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Rogues and Scholars: Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000 James Stourton 9781804541975
RRP: €35.70€24.93On 15 October 1958 Sotheby’s of Bond Street staged an ‘event sale’ of seven Impressionist paintings belonging to Erwin Goldschmidt: three Manets, two Cézannes, one Van Gogh and a Renoir. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn and Somerset Maugham were there as... -
Hubris: The Origins of Russia's War Against Ukraine Jonathan Haslam 9781804548226
RRP: €33.31€23.34On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukraine conflict that began eight years earlier. But the roots of the conflict began long before that historic date. After the fall of communism, politicians, professors and the... -
An Atmospheric History of Smoking in Modern Britain Ivan Markovic 9781350420243
RRP: €101.15€85.98This book studies the historiography of smoking in modern Britain, with a focus on the social, cultural, and emotional aspects of the practice. Centring on four specific moments in modern British history; the turn of the 20th century, the Second World... -
A Cultural History of Genocide in the Modern World Dr Deborah Mayersen 9781350469785
RRP: €30.93€26.29The cry of “never again” reverberated around the world in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Yet despite the unprecedented horrors of the Shoah, and the subsequent creation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the... -
Other Everests: One Mountain, Many Worlds Paul Gilchrist 9781526179166
RRP: €23.79€20.22This ground-breaking title, publishing to mark the centenary of the tragic 1924 British Everest expedition, reveals the hidden histories of the world’s highest mountain. -
The 1914–2024 War Atlas: Modernity Deciphered Anew Marcin Wojciech Solarz 9781032543963
RRP: €160.65€136.55The 1914–2024 War Atlas deconstructs the contemporary widespread and well-known image of the 20th and 21st century, arguing for the continuity of the historical process covering the period 1914-2024.The years between 1914 and 2024 constitute a period of... -
The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War: Volume 2, Escalation and Stalemate Lien-Hang T. Nguyen 9781107105102
RRP: €142.80€121.38In great depth, Volume II examines the escalation of the Vietnam War and its development into a violent stalemate, beginning with the overthrow of the Ngô Đình Diệm in 1963 to the aftermath of the 1968 Tết Offensive. This five-year period was, for the...Qty in Cart: 0Quantity:Price:RRP: €142.80€121.38Subtotal: -
Environment, Knowledge, and Injustice in Lesotho: The Poverty of Progress Christopher Conz 9781847013309
RRP: €95.20€91.17Shows that a fraught historical process was at work in which Basotho drew on local and global sources of knowledge and how this small nation surrounded by South Africa can serve as a valuable case-study for wider conversations about 'progress' and... -
The 1914–2024 War Atlas: Modernity Deciphered Anew Marcin Wojciech Solarz 9781032523910
€44.32The 1914–2024 War Atlas deconstructs the contemporary widespread and well-known image of the 20th and 21st century, arguing for the continuity of the historical process covering the period 1914-2024.The years between 1914 and 2024 constitute a period of... -
Energy's History: Toward a Global Canon Daniela Russ 9781503640863
RRP: €128.52€109.24Energy history is an approach to understanding the past that takes changes in the human exploitation of Earth's energies as its object of inquiry. This interdisciplinary field documents and analyzes how humans thought about, harnessed, stored, and... -
International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond Antony Best 9780367352721
RRP: €154.70€133.41Now in its fourth edition, this highly successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward.Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have... -
Naples 1925: Adorno, Benjamin, and the Summer That Made Critical Theory Martin Mittelmeier 9780300259308
RRP: €22.60€19.21The untold story of how the volcanic landscape surrounding Naples influenced a crucial moment in twentieth-century intellectual history In the 1920s, the Gulf of Naples was a magnet for European intellectuals in search of places as yet untouched by... -
Belfast Punk and the Troubles: an Oral History Fearghus Roulston 9781526182463
RRP: €23.80€20.23This book is an oral history of the punk scene in Belfast from the mid-1970s to the mid-80s. It explores what it was like to be a punk in a city shaped by the violence of the Troubles, and how this differed from being a punk elsewhere. It also asks what...