World

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541606050Author Fernanda PirieFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541601963Author Sean McMeekinFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic Books

Taken together, the essays in this volume offer a particular, yet comprehensive, view of the economic history of Western Europe since the Renaissance. The focus is wide and the level of treatment deep. Between 1550 and 1940, Professor Parker contends,...

This 1974 book provides an institutional and historical analysis of the Brazilian Church, focusing in particular on its political role in relation to the state and society. There is a great interest in the Catholic Church in Latin America, both as an...

This is a study of Britain's attempts after the Manchurian crisis of 1931-3 to redefine her aims in east Asia and to develop a viable policy of friendship towards China and goodwill towards Japan. The author emphasizes the part played by economic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241452353Author Jules Clar TieFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. This book compares representations of nuclear power in popular media from around the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398844803Author Alex WoolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius Entertainment

This collection of essays offers a fresh perspective on the definition and origins of terrorism, broadening the field to include slave revolts and urban tensions, and considering how the "war on terrorism" had already matured by 1870 as a way...

The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that has been largely neglected by historians. This groundbreaking collection seeks to redress that neglect and...

This collection uses the transnational activities of municipal urban governments to historicize the origins and development of the global city, focusing on how urban problems were addressed with concepts that emerged from the "world in between"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837170251Author Raymond FrostFormat HardbackPage Count 246Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

In 1853, the Crimean War began as an intensely romantic affair, with officers and soldiers alike taking to the fray with phrases like death or glory" on their tongues and in their hearts. Nothing stands out more starkly than the toughness of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333331590Author Nicholas ManserghFormat PaperbackPage Count 275Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 444g

Employing the conceptual framework elaborated by Pierre Bourdieu, Peillon provides a unified analysis of social welfare institutions and practices in Ireland. In an effort to offer an overview of the forces that have shaped and continue to influence the...

Diseases have a history, and understanding that history helps us understand how best to treat and control disease today. Today's students are confronted with a panoply of often-frightening illnesses and afflictions - the Biographies of Disease series...

This book illuminates our understanding of what happens when different cultures meet. Twelve cultural historians explore the mechanism and inner dynamic of such encounters, and demonstrate that while they often occur on the wave of global forces and...

A collection of essays on European historiography, focussing on the overlapping national histories in Europe presenting many of the contested areas through conflicting historiographies. Sponsored by the European Science Foundation, this unique volume is...

This volume collects Professor Parker's major writings on American agricultural and industrial history, including some previously unpublished essays. Taken as a whole, these essays give an account of why and how the United States grew rich in the...

Records show that the Chinese invented gunpowder in the 800s. By the 1200s they had unleashed the first weapons of war upon their unsuspecting neighbours. This extraordinarily ambitious book traces the history of that invention and its impact on the...

This is an account of de-colonialization in Nigeria as seen through the eyes of a Nigerian political leader who was closely involved in the process. This book is therefore partly a biography of a man, Adegoke Adelabu; much more though, it tells in a...

This collection of essaysexplores how Progressivism was the historical catalyst for reforms across the social and political spectrum in Britain for over half a century.Book InformationISBN 9780230605800Author David W. GutzkeFormat HardbackPage Count...

Climate Change and the Course of Global History presents the first global study by a historian to fully integrate the earth-system approach of the new climate science with the material history of humanity. Part I argues that geological, environmental,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674336193Author Ida Thallon HillFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 562g

The result of a lifetime of research and contemplation on global phenomena, this book explores the idea of humanity in the modern age of globalization. Tracking the idea in the historical, philosophical, legal, and political realms, this is a concise and...

Drawing on new research, this fascinating volume looks behind the myths to offer detailed insights into the real lives and activities of pirates-for better or worse-during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean, from the mid-17th century to 1720. Over...

Breslin demonstrates that, for two millennia, states in East Asia, Europe, and America have successfully used pleasure to protect themselves and advance their interests, at a small fraction of the cost of militarized policies. Indeed, the Chinese...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999077016Author Gregg CoodleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Bendrogo PressPublisher Bendrogo PressWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837183909Author Melvin M. TuminFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837198989Author Margaret W. HaberFormat HardbackPage Count 303Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781241602420Author Henry ColeFormat PaperbackImprint British Library, Historical Print EditionsPublisher British Library, Historical Print...

This collection of articles, all being published in English for the first time, focuses on the child-rearing and educational practices of the Kibbutz, and the effect they have on children. Unlike other Kibbutz studies, however, written by outsiders and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806303741Author Thompson WestcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint ClearfieldPublisher ClearfieldWeight(grams) 227g

This is a broad and ambitious study of the entire history of humanity which takes as its point of departure Marx's theory of social evolution. However, Professor Diakonoff's theory of world history differs from Marx's in a number of ways. Firstly he has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738827483Author Robin OxmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 257Imprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 367g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781008943773Author Henry GouneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874368666Author Neville WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 516Imprint ABC-CLIOPublisher ABC-CLIO

In The World from 1450 to 1700, historian John Wills takes a fresh look at one of the most fascinating and tumultuous periods in world history. Assuming a global perspective, rather than the traditional Eurocentric view, Wills traces the interwoven...

Slavery and the British Empire provides a clear overview of the entire history of British involvement with slavery and the slave trade, from the Cape Colony to the Caribbean. The book combines economic, social, political, cultural, and demographic...