History of Europe in the Modern World, Paperback

Now in its 2nd edition, Bourgeois Europe: 1850 - 1914 is a general history of Europe from the middle of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of t...

An economic history of modern Europe, suitable for course use, which sets European events within the wider context of world economic progress and a...

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One thousand years ago, a traveler to Baghdad or the Chinese capital Kaifeng would have discovered a vast and flourishing city of broad streets, sp...

Reducere. If there is a fundamental truth of geopolitics, it is this: whoever controls the core of Europe controls the entire continent, and whoever controls...

A biography of Wilhelm von Habsburg that intends to reconstruct the life of this extraordinary man - a man who remained loyal to his Ukrainian drea...

Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural, and economic mixing and clashing between Europe and A...

Comprehensive in its scope and brilliantly readable, this is a superb follow-up to the author's bestselling Penguin History of the World. Beginning...

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"Expanded, revised and translated edition of Goauter le monde: une histoire culturelle du goaut aa l'aepoque moderne, published in French by PIE Pe...

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Reducere. Responding to the need to take a fresh look at world history, hitherto dominated by Eurocentric ideologues and historians in their attempt to justi...

Offering insight and equal consideration into the societies of the "civilized" and "uncivilized" world, Europe and the People Without History deftl...

From the Iron Age to the High Middle Ages, the ancient Celts were an engine of change for the whole of Europe. This title lets us travels back in t...

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To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and wh...

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The first comprehensive history of how Jews became citizens in the modern world For all their unquestionable importance, the Holocaust and the foun...

In this lively and ambitious book, James Sheehan charts what is perhaps the most radical shift in Europe’s history: its transformation from war-tor...

A comprehensive account of knowledge of the natural world in Europe, c.1500-1700. Articles by leading specialists describe how new ideas, discoveri...

The imperial expansion of Europe across the globe was one of the most significant events to shape the modern world. Among the many effects of this ...

Reducere. Uncover the history of Chile, the South American country with a rich and tumultuous history.From the Atacama desert, the driest desert in the world...

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Examines what went wrong with the atheist dream, and explains why religion and faith are destined to play a central role in the twenty-first centur...

A comparative history of the practices, technologies, institutions, and people that created distinct literary traditions around the world, from anc...

DescriptionThe University of Oxford is the third-oldest university in Europe and remains one of the greatest universities in the world. Institution...

This heavily revised third edition of an award-winning text offers a keen insight into the development of scientific thought in early modern Europe...

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Roman law has had a huge impact on European legal and political thought. Peter Stein, one of the world's leading legal historians, explains in this...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Donald James JohnsonAuthor: Jean Elliott JohnsonThe third volume in this highly acclaimed series examines world history fro...

DescriptionFully illustrated with detailed color plates, this is a fascinating study into the armies, organization, armor, weapons, and fortificati...

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The eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep changes that took place during its course shaped the following generations, and...

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Across early modern Europe, men and women from all ranks gathered medical, culinary, and food preservation recipes from family and friends, experts...

Reducere. This thoroughly revised third edition of an award-winning book offers a keen insight into how the Scientific Revolution happened and why. Covering ...

This volume brings together environmental and human perspectives, engages with both historians and scientists, and, being mindful that environments...

Russia and Central Asia provides an overview of the relationship between two dynamic regions, highlighting the ways in which Russia and Central Asi...

DescriptionAn engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. The mass murder of European Jews by the Nazis, stands out ...

From the recovery of ancient ritual magic at the height of the Renaissance to the ignominious demise of alchemy at the dawn of the Enlightenment, M...

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Vikings have a colorful history that directly affects the world today. The Viking's legacy made a big impact on several places in history which hav...

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DescriptionThe groundbreaking history of how climate change transformed Europe and the world, from a renowned archaeologist -- updated with a new p...

In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkable-it routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's war of conq...

DescriptionIn the growth of towns and the revival of commerce, historians have seen the development of a bourgeois and capitalist Europe, but Pierr...

The Vikings hold a particular place in the history of the West, both symbolically and in the significant impact they had on Northern Europe. Magnus...

Description Throughout Germany's tumultuous twentieth century, photography was an indispensable form of documentation. Whether acting as artists, w...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David A. BellThe twentieth century is usually seen as "the century of total war." But as the historian David Bell argues in...

When black women were brought from Africa to the New World as slave laborers, their value was determined by their ability to work as well as their ...

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Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Celts, then keep reading...Today, the word Celtic means so many things. To most of us, it me...

One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracie...

Reducere. In the mid-eighteenth century, the French naturalist Buffon contended that the New World was in fact geologically new--that it had recently emerged...

Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world. With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influe...

Reducere. June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars...

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Reducere. DescriptionThe Dutch East India CompanyOnce valued at close to seven trillion dollars by today's standards, the Dutch East India Company, formed in...

Reducere. DescriptionFirst published in 1202, Fibonacci's Liber abaci was one of the most important books on mathematics in the Middle Ages, introducing Arab...