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British India's Relations with the Kingdom of Nepal, 1857–1947: A Diplomatic History of Nepal Asad Husain 9781032419695
$71.38British India's Relations with the Kingdom of Nepal (1970) uses original documents and confidential papers never before available to examine the relations between Nepal and British India from 1857 to 1947. Though relations between the two countries were... -
Histories of Sex Work Around the World Catherine Phipps 9781032479323
RRP: $273.00$235.43This book offers snapshots of sex work in global history, examining how it has differed in different places around the world at different points in time. Focusing on certain moments in certain places and examinations of historical lives, it offers a... -
Ireland and Irish-Australia: Studies in Cultural and Political History Oliver MacDonagh 9781032847054
RRP: $168.00$146.18The Irish contribution to Australian history goes both deep and wide. Originally published in 1986 the essays in this collection contribute both to the understanding of Ireland’s place in Australian history and to the interpretation of the Irish scene in... -
Florida Spectacular: Extraordinary Places and Exceptional Lives Cathy Salustri 9780813080697
RRP: $56.60$34.65Discover Florida in a new light through little-known moments from its fascinating history If when you think “Florida” you don’t think “spectacular,” Cathy Salustri is determined to change your mind. Explaining why the state is more than the “Florida Man”... -
The Ruins of Time: Four and a Half Centuries of Conquest and Discovery Among the Maya David Adamson 9781032436746
$66.76The Ruins of Time (1975) examines the conquest of the Maya by the Spanish, the discoveries and adventures of the first travellers among them, the dramatic journeys of Victorian archaeologists and explorers and also contemporary attempts to unravel Maya... -
Our Commonwealth: People and Places of Virginia Andrew Talkov 9781913875343
RRP: $73.40$55.00Our Commonwealth: People and Places of Virginia provides an in-depth exploration through the five major regions of Virginia, and features stories and artifacts from cultural institutions throughout the state. Each geographical region-Central Virginia,... -
The Second World War and the Rise of Mass Nationalism in Brazil: Class, Race and Citizenship Alexandre Fortes 9783031580161
RRP: $230.98$201.64This book reexamines the socioeconomic and political transformation that occurred in Brazil during the 1940s as a result of the Second World War. Integrating social and political history, the author explores the adoption of new policies around... -
Lived Resistance against the War on Palestinian Children Heidi Morrison 9780820366814
RRP: $73.40$59.60Despite the increasing volume of scholarship that shows children as political actors, prior to this book, a cohesive framework was lacking that would more fully examine and express children’s relationship with political power. Rather than simply hitching... -
Birth Control in Germany 1871-1933 James Woycke 9781032861531
$183.35First published in 1988, Birth Control in Germany deals in detail with the dissemination and acceptance of ideas of birth control from 1871 -1933 and shows the variety of methods that were in use-condoms, pessaries, diaphragms, caps and most notably... -
Industrial Conflict in Modern Britain James E Cronin 9781032865553
$193.96First Published in 1979, Industrial Conflict in Modern Britain examines the unique rhythm of British strikes since the 1880’s and suggests that the explosive pattern of recurring strike waves provides the key to understanding both the evolution of... -
Buddhism, Imperialism and War: Burma and Thailand in Modern History Trevor Ling 9781032424859
$66.76Buddhism, Imperialism and War (1979) is a lively, provocative and informative study of two of the most important Buddhist countries of South East Asia – Burma and Thailand. Buddhism gives, in theory, a high place to the maintenance of peace, both between... -
Thoroughbred Nation: Making America at the Racetrack, 1791-1900 Natalie A. Zacek 9780807182826
RRP: $71.30$48.97From the colonial era to the beginning of the twentieth century, horse racing was by far the most popular sport in America. Great numbers of Americans and overseas visitors flocked to the nation's tracks, and others avidly followed the sport in both... -
Interrogating the Visual Culture of Trumpism Grant Hamming 9781032609508
RRP: $283.50$246.29Bringing together scholars from art history, visual studies, and related disciplines, this edited volume asks why Trumpism looks the way it does and what that look means for American – and global – society.Grouped into six categories, the essays in this... -
No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States Erwin Chemerinsky 9781324091585
