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During the long winter nights and before the advent of television, people in Caithness used to hold informal gatherings in each other's houses, and spend the night in general conversation around the firesides. These gatherings were known as ceilidhs. The...

This book covers the history of aircraft armament from the early days of World War I when aviators fired hand-held weapons at each other, through the airborne gun advancements during World War II, and finally up to the modern Gatling Guns of today...

First published in 1981, this book brings together different types of work by numerous fragmented groups in the field of Marxist history and puts them in dialogue with each other. It takes stock of then recent work, explores the main new lines, and looks...

"The stanard of contribution is high . . . the reader gets a good dsense of the cutting edge of historical research."African AffairsBook InformationISBN 9780582644908Author S. MarksFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis...

Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. A grimly fascinating-and profoundly disturbing-self-exposure by one of the false...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789899794801Author Alejandro MirabalFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Arqueonautas Worldwide SaPublisher Arqueonautas Worldwide SaWeight(grams)...

What was a "garden" in medieval and early modern British culture and how was it imagined? How did it change as Europe opened up to the wider world from the 16th century onwards? In a series of fresh approaches to these questions, the contributors offer...

The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule assesses the effects of Ottoman rule on the Arab Lands of Egypt, Greater Syria, Iraq, and Yemen between 1516 and 1800.Drawing attention to the important history of these regions, the book challenges outmoded perceptions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785623004Author Alan LlwydFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Gomer PressPublisher Gomer Press

"Days, months, and years were given to us by nature, but we invented the week for ourselves. There is nothing inevitable about a seven-day cycle, or about any other kind of week; it represents an arbitrary rhythm imposed on our activities, unrelated to...

Images in medieval and early modern treatises on medicine, pharmacy, and natural history often confound our expectations about the functions of medical and scientific illustrations. They do not look very much like the things they purport to portray; and...

For nearly eighteen centuries, two fundamental spatial plans dominated Christian architecture: the basilica and the central plan. In the 1880s, however, profound socio-economic and technological changes in the United States contributed to the rejection...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909486041Author David SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint My WorldPublisher New Writing NorthWeight(grams) 101g

Understanding the Industrial Revolution is a fresh, new exploration of this economic phenomenon of major importance. It describes theories of economic growth, shows how these can be applied to the revolution and discusses them in the light of modern...

Historians of Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden and the United States provide a sweeping view of the scope of women's work and make comparisons across societies and over time.Book InformationISBN 9780415903141Author Seth KovenFormat PaperbackPage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941281635Author Charles HodgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint CuriosmithPublisher CuriosmithWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

From Abigail "Nabby" Adams to Chelsea Clinton, George Washington Adams to John F. Kennedy, Jr., the children of America's presidents have both suffered and triumphed under the watchful eyes of their powerful fathers and the glare of the ever-changing...

The Triumph of an Accursed Lineage analyses kingship in Castile between 1252 and 1350, with a particular focus on the pivotal reign of Alfonso XI (r. 1312-1350).This century witnessed significant changes in the ways in which the Castilian monarchy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911915Author Bob ReadFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

Here is a study, by a recognized master in the field of intellectual history, of the challenge put by Machiavelli to the idea that there is a universal moral law governing human behavior. Should the political leader act according to the maxim of "my...

Previous scholarship has presented a static picture of property inheritance in China, mainly because it has focused primarily on men, whose rights changed little throughout the Imperial and Republican periods. However, when our focus shifts to women, a...

Traces the rise and fall of rural England from the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the nature of the changes which have occurred.Reviews`In all, this is another entertaining and informative book from Gorgon Mingay. His skill as narrator gives...

First published in 1976. This title brings the Victorian era to life with stories of its spectacular leading magicians, conjurers, illusionists, escapologists, scientific experimenters and tricksters. Geoffrey Lamb describes the kind of people they were...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060957797Author Barry CliffordFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 270gDimensions(mm)...

`This is a real feast of a book. ... a landmark book. It is clear enough to be used as a teaching text, and could make an excellent introduction to the discipline for those courageous enough to revise their courses.' International Affairs`This is a bold,...

This book provides an integrated framework for explaining how nationalism has become one of the most powerful ideologies of modern times. Starting with a consideration of the medieval roots of the nation, the author goes on to examine the various...

The Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in the sixteenth century was a formative event in European history. The Origins and Development of the Dutch Revolt brings together in one volume the latest scholarship from leading experts in the field, to...

The year 2000 witnessed the 900th anniversary of the birth of Adrian IV, the only Englishman to sit on the papal throne. His short pontificate of four and a half years, distracted by crisis and controversy and followed as it was by an 18-year schism,...

This book examines the ideological and socio-political discourses shaping the remembrance and representation of Britain and the Cyprus conflict of 1974 within Greek Cypriot society. By combining the official with the popular and drawing on an extensive...

The Routledge Companion to Twentieth-Century Britain is a jargon-free guide to the social, economic and political history of Britain since 1900. Opening with a general introduction and overview of twentieth century Britain, the book contains a wealth of...

Intended as a reminder of Europe for soldiers and clerks of the empire, the city of Dalat, located in the hills of Southern Vietnam, was built by the French in an alpine locale that reminded them of home. This book uncovers the strange 100-year history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956506603Author Kerry J. BirchFormat PaperbackPage Count 259Imprint Kappa Beta PublicationsPublisher Kappa Beta PublicationsWeight(grams) 386g

War in Eleventh-Century Byzantium presents new insights and critical approaches to warfare between the Byzantine Empire and its neighbours during the eleventh century.Modern historians have identified the eleventh century as a landmark era in Byzantine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061234583Author Brenda WineappleFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 564gDimensions(mm)...

The Power of Networks describes a typology of network-based research practices in the historical disciplines, ranging from the use of quantitative network analysis in cultural, economic, social or political history or religious studies, to novel...

Early Modern Conceptions of Property draws together distinguished academics from a variety of disciplines, including law, economics, politics, art history, social history and literature, in order to consider fundamental issues of property in the early...

The twentieth century was one of constant upheaval across Europe. The continent saw wars, revolutions and the collapse of empires and a range of leading figures from Stolypin and Stalin to Chirac, Schroder and Putin. This book provides a detailed yet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692070406Author Julie WhippleFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Yamhill Canyon PressPublisher Yamhill Canyon PressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm)...

Lost Intimacies: Rethinking Homosexuality under National Socialism uses queer theory as a hermeneutic tool with which to read against the grain of heterotextual narratives of the Holocaust and as a way of locating alternative pathways of meaning in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935721352Author Supreme UnderstandingFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Proven PublishingPublisher Proven PublishingWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm)...