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Alexander Hamilton: A Life by Willard Sterne Randall 9780060954666
RRP: $41.98$27.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060954666Author Willard Sterne RandallFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Forging America: Volume Two since 1863: A Continental History of the United States by Steven Hahn 9780197540206
$165.08Forging America speaks to both the complexities of historical experience and the meanings of the past for our present-day lives. Warning against the assumption of pre-ordained outcomes, Pulitzer-Prize winning historian Steve Hahn focuses the reader's... -
The Oral History Reader by Robert Perks 9780415707329
RRP: $283.50$248.39The Oral History Reader, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive, international anthology combining major, 'classic' articles with cutting-edge pieces on the theory, method and use of oral history. Twenty-seven new chapters introduce the most... -
Revisiting Jewish Spain in the Modern Era by Daniela Flesler 9780415634878
RRP: $283.50$246.29This innovative volume offers fresh perspectives and directions on the intersection of Hispanic and Jewish studies. It shows how 'Jewishness' has played a crucial role in Spanish political, social, and cultural developments in the modern era, exploring... -
Divided Village: The Cold War in the German Borderlands by Jason B. Johnson 9780415793773
RRP: $283.50$247.13In 1983, then-US Vice President George H.W. Bush delivered a speech in London. He had just been in West Berlin and spoke about his first visit to the Berlin Wall. Bush then went on to describe another German wall he saw after Berlin: "if anything,... -
The History of Sexuality in Europe: A Sourcebook and Reader by Anna Clark 9780415781398
RRP: $283.50$247.13The History of Sexuality in Europe: A Sourcebook and Reader is a dynamic introduction to the latest debates in the history of Sexuality in Europe. It begins with an introduction, "The Magnetic Poetry Kit of Sex," that surveys the field of... -
King of the Wa-Kikuyu: A True Story of Travel and Adventure in Africa by C. W. L. Bulpett 9780415760645
RRP: $92.38$80.09This is an account of the "adventures" of a Yorkshireman, his early life as a sailor, participation in the Matabele War, and his largely succesful attempts to unite the Kikuyu tribe. It was first published in 1911.Book InformationISBN... -
The Death of Christian Britain: Understanding Secularisation, 1800-2000 by Callum G. Brown 9780415471336
RRP: $283.50$247.13The Death of Christian Britain examines how the nation's dominant religious culture has been destroyed. Callum Brown challenges the generally held view that secularization was a long and gradual process dating from the industrial revolution. Instead, he... -
The Israel/Palestine Question: A Reader by Ilan Pappe 9780415410960
RRP: $283.50$247.13In this second edition of The Israel/Palestine Question, Ilan Pappe showcases some of the most recent areas of scholarly interest in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Including only works which challenge previous conceptions and paradigms,... -
British Civilization: A Student's Dictionary by John Oakland 9780415307765
RRP: $203.68$175.12British Civilization: A Student's Dictionary is an invaluable reference guide to the British way of life.It explains the often puzzling and confusing terms and phrases used routinely in Britain and by British people. This easy-reference alphabetical... -
Voyage to Guinea, Brazil and the West Indies in HMS Swallow and Weymouth by John Atkins 9780415760805
RRP: $92.38$80.09First published in 1735, this account focuses on the customs, food, languages and religions of the peoples in the islands and settlements visited. It also has remarks on the gold, ivory and slave trades.Book InformationISBN 9780415760805Author John... -
Witchcraft in Tudor and Stuart England Alan MacFarlane 9780415196116
RRP: $283.50$247.13This is a classic regional and comparative study of early modern witchcraft. The history of witchcraft continues to attract attention with its emotive and contentious debates. The methodology and conclusions of this book have impacted not only on... -
Communism and its Collapse Stephen White (University of Glasgow, UK) 9780415171809
RRP: $79.78$70.10Ranging from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of Eastern Europe in the 1980s this study examines Communist rule. By focusing primarily on the USSR and Eastern Europe Stephen White covers the major topics and issues affecting these... -
Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World: Being "Much Afflicted with Conscience" by Margaret Muranyi Manchester 9780367150785
