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End Game: The 1989 Revolution in East Germany Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk 9781800736214
RRP: $170.28$136.74The fall of the Berlin Wall, and the chain of events leading up to it, arguably constitute one of the most thoroughly documented episodes in recent history. Nonetheless, most accounts have focused predominantly on high-level politics and diplomacy along... -
Authoritarian Regimes in the Long Twentieth Century: Preconditions, Structures, Continuities - Contributions to European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation Research by Florian Kuhrer-Wielach 9783847115021
RRP: $43.85$36.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783847115021Author Florian Kuhrer-WielachFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint V&R unipress GmbHPublisher V&R unipress GmbHWeight(grams) 324g -
Narratives and Rituals of the Nightmare Hag in Scandinavian Folk Belief by Catharina Raudvere 9783030489212
RRP: $116.09$51.72This books explores varying conceptions of the Nightmare hag, mara, in Scandinavian folk belief. What began as observations of some startling narratives preserved in folklore archives where sex, violence and curses are recurring themes gradually led to... -
Reason and Religion in Late Seventeenth-Century England: The Politics and Theology of Radical Dissent by Christopher J. Walker 9781780762920
RRP: $154.80$154.18Reason has always held an uncertain position within Christianity. 'I believe because it is absurd',wrote Tertullian in the third century as he dismissed rational thought. For Augustine of Hippo, reason had some merit as a route to faith but otherwise was... -
The Balkan Wars: British Consular Reports from Macedonia in the Final Years of the Ottoman Empire Bejtullah D. Destani (Centre for Albanian Studies, UK) 9781780760766
RRP: $154.80$154.18The Ottoman Empire - the great power which had ruled much of southeastern Europe and the Middle East for over five centuries - was manifestly in decline by 1912. Its decline had been gradual, but by the early years of the twentieth century, the... -
Air and Sea Power in World War I: Combat and Experience in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Navy by Maryam Philpott 9781780761510
RRP: $154.80$154.18The Great War tore the fabric of Europe apart, killing over 35 million men and challenging the notion of heroism in war, Air and Sea Power in World War I focuses on the experience of World War I from the perspective of British pilots and sailors... -
Baden, Kostolac, Vucedol and Vinkovci: The Late Eneolithic, Transition Period, and Early Bronze Age in the Carpathian Basin and the Western Balkans by Želimir Brnic 9788024651781
RRP: $36.12$35.85An archeological history of the indigenous cultures of the Carpathian Basin.Baden, Kostolac, Vucedol and Vinkovci uses archaeology and genetics to create a novel cultural and historical interpretation of the Carpathian Basin during the Late Eneolithic... -
Transcending the Nostalgic: Landscapes of Postindustrial Europe beyond Representation by George Jaramillo 9781800732216
RRP: $127.71$102.98Even as the global economy of the twenty-first century continues its dramatic and unpredictable transformations, the landscapes it leaves in its wake bear the indelible marks of their industrial past. Whether in the form of abandoned physical structures,... -
Crusade: The Uses of a Word from the Middle Ages to the Present by Benjamin Weber 9781032442358
RRP: $174.15$151.29The word ‘crusade’ covers today a wide variety of meanings in most European languages. The link between these uses and the historical phenomenon labelled as ‘crusade’ by historians is often very narrow and particularly changing. Understanding the real... -
Thinking Europe: A History of the European Idea Since 1800 by Mats Andren 9781800735699
RRP: $138.03$111.16Presenting a new historical narrative on European integration and identity Thinking Europe: A History of the European Idea Since 1800 examines how the concept of Europe has been entangled in a dynamic and dramatic tension between calls for unity and... -
Beyond "Hellenes" and "Barbarians": Asymmetrical Concepts in European Discourse by Kirill Postoutenko 9781800736795
RRP: $138.03$111.16Forty years ago, German historian Reinhart Koselleck coined the notion of "asymmetrical concepts," pointing at the asymmetry between standard self-ascriptions, such as 'Hellenes' or 'Christians,' and pejorative otherizing-ascriptions,... -
The Chernobyl Effect: Antinuclear Protests and the Molding of Polish Democracy, 1986-1990 by Tomasz Borewicz 9781800736191
RRP: $127.71$102.98The 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe was not only a human and ecological disaster, but also a political-ideological one, severely discrediting Soviet governance and galvanizing dissidents in the Eastern Bloc. In the case of Poland, what began as isolated... -
Christians or Jews?: Early Transylvanian Sabbatarianism (1580-1621) by Reka Timea Ujlaki-Nagy 9783525573310
RRP: $159.95$128.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783525573310Author Reka Timea Ujlaki-NagyFormat HardbackImprint Vandenhoeck & RuprechtPublisher Vandenhoeck & RuprechtWeight(grams) 155g -
