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
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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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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
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Until 1825 Spain controlled a vast colonial empire in the Americas, which stretched from Mexico in the north to Argentin......more
’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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INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER: A gripping first-hand account of the January 6th, 2021, insurrection from inside the halls of Con......more
The Sixties were a time of dramatic change and conflict: a historical moment in which new questions were asked, old answ......more
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
Whether an ardent aviation enthusiast or not, all those who have turned their eyes upward to the sky at an air show will......more
Between the 1840s and the 1880s, 300,000 to 500,000 individuals traveled the Oregon Trail, a route stretching over 2,000......more
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
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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
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A household name throughout India, B. R. Ambedkar is one of the country’s most important figures, second only to Mahatma......more
This book breaks new ground by exploring regional scenes beyond London during the years 1965 to 1975. Whilst many accoun......more
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In 1948, the Cominform, the Soviet-dominated organization that represented communist parties throughout Eastern Europe, ......more
The story of General George Armstrong Custer’s early years on the American Frontier has been told before but this book, ......more
The story of the intertwined lives of psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, surgeon Wilfred Trotter and the guru of psychoanalysis......more
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A new intellectual biography of Goethe, examining the paradox of his thought Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was ......more
A New York Times bestseller and an "enriching...brilliant" (David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick ......more
An exploration of how Jihadist forces are responsible for instigating and escalating conflicts in countries across Afric......more
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Starting in the 1970s, Palestinian theater flourished as part of a Palestinian cultural spring. In the absence of local ......more