RRP: $283.50$246.29Puritan Family and Community in the English Atlantic World examines the dynamics of marriage, family and community life during the "Great Migration" through the microhistorical study of one puritan family in 1638 Rhode Island. Through... -
Mobile Saints: Relic Circulation, Devotion, and Conflict in the Central Middle Ages by Kate Craig 9780367705619
RRP: $283.50$229.43Mobile Saints examines the central medieval (ca. 950-1150 CE) practice of removing saints' relics from rural monasteries in order to take them on out-and-back journeys, particularly within northern France and the Low Countries. Though the permanent... -
Milan Rastislav Stefanik: The Slovak National Hero and Co-Founder of Czechoslovakia by Michal Ksinan 9780367550059
RRP: $283.50$246.29This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Stefanik (1880-1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown internationally, his contemporaries compared him... -
Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World: Regulating Desire, Reforming Practice by Merry E Wiesner-Hanks 9780367201807
RRP: $283.50$246.29Christianity and Sexuality in the Early Modern World surveys the ways in which people from the time of Luther and Columbus to that of Thomas Jefferson used Christian ideas and institutions to regulate and shape sexual norms and conduct, and examines the... -
Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell by Jonathan Reinarz 9780252034947
RRP: $191.10$166.57In this comprehensive and engaging volume, medical historian Jonathan Reinarz offers a historiography of smell from ancient to modern times. Synthesizing existing scholarship in the field, he shows how people have relied on their olfactory sense to... -
Clio Wired: The Future of the Past in the Digital Age by Roy Rosenzweig 9780231150859
RRP: $58.80$45.78In these pathbreaking essays, Roy Rosenzweig charts the impact of new media on teaching, researching, preserving, presenting, and understanding history. Negotiating between the "cyberenthusiasts" who champion technological breakthroughs and the "digital... -
Recollections of Tartar Steppes and Their Inhabitants by Mrs. Lucy Atkinson 9780415760560
RRP: $92.38$80.09First Published in 1972. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780415760560Author Mrs. Lucy AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 544g -
Turning over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book by Erik Kwakkel 9789087281557
RRP: $77.70$75.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789087281557Author Erik KwakkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Leiden University PressPublisher Leiden University PressWeight(grams) 308g -
Crossing Boundaries, Building Bridges by Annie Canel 9789058230683
RRP: $273.00$236.27Women engineers have been in the public limelight for decades, yet we have surprisingly little historically grounded understanding of the patterns of employment and education of women in this field. Most studies are either policy papers or limited to... -
Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era by Jarrod Homer 9781912303793
RRP: $41.98$37.15Elaine Tyler May's 1988 Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era is a ground-breaking piece of historical and cultural analysis that uses its findings to build a strong argument for its author's view of the course of modern US history. The... -
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Martin Fuller 9781912303786
RRP: $41.98$37.15Despite having no formal training in urban planning, Jane Jacobs deftly explores the strengths and weaknesses of policy arguments put forward by American urban planners in the era after World War II. They believed that the efficient movement of cars was... -
An Analysis of Jack A. Goldstone's Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World Etienne Stockland 9781912303779
RRP: $41.98$37.15Understanding why revolutions take place when they do, and as they do, is important in itself. Understanding how they are rooted in the societies they upend - and the ways in which those societies share crucial similarities - is arguably even more so... -
The Souls of Black Folk by Jason Xidias 9781912303717
RRP: $41.98$37.15W.E.B Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk is a seminal work in the field of sociology, a classic of American literature - and a solid example of carefully-structured reasoning. One of the most important texts ever written on racism and black identity in... -
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Riley Quinn 9781912303304