Masculinity in Medieval Europe by Dawn Hadley 9781138145436
RRP: $174.15$151.29An original and highly accessible collection of essays which is based on a huge range of historical sources to reveal the realities of mens' lives in the Middle Ages. It covers an impressive geographical range - including essays on Italy, France, Germany... -
Early Modern Europe: Facts and Fictions by Brian Jeffrey Maxson 9781440867453
$72.19Through the exploration of nine common myths about the history and culture of early modern Europe, roughly 1350–1700, this book uses common assumptions to introduce newcomers to the period and its key figures, developments, and events. Many myths about... -
Lived Religion and Gender in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe Sari Katajala-Peltomaa (University of Tampere, Finland) 9781138544581
RRP: $49.01$43.06This study is an exploration of lived religion and gender across the Reformation, from the 14th-18th centuries. Combining conceptual development with empirical history, the authors explore these two topics via themes of power, agency, work, family,... -
So, About Modern Europe...: A Conversational History from the Enlightenment to the Present Day by Professor David Imhoof 9781350148680
RRP: $28.37$28.24The West – Europe and the USA – has kind of had its way with the world for a few centuries. Why else does everyone speak English, listen to hip-hop, and want to buy Mercedes? Starting with the Enlightenment, Europeans developed big ideas that have... -
History as Performance: Political Movements in Galicia Around 1900 by Dietlind Hüchtker 9780367545710
RRP: $174.15$151.29This study analyzes history as performance: as the interaction of actors, plays, stages and enactments. By this, it examines women’s politics in Habsburg Galicia around 1900: a Polish woman active in the peasant movement, a Ukrainian feminist, and a... -
The Payment of Wages: A Study in Payment by Results Under the Wage System by G.D.H. Cole 9781032543109
RRP: $112.22$97.45First published in 1928, The Payment of Wages came out amid the controversies over workshop conditions caused by the Great War. It has held its place as the standard work describing the various systems of wage payments and their effects. Mr. Cole raises... -
Childhood in the Middle Ages by Shulamith Shahar 9781032548753
$144.49Drawing on a wide variety of European sources, Childhood in the Middle Ages (1992) examines attitudes towards children, images of childhood, and the concept of the stages of childhood in medieval culture, from the nobility to the peasantry. It makes... -
The Politics of Obscenity in the Age of the Gutenberg Revolution: Obscene Means in Early Modern French and European Print Culture and Literature by Peter Frei 9780367537531
RRP: $51.59$45.23What does obscene mean? What does it have to say about the means through which meaning is produced and received in literary, artistic and, more broadly, social acts of representation and interaction? Early modern France and Europe faced these questions... -
The Cultural Construction of Safety and Security: Imaginaries, Discourses and Philosophies that Shaped Modern Europe by Gemma Blok 9789463720472
RRP: $138.03$131.49This volume analyses cultural perceptions of safety and security that have shaped modern European societies. The articles present a wide range of topics, from feelings of unsafety generated by early modern fake news to safety issues related to... -
Russia Forty Years On: An account of a visit to Russia and Germany in the autumn of 1959 by M. Philips Price 9781032152318
RRP: $37.40$32.37First Published in 1961 Russia Forty Years On presents a comparative overview of Russian history from the Tsarist days to the Stalin Era. Morgan Philips Price looks back on Russia over a period of fifty years - the Tsarist time, the First World War, the... -
The Economic Problems of Europe: Pre-War and After by M. Philips Price 9781032151755
RRP: $37.40$32.37First Published in 1928 The Economic Problems of Europe presents a comprehensive overview of the economic and political transformation of Europe since the First World War. European and world problems often tend to be looked upon from the political,... -
Europe in the Contemporary World: 1900 to the Present: A Narrative History with Documents by Professor Bonnie G. Smith 9781350029552
RRP: $47.72$42.93This newly updated and improved edition of Bonnie G. Smith’s classic textbook provides the most authoritative history available of Europe in a global context during the 20th and 21st centuries. It cleverly incorporates elements of political, social,... -
Zöopedagogies: Creatures as Teachers in Middle English Romance by Bonnie J. Erwin 9780367664541
RRP: $51.59$45.23The human protagonists of medieval romance are works in progress. They are learners, taught by an unexpected set of teachers: non-human animals including horses, hawks, lions, and the various quarry of the hunt. These "creature teachers" show humans how... -
How War Might Spread to Europe by Miroslav Nincic 9780367627065
