The Book of Alexander the Great - or the Phyllada - has for three centuries been the most popular account of Alexander's career in modern Greece. After...

"...The Book of Alexander the Great - or the Phyllada - has for three centuries been the most popular account of Alexander's career in modern Greece. After.... The Book of Alexander the Great - or the Phyllada - has for three centuries been the most popular account of Alexander's career in modern Greece. After circulating in manuscript form, it was first published in 1680 in Venice, and has been continuously in print in Greek ever since. The Phyllada broadly follows the structure of the ancient Ale..."

This book, now fully updated and in its third edition, explains the law relating to the conduct of hostilities and provides guidance on difficult or...

"...This book, now fully updated and in its third edition, explains the law relating to the conduct of hostilities and provides guidance on difficult or.... This book, now fully updated and in its third edition, explains the law relating to the conduct of hostilities and provides guidance on difficult or controversial aspects of the law. It covers who or what may legitimately be attacked and what precautions must be taken to protect civilians, cultural property, or the natural environment. It deals..."

The importance of money as one of the key variables in the workings of the medieval economy is often overlooked. This new study first provides the reader with...

This fascinating book looks at the phenomenon of murder and poisoning in the nineteenth century. Focusing on the case of William Palmer, a medical doctor who...

Later medieval Europe saw a great deal of change and expansion of different kinds. This geographically broad textbook explores these events in a series of core...

The anthology of original sources from c.1400 to 1650, translated from Italian or Latin, and accompanied by introductions and bibliographies, is concerned with...

"...The anthology of original sources from c.1400 to 1650, translated from Italian or Latin, and accompanied by introductions and bibliographies, is concerned with.... The anthology of original sources from c.1400 to 1650, translated from Italian or Latin, and accompanied by introductions and bibliographies, is concerned with women's varied involvement with the visual arts and material culture of their day. The readers gains a sense of women not only as patrons of architecture, painting, sculpture ..."

This is the updated edition of the first comprehensive history of Lebanon in the modern period. Written by a leading Lebanese scholar, and based on previously...

A People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought "from below." Until now, the vast majority of historical...

"...A People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought "from below." Until now, the vast majority of historical.... A People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought "from below." Until now, the vast majority of historical accounts have focused on the regular armies of the allied powers. Donny Gluckstein shows that an important part of the fighting involved people's militias struggling against not just fasc..."

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...

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 of studies 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...

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...