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The Slovak Dilemma by Eugen Steiner 9780521077934
RRP: £32.99£27.40The Slovak Dilemma is a case-study in nationalism. Accepting the view that the four and a half million Slovaks who inhabit the eastern part of Czechoslovakia are a separate Slav ethnic group, Dr Steiner describes their position in Czechoslovak history,... -
Russian Peasant Organisation Before Collectivisation: A Study of Commune and Gathering 1925-1930 by D.J. Male 9780521077750
RRP: £32.99£27.40Most Russian peasants in the mid-1920s held their land as members of a commune (or mir), the old Russian form of land-holding. The revolution had brought a revival in the fortunes of the institution. This was not a welcome development to the Bolsheviks... -
An Economic Background to Munich: International Business and Czechoslovakia 1918-1938 by Alice Teichova 9780521073967
RRP: £36.99£30.73The economic background to the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia at Munich in 1938 has not received the attention it deserves. This book helps to redress this imbalance by analysing in depth the web of foreign interests - direct foreign investment, foreign... -
The State, the Financial System and Economic Modernization by Richard Sylla 9780521037983
RRP: £38.99£32.28Through an examination of a wide variety of financial systems in Europe, and North and South America over approximately 150 years of change, this book demonstrates the key role that finance has played in economic change, and in the development of diverse... -
Israel's Security Men: The Arab-Fighting Political Careers of Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon and Ehud Barak by Thomas G. Mitchell 9780786496266
£39.49From 1949 to 2000, Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin, Ariel Sharon, and Ehud Barak negotiated Israel's successful (and unsuccessful) talks with its Arab neighbors, from the armistice negotiations to Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy, to Camp David I and the... -
The Agrarian Policy of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party: From its Origins through the Revolution of 1905-1907 by Maureen Perrie 9780521081153
RRP: £32.99£27.40The Socialist-Revolutionary (SR) party gained an overall majority in the election to the Russian Constituent Assembly, which was dissolved by the Bolsheviks in January 1918. The SRs derived the bulk of their electoral support from the peasantry, and the... -
Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions by Christian Lange 9780521506373
RRP: £75.00£59.03The Muslim afterworld, with its imagery rich in sensual promises, has shaped Western perceptions of Islam for centuries. However, to date, no single study has done justice to the full spectrum of traditions of thinking about the topic in Islamic history... -
Leon Trotsky and the Politics of Economic Isolation by Richard B. Day 9780521524360
RRP: £34.99£29.35A highly original and controversial examination of events in Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1927 in which Professor Day challenges both the standard Trotskyite and Stalinist interpretations of the period. At the same time he rejects the traditional emphasis... -
On Time, on Target: The World War II Memoir of a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne by John McKenzie 9780891417149 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£8.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891417149Author John McKenzieFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
Cosmology and Political Culture in Early China by Aihe Wang 9780521027496
RRP: £43.99£37.16This radical reinterpretation of the formative stages of Chinese culture and history traces the central role played by cosmology in the formation of China's early empires. It crosses the disciplines of history, social anthropology, archaeology and... -
Rising Life Expectancy: A Global History by James C. Riley 9780521002813
RRP: £38.99£32.28Between 1800 and 2000 life expectancy at birth rose from about 30 years to a global average of 67 years, and to more than 75 years in favored countries. This dramatic change, called the health transition, is characterized by a transition both in how long... -
British Attitudes Towards India, 1784-1858. by George Donham Bearce 9780313233678
£108.70This study reveals the complex body of British thought and opinion that formed its attitude toward India between 1784-1858.Book InformationISBN 9780313233678Author George Donham BearceFormat HardbackPage Count 315Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher... -
Cold War in the Desert: Britain, the United States and the Italian Colonies, 1945-52 by S. Kelly 9780333761557
