European General category: 8233 books
by Christopher Bovis
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Public procurement in the European Union represents almost twelve per cent of the EU's GDP and is continuing to increase, having been identified as a key objective in the EU's aim to become the most competitive economy in the world by 2010. This book provides a one-stop shop, multi-disciplinary...
Parliament and Parliamentarism
A Comparative History of a European Concept
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Parliamentary theory, practices, discourses, and institutions constitute a distinctively European contribution to modern politics. Taking a broad historical perspective, this cross-disciplinary, innovative, and rigorous collection locates the essence of parliamentarism in four key aspects—deliberation,...
by Sergei Alschen, Thomas A. editor - Evangelist
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Organized for easy reference and crucial practice, coverage of all the essential topics presented as 500 AP-style questions with detailed answer explanations
5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP European History Questions to Know by Test Day is tailored to meet your study needs—whether you’ve left it...
Europe's Promise
Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
A quiet revolution has been occurring in post-World War II Europe. A world power has emerged across the Atlantic that is recrafting the rules for how a modern society should provide economic security, environmental sustainability, and global stability. In Europe's Promise, Steven Hill explains Europe's...
Ukraine and Europe
Cultural Encounters and Negotiations
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Ukraine and Europe challenges the popular perception of Ukraine as a country torn between Europe and the east. Twenty-two scholars from Europe, North America, and Australia explore the complexities of Ukraine’s relationship with Europe and its role the continent’s historical and cultural development.
Encompassing...
The Politics of Precaution
Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2012
The Politics of Precaution examines the politics of consumer and environmental risk regulation in the United States and Europe over the last five decades, explaining why America and Europe have often regulated a wide range of similar risks differently. It finds that between 1960 and 1990, American...
I Wish I'd Been There (R)
Book Two: European History
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
“What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed-and why?”
With lively and detailed accounts of some of the most dramatic events in history, some of our finest historical writers now turn their attention to Europe in this companion volume to I Wish...
Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning
The Great War in European Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 1998
Jay Winter's powerful 1998 study of the 'collective remembrance' of the Great War offers a major reassessment of one of the critical episodes in the cultural history of the twentieth century. Dr Winter looks anew at the culture of commemoration and the ways in which communities endeavoured to find...
The Ascent of the West
From Prehistory Through the Renaissance
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Catalyzed by the introduction of writing and the unifying force of Christianity, prehistoric European societies became flourishing civilizations in the early stages of European history. This period ushered in new technologies and advances in economic, political, and scientific thought that created...
Water, Towns and People
Polish Lands against a European Background until the Mid-16th Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2015
The book describes the functions of water in Polish towns from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the Early-Modern Era against a wide European background. It presents the issue of water supply in the context of the town as a complex social and economic organism, taking into account social relations,...
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...