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TThe Oxford Handbook to European Romanticism brings together leading scholars in the field to examine the intellectual, literary, philosophical, and political elements of European Romanticism. The b……続きを見る

The First World War in Computer Games analyses the depiction of combat, the landscape of the trenches, and concepts of how the war ended through computer games. This book explores how computer games……続きを見る

Between 1939 and 1945, over two hundred German and forty-five Allied servicemen were interned in neutral Ireland. They presented a series of extremely complex issues for the de Valera government, wh……続きを見る

By taking on a long-term perspective, a large geographical scope and moving beyond the homogeneous treatment of single people, this book fleshes out the particularities of urban singles and allows f……続きを見る

The Allies and the German Problem, 1941-1949 examines Allied policymaking during the Second World War and the military occupation of postwar Germany, demonstrating how the initial unity of the Allie……続きを見る

This provocative volume stimulates debate about lost 'heritage' by examining the history of the hundreds of great houses demolished in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century. Seven lively essa……続きを見る

This book project traces the thought of several Roman Catholic Modernists (and one especially virulent anti-Modernist) as they confronted the intellectual challenges posed by the Great war from war ……続きを見る

This collection explores how situations of authority, governance, and influence were practised through both gender ideologies and affective performances in medieval and early modern England. Authori……続きを見る

Goods from the East focuses on the fine product trade's first Global Age: how products were made, marketed and distributed between Asia and Europe between 1600 and 1800. It brings together establish……続きを見る

This carefully researched history draws on archival sources as well as a wealth of new interviews with on-the-ground activists, political actors, international figures, and others to move beyond the……続きを見る

Nearly a decade and a half after 9/11, the study of international politics has yet to address some of the most pressing issues raised by the attacks, most notably the relationships between Al Qaeda'……続きを見る

Before the industrial revolution prolonged economic growth was unachievable. All economies were organic, dependent on plant photosynthesis to provide food, raw materials, and energy. This was true b……続きを見る

For more than forty years, scholars of the history and sociology of sport and recreation have studied how, no matter the time or place, sport is always more than just a game. In Playing for Change, ……続きを見る

The First and Second World Wars were two of the most momentous events of the twentieth century. In Canada, they claimed 110,000 lives and altered both the country’s domestic life and its internation……続きを見る

In some ways, Canadian history has always been international, comparative, and wide-ranging. However, in recent years the importance of the ties between Canadian and transnational history have becom……続きを見る

Magistrale Hitlerbiografie Het beste standaardwerk over een van de hoofdrolspelers van de twintigste eeuw. Hoe kon een zo onbeduidende persoonlijkheid het Duitse volk zo volkomen in zijn greep krijg……続きを見る

‘Onmisbaar voor wie het moorddadige fenomeen Adolf Hitler wil begrijpen.’ - The Times In zijn biografie van Adolf Hitler schetst Ian Kershaw het volledige beeld van de dictator: opkomst, oorlog en o……続きを見る

Lekker lezen ondanks dyslexie Dit ebook uit de serie PrismaDyslexie bevat het lettertype Dyslexie. De letters van dit lettertype zijn zodanig aangepast dat dyslectici minder moeite hebben ze van elk……続きを見る

Maanden voordat er een Rus op de Krim stond, voorspelde George Friedman dat het in Oekraïne mis zou gaan Europa was een slagveld in de eerste helft van de 20e eeuw. Friedman heeft het over ‘de 31 ja……続きを見る

Standaardwerk over buitenlands beleid van Nederland Nederland in de wereld geldt al sinds het verschijnen van de eerste editie in 1995 als een standaardwerk over onze buitenlandse betrekkingen. Van ……続きを見る

Historische kijk op grensconflicten in Europa, van het Ottomaanse Rijk tot het Rusland van Poetin 'Historicus zet crises in perspectief. Verplichte kost voor opgewonden standjes.' Trouw De rafelrand……続きを見る

Fernando Lameirinhas moet als kind zijn thuisland Portugal ontvluchten vanwege het dictatoriale regime van Salazar. De familie Lameirinhas komt via België in Nederland terecht. De muziek trekt: Fern……続きを見る

In this lively social history, first published in 1988, Lionel Rose explores in detail the plight of the street poor between 1815 and 1985. He describes the Victorian ‘Rogues and Vagabonds’ who made……続きを見る

At the crossroad of intellectual, diplomatic, and cultural history, this book examines flows of information, men, and ideas between South American citiesーmainly the port-capitals of Buenos Aires an……続きを見る

The 1920s is often recognised as a decade of fascism, flappers and film. Covering the political, economic and social developments of the 1920s throughout the world, The Global 1920s takes an interna……続きを見る

Anyone could swear like a sailor! Within the larger culture, sailors had pride of place in swearing. But how they swore and the reasons for their bad language were not strictly wedded to maritime th……続きを見る

This book emphasizes blacks' agency and achievements in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, notably outcomes of the Civil Rights Movement. To consider the means or strategies that African Americ……続きを見る

Cambodia. Rwanda. Armenia. Nazi Germany. History remembers these places as the sites of unspeakable crimes against humanity, and indisputably, of genocide. Yet, throughout the twentieth century, the……続きを見る

"Como él con Facundo tengo una relación de amor-odio, o de fascinación y rechazo con Sarmiento. Sin embargo, pensemos brevemente en el fárrago filosófico en que hemos comprometido su libro. ¿No enco……続きを見る

"Si bien la literatura para los escritores de este período histórico era concebida como un medio para entender y transformar la realidad política -cuyo paradigma es Sarmiento-, en el caso de Esteban……続きを見る