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This book is a work of press history that considers how the music press represented permissive social change for their youthful readership. Read by millions every week, the music press provided youn……続きを見る

Providing a global perspective on the development of American technology, Technology and American Society offers a historical narrative detailing major technological transformations over the last th……続きを見る

Op 22 maart 2016 is commissaris Christian De Coninck van dienst op het hoofdbureau van de politie in Brussel. Een dag zoals een andere tot dat ene telefoontje komt: er is een aanslag op de luchthave……続きを見る

Charles James Fox and William Pitt the Younger were the two political giants of their day - the greatest of orators, and the fiercest of rivals. But did the two men have anything in common? Each was……続きを見る

The monetary history of a country provides important insights into its economic development, as well as its political and social history. This book is the first detailed study of Iran's monetary his……続きを見る

Before unification, Germany was a loose collection of variously sovereign principalities, nurtured on deep thought, fine music and hard rye bread. It was known across Europe for the plentiful supply……続きを見る

In this succinct one-volume account of the rise and fall of the English press, Jeremy Black traces the medium's history from the emergence of the country's newspaper industry to the Internet age. Th……続きを見る

A compelling account of Australia's intelligence organisations and special forces - from the early days of the commandos during World War II through to the SAS of today and the cyber wars of the fut……続きを見る

The reign of Alexander I was a pivotal moment in the construction of Russia's national mythology. This work examines this crucial period focusing on the place of the Russian nobility in relation to ……続きを見る

In der Endphase des Zweiten Weltkrieges, im Februar 1945, bombardierten die Alliierten Dresden: Circa 25.000 Menschen fanden den Tod, die Überlebenden waren zutiefst traumatisiert, das einst prächti……続きを見る

Each summer, a 'perpetual fair' plagued eighteenth-century London, a city in transition overrun by a burgeoning population. City officials attempted to control disorderly urban amusement according t……続きを見る

This study of tangible and intangible cultural heritage explains the significance of nobles’ conservationist traditions for public engagement with the history of France. During the French Revolution……続きを見る

Challenging histories of plastic surgery that posit a complete disappearance of Gaspare Tagliacozzi’s rhinoplasty operation after his death in 1599, Rhinoplasty and the nose in early modern British ……続きを見る

Europe and the British Geographical Imagination, 1760-1830 explores what literate British people understood by the word 'Europe' in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Was Europe uni……続きを見る

Malibu is known as an earthly paradise of multi-million-dollar mansions, movie stars and unimaginable natural beauty. But all that changed on November 8, 2018. Go deep behind the scenes of the most ……続きを見る

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This is a study of how, and why, the British economy has changed since 1951. It covers the Golden Age of 1945-1973 when unemployment was below one million; when governments built millions of council……続きを見る

Irish emigration to America is one of the clichés of modern Irish history; much less familiar is the reverse process. Who were the people who chose to return to Ireland? What motivated them? How did……続きを見る

Werner von Kieckebusch erlebt in Potsdam die letzten Tage des Zweiten Weltkriegs, von den Artillerie- und Straßenkämpfen Ende April 1945 bis zur beginnenden SED-Herrschaft Anfang 1947. Tag für Tag h……続きを見る

Sous le règne de Louis XV, de 1764 à 1767, une créature monstrueuse sème la terreur dans le Gévaudan, tuant 52 personnes. Une bête, certes, mais que nul n'avait jamais vue. S'agit-il d'un loup ? D'u……続きを見る

In this book, Dennis C. Dickerson examines the long history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and its intersection with major social movements over more than two centuries. Beginning as a re……続きを見る

In "1683-1920," Frederick Franklin Schrader embarks on an intricate exploration of the socio-political transformations that have shaped modern societies over the span of two and a half centuries. Th……続きを見る

Ben Bennion enlisted in the pre-war RAF, serving first as an 'erk' (ground crew) before being selected for pilot training. His first posting led to service in the Middle-East and Bennion's passport ……続きを見る

In "The Pictorial Press: Its Origin and Progress," Mason Jackson offers an extensive exploration of the evolution of illustrated journalism from its inception in the early nineteenth century to its ……続きを見る

On 11 November 1965, Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith unilaterally declared his country independent of Britain. International sanctions were immediately instituted against the minority white regim……続きを見る

In April 2004, the Abu Ghraib photographs set off an international scandal. Yet until now, the full story has never been told. Tara McKelvey -- the first U.S. journalist to speak with female prisone……続きを見る

Contemporary citizenship is haunted by the ghost of imperialism. Yet conceptions of European citizenship fail to explain issues that are inclusive of the impact of empire today, and are integral to ……続きを見る

This book describes two men whose careers intersected at the Mount Savage Locomotive Works in Western Maryland. T.H. Paul was Master Mechanic of the Works but left to form his own business based in ……続きを見る

Drawing from personal experience as a German child growing up during the rise of Hitler, and later living in other countries whose democracies slid into autocracy in similar ways, Mack's Parallels i……続きを見る

Originally published in 1967, this book is a history of church puritanism as a movement and as a political and ecclesiastical organism; of its membership structure and internal contradictions; of th……続きを見る