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Before Feminism: The History of an Idea Without a Name by Miriam Schneir 9780578857602
RRP: $13.84$12.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578857602Author Miriam SchneirFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Miriam SchneirPublisher Miriam SchneirWeight(grams) 417g -
Policing and War in Europe by Louis A. Knafla 9780313310126
$108.81Policing and War in Europe marks a new departure in Criminal Justice History. These seven chapter essays, together with the reviews of twelve major works in the area, establish the series as a major forum for exploring new areas of research in the... -
Family Welfare: Gender, Property, and Inheritance since the Seventeenth Century by David R. Green 9780313323287
$85.05The history of welfare provision has generally focused on the rise of the so-called welfare state and institutional provision for the poor. Recent studies have begun to look beyond the state to other ways in which assistance, care, and support were... -
Russian Imperialism: Development and Crisis by Ariel Cohen 9780275953379
$107.38The fall of the Soviet Union was one of the most dramatic events of this century. It was also one of the most surprising. Perhaps because many Sovietologists neglected its status as an empire, most Americans were taken completely by surprise when the... -
Containing Germany: Britain and the Arming of the Federal Republic by Spencer Mawby 9780333735817
RRP: $116.09$115.93This book presents a radical reappraisal of British policy towards West German rearmament until the Federal Republic's incorporation into NATO and contains a series of major new theses on British attitudes towards European integration, Anglo-Soviet... -
Italy in the Making January 1st 1848 to November 16th 1848 by G. F.-H. Berkeley 9780521158657
RRP: $54.17$42.16Originally published in 1940, this third volume deals with the year of revolution in full narrative detail. By the beginning of 1848 all the small Italian nations were on the verge of an outbreak against Austrian domination, while the whole of Europe was... -
Transnational Networks in Regional Integration: Governing Europe 1945-83 by Wolfram Kaiser 9780230241695
RRP: $58.04$58.01Shows that networks in European integration governance were not a phenomenon that developed in the 1980s out of a 'hollowing out' of the nation-states in the 1970s. Based throughout on newly accessible sources, the authors discuss various networks and... -
Italy's Divided Memory by John Foot 9780230618473
RRP: $116.09$115.93This book argues that contemporary Italian history has been marked by a tendency towards divided memory. Events have been interpreted in contrasting ways, and the facts themselves often contested. Moreover, with so little agreement over what happened,... -
Three Postwar Eras in Comparison: Western Europe 1918-1945-1989 by Carl Levy 9780333721032
$116.45A brief glance at twentieth century European history would suggest that wars and their aftermath produced the major turning points in its development. Three times - in 1918, 1945 and again in 1989 - Europe was confronted with major questions of... -
Mechanized Juggernaut or Military Anachronism?: Horses and the German Army of World War II by Richard L. DiNardo 9780313278105
$107.38One of the great misconceptions of the Second World War is the notion that the German Army was the epitome of mechanical efficiency--combining lightning speed with awesome military power. R. L. DiNardo argues that, although the elite panzer divisions... -
Madness, Religion and the State in Early Modern Europe: A Bavarian Beacon by David Lederer 9780521853477
RRP: $135.45$99.96From the ideological crucible of the Reformation emerged an embittered contest for the human soul. In the care of souls, the clergy zealously dispensed spiritual physic; for countless early modern Europeans, the first echelon of mental health care... -
Industrialisation and Everyday Life by Rudolf Braun 9780521619295
RRP: $39.98$30.70Industrialising und Volksleben by Rudolf Braun is widely regarded as a classic of modern social history, inspiring a whole series of profound debates about the transition from pre-industrial society to the modern world. Utilising evidence from an upland... -
Khrushchev and Khrushchevism by Martin McCauley 9780333439098
$54.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333439098Author Martin McCauleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 243Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 330g -
Juan Carlos of Spain: Self-Made Monarch by Charles Powell 9780333649299
