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Over the long eighteenth century English governance was transformed by large adjustments to the legal instruments and processes of power. This book documents and analyzes these shifts and focuses up……続きを見る

This seminal work documents the clandestine sea borne operations undertaken by South Africa’s 4 Reconnaissance Commando Regiment. It breathtakingly reveals the versatility and effectiveness of this ……続きを見る

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《雍正王朝之大義覺迷【史景遷用小說重審清史懸案】》 一封反清逆書，掀起一場巨大的政治風暴 一部曠世奇書，顛倒兩代皇帝的臣民子孫 ◆****雍正何以將造謠逆賊曾靜帶至宮中坐享榮華，甚至與皇帝聯名出書？ ◆****乾……続きを見る

An in-depth look at the weaponry employed by Special Forces units around the world following the September 11th attacks. In the years since 9/11, Special Forces of many nations have been in almost c……続きを見る

Drawing upon economic history, cultural studies, intellectual history and the history of science and medicine, this collection of case studies examines the transatlantic transfer and transformation ……続きを見る

On a du mal aujourd'hui à se représenter l'importance, pour plusieurs générations, en France et dans le monde, de l'œuvre d'Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893). Ce normalien frondeur, mal vu des autorités a……続きを見る

This third edition of Mary Fulbrook's much-admired and popular introduction to German history provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of the story of the German lands and peop……続きを見る

本书写于十九世纪末，曾见诸当时的英文《文汇报》，皆为当时西方人对中国，尤其是上海之观察。其观察视角既有上海的公共文娱空间，如戏园、茶楼、图书馆和博物馆等；也有司法机关，如监狱和法庭；还有服务和生产机……続きを見る

This versatile, rugged aircraft was a joint Anglo/French project and first flew in September 1968, becoming operational with both the RAF and Armèe del'Air in 1972/3. The Jaguar's multi-role design……続きを見る

The notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorian era - the epoch when the modern democratic state was made - understand democracy, parliamentar……続きを見る

‘An astonishingly readable and informative history of the greatest mathematical bestseller of all time … The writing is vivid and the stories are gripping. Highly recommended ’ IAN STEWART, AUTHOR O……続きを見る

'A perfect mirror to its subject... should be compulsory reading' Observer Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. He has the power to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours, me……続きを見る

**'One of the best history books you will read this decade' History Today 'Fascinating, suspenseful, revelatory, alive' The Times** There can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European ……続きを見る

L'entrée dans la prestigieuse "Bibliothèque des Illustres" de "l'homme qui nous divise le plus" (Marcel Gauchet). " Aucun nom ne restera de cette époque, excepté Robespierre. Il n'était cependant, n……続きを見る

How did the colonization of Goa in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries take place? How was it related to projects for the conversion of Goan colonial subjects to Catholicism? In Religion and Emp……続きを見る

本书以1909-1937年的上海华人公墓为考察对象，从社会文化史的角度，揭示近代上海公墓发展演变的轨迹，以及围绕公墓建设与管理出现的国家与社会的互动关系；分析特定时代背景下公墓象征性空间的构建；探寻公墓建设……続きを見る

India in the Italian Renaissance provides a systematic, chronological survey of early Italian representations of India and Indians from the late medieval period to the end of the 16th century, and t……続きを見る

Die Geschichte Europas im 20. Jahrhundert kennzeichnet ein Auf und Ab von fortschrittlicher Entwicklung und Katastrophen. Moderne Technologien und gesellschaftliche Reformen ließen die Zukunft zunäc……続きを見る

The Struggle for Asia 1828–1914 (1977) studies a classic case of rival imperialisms. British leaders tended to believe that Russian expansion threatened India; Russian leaders came to believe in a B……続きを見る

Drawing on historiography of the Japanese occupation in the Chinese, Japanese, and English languages, this book examines the politics of the Manchukuo puppet state from the angle of notable Chinese ……続きを見る

The first six months of the war in Afghanistan were incredibly confused. Few journalists or civilians had access to the main events and the result was the creation of many urban myths that persist t……続きを見る

Eugenic thought and practice swept the world from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century in a remarkable transnational phenomenon. Eugenics informed social and scientific policy across the……続きを見る

'If there were a Nobel Prize in History, Colley would be my nominee' Jill Lepore, New Yorker 'One of the most exciting historians of her generation, but also one of the most interesting writers of n……続きを見る

Shaping Modern Shanghai provides a new understanding of colonialism in China through a fresh examination of Shanghai's International Settlement. This was the site of key developments of the Republic……続きを見る

**“Nothing short of a masterpiece.” ーNPR Books A New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning……続きを見る

Victorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed. It is the story of the headmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death, then calmly sat down to his Latin……続きを見る

This book explores the new types of political organization that emerged in Western Europe and the United States during the nineteenth century, from popular meetings to single-issue organizations and……続きを見る

What was the role of elected legislators? Was it to represent the opinions of constituents or to vote according to their informed opinions reflecting the needs of the kingdom? Most authorities have ……続きを見る

This book features fifty-six Victorian cases of murder covered in the sensational weekly penny journal the Illustrated Police News between 1867 and 1900. Some of them are famous, like the Bravo Myst……続きを見る