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Palgrave Essential Histories Series

The Palgrave Essential Histories series contains dynamic and absorbing accounts of the history of the world's principal countries. Each book in this series gives a sense of the country's entire history, while giving additional emphasis to developments over the last hundred years. Compact, readable and informative national histories, these books are designed to appeal to anyone wishing to gain a broad understanding of a country’s history.

General Editor: Jeremy Black

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Trade Paperback : $27.00 Buy	A History of the Low Countries Palgrave Essential Histories Series Paul Arblaster Palgrave Macmillan This successful text remains the sole historical survey of the Benelux area to be written in English. Arblaster describes the full sweep of the history of the...

Trade Paperback : $27.00 Buy	A History of the United States Palgrave Essential Histories Series Philip Jenkins Palgrave Macmillan Philip Jenkins explores the central developments in American history from the fifteenth century to the present day. This highly readable and authoritative...

Trade Paperback : $27.95 Buy	A History of Australia Palgrave Essential Histories Series Mark Peel and Christina Twomey Palgrave Macmillan For tens of thousands of years, humans have imagined, visited and inhabited Australia as a place in which to make a future. From the first explorers, who...

Trade Paperback : $28.00 Buy	A History of Poland Palgrave Essential Histories Series Anita J. Prazmowska Palgrave Macmillan Anita Prazmowska provides a wide-ranging survey of Poland's history, from early settlements, through the establishment of the Kingdom of Poland, to the present...

Trade Paperback : $28.00 Buy	A History of China Palgrave Essential Histories Series John A.G. Roberts Palgrave Macmillan It has been said that the twenty-first century will be China's century. Such a remark highlights the importance of being informed about China's long and...

Trade Paperback : $28.00 Buy	A History of Denmark Palgrave Essential Histories Series Knud J. V. Jespersen Palgrave Macmillan Knud Jespersen traces the historical roots of the modern Danish state and Denmark's international position. This revised, updated and expanded new edition...

Trade Paperback : $28.00 Buy	A History of India Palgrave Essential Histories Series Peter Robb Palgrave Macmillan This fresh and up-to-date interpretation of India's rich and extraordinary history, written by a leading authority in the field, explores themes in ancient,...

Trade Paperback : $27.00 Buy	A History of Korea Palgrave Essential Histories Series Kyung Moon Hwang Palgrave Macmillan A concise, lively history of Korea, which explores the richness of Korean civilization from the ancient era through to the jarring transformation that resulted...

Trade Paperback : $28.00 Buy	A History of the Baltic States Palgrave Essential Histories Series Andres Kasekamp Palgrave Macmillan Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania experienced a sequence of foreign regimes, including Nazism and communism, before recovering their independence and joining the...

Trade Paperback : $28.00 Buy	A History of Greece Palgrave Essential Histories Series Nicholas Doumanis Palgrave Macmillan Drawing on the latest research into ancient, medieval and modern history, this single-volume traces the history of Greek culture and societies from the Bronze...

Trade Paperback : $27.00 Buy	A History of Italy Palgrave Essential Histories Series Claudia Baldoli Palgrave Macmillan Intertwining the history of art, literature, food, music and religion, Baldoli explores Italy's history from the Middle Ages to the present. The book offers an...

Trade Paperback : $30.00 Buy	A History of Spain Palgrave Essential Histories Series Simon Barton Palgrave Macmillan Simon Barton provides a highly readable and up-to-date analysis of the historical development of Spain from its origins to modern times. Today, as Spain has...

Trade Paperback : $19.95 Buy	The History of Havana Palgrave Essential Histories Series Dick Cluster and Rafael Hernández Palgrave Macmillan This is the first comprehensive history of the culturally diverse city, and the first to be co-authored by a Cuban and an American. Beginning with the founding...

Trade Paperback : $18.95 Buy	The History of Armenia Palgrave Essential Histories Series Simon Payaslian Palgrave Macmillan A timely and concise overview of Armenian history

Trade Paperback : $24.00 Buy	The History of Latin America Collision of Cultures Palgrave Essential Histories Series Marshall C. Eakin Palgrave Macmillan This narrative history of Latin America surveys five centuries in less than five hundred pages. The first third of the book moves from the Americas before...

Trade Paperback : $15.95 Buy	The History of Venezuela Palgrave Essential Histories Series H. Micheal Tarver and Julia C. Frederick Palgrave Macmillan With an upcoming election, Chávez's involvement with U.S. oil exports, and the country becoming a leader of an increasingly united South America, this volume...

Trade Paperback : $15.95 Buy	The History of Central America Palgrave Essential Histories Series Thomas L. Pearcy Palgrave Macmillan Central America is an extraordinarily beautiful part of the world, with sweeping panoramic vistas of tropical vegetation, towering mountains, and striking...

Trade Paperback : $24.00 Buy	A History of Germany Palgrave Essential Histories Series Peter Wende Palgrave Macmillan Even a brief glance at the maps of what has, or might have, been called Germany through the ages reveals a kaleidoscope of alterations in shape and...

Trade Paperback : $25.00 Buy	A History of Russia Palgrave Essential Histories Series Roger Bartlett Palgrave Macmillan A concise history of Russia from its beginnings in Kiev Rus through to the twenty-first century.

Trade Paperback : $22.00 Buy	The History of Chile Palgrave Essential Histories Series John L. Rector Palgrave Macmillan A colorful history of Chile from prehistoric times to the present

Trade Paperback : $18.00 Buy	The History of Cuba Palgrave Essential Histories Series Clifford L. Staten Palgrave Macmillan A narrative history of Cuba from prehistoric times to the present.

Trade Paperback : $20.00 Buy	The History of Argentina Palgrave Essential Histories Series Daniel K. Lewis Palgrave Macmillan Argentina is a country of enormous potential and challenging problems. In recent decades, violence and military dictatorships have upset the political system,...

Trade Paperback : $39.00 Buy	A History of the British Isles Palgrave Essential Histories Series Jeremy Black Palgrave Macmillan From the earliest pre-history to the present day, Jeremy Black's vigorous and fascinating narrative explores the rich historical influence of the British Isles...

Trade Paperback : $38.00 Buy	A History of Israel Palgrave Essential Histories Series Ahron Bregman Palgrave Macmillan This book examines Israel's turbulent history from the first Zionist Congress in 1897 to the present day.

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