An anthology on key issues that define African American politics, life, and culture

War in the World: 1450-1600 offers an account of late fifteenth and sixteenth-century warfare in a global context. Firstly by looking at conflict between...

"...War in the World: 1450-1600 offers an account of late fifteenth and sixteenth-century warfare in a global context. Firstly by looking at conflict between.... War in the World: 1450-1600 offers an account of late fifteenth and sixteenth-century warfare in a global context. Firstly by looking at conflict between non-Western powers and, secondly, by putting due weight on warfare between Western and non-Western powers, the book provides comparative context for trying to understand a range of global..."

Tracing the stylistic self-conceptualization of modernism from Schopenhauer and Flaubert in the 1850s, through Nietzsche and the symbolists in the 1880s, to...

Offering an in-depth and comprehensive account of the complex history of Japanese modernism, in this book Roy Starrs considers the concept of modernism as...

Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues...

"...Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues.... Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological k..."

This stimulating volume presents an overview of key gender theories and debates, tracing the development of gender as an analytic category in the writing of...

"...This stimulating volume presents an overview of key gender theories and debates, tracing the development of gender as an analytic category in the writing of.... This stimulating volume presents an overview of key gender theories and debates, tracing the development of gender as an analytic category in the writing of history. Covering a broad timespan, Kent makes the origins, concepts and methods of gender history accessible to students, showing how they can use gender in their own historical st..."

A highly readable historical survey of the major developments in scientific thought and the impact of science on Western culture, this book takes the reader...

"...A highly readable historical survey of the major developments in scientific thought and the impact of science on Western culture, this book takes the reader.... A highly readable historical survey of the major developments in scientific thought and the impact of science on Western culture, this book takes the reader from ancient times through to the twentieth century. Organized chronologically, the book explores the history ofstudies of the natural world, and man's role within that world, in a ..."

An Introduction to the Social History of Medicine is a one-volume, detailed survey of the major debates and themes in the history of western medicine, from the...

"...An Introduction to the Social History of Medicine is a one-volume, detailed survey of the major debates and themes in the history of western medicine, from the.... An Introduction to the Social History of Medicine is a one-volume, detailed survey of the major debates and themes in the history of western medicine, from the early modern period to the present. Combining specialized knowledge with new ways of thinking about the subject, this lucidly written, illustrated text brings together the lat..."

For far too long, the history of the modern era has been written as a history of isolated nation states. This book which presents both interpretation and...

The story of the rise and fall of smallpox, one of the most savage killers in the history of mankind, and the only disease ever to be successfully exterminated...

Presenting History highlights the vital role of presenters in establishing why history matters and communicating the past to an audience. Case studies of...

"...Presenting History highlights the vital role of presenters in establishing why history matters and communicating the past to an audience. Case studies of.... Presenting History highlights the vital role of presenters in establishing why history matters and communicating the past to an audience. Case studies of leading historians, historical novelists and television history presenters explore alternative literary and visual ways of presenting the past both as academic and popular history.. ..."

Everyone has a personal connection to the past, independent of historical inquiry. So, what is the role of the historian? Exploring the relationship between...

"...Everyone has a personal connection to the past, independent of historical inquiry. So, what is the role of the historian? Exploring the relationship between.... Everyone has a personal connection to the past, independent of historical inquiry. So, what is the role of the historian? Exploring the relationship between history and society, Kalela argues for a more participatory research culture and provides practical guidance on planning research projects with greater public impact.. ..."

This book traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Throughout American history, families survived or even...

"...This book traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Throughout American history, families survived or even.... This book traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Throughout American history, families survived or even flourished during colonization, the Revolution, slavery, the industrial revolution, immigration, and economic upheaval because reliance on others was patently necessary. But in the ..."

A clear, concise and thought-provoking introduction to the history of East Germany - its development and downfall - which engages. Peter Grieder offers a...

Karin Friedrich locatesthe history of Brandenburg-Prussiawithin the east-central European context to which it once belonged. She examines Prussia as a conduit...

"...Karin Friedrich locatesthe history of Brandenburg-Prussiawithin the east-central European context to which it once belonged. She examines Prussia as a conduit.... Karin Friedrich locatesthe history of Brandenburg-Prussiawithin the east-central European context to which it once belonged. She examines Prussia as a conduit between East and West, and as a political entity whichattempted, unsuccessfully,to harmonise the great diversity of its local traditions, institutions and identities.. ..."

This well-written and comprehensive book by an outstanding expert provides students of history and the general reader with reliable, up-to-date information on...

Born out of a love of language, text, classical learning, art, philosophy, and philology, the Christian Humanist project lasted beyond the turmoil of...

According to both popular myth and traditional histories, Mary Tudor was a failure. Known primarily as Bloody Mary, she has usually been contrasted unfavorably...

"...According to both popular myth and traditional histories, Mary Tudor was a failure. Known primarily as Bloody Mary, she has usually been contrasted unfavorably.... According to both popular myth and traditional histories, Mary Tudor was a failure. Known primarily as Bloody Mary, she has usually been contrasted unfavorably with her younger sibling and heir, Elizabeth I. This negative view of Mary has most recently been perpetuated in David Starkey's TV documentaries and biography of the young El..."

As the major geopolitical power bloc, Asia -- with 4 billion people, two-thirds of the world's population, a huge land-mass and the fastest-growing economies...

The seventeenth century has long been seen as a period of 'crisis' or transition from the pre-modern to the modern world. This book offers a chance to explore...

The British Empire in its late-Victorian heyday spanned the globe and linked a quarter of the world’s population to Britain. The New A-Z of Empire responds to...

The first new biography of Oliver Cromwell in several years, this rounded account does equal justice to his public and private life, to his political career,...

"...The first new biography of Oliver Cromwell in several years, this rounded account does equal justice to his public and private life, to his political career,.... The first new biography of Oliver Cromwell in several years, this rounded account does equal justice to his public and private life, to his political career, his military abilities and his passionate religiosity.   Ian Gentles synthesizes much recent research including Cromwell's activity as a lay preacher, his patronage of the arts an..."

The story of the British Empire in the twentieth century is one of decline, disarray, and despondency. Or so we have been told. In this fresh and controversial...

London has become the focus of a ferocious imaginative energy since the rise of Thatcher. The Making of London analyses the body of exceptional work by writers...