RRP: £89.99£89.87The question of the Italian colonies played an important part in the breakdown of Allied cooperation after the Second World War. Britain and the United States were closely involved in this question, yet their respective roles have not received the... -
A Tramp Across the Continent: An Adventurer, Journalist and Activist for Native American Rights and Nature's Preservation Journeys Across North America by Charles F Lummis 9780359028665
RRP: £9.88£8.92Charles F. Lummis tells of an America long departed, when the western and southern frontiers were wilderness, nature untrammeled and settlers rugged in the face of unforgiving conditions. Written as a retrospective of the adventurer's youth, A Tramp... -
A Tramp Across the Continent: An Adventurer, Journalist and Activist for Native American Rights and Nature's Preservation Journeys Across North America (Hardcover) by Charles F Lummis 9780359028658
RRP: £24.90£21.70Charles F. Lummis tells of an America long departed, when the western and southern frontiers were wilderness, nature untrammeled and settlers rugged in the face of unforgiving conditions. Written as a retrospective of the adventurer's youth, A Tramp... -
The Oxford Handbook of World History by Jerry H. Bentley 9780199235810
RRP: £142.50£119.50The Oxford Handbook of World History presents thirty-three essays by leading historians in their respective fields. The chapters address the most important issues explored by contemporary world historians. These broadly fall into four categories:... -
Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume XIX: Jews and the State: Dangerous Alliances and the Perils of Privilege by Ezra Mendelsohn 9780195170870
£113.32Bringing together contributions from established scholars from multiple disciplines and countries, Volume XIX of Studies in Contemporary Jewry offers a comparative view of alliances between Jewish communities and the state. Together, the volume's... -
A Historical Guide to World Slavery by Seymour Drescher 9780195120912
RRP: £112.50£110.81Eminent scholars provide an overview of what we now know about slavery as an institution and way of life in cultures around the globe from ancient times to the present day. Drawing on the virtual explosion of empirical research and theoretical discussion... -
The Ultimate Experience: Battlefield Revelations and the Making of Modern War Culture, 1450-2000 by Yuval Noah Harari 9780230536920
£119.99Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History by Peter Clark 9780199589531
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The Chertsey Tiles, the Crusades, and Global Textile Motifs by Amanda Luyster 9781009485982
RRP: £49.99£49.85While visual cultures mingled comfortably along the silk roads and on the shores of the Mediterranean, medieval England has sometimes been viewed – by both medieval and more recent writers – as isolated. In this Element the author introduces new evidence... -
Making Cities Socialist by Katherine Zubovich 9781009468077
RRP: £49.99£49.85This Element explores the history of urban planning, city building, and city life in the socialist world. It follows the global trajectories of architects, planners, and ideas about socialist urbanism developed during the twentieth century, while also... -
Early Modern Atlantic Cities by Mariana Dantas 9781009468060
RRP: £49.99£49.85The Atlantic World was an oceanic system circulating goods, people, and ideas that emerged in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century. European imperialism was its motor, while its character derived from the interactions between peoples indigenous... -
Domestic Service in the Soviet Union: Women's Emancipation and the Gendered Hierarchy of Labor by Alissa Klots 9781009467209
RRP: £100.00£89.88This innovative study is the first to explore the evolution of domestic service in the Soviet Union, set against the background of changing discourses on women, labour, and socialist living. Even though domestic service conflicted with the Bolsheviks'... -
Selling French Sex: Prostitution, Trafficking, and Global Migrations by Elisa Camiscioli 9781009418379
RRP: £70.00£63.31Selling French Sex is an illuminating account of the cultural, social, and economic history of the sale of 'French sex'. It explores the discourses and experiences surrounding the early twentieth century debate on sex trafficking, which mobilized various... -
‘Ethiopia’ and the World, 330–1500 CE by Yonatan Binyam 9781009500982
RRP: £49.99£49.85This Cambridge Element offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the histories of the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands from late antiquity to the late medieval period, updating traditional Western academic perspectives. Early scholarship, often by... -
Swahili Worlds in Globalism by Chapurukha M. Kusimba 9781009495080
