The first thirty years of the twentieth century was a key period in the development of Japanese society, during which it......more
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A completely updated edition--based on recently declassified archives and judicial investigations--of the story of the c......more
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Masataka Kousaka (1934-1996) was one of Japan’s most influential post-war realists; a leading Cold War scholar, commenta......more
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Eva Bischoff’s Imperialism in Modern German History is the first comprehensive, English-language exploration of the hist......more
Eva Bischoff’s Imperialism in Modern German History is the first comprehensive, English-language exploration of the hist......more
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Seventy-five years ago, the idea of Germany leading Europe was unthinkable. Morally and economically bankrupt, the count......more
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Charlotte Alston’s important new study explores the relationship between Russian anti-state activists and western public......more
In the mid-twentieth century, Walter Beinecke began buying up downtown storefronts and buildings in Nantucket, Massachus......more
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This book is the first comprehensively researched study of the life and thought of Irish-born William Thompson (1778-183......more
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In the aftermath of WWII Australia undertook a number of war crime trials, and yet despite detailed records about Japane......more
How much are the extraordinary departures of twentieth century history to be credited to ’the new’? Did modernity reinve......more
The conference volume should raise the awareness for the promotion of national minorities among agents, institutions as ......more
Until 1825 Spain controlled a vast colonial empire in the Americas, which stretched from Mexico in the north to Argentin......more
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’James Charles Roy’s history of the First World War offers a vivid and wide-ranging narrative, encompassing both events ......more
In 1904, the Brazilian Congress approved a fleet renewal program involving the construction of 28 ships of various class......more
This book introduces students to the key concepts of women’s history, gender as a category of analysis, and the history ......more
This book introduces students to the key concepts of women’s history, gender as a category of analysis, and the history ......more
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For fans of Ben Macintyre, the gripping story of the assassination of Soviet revolutionary Leon Trotsky and the deadly g......more
INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER: A gripping first-hand account of the January 6th, 2021, insurrection from inside the halls of Con......more
The story of General George Armstrong Custer’s early years on the American Frontier has been told before but this book, ......more
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"The authors have done an excellent job bringing this last conflict-one that is often overlooked-to life. And not only t......more
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The Sixties were a time of dramatic change and conflict: a historical moment in which new questions were asked, old answ......more
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This book explores late colonial Zimbabwe s troubled transition from colony to independent state from a financial and ec......more
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British colonialists invariably saw Africa protest, resistance, and even rebellion as forms of criminality: Africans who......more
Migration law is a stepchild of constitutional law and international law, existing in a space of little sustained theore......more
Migration law is a stepchild of constitutional law and international law, existing in a space of little sustained theore......more
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Introduces readers to the geography and human history of one of the largest islands in the Caribbean. Now in its second ......more
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Whether an ardent aviation enthusiast or not, all those who have turned their eyes upward to the sky at an air show will......more
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Between the 1840s and the 1880s, 300,000 to 500,000 individuals traveled the Oregon Trail, a route stretching over 2,000......more
Author of six novels, Jane Austen continues to enamour her readers more than two-hundred years after she wrote them. Now......more
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In the mid-1960s, Black Power advocates pushed the Civil Rights Movement beyond integration and civil rights and toward ......more
Little did newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin know that, as soon as he came to power, he would be sharing th......more
Little did newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin know that, as soon as he came to power, he would be sharing th......more
No history of post-war British left-wing activism would be complete without mention of the iconoclastic London Solidarit......more
Although it has long been known that the Indonesian War of Independence was far more violent than generally assumed by t......more
Between 1968 and 1975, there was a subtle thawing of relations between East and West, for which Brezhnev coined the name......more
Offering insight into nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical school dissecting rooms and anatomy museums, this ......more
Exploring the reform and regulation of juvenile females in the Victorian and early Edwardian era, this book presents the......more
This book tells the story of an epochal change in the human condition that was part of what is often thought of as ’mode......more
The story of Charles Stewart Parnell, one of the greatest Irish leaders of the nineteenth century and also one of the mo......more
No organization was more central to the history of Ireland in the 20th century than the Irish Volunteers. This is the fi......more
"Although the title makes it sound like a reference book, it is so much more than that. The style of writing is engaging......more
The Sewards of New York shines a light on one of the most important and fascinating political families of the nineteenth......more
A household name throughout India, B. R. Ambedkar is one of the country’s most important figures, second only to Mahatma......more
A new perspective on the volatile dynamic between early modern fame and science in Italy...more