Rob - European General 1

Focusing attention on gravity-fed water-flow systems in medieval cities and monasteries, Water Technology in the Middle Ages: Cities, Monasteries, and Waterworks after the Roman Empire challenges th……続きを見る

The end of the 16th century saw Dutch expansion in Asia, as The Dutch East India Company (the VOC) was fast becoming an Asian power, both political and economic. By 1669, the VOC was the richest pri……続きを見る

"...this is an excellent partner to the original volume, very well presented by experienced military men, with a clear tactical eye and it is extremely well illustrated. It comes highly recommended.……続きを見る

A foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a reference point for philosophers, scholars and opinion-formers. To many it remains the inspiratio……続きを見る

There is no synthetic or comprehensive treatment of any late Roman frontier in the English language to date, despite the political and economic significance of the frontiers in the late antique peri……続きを見る

'An extraordinary journey of discovery' - Daily Telegraph 'Pedals along with never a dull paragraph . . . dazzling' - The Sunday Times Illuminating, engrossing and full of surprises, The Discovery o……続きを見る

Europe's relationship with culture, even at the most basic level, dates back to at least 20,000 BCE. The Venus of Willedorf and the cave paintings of Altamira and Lascaux are examples of the presenc……続きを見る

De twintigste eeuw was de 'eeuw van de ideologieën', politieke bewegingen die een totale omwenteling van de politieke en maatschappelijke verhoudingen propageerden, waarvan het fascisme en het commu……続きを見る

Turnen around the World represents an international effort by an assemblage of prominent sport historians to detail and assess the worldwide scope, effects, and residual influences of the German Tur……続きを見る

De complete geschiedenis van De Groene Amsterdammer 'Rob Hartmans' rijke studie van De Groene Amsterdammer is meer dan alleen een persgeschiedenis.' ★★★★ de Volkskrant In 1877 werd het weekblad De A……続きを見る

This book pulls together experts in the fields of economics and Russian culture, all participants in the Samuel P. Huntington Memorial Symposium on Culture, Cultural Change and Economic Development,……続きを見る

Volgens de rechtse populisten van vandaag zijn `links en het nationaal-socialisme één pot nat, en was Hitler vóór alles een socialist. Hoewel dit demagogische onzin is, was er wel een zekere verwant……続きを見る

The book puts the current interest in historical Jesus research into a proper historical context, highlighting Gnosticism’s lasting influence on early Christianity and making the provocative claim t……続きを見る

Este libro es, en primer lugar, un balance provisional de algunos de los principales temas históricos e historiográficos que se discuten en la academia occidental desde hace aproximadamente dos déca……続きを見る

Über den Autor Robert Bohn lehrt an der Universität Flensburg Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte. Die Geschichte Nordeuropas und Norddeutschlands sind Schwerpunkte seiner Forschung. Von ihm liegen bei C……続きを見る

Analysing the make-up and workings of the Royalist party in Scotland and Ireland during the civil wars of the mid-seventeenth century, Royalists at War is the first major study to explore who Royali……続きを見る

King Henry III of France has not suffered well at the hands of posterity. Generally depicted as at best a self-indulgent, ineffectual ruler, and at worst a debauched tyrant responsible for a series ……続きを見る

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Churchill sought to lead Europe into an integrated union, but just over seventy years later, Britain is poised to vote on leaving the EU. Benjamin Grob-Fitz……続きを見る

Canada and the United States: we think of one as a peaceable kingdom, the other as a warrior nation. But do our expectations about each country’s attitudes to war and peace match the realities? In L……続きを見る

'A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Simply dynamite' Bernard Cornwell From Andrew Roberts, author of the bestseller……続きを見る

Moscow under Construction explores the growth of place-based opposition to destructive redevelopment practices in Moscow and the consequent changes in city’s governance regime. The groups of citizen……続きを見る

Through a wide-ranging and close analysis of archival sources, this book re-evaluates both the role of royal authority and of local agency in the French religious wars in the lead up to the Edict of……続きを見る

This is the first transnational study of British, Norwegian, and Swedish engagement with the Antarctic. Rather than charting how Europeans unveiled the Antarctic, it uses the history of Antarctic ac……続きを見る

Captain Robert Park Yunnie MC (1909-1961) was one of the original officers of "Popski's Private Army" (officially No. 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA), a unit of British Special Forces set up on Cairo in……続きを見る

Many scholars and writers state that the surprise the Japanese achieved in their attack on Pearl Harbor resulted from a failure of the U.S. intelligence community to provide adequate, accurate infor……続きを見る

With more than two-thirds fresh material, this new updated edition of Organizational Influence Processes provides an overview of the most important scholarly work on topics related to the exercise o……続きを見る

The children of immigrants are growing and embarking on adult life. What are their expectations? With what qualifications do they face the world of work? What is their relationship with their origin……続きを見る

L'époque moderne a vu naître la pensée scientifique moderne, d'abord dans le champ des mathématiques et de l'astronomie. En même temps, la diffusion des techniques nées du développement des sciences……続きを見る

As the seventh and probably last state to arise from the ruins of the former Yugoslavia, Kosovo is the newest country in Europe. For centuries, Kosovo, also known as Kosova, was part of the Ottoman ……続きを見る

Italy is a country that exercises a hold on the imagination of people all over the world. Its long history has left an inexhaustible treasure chest of cultural achievement. The historic cities of Ro……続きを見る