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The British and French in the Atlantic 1650-1800 provides a comprehensive history of this complex period and explores the contrasting worlds of the British and the French Empires as they strove to d……続きを見る

Borders and boundaries are porous, especially in the context of political revolutions. Historian Julian F. Dodson has uncovered the story of postrevolutionary Mexico’s attempts to protect its northe……続きを見る

The gripping history of Afro-Latino migrants who conspired to overthrow a colonial monarchy, end slavery, and secure full citizenship in their homelands In the late nineteenth century, a small group……続きを見る

American States of Nature transforms our understanding of the American Revolution and the early makings of the Constitution. The journey to an independent United States generated important arguments……続きを見る

A robust defense of democratic populism by one of America’s most renowned and controversial constitutional scholarsーthe award-winning author of We the People. Populism is a threat to the democratic……続きを見る

This unique interdisciplinary collective project is the culmination of research and translation work conducted by American University in Cairo students of different cultural and linguistic backgroun……続きを見る

Based on both academic research and the author's own personal experiences and impressions, this delightful and informative book examines the underlying causes of some of the more disturbing social, ……続きを見る

During the fifteenth century, the Mamluk sultanate that had ruled Egypt and Syria since 1249-50 faced a series of sustained economic and political challenges to its rule, from the effects of recurre……続きを見る

In his latest exploration of the Egyptian malaise, Galal Amin first looks at the events of the months preceding the Revolution of 25 January 2011, pointing out the most important factors behind popu……続きを見る

What it was like and how it felt to be an Egyptian woman revolutionary during the eighteen days that changed Egypt forever Mona Prince’s humorous and insightful memoir tells of one woman’s journey a……続きを見る

At the time of the Egyptian Revolution in 1952, the population of Egypt was around 22 million. At the end of 2002, it stood at 69 million, and was growing at a rate of 1.33 million a year. What happ……続きを見る

A poignant memoir of pre-1979 Iran and the human drama behind the fall of the last shah In October 1999 during a trip to Cairo, Cyrus Kadivar, an exiled Iranian living in London, visited the tomb of……続きを見る

No chapter in Egypt's contemporary history has been more turbulent and unpredictable than the past three years. In a very short period of time, the Arab world's most populous country has seen a tran……続きを見る

Beginning in Tunisia, and spreading to as many as seventeen Arab countries, the street protests of the 'Arab Spring' in 2011 empowered citizens and banished their fear of speaking out against govern……続きを見る

Nell'autunno-inverno del 1943 la Valsusa fu segnata da una serie di sabotaggi, alcuni tentati, altri portati a segno, dai partigiani nei confronti della linea ferroviaria Torino-Lyon che i nazisti u……続きを見る

If you enjoyed the BBC's adaptation of Poldark, then Kate Tremayne's Loveday series is not to be missed! Turbulent times lie ahead for the Loveday family in the second instalment of the Loveday seri……続きを見る

The Easter Rising began at 12 noon on 24 April, 1916 and lasted for six short but bloody days, resulting in the deaths of innocent civilians, the destruction of many parts of Dublin and the true beg……続きを見る

This is the true story of Colonel Edward Marcus Despard, the character in the fifth series of the BBC's popular television drama Poldark. Colonel Despard was the last person to be sentenced to hangi……続きを見る

Eureka Stockade - the unfinished revolution . . . In 1854, Victorian miners fought a deadly battle under the flag of the Southern Cross at the Eureka Stockade. Though brief and doomed to fail, the b……続きを見る

Séduire au risque d'en mourir : tel fut le sort de plusieurs héroïnes de ce livre dont le rôle politique sous la Révolution s'acheva sur l'échafaud. Ainsi d'Olympe de Gouges ou de Mme Roland... On l……続きを見る

Publié en 1762, "Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique" est l’exposé des principes politiques de Jean-Jacques Rousseau. À l’époque où il vivait, on croyait généralement que la souveraine……続きを見る

Out of the Ashes is the definitive history of the Provisional Irish Republican movement, from its formation at the outset of the modern Troubles up to and after its official disarmament in 2005. Rob……続きを見る

Charles Haughey maintained one of the most controversial and brilliant careers in the history of Irish politics, but for every stage in his mounting success there was one issue that complicated, and……続きを見る

**LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN** 'A moving, powerful and highly innovative sidelight on the fall of Communism in East Germany through pun……続きを見る

In "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" (1849), philosopher Henry David Thoreau argues that citizens must disobey the rule of law if those laws prove to be unjust. He draws on his own experiences and……続きを見る

« Le Sacré-Cœur a ses raisons que la raison se devait de connaître et nous aimerions à connaître pourquoi le soleil, en 1793, se levait à l'ouest » Jean-François Chiappe, historien (1931-2001) Des m……続きを見る

Student Resistance: A History of the Unruly Subject observes the rise and progression of student activism across the globe. By selecting critical case studies from the medieval to modern period, Mar……続きを見る

**From an award-winning scholar, this definitive history reveals the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution. “McMeekin writes muscular history. His Russian Revolution grips the reade……続きを見る

This in-depth exploration of culture, media, and protest follows South Korea’s transition from the Korean War to the start of the political struggles and socioeconomic transformations of the Park Ch……続きを見る

The Declaration of Independence can be a little difficult to read. It's not because people are stupid or dumb or even thick. It is because of the language of the time and the changing of definitions……続きを見る