European category: 23182 books
The Great Encounter: Native Peoples and European Settlers in the Americas, 1492-1800
Native Peoples and European Settlers in the Americas, 1492-1800
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Traditional histories of North and South America often leave the impression that Native American peoples had little impact on the colonies and empires established by Europeans after 1492. This groundbreaking study, which spans more than 300 years, demonstrates the agency of indigenous peoples in forging...
The Europeans
Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work—the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European culture.
The nineteenth century in Europe was a time of unprecedented artistic achievement. It was also the first age...
by Seán Lang
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
A fun, informative guide to Europe’s past and present.
The history of Europe is rich, complex, vibrant, and at times violent; it has influenced many countries throughout the world and has itself been influenced by many countries. In the light-hearted European History For Dummies, historian...
European Medieval Tactics (2)
New Infantry, New Weapons 1260–1500
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2012
With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spearmen, circumstance began to arise in which the charge by Muslim horse-archers, and then by European armoured knights, could be defied. Infantry were far cheaper and easier to train than knights, and potentially...
by Jeremy Black
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2007
This original book presents a global approach to eighteenth century warfare. Emphasis is placed on the importance of conflict in the period and the capacity for decisiveness in impact and development in method. Through this Jeremy Black extends the view beyond land to naval conflict.
European...
The Birth of the Archive
A History of Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2018
The Birth of the Archive traces the history of archives from their emergence in the Late Middle Ages through the Early Modern Period, and vividly shows how archives permeated and fundamentally changed European culture. Archives were compiled and maintained by peasants and kings, merchants and churchmen,...
Do I Belong?
Reflections from Europe
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2017
‘Belonging’ is both a fundamental human emotion and a political project that affects millions. Since its foundation in 1957, the European Union has encouraged people across its member states to feel a sense of belonging to one united community, with mixed results. Today, faced with the fracturing...
Cracking the AP European History Exam, 2019 Edition
Practice Tests & Proven Techniques to Help You Score a 5
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Make sure you’re studying with the most up-to-date prep materials! Look for The Princeton Review’s Cracking the AP European History Exam 2020 (ISBN: 9780525568261, on-sale August 2019).
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Cracking the AP European History Exam 2019, Premium Edition
5 Practice Tests + Complete Content Review
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Make sure you’re studying with the most up-to-date prep materials! Look for The Princeton Review’s Cracking the AP European History Exam 2020, Premium Edition (ISBN: 9780525568254, on-sale August 2019).
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by Perry Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
The political nature of Absolutism has long been a subject of controversy within historical materialism. Developing considerations advanced in Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism, this book situates the Absolutist states of the early modern epoch against the prior background of European feudalism....
by Jeremy Black
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2009
In Europe since the Seventies, Jeremy Black offers a succinct and authoritative analysis of the social and economic development of Europe in recent decades.
While providing a full treatment of environmental, demographic, and cultural issues in Europe, Black also offers...
by Diana Webb
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Medieval pilgrimage was, above all, an expression of religious faith, but this was not its only aspect. Men and women of all classes went on pilgrimage for a variety of reasons, sometimes by choice, sometimes involuntarily. They made both long and short journeys: to Rome, Jerusalem and Santiago on...
Cold War Cultures
Perspectives on Eastern and Western European Societies
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
The Cold War was not only about the imperial ambitions of the super powers, their military strategies, and antagonistic ideologies. It was also about conflicting worldviews and their correlates in the daily life of the societies involved. The term “Cold War Culture” is often used in a broad sense...
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The [European] Other in Medieval Arabic Literature and Culture
Ninth-Twelfth Century AD
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
Contrary to the monolithic impression left by postcolonial theories of Orientalism, the book makes the case that Orientals did not exist solely to be gazed at. Hermes shows that there was no shortage of medieval Muslims who cast curious eyes towards the European Other and that more than a handful of them were interested in Europe.