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The Founding of Russia's Navy: Peter the Great and the Azov Fleet, 1688-1714 by Edward Phillips 9780313295201
$107.38The reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725), long regarded as the turning point in the Europeanization of Russia, witnessed the establishment of Russia's first modern navy, the Azov Sea fleet. Its creation evokes a fundamental question about the era: was... -
Ceausescu's Romania: An Annotated Bibliography by Marguerite E. Horn 9780313289392
$118.81This extensive bibliography of North American and West European social sciences research on Romania is also the only annotated bibliography to date on life under the iron rule of Ceausescu. A one-stop source of information about Romania's recent... -
Arthur James Balfour, 1848-1930: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography by Eugene L. Rasor 9780313288777
$49.52A world-renowned British stateman, Arthur James Balfour is best known as Prime Minister and signer of the Balfour Declaration, calling for a national home for Jews in Palestine. Less well known are his initiatives in creating a structure for strategic... -
Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-1979: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography by Eugene L. Rasor 9780313288760
$49.52An influential and controversial figure in military, political, international, and social affairs, Earl Mountbatten has been referred to as the most remarkable naval officer of the 20th century. This book provides a guide to the literature on Mountbatten... -
The French Revolution and the Meaning of Citizenship by Renee Waldinger 9780313288296
$107.38Citizenship is a fundamental concept in social life, entailing rights, obligations, and relationships with others. Modern citizenship did not emerge from a philosopher's study or a laboratory experiment; instead, it was decisively shaped in the French... -
Lord Curzon, 1859-1925: A Bibliography by James G. Parker 9780313281228
$49.52George Nathaniel Curzon, first Marquis Curzon of Kedleston was, perhaps, the most important British statesman of the modern era not to become prime minister. A statesman, historian, and traveler, Curzon was seen as a political figure who achieved... -
Charles James Fox, 1749-1806: A Bibliography by David Schweitzer 9780313281181
$77.85Charles James Fox, the standard bearer of the reform Whig opposition in the late eighteenth century, was among the most colorful politicians of his era and perhaps its most arresting orator. Despite a career marked by shifting alliances and... -
The End of Empire: Dependencies Since 1948, Part 1: The West Indies, British Honduras, Hong Kong, Fiji, Cyprus, Gibraltar, and the Falklands by Frederick Madden 9780313290725
$94.39The eighth volume in Frederick Madden's monumental documentary history of the British Empire, this volume deals with some of the dependencies-the West Indies, British Honduras, Hong Kong, Fiji, Cyprus, Gibraltar and the Falklands-since 1948. Using... -
Western Civilization: A Critical Guide to Documentary Films by Neil M. Heyman 9780313284380
$81.04Offering critical reviews of over 170 widely available documentaries, this book provides a unique guide for instructors teaching the History of Western Civilization and specialized European history courses. Coverage is from ancient times to the post... -
Edmund Burke, 1729-1797: A Bibliography by Leonard W. Cowie 9780313287107
$49.52Although he held only minor offices in Parliament, politician and political writer Edmund Burke strongly affected contemporary opinion, and his ideas had a profound impact on the future. He supported the American colonists in their quarrel with Britain,... -
Clinging to Grandeur: British Attitudes and Foreign Policy in the Aftermath of the Second World War by Michael Blackwell 9780313286162
$107.38In this innovative study of the forces that shape the decisions of foreign policy leaders, Michael Blackwell examines the attitudes of British policy makers immediately after World War II and considers their impact on foreign and economic policy. Despite... -
Political Controversy: A Study in Eighteenth-Century Propaganda by Robert Donald Spector 9780313282065
$84.53This work provides the first full-scale examination of the eighteenth century periodical Political Controversy and of the essay-sheets reprinted therein, Briton, Auditor, North Briton, and Monitor. These essay-sheets were published in England at the end... -
Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy: A Documentary History by William Pelz 9780313282003
