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The Fate of Holocaust Memories: Transmission and Family Dialogues by Chaya H. Roth 9780230606074
RRP: £44.99£44.97An innovative mix of history and psychological research, this book tells the story of one family of Holocaust survivors and reveals how each generation has passed on memories of the War and the Shoah to the next.Book InformationISBN 9780230606074Author... -
Republicanism and Anticlerical Nationalism in Spain by Enrique A Sanabria 9780230613317
RRP: £44.99£44.97This book analyzes attempts by radical Spanish republicans to construct an anticlerical-nationalist vision of Spain, focusing in particular on the the mass production by the 'anticlertical industry' of newspapers, novels, poems, cartoons, posters,... -
Making Spaniards: Primo de Rivera and the Nationalization of the Masses, 1923-30 by Alejandro Quiroga 9780230019683
RRP: £44.99£44.97The regime of Primo de Rivera in Spain was one of the major dictatorships of the interwar period. Making Spaniards examines how the military regime created nationalist doctrine, rituals and symbols and how these were transmitted throughout Spanish... -
Italian Fascism: History, Memory and Representation by Richard J. B. Bosworth 9780312217174
RRP: £89.99£89.87Bringing together scholars from the Italian and English-speaking worlds, Bosworth and Dogliani's edited book reviews the history of the memory and representation of Fascism after 1945. Ranging in their study from patriotic monuments to sado-masochistic... -
From Slavery to Feudalism in South-Western Europe by Pierre Bonnassie 9780521112550
RRP: £36.99£28.38This book is first and foremost an extended examination and discussion of the enslavement of men and women by others of their society and in particular of the means and causes of the gradual end of slavery in early medieval Europe between 500 and 1200... -
Soldiers of Labor: Labor Service in Nazi Germany and New Deal America, 1933-1945 by Kiran Klaus Patel 9780521168663
RRP: £41.99£32.68Originally published in 2005, Soldiers of Labor is a systematic comparison between the labor policies of the Nazi dictatorship and New Deal America. The main subject of the book is the Nazi Labor Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst), a public work scheme that... -
The Margraten Boys: How a European Village Kept America's Liberators Alive by Peter Schrijvers 9780230346635
RRP: £99.99£76.11Harrowing and redeeming, this is the history of a unique 'adoption' system. For generations, local families, grateful for the sacrifice of their liberators from Nazi occupation, have cared for not only the graves, but the memories, of over 10,000 US... -
Travel and Ethnology in the Renaissance: South India through European Eyes, 1250-1625 by Joan-Pau Rubies 9780521770552
RRP: £120.00£93.23This book, first published in 2000, offers a wide-ranging and ambitious analysis of how European travellers in India developed their perceptions of ethnic, political and religious diversity over three hundred years. It analyses the growth of novel... -
The Story of New Sweden as Told at the Quarter Centennial Celebration. June 25, 1895. (Edited by S. J. Estes.). by Stanley J Estes 9781241336189
RRP: £14.99£13.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241336189Author Stanley J EstesFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical... -
Roosevelt and Franco during the Second World War: From the Spanish Civil War to Pearl Harbor by Joan Maria Thomas 9780230604506
RRP: £44.99£44.97This book examines the internal controversies of the Roosevelt administration in connection with Spain during World War II, the role of the President in these controversies, and the foundations of the policy that was followed from the outbreak of the... -
The New German Jewry and the European Context: The Return of the European Jewish Diaspora by Y.Michal Bodemann 9780230521070
RRP: £44.99£44.97Departing from the recent critical literature on the emergence of a new German Jewry, this volume proposes a new perspective on the post-1980s phenomenon of re-emerging Jewish culture in Germany as a case study for wider developments in Europe and the... -
Prague Sprung: Notes and Voices from the New World by David Leviatin 9780275945367
£65.53Based on a series of interviews, Leviatin presents the experiences of several generations of students and faculty members who studied and taught on the English Department of the oldest university in Central Europe, Charles University. The English... -
Britain and the German Question: Perceptions of Nationalism and Political Reform, 1830-1863 by Frank Lorenz Muller 9780333966150
RRP: £89.99£89.87Disraeli claimed that no country suffered more from the foundation of the German Reich than England. Bismarck's empire of 1871 did not, however, strike like a bolt from the blue. The question of German unity had been brewing for decades. Britain and the... -
