History - Europe - General

Art and literature during the European fin-de-si鐵le period often manifested themes of degeneration and decay, both of bodies and civilizations, as well as illness, bizarre sexuality, and general morbidity. This collection explores these topics in relation to artists and writers as diverse as Oscar...

This collection of essays by leading international scholars takes the Scrolls of Auschwitz as its starting point. These powerful hand-written testimonies, produced within Birkenau, seek to bear witness to mass murder from at its core. The highly literary accounts pose a fundamental challenge to...

Dowd investigates literature's engagement with the gendered conflicts of early modern England by examining the narratives that seventeenth-century dramatists created to describe the lives of working women.Author: Michelle M. DowdISBN-10: 134937802XISBN-13: 9781349378029Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2015Pages: 254Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d

This volume offers a new cultural and political history of the idea of the nation. Situating the history of international politics and the idea of the nation in the history of psychology, it reveals the popularity and political importance of a transnational discourse of...

Author: Michael MaletISBN-10: 1349044717ISBN-13: 9781349044719Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1982Pages: 232Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

The Gallic Wars is a warts-and-all look at what it takes to achieve victory, a powerful and raw account of ruthlessness in war.Author: Julius Caesar, Thomas HolmesISBN-10: 1329584449ISBN-13: 9781329584440Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/28/2015Pages: 144Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

This book explores, from a transnational viewpoint, the historical relationship between war veterans and fascism in interwar Europe. Until now, historians have been roughly divided between those who assume that 'brutalization' (George L. Mosse) led veterans to join fascist movements and those who stress...

This is a remarkable account of the revolutionary impact of modern dance on European cultural life in the early twentieth century. Edward Ross Dickinson uncovers modern dance's place in the emerging 'mass' culture of the modern metropolis, sufficiently ubiquitous and high-profile to spark media...

In the wake of World War II the Sudetenland became the scene of ethnic cleansing, witnessing not only the expulsion of nearly three million German speakers, but also the influx of nearly two million resettlers. Yet mob violence and nationalist hatred were not the...

One of the classic problems in social science is known as "the dilemma of the commons," in which land, water, and other resources held jointly by social or economic segments tend to be depleted sooner and to a greater extent than privately held assets....

This book is the first history of YIVO, the original center for Yiddish scholarship. Founded by a group of Eastern European intellectuals after World War I, YIVO became both the apex of secular Yiddish culture and the premier institution of Diaspora Nationalism, which fought...

John of Brienne's progress, from mid-ranking knightly status to king of Jerusalem and, later, Latin emperor of Constantinople, traces one of the most remarkable careers in the entire medieval period. But how and why did he achieve such heights? This biographical study of aristocratic...

Using epigrammatic poetry as a framework, investigates the interplay between art and religious devotion in the later Byzantine period.Author: Ivan DrpicISBN-10: 1316606090ISBN-13: 9781316606094Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/19/2021Pages: 530Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.07d

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This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric....

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Author: Lewis Bernstein NamierISBN-10: 1258361213ISBN-13: 9781258361211Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2012Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d

Title: To the People of all England Observations on the Great Crystal Palace in Hyde Park; Stanzas upon Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Albert opening the Crystal Palace; Stanzas upon the Wond'rous Works of the Creation, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical...

Title: History of Civilization in England.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,...

Title: History of Scotland. Third edition. [With "Index".]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books,...

Title: The Nations of Russia and Turkey and their Destiny. From the French.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all...

Title: The Pictorial History of Scotland ... A.D. 79-1746. By J. Taylor, assisted by Professor Lindsay, Professor Eadie, J. Anderson, G. Macdonald, and other contributors.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of...

Title: The Druzes and the Maronites under the Turkish Rule from 1840 to 1860.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in...

Title: Germany. ... With notes and appendices by O. W. Wight.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages...

Title: The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A history.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:...

Title: The Story of the French Revolution.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,...

