History - Europe - General

After the Peace of Westphalia, several German states developed a disciplined 'military' that produced outstanding armies. Germany supplied mercenary troops to major and minor powers across Europe, and the military state, usually exemplified by Prussia, became a crucial part of German history.However, 'Germany' appeared...

This Element examines the life and legacy of the sixteenth-century Ethiopian intellectual T?sfa Ṣeyon. It reconstructs his formative years in the Horn of Africa and his diasporic life in the Holy Land and Italian peninsula, where he emerged as a prominent intermediary figure at...

'Beautiful. A true gem... [his] unique take on human nature through the history and heritage of the borderlands ends up being deeply moving.' - IRISH INDEPENDENT 'Thrillingly unique, knowledgeable, perceptive and profound' IAN DUNT 'A light-footed journey along the fault lines of history.' KATJA...

Investigates spinning and weaving tools from the Southern Levant and Egypt, exploring their evolution, regional differences, and cross-cultural influences from the Neolithic to the Persian period.Textile tools offer a fascinating and yet intimate approach to ancient people. Textile production has been one of the...

Travels in Central Asia Being the Account of a Journey from Teheran Across the Turkoman Desert on the Eastern Shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work...

Now completely revised! A history of the modern zoo.In this revised edition of Savages and Beasts, Nigel Rothfels traces the origins of the modern zoo to the efforts of the German entrepreneur Carl Hagenbeck, the most successful dealer in exotic animals in the nineteenth...

In this timely and richly illustrated book, a group of multidisciplinary scholars explores the uses and handlings of fetuses, still-born, reproductive organs, and pregnant bodies for knowledge production, including the development of vaccines and pharmaceuticals, in Sweden over five hundred years. By examining the...

My Disillusionment in Russia, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and...

How did overseas Europeans participate in the two world wars' effort? Which were the tensions around mobilization? How did the war affect their identity and their descendants? What were their mobilization's effects on the relationship with the adopted homelands? These closely intertwined issues connect...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the story of the Mayflower in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the voyage of the Mayflower. In 1620, a group of Puritans...

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 is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This is the history of humans from 6 million years ago until the Mesolithic Period based entirely on evidence based discoveries. From 1.8 million years ago the focus shifts mainly to the Eurasian continent and the very specific adaptations that our ancestors made there,...

This study explores and demonstrates processes of cultural change in the first half of the 6th millennium cal BC, among the K r s and Starčevo groups of the northern marginal zones of the Balkans. Within this period and zone, which forms the southern...

Historical Teleologies in the Modern World tracks the fragmentation and proliferation of teleological understandings of history - the notion that history had to be explained as a goal-directed process - in Europe and beyond throughout the 19th and into the 20th century. Historical teleologies...

This newly updated and improved edition of Bonnie G. Smith's classic textbook provides the most authoritative history available of Europe in a global context during the 20th and 21st centuries. It cleverly incorporates elements of political, social, cultural, economic and intellectual history and presents...

A widespread and still contemporary political phenomenon that exercises a profound effect on societies, settler colonialism structures relationships both historically and culturally diverse. This book assesses the distinctive feature of settler colonialism, and discusses its political, sociological, economic and cultural consequences.Author: F. BatemanISBN-10: 1349315885ISBN-13:...

What was successively titled the 4th Bomb Wing, 3rd Bomb Division and finally 3rd Air Division entered combat with the VIII Bomber Command in May 1943. Under the charismatic leadership of Gen. Curtis LeMay, the Force's crews in their B-17s forged the concept of...

Between 1939 and 1947 the county of Jan?w Lubelski, an agricultural area in central Poland, experienced successive occupations by Nazi Germany (1939-44) and the Soviet Union (1944-47). During each period the population, including the Polish majority and the Jewish, Ukrainian, and German minorities, reacted...

A vivid and unflinching account of the harrowing Holocaust experience of Chaim Wolgroch that he presents as evidence for God's inaction, or indifference. After surviving the Warsaw Ghetto, various work camps, Aushwitz, and the Death March, Chaim asks God,"Where were you?Why did you allow...

The word "Quisling" has been used as a synonym for "traitor" or "treachery." The original Vidkun Quisling (1887-1945) was a gifted Norwegian army officer who sided with the Nazis on the first day of Norway's entry into the Second World War. Dahl's biography is...

The 1936 Olympic Games played a key role in the development of both Hitler's Third Reich and international sporting competition. The Nazi Olympics gathers essays by modern scholars from prominent participating countries and lays out the issues--sporting as well as political--surrounding the involvement of...

Author: Gabriel RadleISBN-10: 1009469568ISBN-13: 9781009469562Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/23/2025Pages: 468Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.08lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.00d

Author: Anthony PagdenISBN-10: 0300074492ISBN-13: 9780300074499Publisher: Yale University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/30/1998Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.46w x 0.89d

Author: Mary FulbrookISBN-10: 1009160931ISBN-13: 9781009160933Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/27/2025Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.68d

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

An account of the revival of Catholicism in Bedfordshire from 1700 to 1900, including a selection of key documents and relevant registers. This volume draws on a range of evidence to illustrate the revival and growth of Catholicism in Bedfordshire between 1700 and 1900....

Early modern celebrations - whether of public or private events, marked locally or f?ted internationally - are also celebrations of early modern culture, or of the artistic invention and technological innovation that figure so prominently in early modern festivities. Yet what are the politics...

Global Portuguese results from conferences convened at the University of London School of Advanced Study to highlight legacies of Portuguese empire in postcolonial societies. Its chapters trace Portuguese legacies from the early modern to contemporary period through history, anthropology, language, literature, linguistics, and cuisine....

Politics of Feeling in Songs of the Dutch Revolutionary Period sheds new light on the intertwined history of music and politics by exploring Dutch political songs. In the emotionally charged climate of the Dutch revolutionary period at the close of the eighteenth century, songs...

This meticulously researched biography of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, provides readers with fascinating insights into the personality, politics, and warfare of this legendary figure. Harte also offers a broader historical context for Gustavus' life and times, making this book an engaging and informative...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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 is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Title: A History of Nottinghamshire.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, sound...

Based upon extensive archival material, this is a pioneering study of the impact of the famine that occurred in Greece during its occupation by German, Italian and Bulgarian forces in 1941 and 1942. Violetta Hionidou examines the politics of the food crisis, focusing on...

In this essay, \ Bonfreschi and Maccaferri\ consider the concept of regionalismfrom a subnationalperspective rather than an internationalone, discussing the problem of how states deal with regions or smaller unities within the state. From this perspective regionalismis a notoriously imprecise term-used to describe everything...

An introduction to key issues in the study of war and memory that examines significant conflicts in twentieth-century Europe In order to understand the history of twentieth-century Europe, we must first appreciate and accept how different societies and cultures remember their national conflicts. We...