RRP: $50.38$38.37Deeply troubled by the US Constitution’s inherent flaws, Erwin Chemerinsky, the renowned dean of Berkeley law school, came to the sobering conclusion that the nearly 250-year-old founding document is responsible for the crisis now facing American... -
Daughter of Auschwitz, The: The Girl who Lived to Tell her Story (Children's Adaptation) Tova Friedman 9781526366658
RRP: $18.88$13.02The true story of one girl's fight for survival, by Tova Friedman, one of the few living survivors to recount her experience of the Holocaust. At just five years old, she and her mother were sent to Auschwitz - this is her bestselling book, The Daughter... -
The Three Kingdoms of Korea: Lost Civilizations Richard D McBride II 9781789148756
RRP: $37.80$27.22Korea's Three Kingdoms period is a genuine 'lost civilization', during which ancient realms vied for supremacy during the first millennium CE. Nobles from this period's feuding states adopted and adapted Buddhism and Confucianism through interactions... -
Ethnic Cleansing in Western Anatolia, 1912 1923: Ottoman Officials and the Local Christian Population Umit Eser 9781399533249
RRP: $189.00$172.14The Greek landing in Smyrna in May 1919 is widely seen as the catalyst of the Turkish national struggle but even during the chaos of between 1919-1923, the diverse peoples of Asia Minor coexisted and created astonishing but fragile infra-national... -
William III Tony Claydon 9781032212777
RRP: $252.00$217.58This is a political biography of William III (1650–1702): prince of Orange; stadhouder in the Netherlands from 1672; and (in a novel joint monarchy with his wife, Mary), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the revolution of 1688–9. William III... -
The Friendships of John Adams, 1774-1801: The Art of Politics Jamie Macpherson 9781032329451
RRP: $283.50$246.29This book presents the first extended analysis of the friendship network of John Adams, forged during his lengthy public career from 1774-1801.While scholars have considered historic friendships, this monograph examines Adams’s friendship network within... -
Studies in Music, Words, and Imagery in Early Modern Europe Barbara Russano Hanning 9781032687681
RRP: $273.00$235.43Characterized by an interdisciplinary approach, these essays highlight the relationship between music and poetry in Italian secular works of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, examine the role of images in shedding light on the cultural... -
More Merseyside Tales: Curious & Amazing True Stories from History Ken Pye 9781803997599
RRP: $27.28$20.20Local historian and broadcaster Ken Pye has collected a further fifty true tales that celebrate the weird and wonderful side of Merseyside’s history. From the subterranean munitions factory at New Brighton and the bird-man of Speke, to wild tigers at... -
Gender in Scotland, 1200-1800: Place, Politics and Faith Janay Nugent 9781399512985
RRP: $189.00$172.14Gender influenced every aspect of life in medieval and early modern Scotland. This collection illuminates how gendered expectations and experiences shaped people's relationships with where they lived, what they believed and how they exercised power... -
Escape from Kabul: The Inside Story Levison Wood 9781399718158
RRP: $27.28$18.06'An important account of one of the defining moments of the modern world' PETER FRANKOPAN**Pre-order the paperback now!** Readers' praise for Escape from Kabul: 'It's rare for a book to be so well written that you feel you are there yourself. I felt... -
His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine S.C. Gwynne 9780861548866
RRP: $25.18$18.75When the R101 first took to the skies, she was the largest aircraft ever to fly. What followed was a tragic finale to a tale of human folly on a grand scale. 'I loved every page of this book.' THE TIMES, BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2023 In 1929, the R101 was... -
Disguising Disease in Italian Political and Visual Culture: From Post-Unification to COVID-19 Sharon Hecker 9781032466798
RRP: $283.50$246.29Although considered an isolated event, the Italian government’s initial resistant response to COVID-19 has deep historical roots. This is the first interdisciplinary book to critically examine the ongoing phenomenon of disguising contagious disease in... -
Tales of Forgotten Kent: Little-Known People and Events from History Malcolm Horton 9781803997469
RRP: $37.78$28.64TALES OF FORGOTTEN KENT is a collection of twenty-two essays about the people and events that have largely been neglected by historians, but remain an integral part of Kent’s rich tapestry, featuring the eccentric, unusual and often overlooked tales... -
History's Most Epic Fibs: Discover the truth behind the world’s biggest historical whoppers Athena Kugblenu 9781526366795
RRP: $23.08$15.54Separate the FACTS from the historical fake news, and uncover some of history's most EPIC FIBS. History is full of brave knights, fearsome queens, legendary explorers and epic stories passed down through the ages. But how much of what we THINK we know... -