$93.62Wilhelm Liebknecht is little known today outside his native Germany. Yet, in the late 19th century, he was renowned throughout the industrialized world as a champion of working people and a prime mover in the emerging German Social Democratic Party. His... -
The Treaties of the War of the Spanish Succession: An Historical and Critical Dictionary by Linda S. Frey 9780313278846
$94.39From 1702 to 1714, the War of the Spanish Succession affected most of Europe and significant parts of the New World, with battles ranging from the Hungarian plains to the harbors of Rio de Janeiro. The death of the last Hapsburg King of Spain unleashed a... -
Journalists for Empire: The Imperial Debate in the Edwardian Stately Press, 1903-1913 by James D. Startt 9780313277146
$107.90Between 1903 and 1913, an extensive public debate played itself out in the British press involving the self-governing dominions of the Empire. The debate centered on three large topics--tariff reform, South African reconstruction, and imperial unity--and... -
Spain in the Nineteenth-Century World: Essays on Spanish Diplomacy, 1789-1898 by James W. Cortada 9780313276552
$84.53Designed as a companion to the acclaimed Spain in the Twentieth-Century World (Greenwood Press, 1980), this volume is a survey of 19th-century Spanish diplomacy. Although the 19th century is often considered highly fragmented in Spanish history, this... -
The Emancipation of Labor: A History of the First International by Henryk Katz 9780313274473
$107.38Beginning in 1859, the world was engulfed by a new process of revolutionary change that was more extensive geographically, more prolonged in time, more powerful, and more varied in its consequences than the great European revolution of 1848-1849. The... -
Franco-British Rivalry in the Post-War Near East: The Decline of French Influence by Henry Cumming Harford 9780313252075
$123.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313252075Author Henry Cumming HarfordFormat HardbackPage Count 229Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
A Historical Dictionary of Germany's Weimar Republic, 1918-1933 by C.Paul Vincent 9780313273766
$93.10The failure of Germany's first republic after World War I has aroused several decades of concentrated study. Synthesizing much of that study, this historical dictionary will enhance an understanding of the Weimar Republic. It includes entries on... -
The Dependent Empire, 1900-1948: Colonies, Protectorates, and Mandates Select Documents on the Constitutional History of the British Empire and Commonwealth Volume VII by John Darwin 9780313273186
$94.39The penultimate volume in this documentary series covers the first part of the 20th century processes of decolonization within the British Empire, concluding with the independence of Ceylon, the first of the non-European-settled colonies. It also... -
Prisoners, Diplomats, and the Great War: A Study in the Diplomacy of Captivity by Richard B. Speed 9780313267291
$107.38Military and civilian captivity practices by four major European powers and the United States during World War I are surveyed in this book. Speed argues that while the pressures of total war, as they emerged during the conflict, drove the belligerents to... -
Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945 by George J. Lerski 9780313260070
$94.39The first authoritative, comprehensive historical dictionary of Poland in English, this volume includes over 2,000 entries on people, events, places, and terms important to Poland's history from 966 to 1945. Entries include English and Polish language... -
The Industrial Revolution, 1760-1830 by T. S. Ashton 9780313250415
$95.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313250415Author T. S. AshtonFormat HardbackPage Count 119Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Germans in the Tropics: Essays in German Colonial History by Arthur J. Knoll 9780313249051
$85.05The book seeks to add to both German and colonial history, detailing the effects of colonization on both the rulers and the ruled. The nine essays cover topics from anthropology and decision making in the German colonies to slave labor in German Togo,... -
The First Whigs: The Politics of the Exclusion Crisis, 1678-1683 by J. R. Jones 9780313249242
$107.38The Exclusion Crisis was an attempt to bar the King from ascending the throne. The author sets the crisis in its historical perspective as part of a continuing struggle between representative government and monarchial absolutism. The Whigs emerge as a... -
An Annotated Bibliography of the Napoleonic Era: Recent Publications, 1945-1985 by Jack Meyer 9780313249013