Title: France under Mazarin, with a review of the administration of Richelieu.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known...

Title: History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella ... New and revised edition, with the author's latest corrections and additions. Edited by J. F. Kirk.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one...

Title: The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, from 1702 to 1712. Edited by General the Right Hon. Sir George Murray. [With a portrait.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It...

Title: The Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy proclaimed in Cadiz 19th of March 1812. The translator's dedication is signed, "Philos Hispaniae."]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest...

Title: The Diplomatic Relations between Cromwell and Charles X. Gustavus of Sweden. Inaugural-Dissertation, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in...

Title: Pictures from Greek Life and Story ... With illustrations.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and...

Title: The Student's Roman Empire. A history of the Roman Empire from its foundation to the death of Marcus Aurelius. 27 B.C.-180 A.D.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's...

Title: The Book of Islay. Documents illustrating the history of the Island [collected and edited by G. G. Smith].Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding...

Title: Tuscan Cities ... With illustrations from drawings and etchings by J. Pennell and others.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items...

Dragon Lizards of Komodo is a captivating book that takes readers on a thrilling journey to the remote and mysterious island of Komodo in the Dutch East Indies. Written by W. Douglas Burden, a renowned explorer and naturalist, the book chronicles his expedition to...

""Russia And The English Church During The Last Fifty Years V1"" is a historical book written by William Palmer in 1895. The book provides a detailed account of the relationship between Russia and the English Church over the past fifty years. It covers the...

Present-Day Europe: Its Natural States of Mind is a book written by Lothrop Stoddard and published in 1917. The book is an analysis of the psychological and cultural states of various European nations during the early 20th century. Stoddard provides an in-depth examination of...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

In The Atlantic Slave Trade in World History, Jeremy Black presents a compact yet comprehensive survey of slavery and its impact on the world, primarily centered on the Atlantic trade. Opening with a clear discussion of the problems of defining slavery, the book goes...

Jonathan Sperber's Revolutionary Europe 1780-1850 is a history of Europe in the age of the French Revolution, from the end of the old regime to the outcome of the revolutions of 1848. Fully revised and updated, this second edition provides a continent-wide history of...

Modern European History brings together a unique selection of documents covering the period from 1871 to 2000. The collection is organised by topic, and a clear historical context and chronological chart provide background for each section. This second edition brings the book up to...

This eagerly awaited study of Russia under Alexander I, Nicholas I and Alexander II -- the Russia of War and Peace and Anna Karenina -- brings the series near to completion. David Saunders examines Russia's failure to adapt to the era of reform and...

This volume investigates the different attitudes of historians and other social scientists to questions of causality. It argues that historical theorists after the linguistic turn have paid surprisingly little attention to causes in spite of the centrality of causation in many contemporary works of...

Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Italian Anti-Colonialism and the Ethiopian WarChapter 3: "Ethiopia's Cause is our Cause" Black Internationalism and the Italian Invasion of EthiopiaChapter 4: Harlem's Ethiopia: Literary Pan-Africanism and the Italian InvasionChapter 5: A Partisan Press: Sylvia Pankhurst, British Anti-Colonialism, and the Crisis...

The book provides a synthesis of the development of the genre of national history writing in Europe, in particular it seeks to illuminate the relationship between history writing and the construction of national identities in modern Europe.Author: S. Berger, C. ConradISBN-10: 113741409XISBN-13: 9781137414090Publisher: Palgrave...

Goods from the East focuses on the fine product trade's first Global Age: how products were made, marketed and distributed between Asia and Europe between 1600 and 1800. It brings together established scholars as well as new, to provide a full comparative and connective...

Fascism exerted a crucial ideological and political influence across Europe and beyond. Its appeal reached much further than the expanding transnational circle of 'fascists', crossing into the territory of the mainstream, authoritarian, and traditional right. Meanwhile, fascism's seemingly inexorable rise unfolded against the backdrop...