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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788184001266Author John ZubrzyckiFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House, IndiaPublisher Random House, India

In this book twelve eminent historians and legal experts from Spain and the United Kingdom consider the political and legal context and consequences of the War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 that brought it to an end,...

Charles Gardiner wrote a series of funny, articulate and charming articles on 'The Old Cotswold Dialect for the Evesham Journal in 1959 and 1960. This book collects these articles together, rounds them off with a glossary of odd words and phrases, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739660109Author Mohamed KenawiFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Manar al-AtharPublisher Manar al-Athar

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060009830Author Stanley P HirshsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 864Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060009830Author Stanley P HirshsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 864Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 874g

This pioneering survey evaluates the notions of class and order throughout European history since 1500. After a general theoretical section on the concept of orders and class, the book provides discussions and case studies of the nobility, the clergy,...

A pioneering text which covers the urban society of early modern Europe as a whole. Challenges the usual emphasis on regional diversity by stressing the extent to which cities across Europe shared a common urban civilization whose major features remained...

This is a study of ekphrasis, the art of making listeners and readers 'see' in their imagination through words alone, as taught in ancient rhetorical schools and as used by Greek writers of the Imperial period (2nd-6th centuries CE). The author places...

A concise introduction to the process which led to the division of Germany in 1949, and its unification in 1990, this book also explores the economic, social and cultural divisions between and east and west, which still exist in post-unification Germany...

Britain and France were the leading industrial nations in 18th-century Europe. This book examines the rivalry which existed between the two nations and the methods used by France to obtain the skilled manpower and technology which had given Britain the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244669201Author R Spencer KiddFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987822772Author John EacottFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint John EacottPublisher John EacottWeight(grams) 485g

Demolishing the myth that British rule was on the whole advantageous to India, Andrew Hyde shows how Britain's pursuit of profit brought about the deindustrialisation and impoverishment of the country over centuries and how its celebrated feats of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845893507Author Elizabeth PurdyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The Francis Frith CollectionPublisher The Francis Frith Collection

For the first time, the hidden world of American communism can be examined with the help of documents from the recently opened archives of the former Soviet Union. Interweaving narrative and documents, the authors of this book present a convincing new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905128310Author Pete AyrtonFormat PaperbackImprint Harbour Books (East) LtdPublisher Harbour Books (East) Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596055445Author Friedrich ListFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334500Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 176mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356290020Author Dennis DaltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins India

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992841621Author Wea Hatfield BranchFormat PaperbackImprint Hatfield Local History SocietyPublisher Hatfield Local History SocietyWeight(grams) 54g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789385360114Author Rosie Llewellyn-JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Mapin Publishing Pvt.LtdPublisher Mapin Publishing Pvt.Ltd

First published in 1978. Mid-Victorian Britain was relatively stable in comparison with the turbulent period that preceded it, and that stability is in part explained by the emergence of an artisan elite with a specific relationship to the society around...

First published in 1987. Even as the professionalism of medicine progressed, many sufferers continued to rely on what would now be termed "fringe" practitioners - quacks, backstreet surgeons, bone-setters, Thomsonian botanists, holists and naturalists...

How were the Crusades made possible? There have been studies of ancient, medieval and early modern warfare, as well as work on the finances and planning of Crusades, but this volume is the first specifically to address the logistics of Crusading. ...

The British trade unionist and Labour MP A. A. Purcell (1872-1935) once enjoyed international notoriety. An outspoken champion of Soviet Russia, he nevertheless performed the highest labour movement responsibilities and was a leading figure on the TUC...

The medieval clergy, aristocracy, and commercial classes tended to regard peasants as objects of contempt and derision. In religious writings, satires, sermons, chronicles, and artistic representations peasants often appeared as dirty, foolish,...

In AD 43, the Romans landed an invasion force on the shores of Britain that heralded the beginnings of recorded British history and laid the cultural foundations of today's national identity. Yet despite the crucial importance of this event, the actual...

World History: An Introduction provides readers with the knowledge and tools necessary to understand the global historical perspective and how it can be used to shed light on both our past and our present. A concise and original guide to the concepts,...

The Routledge Who's Who in Military History looks at those men and women who have shaped the course of war. It concentrates on all those periods about which the reader is likely to want information - the eighteenth-century wars in Europe, the American...

Britain, 1846 - 1919 is an exciting new approach to teaching and learning late nineteenth and early twentieth century British History at A Level, up to and including the First World War. It meets the needs of teachers and students studying for today's...

More Auspicious Shores chronicles the migration of Afro-Barbadians to Liberia. In 1865, 346 Afro-Barbadians fled a failed post-emancipation Caribbean for the independent black republic of Liberia. They saw Liberia as a means of achieving their...

This volume provides a fresh perspective of the history and legacy of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as the often-disputed memory of it in contemporary Europe.The unions between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of...

Since its maiden voyage and sinking in April 1912, Titanic has become a monumental icon of the 20th century and has inspired a wealth of interpretations across literature, art and media. This book offers a comprehensive discussion of the diverse...

An excellent introduction to the formidable life and career of Peter the Great and his impact on Russia. M.S. Anderson assesses his aims and achievements at home and abroad, and examines the pressures and restrictions that shaped his attitudes and...

Furnishing the Eighteenth Century provides an illuminating, interdisciplinary look into European and American furniture during the century that connoisseurs and collectors consider its golden age. Lavishly illustrated, this lively collection of essays by...

Raymond F. Betts considers the 'process' of decolonization and the outcomes which have left a legacy of problems, drawing on numerous examples including Ghana, India, Rwanda and Hong Kong. He examines:the effects of the two World Wars on the colonial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957116245Author Diz WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Larrabee Libraries: A Division of Larrabee IndustriesPublisher Larrabee Libraries: A...

In this tenth anniversary edition of his award-winning memoir, New York Times bestselling author Peter Balakian has expanded his compelling story about growing up in the baby-boom suburbs of the '50s and '60s and coming to understand what happened to...

These studies focus on Spain's relations with England from the last stages of the Elizabethan war to the opening years of the Cromwellian regime. Particular attention is given to the issue of religion and to the character and conduct of peacetime...