RRP: $116.09$115.93Widely acknowledged as a key figure in Spain's remarkable transition to democracy following General Franco's death in 1975, King Juan Carlos consolidated his reputation as a champion of democracy by aborting the attempted military coup of 23 February... -
Europe's Infrastructure Transition: Economy, War, Nature by Arne Kaijser 9780230308008
$30.77Europe's infrastructure both united and divided peoples and places via economic systems, crises, and wars. Some used transport, communication, and energy infrastructure to supply food, power, industrial products, credit, and unprecedented wealth; others... -
Abertillery, Aberbeeg and Llanhilleth by Simon Eckley 9780752401348 [USED COPY]
RRP: $15.47$8.98Abertillery, Aberbeeg and Llanhilleth.Book InformationISBN 9780752401348Author Simon EckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The History Press LtdPublisher The History Press LtdWeight(grams) 370g -
Around Kenfig Hill and Pyle by Keith Morgan 9780752403144 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$11.87This book is part of the Images of Wales series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Wales, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.Book InformationISBN 9780752403144Author Keith... -
European Identity and the Second World War by Menno Spiering 9780230273238
RRP: $58.04$58.01The two concepts at the centre of this book: Europe, and the Second World War, are constantly changing in public perception. Now that 'Europe' is an even more contested idea than ever, this volume informs the current discourse on European identity by... -
Allies and Italians under Occupation: Sicily and Southern Italy 1943-45 by I. Williams 9781349364367
RRP: $128.99$128.63Using 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... -
Life and Society in Byzantine Cappadocia by Eric Cooper 9781349348282
RRP: $128.99$128.63This is the first in-depth historical study of Byzantine Cappadocia. The authors draw on extensive textual and archaeological materials to examine the nature and place of Cappadocia in the Byzantine Empire from the fourth through eleventh centuries.Book... -
Money for Ireland: Finance, Diplomacy, Politics, and the First Dail Eireann Loans, 1919-1936 by Francis M. Carroll 9780275977108
$107.38Raising money was one of the great successes of the Irish government, as the funds provided the sinews of war with which to fight Britain. This book details the history of the financing of the Irish revolution from both domestic and international loans... -
Philosophy: Key Themes by Julian Baggini 9780230296633
RRP: $58.04$58.01Philosophy: Key Themes is a beginner's guide to understanding and critiquing philosophical arguments. Each chapter introduces one of the major themes in philosophy. Baggini's approach combines explanation with summary while encouraging the reader to... -
The British Periodical Press and the French Revolution 1789-99 by S. Andrews 9780333738511
$58.53This study challenges the conventional polarities used to describe British politics of the 1790s; Pitt versus Fox, Burke versus Paine, Church versus Dissent, ruling class versus working class, Jacobin versus anti-Jacobin. Such polarities were sedulously... -
A Short History of Finland by Fred Singleton 9780521640695
RRP: $96.75$69.36This is a second edition of the most successful study of Finland in the English language. It presents the reader - whether tourist, student, specialist, or business person - with a readable and authoritative introduction to the Finns and the present... -
Nato Enlargement During the Cold War: Strategy and System in the Western Alliance by Mark Smith 9780333918180
RRP: $116.09$115.93Why did NATO expand its membership during the Cold War years, and what was its attraction to new members? This book locates the answers to these questions not solely in the Cold War, but in the historical problems of international order in Europe and the... -
A Contemporary Crisis: Political Hostage-Taking and the Experience of Western Europe by Clive C. Aston 9780313232893
$107.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313232893Author Clive C. AstonFormat HardbackPage Count 217Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Czechoslovakia's Lost Fight for Freedom, 1967-1969: An American Embassy Perspective by Kenneth N. Skoug 9780275966225
$107.90This fascinating account, by a Czech-speaking American diplomat who lived in Czechoslovakia from 1967-1969, describes the collapse of a repressive Communist regime, the subsequent unprecedented explosion of popular freedom, the surprise Soviet... -
