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The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Modern Ireland

This collection of focused, cohesive and persuasive essays is based on the newest research on gender, sexuality and sexual politics. It o...

Worlds Together, Worlds Apart

Instructors have made Worlds Together, Worlds Apart the #1-selling collegiate survey because its global-by-design narrative builds each c...

Colonial Internationalism and the Governmentality of Empire, 1893-1982

In 1893, colonial officials from thirteen countries abandoned imperial rivalry and established the International Colonial Institute to ta...

Vernacular Law - Writing and the Reinvention of Customary Law in Medieval France

Ada Maria Kuskowski traces the impact of writing, language, learned ideas and court practices on the development of customary law in medi...

Violence in Defeat - The Wehrmacht on German Soil, 1944-1945

Explores the diverse intra-ethnic violence that gripped the country in the months prior to Germany's defeat, and examines the interplay b...

Futures of Socialism - 'Modernisation', the Labour Party, and the British Left, 1973-1997

Futures of Socialism overhauls the history of 'modernisation' and the British Left and recasts our understanding of New Labour. It provid...

Immaterial Texts in Late Medieval England - Making English Literary Manuscripts, 1400-1500

This volume elucidates the craft practices, cultural conventions and literary attitudes of scribes of late medieval English manuscripts t...

Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany - The Fragebogen and Political Screening during the Allied Occupation

In the wake of the Second World War, the victorious Allied armies distributed twenty million political questionnaires, or Fragebögen, to ...

Monetary Foundations of the Raj

This volume is an account of the monetary policies adopted by the British East India Company that resulted in the establishment of a unif...

European Literatures of Military Occupation - Shared Experience, Shifting Boundaries, and Aesthetic Affections

Occupation literature: a new perspective on European identitiesWhat does it mean to live under occupation? How does it shape the culture ...

Peasantry in the Cheb City-State in the Late Middle Ages - Socioeconomic Mobility and Migration

A reassessment of fundamental scholarship on the Middle Ages, based on previously unknown medieval written source material. Medieval peas...

Technology in Russian Strategic Culture - From the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

A history of military-technological innovation in Russia. This book traces the dynamics of military-technological innovation in Russia ov...

The World the Plague Made - The Black Death and the Rise of Europe

A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern ageIn ...

Migrants - The Story of Us All

Humans are, in fundamental ways, a migratory species, more so than any other land mammal. For most of our existence, we were all nomads, ...

RAF - The Birth of the World's First Air Force

This compact, masterful work by an outstanding historian marks a pivotal moment in military history: the birth of Britain's Royal Air For...

Name Unknown: The Life of a Rusian Queen

Name Unknown offers an example of an eastern European queen as a corrective to the western European focus of medieval queenship studies.

The Mahabodhi Temple at Bodhgaya - Constructing Sacred Placeness, Deconstructing the 'Great Case' of 1895

The volume investigates the historic accounts of the religious contestations over the status of the Mah¿bodhi Temple complex in Bodhgay¿ ...

Franks and Northmen - From Strangers to Neighbors

Franks and Northmen explores the full spectrum of Franco-Scandinavian interaction, examining not just violence but also less well-known r...

James VI, Britannic Prince - King of Scots and Elizabeth's Heir, 1566-1603

By drawing upon recent scholarship, original manuscript materials, and previously unpublished sources, this new biography presents an ana...

The Silent Attack - The Fallschirmjäger Capture the Bridges of Veldwezelt, Vroenhoven and Kanne 1940

"Much has been written about the capture of Fort Eben Emael Belgium by German paratroopers on May 10, 1940. This operation marked the fir...

Converting Rulers - Kongo, Japan, Thailand, Hawaii and Global Patterns, 1450-1850

"Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? Building on his previous work through ...

The Witches of St Osyth

The first complete history of the neglected St Osyth witch-trial, this book tells the compelling, revelatory story of a community ripped ...

Anthropological Archaeology Underwater

This Element will explore the world of anthropological archaeology underwater, focusing on submerged sites, and review the techniques, da...

The North Caucasus Borderland - Between Muscovy and the Ottoman Empire, 1555-1605

Explores the role of the North Caucasus as the first borderland between the Ottoman and Russian Empires in the 16th century

The Story of the Nursery

First published in 1958, this reconstruction of the lives of young children of nursery age is an excursion into the past, from the Middle...

Toys, Play and Discipline in Childhood

First published in 1955, this title examines the areas of toys, play and discipline in a child's life from babyhood, up to school-age chi...

Parents and Playgroups - A Study by the Pre-school Playgroups Association

Originally published in 1981, Parents and Playgroups brings together three wide-ranging reports which examine the role of the playgroup m...

First Episodes - Pupil Careers in the Early Years of School

First published in 1991, this title is based on a 4-year longitudinal study of pupils from two catchment areas from the first days of the...

Babies Growing Up - Their Progress From Before Birth Right Through the Nursery Years

Originally published in 1956, this title aims to compress in to a brief yet readable form, the essentials of successful parentcraft at th...

Educating Young Children - A Structural Approach

In its discussion of the three levels of teaching and learning - whole school philosophy, classroom policy and specific teaching framewor...

Queen Elizabeth and Her Subjects

First published in 1935, Queen Elizabeth and Her Subjects presents a comprehensive history of the Elizabethan Age. It brings topics such ...