$93.62Nearly two hundred thousand scholarly books and monographs have been published about the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era during the last two hundred years. The approaching bicentennial of these events will undoubtedly result in an extensive... -
Biographical Dictionary of Councilors of the Indies by Mark A. Burkholder 9780313240249
$77.85A valuable new reference work for students of the Spanish Empire, this dictionary presents biographies of the 172 men who served on the Council of the Indies--the supreme judicial tribunal for Spain's colonial empire--from the time of Philip V's reforms... -
Henry V and the Invasion of France by E. F. Jacob 9780313242427
$72.19An account of the relations between England and France during the later fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, particularly as they influenced the career of Henry V of England, whose life story is interwoven into this account.Book InformationISBN... -
Switzerland in Perspective by George Soloveytchik 9780313233630
$107.38A description of the people of Switzerland, its turbulent history and complicated democracy. Short personal sketches of leading figures in the nation's affairs and the role of tourism in Swiss life are examined. Switzerland is placed in historical,... -
The Constitutional Structure of the Commonwealth. by K. C. Wheare 9780313236242
$72.19In this book the author analyzes and explains the collection of rules, understandings, and practices by which the position and mutual relations of the countries, and, more particularly, of the Members of the Commonwealth of the United Kingdom, are... -
Dictionary of Scandinavian History by Byron J. Nordstrom 9780313228872
$94.39Nordstrom's work fills a serious gap in English-language reference sources on the Scandinavian countries. The dictionary spans the period from the Viking Age to the present. ChoiceBook InformationISBN 9780313228872Author Byron J. NordstromFormat... -
The Germans: Public Opinion Polls 1947-1966 by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann 9780313226113
$108.67This is a condensed version of three yearbooks of German public opinion for the period 1947-1966. It joins the forces of psychology and statistics in public opinion research for the purpose of measuring political, economic, social and cultural data... -
Historical Dictionary of Fascist Italy by Philip V. Cannistraro 9780313213175
$94.39Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313213175Author Philip V. CannistraroFormat HardbackPage Count 657Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Biographical Dictionary of Audiencia Ministers in the Americas, 1687-1821 by Mark A. Burkholder 9780313220388
$93.62Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313220388Author Mark A. BurkholderFormat HardbackPage Count 491Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Historical Dictionary of the French Second Empire, 1852-1870 by William E. Echard 9780313211362
$94.39"Echard's dictionary is an exciting contribution to the knowledge of historical and cultural events of the Second Empire. . . . Echard has produced a valuable dictionary." ChoiceBook InformationISBN 9780313211362Author William E. EchardFormat... -
Freethought in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth: A Descriptive Bibliography by Gordon Stein 9780313208690
$77.85Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313208690Author Gordon SteinFormat HardbackPage Count 193Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO -
A Century of Municipal Progress, 1835-1935 by Harold J. Laski 9780313201929
$85.05This collection of essays surveys one hundred years of local administration in Britain.Book InformationISBN 9780313201929Author Harold J. LaskiFormat HardbackPage Count 511Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
The New Left in France: The Unified Socialist Party by Charles Hauss 9780313201134
$72.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313201134Author Charles HaussFormat HardbackPage Count 283Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady by Bonnie Wheeler 9780312295820
$116.45Eleanor's patrilineal descent, from a lineage already prestigious enough to have produced an empress in the eleventh century, gave her the lordship of Aquitaine. But marriage re-emphasized her sex which, in the medieval scheme of gender-power relations... -
Darkest Italy: The Nation and Stereotypes of the Mezzogiorno, 1860-1900 by Na Na 9780312221683
RRP: $58.04$58.01Stereotypical representations of the Mezzogiorno are a persistent feature of Italian culture at all levels. In Darkest Italy, John Dickie analyzes these stereotypes in the post-Unification period, when the Mezzogiorno was widely seen as barbaric, violent...