RRP: $41.98$37.15The end of the Cold War, which occurred early in the 1990s, brought joy and freedom to millions. But it posed a difficult question to the world's governments and to the academics who studied them: how would world order be remade in an age no longer... -
The History of the Peloponnesian War by Mark Fisher 9781912303496
RRP: $41.98$37.15Few works can claim to form the foundation stones of one entire academic discipline, let alone two, but Thucydides's celebrated History of the Peloponnesian War is not only one of the first great works of history, but also the departure point from which... -
States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China by Riley Quinn 9781912303465
RRP: $41.98$37.15Many people want to understand what revolutions are and - especially - how they come about, from the academics who study them to the states that wish to prevent (or, in some cases, provoke) them. But it is arguably the US scholar Theda Skocpol who has... -
The Social Contract by James Hill 9781912303458
RRP: $41.98$37.15Few people can claim to have had minds as fertile and creative as the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. One of the most influential political theorists of the modern age, he was also a composer and writer of opera, a novelist, and a memoirist... -
Rights of Man by Mariana Assis 9781912303427
RRP: $41.98$37.15Thomas Paine's 1791 Rights of Man is an impassioned political tract showing how the critical thinking skills of evaluation and reasoning can, and must, be applied to contentious issues. Divided into two parts, Rights of Man is, first, a response to... -
Common Sense by Ian Jackson 9781912303410
RRP: $41.98$37.15Thomas Paine's 1776 Common Sense has secured an unshakeable place as one of history's most explosive and revolutionary books. A slim pamphlet published at the beginning of the American Revolution, it was so widely read that it remains the all-time best... -
The Federalist Papers by Dr. Jeremy Kleidosty 9781912303274
RRP: $41.98$37.15The 85 essays that make up The Federalist Papers' clearly demonstrate the vital importance of the art of persuasion. Written between 1787 and 1788 by three of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States, the Papers were written with the... -
The Phenomenology of Spirit by Ian Jackson 9781912302994
RRP: $41.98$37.15Hegel's 1807 Phenomenology of Spirit is renowned for being one of the most challenging and important books in Western philosophy. Above all, it is famous for laying out a new approach to reasoning and philosophical argument, an approach that has been... -
Reflections on the Revolution in France by Riley Quinn 9781912303182
RRP: $41.98$37.15Edmund Burke's 1791 Reflections on the Revolution in France is a strong example of how the thinking skills of analysis and reasoning can support even the most rhetorical of arguments. Often cited as the foundational work of modern conservative political... -
Imagined Communities by Jason Xidias 9781912303168
RRP: $41.98$37.15Benedict Anderson's 1983 masterpiece Imagined Communities is a ground-breaking analysis of the origins and meanings of "nations" and "nationalism". A book that helped reshape the field of nationalism studies, Imagined Communities... -
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution 1863 - 1877 by Jason Xidias 9781912302550
RRP: $41.98$37.15'Reconstruction' is the name given to the period that, beginning shortly before the end of the American Civil War and running until 1877, saw the frustration of federal government's attempts to integrate the newly freed slaves into the American political... -
Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s by Victor Petrov 9781912302543
RRP: $41.98$37.15How was the Soviet Union like a soup kitchen? In this important and highly revisionist work, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick explains that a reimagining of the Communist state as a provider of goods for the 'deserving poor' can be seen as a powerful... -
The Significance of the Frontier in American History by Joanna Dee Das 9781912302789
RRP: $41.98$37.15Frederick Jackson Turner's 1893 essay on the history of the United States remains one of the most famous and influential works in the American canon. That is a testament to Turner's powers of creative synthesis; in a few short pages, he succeeded in... -
An Analysis of Joan Wallach Scott's Gender and the Politics of History Pilar Zazueta 9781912302758
RRP: $41.98$37.15Joan Scott's work has influenced several generations of historians and helped make the topic of gender central to the way in which the discipline is taught and studied today. At root a new way of conceptualizing capitalist societies, Scott's theories...