A Time to Speak Out: The Leipzig Citizen Protests and the Fall of East Germany by Wayne C. Bartee 9780275969820
$107.38Among the surprising events in Eastern Europe in 1989, none astonished the world more than the nonviolent overthrow of the East German Communist regime. This book examines the collapse of East Germany as it unfolded in one city, Leipzig. Analyzing the... -
Kidnap City: Cold War Berlin by Arthur L. Smith 9780313323614
$107.38After more than 50 years, some of the secrets behind the post-war kidnappings in Berlin remain classified. Following Second World War, West Berlin residents found themselves as prime targets for kidnapping by communist agents. Lurid press accounts of... -
The Breakup of Yugoslavia and Its Aftermath, 2nd Edition by Carole Rogel Poirier 9780313323577
$67.94Rogel, a leading U.S. specialist on Yugoslavia and the war in Bosnia, examines the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, the war in Bosnia, the peace settlement, and the problems that continue to exist in Bosnia and Serbia today. She provides information and... -
The Politically Correct Netherlands: Since the 1960s by Mark T. Hooker 9780313315091
$107.90In the 1960s, the Netherlands became known as an anarchists social laboratory, producing one of the earliest examples of political correctness. Strong taboos in areas such as governmental control, privacy, and racial relations were the rule. While the... -
Agriculture in Britain and America, 1660-1820: An Annotated Bibliography of the Eighteenth-Century Literature by Samuel Rogal 9780313293528
$77.85This volume offers to scholars of 18th-century social, economic, and cultural history an annotated listing of more than a thousand titles written at the time on agricultural theory, experimentation, and practice. Arranged into 26 topical sections, the... -
Ambiguous Memory: The Nazi Past and German National Identity by Siobahn Kattago 9780275973438
$107.38Ambiguous Memory examines the role of memory in the building of a new national identity in reunified Germany. The author maintains that the contentious debates surrounding contemporary monumnets to the Nazi past testify to the ambiguity of German memory... -
Britain in Western Europe by Royal Institute of International Affairs 9780313203480
$84.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313203480Author Royal Institute of International AffairsFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Diverse Paths to Modernity in Southeastern Europe: Essays in National Development by Gerasimos Augustinos 9780313266706
$84.53As the nations in Southeastern Europe confront the changes that are sweeping across the continent, there is much talk of a new beginning for the countries. But just as surely as they face the enormous task of restructuring, their future development will... -
Grand Disillusion: Francois Mitterrand and the French Left by Joseph P. Morray 9780275957353
$84.53This book traces the life of Francois Mitterrand from his youth as an ardent Catholic and supporter of Marshal Petain, to his career as a centrist politician of the Fourth Republic, through his capture of the leadership of the Socialist Party, leading to... -
The East-Central European Region: An Historical Outline by George H. Hodos 9780275954970
$107.38An examination of East-Central European history, this book looks to the past for the roots of the cleavage between the eastern and western regions of Europe and the reasons for the east-central countries' backward, reactionary nature; their slide into... -
Women and the Great War: Femininity under Fire in Italy by Allison Scardino Belzer 9780230100404
RRP: $58.04$58.01Drawing on both wartime discourse about women and the voices of individual women living at the Italian Front, Allison Belzer analyzes how women participated in the Great War and how it affected them. The Great War transformed women into purveyors and... -
Norse Romance I - The Tristan Legend by Marianne E. Kalinke 9780859915526
RRP: $122.55$117.49This three-volume set of editions and translations celebrates the literary and cultural connections between the Nordic countries and France that helped to bring Tristan and the Arthurian romances northward... thus the entire set of texts can be read as a... -
Inventing a Socialist Nation: Heimat and the Politics of Everyday Life in the GDR, 1945-90 by Jan Palmowski 9780521111775
RRP: $135.45$99.96Twenty years after the collapse of the German Democratic Republic, historians still struggle to explain how an apparently stable state imploded with such vehemence. This book shows how 'national' identity was invented in the GDR and how citizens engaged...