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by Terry Gourvish
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Commissioned by the Cabinet Office and using hitherto untapped British Government records, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the successful project of 1986-94.
This is a vivid portrayal of the complexities of quadripartite decision-making (two countries, plus the public and private...
The Modern World-System II
Mercantilism and the Consolidation of the European World-Economy, 1600–1750
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Immanuel Wallerstein’s highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century’s greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
The Modern World-System I
Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Immanuel Wallerstein’s highly influential, multi-volume opus, The Modern World-System, is one of this century’s greatest works of social science. An innovative, panoramic reinterpretation of global history, it traces the emergence and development of the modern world from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
The Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie
Manresa in the Later Middle Ages, 1250–1500
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie is one of the first long-term studies in English of an Iberian town during the late medieval crisis. Focusing on the Catalonian city of Manresa, Jeff Fynn-Paul expertly integrates Iberian historiography with European narratives to place the city's social,...
Political Thought in the Age of Revolution 1776-1848
Burke to Marx
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
The years between the American Revolution of 1776, the French Revolution of 1789 and the European Revolutions of 1848 saw fundamental shifts from autocracy to emerging democracy. It is a vital period in what may be termed 'modernity': that is of the western societies that are increasingly industrial,...
Converging Pathways- Itinerarios Cruzados
Spain and the European Integration Process- España y el proceso de construcción europea
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Europe: the fruit of a willing construction that superseded much of its past darkness by gradually transforming numerous walls, prejudices and conflicts into bridges of cooperation and mutually enriching developments. Spain: An amalgam of creative tensions, of groundbreaking realisations, of successively...
Political Unification Revisited
On Building Supranational Communities
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2001
Can independent nations unify politically? Amitai Etzioni raised this searching question in his seminal 1965 book, Political Unification: A Comparative Study of Leaders and Forces. In this revised edition—now with an extensive new introduction—Etzioni convincingly argues that the experiment of...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Agrarian Change and Crisis in Europe, 1200-1500 addresses one of the classic subjects on economic history: the process of aggregate economic growth and the crisis that engulfed the European continent during the late Middle Ages. This was not an ordinary crisis. During the period 1200-1500, Europe...
The Socialism of Fools?
Leftist Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Anti-Semitism, as it has existed historically in Europe, is generally thought of as having been a phenomenon of the political right. To the extent that nineteenth- and early twentieth-century leftist movements have been found to manifest anti-Semitism, their involvement has often been suggested to...
The Battle of Tours
The Turning Point in the Struggle Against Islam
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Battle of Tours in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Battle of Tours. In the year 732, Christian Frankish and Burgundian troops under Charles Martel clashed with soldiers...
by Steven J. Zaloga
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim is a legendary figure, whose life and career were deeply influential in Finnish and European history. He is viewed by many as the father of modern Finland after leading the 'White' faction to victory and independence in the Finnish Civil War of 1918. He then commanded his...
Early Modern Europe : An Oxford History
An Oxford History
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 1999
Early Modern' is a term applied to the period which falls between the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the nineteenth century. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to Europe in this period, exploring the changes and transitions involved in the move towards modernity. Nine newly...
Between State and Church
Confessional Relations from Reformation to Enlightenment: Poland Lithuania Germany Netherlands
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
The different theoretical notions and practices of the relations between the state and religious communities in early modern Europe constitute one of the most interesting problems in historiography. Moving away from a simple «toleration» versus «non-toleration» dichotomy, the author sets out to...
Reading the Middle Ages, Volume II
Sources from Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic World, c.900 to c.1500, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Spanning the period from c.900 to c.1500 and containing primary source material from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds, Barbara H. Rosenwein's Reading the Middle Ages, Second Edition once again brings the Middle Ages to life. Building on the strengths of the first edition, this volume contains...