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  • av Graeme Gill
    460,-

    Drawing on research based on access to the recently-opened Soviet archives, this new edition provides a valuable thematic account of the nature of Stalinism.

  • av Geoffrey Ellis
    526,-

    Was Napoleon the 'heir' of the French Revolution, the great consolidator of its reforms, or did he distort and even abandon its principles? What were the aims and effects of Napoleonic rule in France and in conquered Europe more widely? This second edition of The Napoleonic Empire offers a critical reassessment of these central issues and provides a fresh synthesis of the most important research during the past forty years. Beginning with Napoleon's inheritance, Geoffrey Ellis balances the conflicting evidence for change or continuity over the years from the Revolutionary upheaval to the height of the 'Grand Empire'.The new edition:- covers the administrative, military, social and economic aspects of the subject- redefines the whole impact of Napoleonic imperialism in both the short and longer term- offers more extensive coverage of Napoleon's treatment of the annexed lands and subject states of his Empire, as well as of military conscription, desertion, and the role of the Gendarmerie in the war against brigands and military defaulters- provides an expanded discussion of the institutional legacy of Napoleonic rule in France and EuropeWith an up-dated and more comprehensive bibliography, this thoroughly revised text is an invaluable guide to Napoleon's Europe and is ideal for specialist and general readers alike.

  • av Franklin D. Laurens
    2 100,-

  • - Government and episcopate in France and England in the age of aristocracy
    av Norman Ravitch
    1 666,-

  • - 1526-1792
    av Stanko Guldescu
    1 656,-

  • av Markus Cerman
    526,-

    This new study provides an up-to-date survey of social and economic developments in early modern Eastern European rural societies.

  • - The Rise of a Composite State
    av Karin Friedrich
    526,-

    Karin Friedrich locates Brandenburg-Prussia in its historical, political, religious and economic context, from the demise of the Teutonic Knights to the Napoleonic crisis. Synthesising debates, the study focuses on key themes such as absolutism, foreign politics and the Enlightenment in order to provide a fresh reassessment.

  • av Hugh Gough
    490,-

    This new edition of an established text has been thoroughly revised to reflect and incorporate the latest developments and research. It now features an updated historiography section and Bibliography, more detail on the workings of terror, and a new chapter on social and cultural policies.

  • av Andy Durgan
    526,-

    Andy Durgan provides a clear introductory overview and evaluation of the key debates and recent research on the origins, outbreak, course and implications of the Spanish Civil War, including the impact of foreign powers, the socio-political situation, the Republican failure and Nationalist success and the nature of the emerging Franco regime.

  • - 1750-1914
    av Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann
    526,-

    Civil Society' has been a global catchphrase since the end of the Cold War, and is a hot topic among academics and politicians.

  • av R.W. Scribner
    510,-

    This concise study provides a synthesis of the main research, with special emphasis on the German Reformation, and presents Professor Scribner's own interpretation of the period. This second edition includes a new introduction and a supplementary chapter by C. Scott Dixon.

  • av P. Burke
    526,-

    In this study Peter Burke distances himself from the traditional interpretation of the Renaissance as essentially Italian, self-consciously modern and easily separable from the Middle Ages.

  • av Henry Kamen
    556,-

    Was the Golden Age of Spain in the sixteenth century an illusion? By introducing and examining some of the key issues and themes involved, Henry Kamen offers a balanced discussion of this question. 2nd edn has been thoroughly revised and rewritten in the light of recent research and new chapters added covering religion and culture.

  • - 1914 in Perspective
    av D. Stevenson
    460,-

    This book examines why, in 1914, a Balkan conflict escalated into a general European war. It focuses on the decision-making of each Power during the July-August crisis, and analyses the role of domestic politics, economics, cultural factors, militarism, imperialism, and the international political system.

  • av Andrew Porter
    556,-

    In examining the controversial historiographical literature surrounding this subject, the book criticises particular explanations, and introduces readers to some of the new directions in research and inquiry currently being explored by historians.

  • av Catherine Baker
    496,-

    Catherine Baker offers an up-to-date, balanced and concise introductory account of the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s and their aftermath. The volume incorporates the latest research, showing how the state of the field has evolved and guides students through the existing literature, topics and debates.

  • av Roy Porter
    490,-

    The eighteenth-century Enlightenment was one of the most exciting and significant currents of European culture.

  • av Michael F. Hopkins & Michael L. Dockrill
    526,-

    Michael Dockrill's concise study of the early years of the Cold War between the Western Powers and Soviet Union has been widely acclaimed as an authoritative guide to the subject. In this second edition, he and Michael Hopkins bring the story up to the events of 1991, and also expand coverage of key topics.

  • av Peter Grieder
    480,-

    A clear, concise and thought-provoking introduction to the history of East Germany which engages critically with key debates and advances new interpretations of the origins, development and demise of the GDR. Peter Grieder also offers an original conceptualization of the GDR as a totalitarian welfare state.

  • - Class War or Culture Clash?
    av T.C.W. Blanning
    460,-

    The origins, nature and effects of the Revolution have been the themes of a voluminous literature, especially since the 1950s, and there has been sharp disagreement among historians about them.

  • av John Henry
    486,-

    This is a concise but wide-ranging account of all aspects of the Scientific Revolution from astronomy to zoology. The third edition has been thoroughly updated, and some sections revised and extended, to take into account the latest scholarship and research and new developments in historiography.

  • av Jeremy Smith
    526,-

    In 1991, Communist rule in the Soviet Union came to an end after 84 years, and the world's largest state, one of the two global superpowers, broke up into fifteen independent countries. Few had predicted such an outcome when Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union six years before.

  • - A political biography. 1818-1887
    av Martin Katz
    1 720,-

  • av Andre Gerrits
    480,-

    An up-to-date empirical and historiographical overview of the actual political relevance of nationalism and internationalism in post-war Europe. Adopting a largely chronological approach, Gerrits links the historiography of post-war Europe and the major theoretical approaches to nationalism with analysis of key historical developments and events.

  • av Geoffrey Scarre & John Callow
    496,-

    In their study of witchcraft and magic in 16th and 17th-century Europe, Geoffrey Scarre and John Callow provide an examination of the theoretical and intellectual rationales which made prosecution for the crime acceptable to the continent's judiciaries.

  • av Gareth Pritchard & Vesna Drapac
    450,-

    This new study provides a concise, accessible introduction to occupied Europe. It explores how these terms cannot be examined separately, but are always entangled. Covering Europe from east to west, this book aims to explore the evolution of scholarly approaches to resistance and collaboration.

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