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How debates over secrecy and transparency in politics during the eighteenth century shaped modern democracy Does democracy die in darkness, as the saying suggests? This book reveals that modern demo……続きを見る

In this timely collection, teacher-scholars of “the long eighteenth century,” a Eurocentric time frame from about 1680 to 1832, consider what teaching means in this historical moment: one of attacks……続きを見る

In eleven provocative essays Forrest McDonald and his wife, Ellen Shapiro McDonald, cover a wide range of the intellectual, political, military, and social history of the eighteenth century to prese……続きを見る

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, is one of the great commanders of history. Using his great charm and diplomatic skills he was able to bind troops from various European states into a cohesiv……続きを見る

Step into the world of 18th-century Europe, where crowns clashed, alliances shifted, and power struggles reached their zenith. 'War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714): Power Struggles in Europe' ……続きを見る

Dive into the forgotten pages of history and unveil the epic tale of the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778-1779). Step into the world of shifting alliances, cunning diplomacy, and fierce battles ……続きを見る

There was much uncertainty about how voice related to body in the early eighteenth century, and this became a major subject of scientific and cultural interest. In Voices from Beyond, Scott Sanders ……続きを見る

Over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the increasing accuracy and legibility of cartographic projections, the proliferation of empirically based chorographies, and the popular……続きを見る

Black Cosmopolitans examines the lives and thought of three extraordinary black menーJacobus Capitein, Jean-Baptiste Belley, and John Marrantーwho traveled extensively throughout the eighteenth-cent……続きを見る

Anecdotes of Enlightenment is the first literary history of the anecdote in English. In this wide-ranging account, James Robert Wood explores the animating effects anecdotes had on intellectual and ……続きを見る

This study examines how the British Empire of the 18th century contained revolution by integrating opposition agents as new spaces of power opened up. Monika Barget convincingly argues that this pro……続きを見る

Global goods were central to the material culture of eighteenth-century country houses. Across Europe, mahogany furniture, Chinese wallpapers and Indian textiles formed the backdrop to genteel pract……続きを見る

“A majestic study of the British Army’s evolution” from the acclaimed historian, commentator, and author of Britain’s Naval Route to Greatness (Stanley D.M. Carpenter, Emeritus Professor of Strategy……続きを見る

A hallmark of late 18th Century Turkish style of warfare was an initial attack by thousands of massed Cavalry as the main offensive force on the battlefield. Regarded as the best in Europe, and fear……続きを見る

A Short History of the French Revolution is an up-to-date survey of the French Revolution and Napoleonic era that introduces readers to the origins and events of this turbulent period in French hist……続きを見る

A History of Western Science: The Basics offers a short introduction to the history of Western science that is accessible to all through avoiding technical language and mathematical intricacies. A c……続きを見る

In 'Memoiren eines Arztes', geschrieben von Alexandre Dumas, tauchen die Leser in die Welt des 18. Jahrhunderts ein, voller politischer Intrigen und historischer Ereignisse. Der Roman erzählt die Ge……続きを見る

Denis Diderots Buch 'Die Nonne' basiert auf wahren Begebenheiten und erzählt die Geschichte einer jungen Frau, Suzanne, die als Nonne in ein Kloster gezwungen wird. Das Buch ist bekannt für seine sc……続きを見る

This innovative collection offers a reappraisal of gender as a category of analysis in modern Welsh history. Beginning with sex work in the eighteenth century and concluding with women’s late twenti……続きを見る

Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change. How do you become a cit……続きを見る

Explores the variety of legal and regulatory regimes that existed in Western Europe to control labour and how workers experienced those controls. Many economic historians have assumed that labour i……続きを見る

A new overview of the contentious period that witnessed revolutions around the Atlantic between 160 and 1830. Within just a half century, the American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American Revoluti……続きを見る

The story of Napoleon’s invasion of the Nile Valley, the scholars and scientists who tagged along, and the birth of Egyptology: “A fascinating read.” ーSan Francisco Chronicle Two hundred years ago,……続きを見る

A “well-written, lucid, and vivid” recounting of the battles, beheadings, and other dramatic events that changed modern history (The Washington Post). Works from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo to Cit……続きを見る

In The Great Upheaval, New York Times bestselling author Jay Winik reveals the events of the historic decade that birthed the modern world. It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a……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

Thomas Paine's 'The American Crisis' is a powerful collection of pamphlets written during the American Revolutionary War, providing stirring words of encouragement and inspiration to the patriots fi……続きを見る

Die Lebensgeschichte und Natürliche Ebenteuer des Armen Mannes im Tockenburg ist die Autobiographie Bräkers. Sie wird als sein Hauptwerk angesehen. Die Bedeutung von Bräker liegt vor allem darin, da……続きを見る

This volume draws together an international team of scholars to explore the experience and significance of early modern European continental warfare from an interdisciplinary perspective. Individual……続きを見る

Nikolai Gogols 'Taras Bulba: Geschichte des alten Saporoger Kosaken' ist ein packender historischer Roman, der die Geschichte der ukrainischen Kosaken im 16. Jahrhundert zum Leben erweckt. Gogol bes……続きを見る