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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...

Playing the Game uncovers the history of state and regional colleges as engines of opportunity in postwar America. By 1970, these institutions enrolled more students than elite private or flagship public universities did, and yet they remained on the...

Acclaimed author and translator Sophus Helle considers an ancient creation story with themes of humanity, class warfare, and catastrophic climate change. The Babylonian poem Atra-hasis is a forgotten masterpiece of political thought. Written in...

When war came to the nation in 1861, Michiganians rallied around the Stars and Stripes and readily agreed with a veteran politician who declared, "He who is not for his country is against her." Even as the conflict grew bloody and costly, they remained...

Thomas Asbridge's remarkable new book reveals the global impact of humanity's greatest natural disaster, and the terrible human cost of this calamity.'An up-to-the-hour work of scholarship that is at the same time a page turner... Asbridge's definitive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635578003Author Steven J. RossFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374618186Author Omer BartovFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798217031863Author Carole Boston WeatherfordFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Crown Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

This revised and updated edition of The American Revolution offers an accessible and authoritative account of the war that forged a nation.From the first sparks of rebellion to the final treaty, this comprehensive visual history charts the key battles,...

For generations, the Italian peninsula was Europe's fragmented battlefield. This book is the definitive account of how the House of Savoy ended that chaos and forged a modern nation. It is a story of how ruthless Realpolitik prevailed over romantic zeal...

One element of historical work that greatly enriches the entire field is the importance of perspective in understanding the past. Approaching history from diverse individuals' points of view, or with a particular sensitivity to group objectives or...

This book takes an innovative approach to the study of the past in the past. It seeks to understand history, not as a discipline or profession, but as a cultural phenomenon. Spanning the early-modern and modern pasts, this book focuses on the posthumous...

This collected volume offers an original perspective on the Baltic region by examining the intricate relationships between its diverse ethnic groups from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Rather than focusing solely on national narratives or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540299482Author Ennis DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)...

Experience the vibrant history of Atlanta, Georgia through its treasures in this captivating, richly illustrated book.From the Western & Atlantic Railroad's Zero Milepost signifying the city's birth as a transportation hub, to the glittering disco ball...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593229453Author Molly CrabappleFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint One World BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 737gDimensions(mm) 243mm *...

New and ambitious approaches to contemporary China, informed by perspectives taken from civilizational analysis and the specific concept of social imaginaries.This collection of essays by some of today's most prominent scholars on Chinese society,...

Literature and Revolution in Modern China sets out to rescue Lu Xun from the distortion of his legacy by the Chinese Communist literary establishment, Mao Zedong, and Stalinism. The book reconstructs Lu Xun's literary theory and political position...

Fighting Falcons offers a compelling account of Marine Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221), a unit that played a key role in the Pacific during World War II. Formed in 1941, VMF-221 flew in some of the most significant campaigns of the war, from the Battle...

Charts the founding of the American Empire.The Fourth Kingdom is the second volume in a series of books, The Personality of American Power, tracing the distinctive continuities in the American way of war and strategy-making. A handful of themes emerge:...

A comprehensive exploration of how labor unions, broadly conceived, shape party loyalties in the American mass public.How and why do labor unions matter for American mass party loyalties, specifically party identification and vote choice? Labor Unions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645030607Author Michael Edison HaydenFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type Books

Diachronic Narratology in Greek Myth looks at ancient Greek mythology from the viewpoint of its storytelling through time. There are hundreds of different figures and stories in Greek mythology, interconnected in a complex narrative network. While...

A comprehensive study of the New Christian elite of Jewish origin-prominent traders, merchants, bankers and men of letters-between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuriesIn Strangers Within, Francisco Bethencourt provides the first comprehensive history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540299536Author Tom KaschalkFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm)...

**** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ****WINNER 2025 Goodreads Choice AwardsBlackwell's Scottish Book of the Year'Fascinating and illuminating, this book tempers the justifiable rage with sharp and funny pinpricks to the pompous.' VAL MCDERMID, author of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540299529Author John J BinderFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams)...

This book reconstructs the intellectual and political trajectory of Zoltan Laszlo (1881-1961), a representative figure of the East-Central European middle-class intelligentsia. His shifting positions-on nationalism, imperialism, colonialism,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593966785Author DKFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 1202gDimensions(mm) 239mm *...

The award-winning co-anchor of PBS NewsHour presents a sweeping and insightful retrospective on the history of Black comedy in America.Black comedians have long played a pivotal role in shaping the American sense of humor. The 1990s showcased a golden...

Did you know that the Rocky Mountains are more than three thousand miles long and span both the United States and Canada? Learn more about these majestic mountains in this book for young readers!The Rocky Mountains are split into four groups: the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593654347Author Ian BurumaFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 561gDimensions(mm) 242mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662681387Author Sarah L. ThomsonFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Calkins CreekPublisher Astra Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 493gDimensions(mm) 287mm *...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Asians have migrated to North America for centuries, in search of opportunities and conveyed by increasingly dense, international circuits of trade, labor markets, and family networks. Drawn by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788199301825Author Bipin BakshiFormat HardbackPage Count 372Imprint Konark Publishers Pvt.LtdPublisher Konark Publishers Pvt.LtdWeight(grams) 700g

From The New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson's writings on race that every American should readAmong America's Founding Fathers, none was more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826508447Author Sheri Lea SellmeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University Press

How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our presentBeginning in the 1970s, women of the decolonizing world offered new visions of liberation that centered the...

A groundbreaking history of political struggle in the Spanish New World, where commoners and elites alike challenged the social order through the remarkable power of paperwork.As Spanish conquistadors swept through the New World, the Crown envisioned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540299567Author Nina InnstedFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm