderfully panoramic … endlessly informative, rich with unexpected detail but never...

'Rare and riveting . . . Powerful personal stories are woven together to provide new insight and understanding' LYSE DOUCET'A must-read for anyone seeking an honest appraisal of revolutionary Iran and the bloody twists and turns of its theocratic regime ...

The final instalment of N.A.M. Rodger's definitive, authoritative trilogy on Britain's naval historyAt the end of the French and Napoleonic wars, British sea-power was at its apogee. But by 1840, as one contemporary commentator put it, the Admiralty...

History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored.'In this moving and revelatory book, Anthony...

Meet the women throughout history who, quite literally, came before us.From the host of award-winning History Hit podcast Betwixt the Sheets.There is a common misconception that before modern day feminism, women throughout history simply lay back and...

On 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer: 'Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.'While the threat of mutually assured destruction kept a lid on a simmering and...

A powerful and important reckoning with Britain's imperial legacy and contemporary systemic racism'A richly told history of Empire from which we cannot turn away' AFUA HIRSCH'I'd have loved to have read such a book when I was a schoolboy' COLIN GRANTFrom...

A profoundly personal and moving portrait of a misunderstood people and their on-going journey - shedding new light on Romani history and what it means to be Romani in Europe today.'Fascinating' TELEGRAPH'An exhilarating history of resistance and...

The remarkable story of the real 'Dad's Army', from the bestselling historian of The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'Impeccably researched and deliciously entertaining, Dad's Army shines a bright searchlight on to an organization dismissed for far too long...

PRE-ORDER THE ACTION-PACKED STORY OF THE WWII GROUP THAT BECAME OUR SAS, FROM ONE OF THE UK'S MOST STORIED SPECIAL FORCES OPERATORS'A must read for any military enthusiast . . . insightful and inspirational' JASON FOX'A heartfelt tribute to the Long...

How African societies influenced the two major global conflicts of the 20th century.The First and Second World Wars were pivotal events in modern global history. Although colonial empires were involuntarily drawn into both global conflicts, most studies...

There are fewer than 5000 people who can genuinely claim to be members of the British aristocracy, and yet they loom large in the popular consciousness. We're fascinated by their houses and estates, their lives and loves, their foibles and eccentricities...

A non-stop flight across the Atlantic might seem routine today. But it is only possible because of those who went first.'Vivid and compelling' John Lancaster'A delectable serving of escapist nostalgia' The Times, Book of the WeekNewfoundland, 1919...

A thrilling and unprecedented account of the radicalism and political extremism that gripped the 1970s - a seismic decade that transformed the modern world.'Dazzling . . . a fabulously gripping read' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, The Times Books of the Year'As...