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In 'Old Times in the Colonies (Illustrated Edition)' by Charles Carleton Coffin, the author provides a detailed account of colonial life in America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Through engagi……続きを見る

In 'The Age of Revolution: History of the American & French Revolution (Vol. 1&2)', editors John Fiske and Charles Downer Hazen convene an enlightening exploration into the tumultuous period marking……続きを見る

Edward Gibbon's 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' is a monumental work that spans six volumes, chronicling the collapse of one of the most powerful empires in history. Gibbon……続きを見る

Two French Protestant refugees in eighteenth-century Amsterdam gave the world an extraordinary work that intrigued and outraged readers across Europe. In this captivating account, Lynn Hunt, Margare……続きを見る

A great book about an even greater book is a rare event in publishing. Robert Darnton’s history of the Encyclopédie is such an occasion. The author explores some fascinating territory in the French ……続きを見る

The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves rose up against their masters on Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony i……続きを見る

Midway through the reign of the Ch’ien-lung emperor, Hungli, in the most prosperous period of China’s last imperial dynasty, mass hysteria broke out among the common people. It was feared that sorce……続きを見る

Harriet Beecher Stowes Roman 'Onkel Toms Hütte' ist ein Meisterwerk der amerikanischen Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch erzählt die bewegende Geschichte von Sklaverei und Unterdrückung im Sü……続きを見る

India and the Early Modern World provides an authoritative and wide-ranging survey of the Indian subcontinent over the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries, set within a global context. This book explo……続きを見る

One of the most important works of the Enlightenmentーin the first new, unabridged English translation in more than two centuries Published in four volumes between 1784 and 1791, Herder’s Ideas for ……続きを見る

From 1642 to 1660, live theater was banned in England. The market for printed books, howeverーincluding playsーflourished. How did this period, when plays could be read but not performed, affect the……続きを見る

什麼是長十八世紀？ 從歷史、文學、性別、視覺文化等主題 理解英國在此長風破浪的大時代 所思辨的問題，以及與世界的關係 「長十八世紀」（the long eighteenth century）是由英國學界提出的概念，特別在英國的歷……続きを見る

With expert analysis, All That Can Be Expected sheds light on the fateful events of August 16, 1780 that marked the turning point of Great Britain's prospects for victory in the American Revolutiona……続きを見る

Il testo breve e integrale della dichiarazione dei diritti delle donne. Figlio di una Rivoluzione francese che parlava di uguaglianza, ma non considerava l'uguaglianza dei sessi. Tradotta e riportat……続きを見る

When one thinks of the wars of the eighteenth century, one thinks of the significant clashes of great military powers: the War of the Spanish Succession and the Battles of Blenheim and Malplaquet, t……続きを見る

Palaces of Reason traces the fascinating history of three royal residences built outside of Naples in the eighteenth century at Capodimonte, Portici, and Caserta. Commissioned by King Charles of Bou……続きを見る

TALES OF HUMAN FRAILTY, GREED AND OBSESSION AND, OCCASIONALLY, LOVE "The eldest son of a great family, a youth of eighteen, has, we hear, lately eloped to Scotland, with his mother's maid" - Leeds I……続きを見る

TALES OF HUMAN FRAILTY, GREED AND OBSESSION AND, OCCASIONALLY, LOVE "The eldest son of a great family, a youth of eighteen, has, we hear, lately eloped to Scotland, with his mother's maid" - Leeds I……続きを見る

Freemason ... Shaman ... Prophet ... Seducer ... Swindler ... Thief ... Heretic Who was the mysterious Count Cagliostro? Depending on whom you ask, he was either a great healer or a dangerous charla……続きを見る

How was Great Britain made? And what does it mean to be British? This brilliant and seminal book examines how a more cohesive British nation was invented after 1707 and how this new national identit……続きを見る

Through a number of significant case studies, this volume examines changing Iberian dynamics in the Pacific, bridging the gaps between English and Spanish speaking scholarship to highlight understud……続きを見る

Winner, 2024 Patrick D. Hanan Prize for Translation, Association for Asian Studies In the first half of the eighteenth century, rival dynasties of Naqshbandi Sufi shaykhs vied for influence in the T……続きを見る

In the early modern period, hundreds of thousands of Europeans, both male and female, were abducted by pirates, sold on the slave market, and enslaved in North Africa. Between the sixteenth and the ……続きを見る

Western Europe rose in global power during the early modern period as overseas expansion opened new trade routes. At the same time, intense rivalries pitted European states against one another in re……続きを見る

Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) made a pioneering and durably influential argument for women’s equality. Emerging from the turbulent decade of the French Revolution……続きを見る

China’s last imperial dynasty governed a vast and culturally diverse territory, encompassing a wide range of local political systems and regional elites. But the Qing empire was built and held toget……続きを見る

This collection of essays, in honour of Professor Roger A. Mason, critically re-assesses what we understand by the terms "Renaissance" and "Reformation" in Scottish History. Roger Mason's research i……続きを見る

A pioneering exploration of how differences in material textual forms conveyed and altered ideas in diverse but connected parts of the world in a period of exceptional social, political and intellec……続きを見る

Uncovers sources from the parish pauper to the gentlewoman to consider relationships with clothing across the social hierarchy in the long eighteenth century. Descriptions of women's clothing increa……続きを見る

Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World offers a new interpretation of Spanish colonial rule in the Philippine islands. Drawing on the rich archives of Spain’s Asian empire, Kristie Patri……続きを見る