RRP: £49.99£49.85This Element discusses a medieval African urban society as a product of interactions among African communities who inhabited the region between 100 BCE and 500 CE. It deviates from standard approaches that credit urbanism and state in Africa to... -
Our Urban Planet in Theory and History by Carl Nightingale 9781009494595
RRP: £49.99£49.85This Element offers seven propositions toward a theory of 'Our Urban Planet' that is useful to global urban historians. I argue that historians have much to offer to theorists particularly those involved in debates over planetary urbanization theory and... -
States-in-Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization by Lydia Walker 9781009305822
RRP: £85.00£76.60After the Second World War, national self-determination became a recognized international norm, yet it only extended to former colonies. Groups within postcolonial states that made alternative sovereign claims were disregarded or actively suppressed... -
‘Ethiopia’ and the World, 330–1500 CE by Yonatan Binyam 9781009107969
RRP: £17.00£14.72This Cambridge Element offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the histories of the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands from late antiquity to the late medieval period, updating traditional Western academic perspectives. Early scholarship, often by... -
Slavery in East Asia by Don J. Wyatt 9781009001700
RRP: £17.00£14.72In premodern China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, just as in the far less culturally cohesive countries composing the West of the Middle Ages, enslavement was an assumed condition of servitude warranting little examination, as the power and profits it... -
What Muslims Did by Yahya Mubashar 9780755206391
RRP: £25.99£18.62Islamic civilization and its achievements are a significant link and era during middle ages that had been intentionally or un-intentionally erased from common man's history. Now many western historians are reopening that chapter and are acknowledging the... -
The History of Family Business, 1850-2000 by Andrea Colli 9780521800280
RRP: £49.00£44.10In this 2002 textbook, Andrea Colli gives a historical and comparative perspective on family business, examining through time the different relationships within family businesses and among family enterprises, inside different political and institutional... -
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society: Volume 10: Sixth Series by Royal Historical Society 9780521793520
RRP: £61.00£55.04The Transactions of the Royal Historical Society offers readers an annual collection of major articles representing some of the best historical research by some of the world's most distinguished historians. Also available as a journal, volume ten of the... -
Cultural Memory and Western Civilization: Functions, Media, Archives by Aleida Assmann 9780521764377
RRP: £94.99£80.44Cultures invest great efforts into creating a long-term memory on the basis of oral transmission, media technology and institutional frameworks. This book provides an introduction to the concept of cultural memory, focusing on the 'arts' of its... -
The Old Country: Australian Landscapes, Plants and People by George Seddon 9780521696869
RRP: £34.00£29.67We are a nation of gardeners, and we take pleasure in tending our backyards. But this pleasure sits uneasily with our knowledge that the places where most of us live are running out of water. We suspect that our lawns and many of our plants from the damp... -
Marriage Choices and Class Boundaries: Social Endogamy in History by Marco H. D. van Leeuwen 9780521685467
RRP: £19.99£18.09Marriage choice plays a crucial role in the formation and decay of social classes. Endogamy, the custom forbidding marriage outside one's social class, is thus central to social history. The study considers the factors determining who married whom,... -
The Rise and Decline of the State by Martin Van Crevald 9780521651905
RRP: £105.00£82.41The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger communities... -
Nature and the English Diaspora: Environment and History in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand by Thomas Dunlap 9780521657006
RRP: £37.99£31.31First published in 1999, this book is a comparative history of the development of ideas about nature, particularly of the importance of native nature as a part of the culture in the Anglo settler countries of the United States, Canada, Australia, and New... -
Nations and States in Southeast Asia by Nicholas Tarling 9780521625647
RRP: £23.99£21.51This reflective and provocative 1998 book outlines the emergence of the nation-states of modern Southeast Asia. It considers various ways of looking at Southeast Asian history, combining narrative, analysis, and discussion. The book focuses mainly on the...