Britain, Turkey and the Soviet Union, 1940-45: Strategy, Diplomacy and Intelligence in the Eastern Mediterranean by Nicholas Tamkin 9780230221475
RRP: £44.99£44.97This book draws on the latest archival releases - including those from the secret world of British intelligence - to offer the first comprehensive analysis of Anglo-Turkish relations during the Second World War, with a particular emphasis on Turkey's... -
Accounting for Affection: Mothering and Politics in Early Modern Rome by Caroline Castiglione 9780230203310
£80.43Accounting for Affection examines the multifaceted nature of early modern motherhood by focusing on the ideas and strategies of Roman aristocratic mothers during familial conflict. Illuminating new approaches to the maternal and the familial employed by... -
Languages and Communities in Early Modern Europe by Peter Burke 9780521828963
RRP: £75.00£55.72In this magisterial study, Peter Burke explores the social and cultural history of the languages spoken or written in Europe between the invention of printing and the French Revolution, arguing that, from a linguistic point of view, 1450 to 1789 should... -
Napoleon: A Biographical Companion by David Nicholls 9780874369571
£58.56This illustrated A-Z encyclopedia provides easy access to information about the emperor Napoleon. Over 300 entries cover significant events, people, and other topics such as the principal Napoleonic campaigns, all the major battles including Waterloo and... -
The Brandy Trade under the Ancien Regime: Regional Specialisation in the Charente by Louis M. Cullen 9780521890984
RRP: £30.99£23.80In this 1998 study of the brandy trade and its merchants, Professor Cullen explores the development of cognac, the world's most famous spirit product, which emerged as a consequence of a chronic wine surplus. While Professor Cullen focuses on the brandy... -
Religion, Politics and Preferment in France since 1890: La Belle Epoque and its Legacy by Maurice Larkin 9780521522700
RRP: £30.99£23.80This book investigates the problems that committed Catholics allegedly faced if they sought careers in state employment under the Third French Republic. Using ministerial and Masonic archives, the book explores the broad divergence of practice between... -
Criminal Justice and Crime in Late Renaissance Florence, 1537-1609 by John K. Brackett 9780521522489
RRP: £30.99£23.80This book examines in detail the Florentine system of criminal justice under the reign of the first three Medici grand dukes, from 1537 to 1609. The author discusses the structure and functions of the court, the operation of the two city prisons, and the... -
Spain's First Carlist War, 1833-40 by M. Lawrence 9781349486526
£101.56Spain's First Carlist War was an unlikely agent of modernity. It pitted town against country, subalterns against elites, and Europe's Liberal powers against Absolute Monarchies. This book traces the individual, collective and international experience of... -
Censorship in Fascist Italy, 1922-43: Policies, Procedures and Protagonists by G. Talbot 9780230543089
RRP: £44.99£44.97This is the first comprehensive account of the diversity and complexity of censorship practices in Italy under the Fascist dictatorship. Through archival material it shows how practices of censorship were used to effect regime change, to measure and to... -
Irish Terrorism in the Atlantic Community, 1865-1922 by Jonathan Gantt 9780230538122
RRP: £89.99£89.87Using a transnational approach, this volume surveys the origins of Irish terrorism and its impact on the Anglo-Saxon community during an era of intense imperialism. While at times it posed sharp disagreements between Britain and the United States, their... -
The Undivided Sky: The Holocaust on East and West German Radio in the 1960s by R. Wolf 9780230576766
RRP: £44.99£44.97Radio was one of the major weapons used in the Cold War and The Undivided Sky gives a lively and comprehensive account of radio programming and audience responses in the divided Germany of the 1960s by looking at the reportage of major war-crimes trials... -
The Celtic and Roman Traditions: Conflict and Consensus in the Early Medieval Church by Caitlin Corning 9781403972996
£101.47This book is a survey of the relationship between the two Celtic and Roman traditions in Merovingian Gaul, Lombard Italy, and the British Isles during the period of the Easter controversy. It looks at baptismal liturgy, the style of tonsure, and the... -
Joan of Arc: Heretic, Mystic, Shaman by Anne Llewellyn Barstow 9780773408340
RRP: £59.95£59.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780773408340Author Anne Llewellyn BarstowFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Em TextsPublisher Em TextsWeight(grams) 152g -
Royal Heirs and the Uses of Soft Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe by Frank Lorenz Muller 9781349930029
