Empire Unbound. France and the Muslim Mediterranean, 1880-1918, Hardback - ***

Empire Unbound argues that European empires were not the bounded, stable entities that imperialists imagined. Gavin Murray-Miller demonstrates that...

This timely memoir powerfully rejects the poisonous narrative that Muslims can no longer be trusted as honest citizens of the West

This is a comprehensive companion to the long coastline which ranges from Spain and the edge of the Pyrenees to the Alpes Maritimes and Italy.

This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the C...

Surveys 'mobile readers' in the age of the British Empire to explore what books meant to shipboard readers, Scottish emigrants, convicts en route t...

From the publisher of The Good Immigrant: a groundbreaking collection of essays written by British hijabisEditor(s): Sabeena Akhtar

Reducere. The Five of Hearts, who first gathered in Washington in the Gilded Age, included Henry Adams, historian and scion of America's first political dyna...

Reducere. The story of Abraham Ulrikab is one of the saddest and most moving stories in Nunatsiavut (Labrador), Inuit and Canadian history. Hoping to improve...

Focusing on Britain and her Empire, this survey provides an introduction for readers coming to the subject for the first time. It covers the econom...

Reducere. The final volume of the Gemmell Morningstar Award-shortlisted Swords and Fire fantasy trilogy, in which political scion Amalia and her bound fire w...

The battle of Lepanto has long been considered one of the decisive naval battles of history. Yet, the savage fighting on Sunday, 7 October 1571 lef...

Reducere. In the familiar tale of mass migration to France from 1880 onwards, we know very little about the hundreds of thousands of women who formed a criti...

The Third Macedonian War ended the kingdom created by Philip II and Alexander the Great and was a crucial step in Rome's dominance of the Mediterra...

Reducere. The complete cruise tour guide of the Mediterranean ports. Includes port maps and descriptions with detailed information on getting around and port...

Charts the major political developments in a particularly turbulent phase of Scottish history Six thematic chapters outline the complex social, cul...

Iain Hutchison's book traces the major developments in a particularly turbulent phase ofScottish history.

1918 was a year of triumph for the Australian Corps in France yet today this is seldom recognized by most Australians. Our perceptions have been cl...

The story of the dramatic collapse of the British and French colonial empires in the aftermath of the Second World War - now told for the first tim...

War of Words analyses Franco-British relations during the Second World War through the lens of rhetoric and empire. Through a comparative and trans...

Reducere. Captives and Corsairs uncovers the forgotten story of Muslim corsair raids on French ships and shores and the resulting captivity of tens of thousa...

A beautiful boxed collection of cookbooks presenting timeless Mediterranean dishes, from simple soups and salads to delectable meat, fish and veget...

Provincializing the history of the Ottoman Empire, this book provides a critical approach to the projects of 'modernity' that took place in the Eas...

Providing a narrative of events and an analysis of social and cultural developments across the period, this book discusses the political, economic ...

The Unbound Empire is the epic finale to the spellbinding tale of courtly intrigue and dangerous magic that began with The Tethered Mage and The De...

The words of Unknown Warriors resonate as powerfully today as when first written. The book offers a very personal glimpse into the hidden world of ...

Michael Francis Laffan offers a sweeping exploration of two centuries of interactions among Muslim subjects of empires and nation-states around the...

Reducere. Winner of the 2020 Catholic Press Association Book Award in History Apostles of Empire is a revisionist history of the French Jesuit mission to Ind...

The enthralling story of the German Empire, from its violent rise to its spectacular fallPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Katja HoyerIllu...

This volume provides the richest study available of African American literature during the years immediately following the Civil War. Studying auth...

Spanning seven decades of Chinese history, the remarkable life-story of a man who remained committed to the values of the Revolution despite decade...

Reducere. In the late sixteenth century, a prominent Albanian named Antonio Bruni composed a revealing document about his home country. Historian Sir Noel Ma...

Northern France and the Paris Region. The Green Guide

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. It offers an insight into the probl...

This history of the struggles to regenerate France's colonial empire in the eighteenth century reveals how political economists, colonial administr...

DescriptionThis book is about the section of the Thirty-Year War, relating primarily to the struggle between the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, and Fra...

Publisher: Strandberg PublishingAuthor(s): Mirjam Gelfer-JorgenseIllustration(s): 350 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 532Publication dat...

Both volumes of Alfred Thayer Mahan's superbly detailed commentary of French naval prowess during the years of the French Revolution and the subseq...

Publisher: HalsgroveAuthor(s): Tom CrossIllustration(s): 200 images of which 100 are in full colourNumber of pages: 232Publication date: 2008Dimens...

Publisher: Oxford University PressNumber of pages: 576Collection: Oxford World's ClassicsPublication date: 2009Dimensions: 195 x 129 x 19Cover type...

This book will interest scholars and students of comparative politics, Middle East politics, religion, and collective action. Examining the rise of...