$120.74This book, first published in 1985, examines the Cold War risks of superpower confrontations, mainly in the Third World, resulting in war in Europe. European security is usually analysed in the context of East-West relations in Europe, where though... -
Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 by Harilaos Kitsikopoulos 9780367602178
RRP: $51.59$45.74Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 addresses one of the classic subjects on economic history: the process of aggregate economic growth and the crisis that engulfed the European continent during the late Middle Ages. This was not an ordinary... -
European Fascist Movements: A Sourcebook by Roland Clark 9780367262853
RRP: $161.25$139.14This volume offers a fresh and original collection of primary sources on interwar European fascist movements. These sources reflect new approaches to fascism that emphasise the practical, transnational experience of fascism as a social movement,... -
European Imperialism and the Third World by Abdul Qayyum Khan 9781032455938
RRP: $46.43$40.88This book presents a comprehensive overview of the evolution of imperialism in Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, France, and Great Britain. It delves into the background of colonialization and focuses on the nature of the motives of necessity, utility,... -
Science, Religion and Nationalism: Local Perceptions and Global Historiographies by Jaume Navarro 9781032320618
RRP: $174.15$151.81“Science” and “Religion” have been two major elements in the building of modern nation-states. While contemporary historiography of science has studied the interactions between nation building and the construction of modern scientific and technological... -
Dynasty in Motion: Wedding Journeys in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe by Patrik Pastrnak 9781032445007
RRP: $47.72$41.96Focuses on bridal journeys for premodern monarchy and society from many different perspectives, helping the reader to obtain a full overview of the marriage journeys. Utilises evidence and sources and will appeal to upper-level students and scholars of... -
The Miners in Crisis and War: A History of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain from 1930 Onwards by Robert Page Arnot 9781032505985
RRP: $154.80$133.66First published in 1961, The Miners in Crisis and War: A History of Miners’ Federation of Great Britain from 1930 Onwards tells the story of two sharply contrasting periods, of world crisis and of world war. The story begins with the Minders’ Federation... -
The Queen's Wards: Wardship and Marriage under Elizabeth I by Joel Hurstfield 9781032468075
$143.98Originally published in 1958, this new impression of The Queen’s Wards from 1973 made available once more a work that remains a significant contribution to the history of society and government in Elizabethan England.The Court of Wards was a bizarre... -
The History of the Borough of High Wycombe: from its origins to 1880 by L. J. Ashford 9781032516479
RRP: $141.90$122.69First Published in 1960, The History of the Borough of High Wycombe presents the history of an English community, which in the space of some seven hundred years, grew up, flourished and declined and eventually superseded. Even by the standards of the... -
Why Europe?: An Integration History From A(denauer) to Z(elenskyy) by Steven Van Hecke 9789401488112
RRP: $38.70$25.03Will Ukraine ever be an EU member? Why don’t we have a European army yet? Does crisis make the EU stronger? The European Union has great influence on the lives of its citizens. That situation can prove to be controversial. Decisions made by the EU often... -
Audience and Reception in the Early Modern Period John R. Decker (Pratt Institute, USA) 9780367676391
RRP: $51.59$45.23Early modern audiences, readerships, and viewerships were not homogenous. Differences in status, education, language, wealth, and experience (to name only a few variables) could influence how a group of people, or a particular person, received and made... -
The Afterlife of the Shoah in Central and Eastern European Cultures: Concepts, Problems, and the Aesthetics of Postcatastrophic Narration by Anna Artwinska 9780367506216
RRP: $51.59$45.74The Afterlife of the Shoah in Central and Eastern European Cultures is a collection of essays by literary scholars from Germany, the US, and Central Eastern Europe offering insight into the specific ways of representing the Shoah and its aftereffects as... -
Cultural Translation and Knowledge Transfer on Alternative Routes of Escape from Nazi Terror: Mediations Through Migrations by Susanne Korbel 9780367569136
RRP: $51.59$45.23The book investigates and compares the role of artistic and academic refugees from National Socialism acting as "cultural mediators" or "agents of knowledge" between their origin and host societies. By doing so, it locates itself at the intersection of... -
Seventeenth Century Practical Mathematics: Navigation by Greenvill Collins by Paul Hughes 9780367620479
RRP: $51.59$45.23This exciting Greenvill Collins biography is about seventeenth century navigation, focusing for the first time on mathematics practised at sea. This monograph argues the Restoration kings’, Charles II and James II, promotion of cartography for both...