The Petlyakov Pe-2 - Stalin's Successful Red Air Force Light Bomber

During the Second World War, the Soviet Union's Petlyakov Pe-2 _Peshka_ dive-bomber was unique in that it was as fast as most fighter air...

Living in Medieval England - The Turbulent Year of 1326

1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of...

Globalization in a Glass - The Rise of Pilsner Beer Through Technology, Taste and Empire

The spread of Pilsner beer from its inception in 1842 clearly shows the changes wrought by globalization in an age of empire. Its rise wa...

State Formation and Shared Sovereignty - The Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, 1488-1696

Offers new perspectives on how alliances in early modern Europe promoted shared sovereignty, and the impact on the evolution of the state.

Succession to the Throne in Early Modern Russia - The Transfer of Power 1450-1725

This revisionist history explores how the tsar's power was transferred in Russia over three centuries, as cultural practices and customs ...

A Savage and Romantic War - A Wargamer's Guide to the First Carlist War, Spain 1833-1840

Gives all the information needed for the gamer to build and play with the armies, Spanish, French, British and Portuguese. In the quarter...

Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy

Demonstrates how food-growing gardens in early medieval cities transformed Roman ideas and economic structures into new, medieval values.

Writers and Revolution - Intellectuals and the French Revolution of 1848

Explores the experience and impact of the 1848 French Revolution through the writings of nine European intellectuals, including Marx and ...

Unruly - The Number One Bestseller ‘Horrible Histories for grownups' The Times

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and ...

Desire and Disunity - Christian Communities and Sexual Norms in the Late Antique West

Desire and Disunity explores the struggles of the Christian church to grapple with complex and contradictory sexual practices in the late...

Writing History in the Soviet Union - Making the Past Work

This book is aimed at understanding the political & academic environment in which the Soviet history was composed. It traces the regime c...

Rise of the First Wessex King

When the Saxons brutally murder the father and brother of Ceredig, he flees the land of his birth. After over forty years in exile, Cered...

Early Modern Jewish Civilization - Unity and Diversity in a Diasporic Society. An Introduction

This collection is an introductory historical survey and selective cultural analysis of the development, coalescence, and eventual waning...

Vikings

There are lots of stories about Vikings, and some of them are just not true! From fashion to food, now you can discover what it was reall...

The Tomb of Amenemhab - No. 44 at Qurnah: The Tomb-Chapel of a Priest Carrying the Shrine of Amun

Facsimile reissue of 1999 description of the wall paintings and inscriptions within the tomb of Amenemhab, priest of Amon in the Qurnah c...

Gizeh and Rifeh

Facsimile reissue of Flinders Petrie's account of the excavation of Egyptian tomb cemeteries at Gizeh and Dier Rifeh and the ruins of two...

The Tomb and Beyond - Burial Customs of Egyptian Officials

Facsimile edition of invaluable, fully illustrated, introduction to the key elements of form, purpose and decoration of Egyptian tombs, d...

Domestic Plants and Animals - The Egyptian Origins

Fully illustrated, comprehensive analysis and discussion of the plants and domestic animals exploited by the Ancient Egyptians.

The Mammals of Ancient Egypt

The Italian Wars Volume 5 - The Franco-Spanish War in Southern Italy 1502-1504

The War over Naples was fought by France and Spain between 1502 and 1504. Gonzalo de Córdoba, called El Gran Capitán, distinguished himse...

Berengaria of Navarre - Queen of England, Lord of Le Mans

Berengaria of Navarre was Queen of England (1191-99) and Lord of Le Mans (1204-30). This book explores her political career whilst utilis...

Curtiss Hawk 75 - H-75/P-36a/Mohawk

Check over the dramatic events of 1940 as the Polish Air Force took to the skies in France, fighting valiantly during World War II. This ...

Modern Russian Air Power, Volume 1 - The Russian Air Arms Today

This volume launches a new series of three books from Harpia Publishing about Russian air power. The first two volumes present all types ...

Australian Women's Historical Photography - Other Times, Other Views

Australian Women's Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views focuses on the works of six Australian women who were working as phot...

Cold War Scotland

Scotland's unique geography and topography provided a useful base for Allied military preparations during the Cold War. This book explore...

Studies in Indo-Muslim History by S.H. Hodivala Volume II - A Critical Commentary on Elliot and Dowson's History of India as Told by Its Own Historians (Vols. V-VIII) & Yule and Burnell's Hobson-Jobson

S.H. Hodivala, an eminent Indian scholar annotated an eight-volume magnum opus, History of India as Told by Its Own Historians, by Sir He...

Slaving and the Funding of Elite Status in Early Medieval Europe (ca. 800-1000 AD)

In the last few years research on early medieval slavery has seen an ever-growing emphasis placed on long-distance slave trading, and on ...

Bosnian Hajj Literature - Multiple Paths to the Holy

Explores changing attitudes to the holy through a study of five centuries of Bosnian Hajj literature

John Kennedy of Dingwall, 1819-1884 - Evangelicalism in the Scottish Highlands

Examines the life and ministry of John Kennedy (1819-84), minister of Dingwall Free Church of Scotland. Explores how Kennedy became the e...