Intermedial Art Practices as Cultural Resilience Lindsay Blair 9781032536019
RRP: $273.00$235.43This innovative collection of essays is focused on the idea of transmedialization: the ways that the traditional forms of the predominantly oral cultures of Scotland and Brittany (poetry, song and story) can be transformed by the use of hybrid forms and... -
The Origins of Victory: How Disruptive Military Innovation Determines the Fates of Great Powers Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr. 9780300280098
$33.01How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challenge This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It... -
Rethinking Modern Austrian Art Beyond the Metropolis Julia Secklehner 9781032658810
RRP: $283.50$246.29This study examines the role played by regional cultures in modern art and visual culture in Central Europe between 1918 and 1938.Analysing paintings, photographs, prints, and illustrated magazines in relation to topics such as tourism, social activism,... -
Identities and Ideologies in the Medieval East Roman World Yannis Stouraitis 9781474493635
RRP: $62.98$58.36Examining ideas, beliefs and practices of identification in the medieval East Roman world Approaches ideology and identity in the Byzantine world from different perspectives, top-down, bottom-up, and outside-in, and from various disciplinary perspectives... -
Visions of the Future in Roman Frontier Kingdoms 100BCE - 100CE Richard Teverson 9781032544298
RRP: $273.00$235.43This is the first book-length exploration of the ways art from the edges of the Roman Empire represented the future, examining visual representations of time and the role of artwork in Roman imperial systems.This book focuses on four kingdoms from across... -
The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History Michael D. Hattem 9780300270877
RRP: $63.00$61.43The surprising history of how Americans have fought over the meaning and legacy of the Revolution for nearly two and a half centuries Americans agree that their nation’s origins lie in the Revolution, but they have never agreed on what the Revolution... -
The Greek Revolution of 1821: European Contexts, Scottish Connections Roderick Beaton 9781399520638
RRP: $210.00$170.67Political history and history of ideas, art history, theories of nations and nationalism, Classical Reception studies, modern Greek history and modern Scottish history come together in this collection of essays by experts in all these fields. The... -
Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America Rebecca L. Davis 9781631496578
RRP: $58.78$43.20Our era is one of sexual upheaval. Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022, school systems across the country are banning books with LGBTQ+ themes, and the notion of a “tradwife” is gaining adherents on the right while polyamory wins converts on... -
Medieval Self-Coronations: The History and Symbolism of a Ritual Jaume Aurell 9781108794176
RRP: $56.68$50.57Based on narrative, iconographical, and liturgical sources, this is the first systematic study to trace the story of the ritual of royal self-coronations from Ancient Persia to the present. Exposing as myth the idea that Napoleon's act of self-coronation... -
The Witches of St Osyth Marion Gibson 9781108796842
RRP: $48.28$41.08An emotive, haunting story of a community torn apart, the Essex witch accusations and trial of 1581-2 are, taken together, one of the pivotal instances of that malign and destructive wave of misogynistic persecution which periodically broke over early... -
Boston’s Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism Robert Cvornyek 9781666909043
RRP: $193.20$177.28Sport often mirrored the racial climate of the time, but it also informed and encouraged equality on and off the field. In Boston, the Black athletic body historically represented a challenge to the city’s liberal image. Boston's Black Athletes:... -
Humanitarian Internationalism Under Empire: The Global Evolution of the Japanese Red Cross Movement, 1877–1945 Michiko Suzuki 9780231211642
RRP: $245.70$218.38This book examines the history of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) and through it offers a new account of the humanitarian movement in modern Japan. Michiko Suzuki argues that contrary to its typical portrayal, the JRCS was not wholly subordinate to... -
Early Modern Jewish Civilization: Unity and Diversity in a Diasporic Society. An Introduction David Graizbord 9780367767235
RRP: $75.58$66.55This collection is an introductory historical survey and selective cultural analysis of the development, coalescence, and eventual waning of a diasporic civilization—that of the Jews of the early modern period (ca. 1391–1789) in Europe, the Ottoman...