£50.51This volume brings together a fascinating selection of studies exploring the soft power tools used by heirs to the throne in order to enhance the communication of monarchies with their audiences during the nineteenth-century. How we perceive royals and... -
Ethics And Politics In Seventeenth Century France by Keith Cameron 9780859894661
RRP: £75.00£65.90This collection of twenty essays, of which five are in French, written by leading English and French literary and historical scholars, deconstructs the ethical and political framework supporting and circumscribing the actions of a powerful elite in... -
The History of Great Britain by Anne B. Rodrick 9780313319686
£60.35The very idea of Britain has changed with the gain and loss of empire, the assimilation and devolution of various portions of the country, and the introduction and then dismantling of a welfare state that was nothing short of revolutionary in the wake of... -
Margaret Thatcher: In Victory and Downfall, 1987 and 1990 by Bruce E. Geelhoed 9780275941482
£83.64This volume studies Margaret Thatcher and her influence on British politics with the American reader in mind. E. Bruce Geelhoed interprets Thatcher's strengths and weaknesses as a political leader and analyzes the important trends in modern British... -
Lord Palmerston, 1784-1865: A Bibliography by Michael Stephen Partridge 9780313282928
£72.57One of the great figures of 19th-century Britain, Lord Palmerston had an extensive career both as a domestic politician and as an international statesman. This volume is the first comprehensive bibliography of his life, both public and private. It... -
Certain Ideas of France: Essays on French History and Civilization by H. L. Wesseling 9780313323416
£83.24The title of this book is, of course, inspired by the famous opening words of General de Gaulle's Memoirs of the Second World War: All my life I have thought of France in a certain way. Wesseling brings together his essays dealing with a great variety of... -
From Polis to Empire--The Ancient World, c. 800 B.C. - A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary by Andrew G. Traver 9780313309427
£72.57Covering the very beginnings of Western civilization, this biographical dictionary introduces readers to the great cultural figures of the ancient world, including those who contributed significantly to architecture, astronomy, history, literature,... -
Allies and Italians under Occupation: Sicily and Southern Italy 1943-45 by I. Williams 9780230572591
£101.63Using original documents, the Allied Occupation of southern Italy, particularly Sicily and Naples, is illustrated by examining crime and unrest by Allied soldiers, deserters, rogue troops and Italian civilians from drunkenness, theft, rape, and murder to... -
Brutality and Desire: War and Sexuality in Europe's Twentieth Century by D. Herzog 9780230285637
RRP: £99.99£89.87Tracing sexual violence in Europe's twentieth century from the Armenian genocide to Auschwitz and Algeria to Bosnia, this pathbreaking volume expands military history to include the realm of sexuality. Examining both stories of consensual romance and of... -
Nazi Crimes and the Law by Nathan Stoltzfus 9780521899741
RRP: £90.00£65.27This book examines the use of national and international law to prosecute Nazi crimes, the centerpiece of twentieth-century state-sponsored genocide and mass murder crimes, the paradigmatic instance of state-sponsored criminality and genocide in the... -
Power and the Nation in European History by Len Scales 9780521845809
RRP: £105.00£76.49Few would doubt the central importance of the nation in the making and unmaking of modern political communities. The long history of 'the nation' as a concept and as a name for various sorts of 'imagined community' likewise commands such acceptance. But... -
Mapping Ethnography in Early Modern Germany: New Worlds in Print Culture by Stephanie Leitch 9780230620292
RRP: £44.99£44.97As the first book-length examination of the role of German print culture in mediating Europe's knowledge of the newly discovered people of Africa, South Asia, and the Americas, this work highlights a unique and early incident of visual accuracy and an... -
Looking East: English Writing and the Ottoman Empire Before 1800 by Gerald MacLean 9780230019676
RRP: £44.99£44.97Looking East examines how English encounters with the Ottoman Empire helped shape national identities and imperial ambitions. Engagingly written in an accessible style, this book demonstrates how the so-called 'conflict of civilizations' separating the... -
A History of the Protection of Regional Cultural Minorities in Europe: From the Edict of the Nantes to the Present Day by Antony Evelyn Alcock 9780312235567
RRP: £89.99£89.87Antony Alcock recounts four stages in the history of regional cultural minority protection: protection of religious minorities and the rise of cultural nationalism before 1914; attempts to assimilate minorities between the wars together with the League...