A Brief History of Slavery: A New Global History (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

A Brief History of Slavery: A New Global History (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

A new global history of slavery from its ancient origins through the horrors of the Atlantic trade to the present

A Brief History of Italy (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

'Jeremy Black skilfully sketches social, cultural and political trends' - Christina Hardyment, Times audiobook of the week'A remarkable mixture of cold history, wide culture and personal experience'Ciro Paoletti, Secretary General of the Italian Commission of Military HistoryDespite the Roman

A Brief History of Spain (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

A wonderfully concise and very readable history of Spain, perfect for travellers This is the extraordinary story of Spain, from early tribalism and Roman rule to the Moorish conquest, Spain's eighteenth-century revival under the Bourbons, the Peninsular War and revolution in Spanish America right

A Brief History of the Mediterranean: Indispensable for Travellers (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home.'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.'Samuel Johnson, 1776 The Mediterranean has always

A History of Diplomacy (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

In A History of Diplomacy, historian Jeremy Black investigates how a form of courtly negotiation and information-gathering in the early modern period developed through increasing globalization into a world-shaping force in twenty-first-century politics. The monarchic systems of the sixteenth

A Brief History of Portugal: Indispensable for Travellers (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical and climatic issues, before an examination of Portugal's prehistory and classical Portugal, from the Stone Age to the end of the the Roman

History of Europe - From Pre-History to the 21st Century (Black Professor Jeremy)(Paperback / softback)

What Is Global History? (Conrad Sebastian)(Paperback)

The first comprehensive overview of the innovative new discipline of global history Until very recently, historians have looked at the past with the tools of the nineteenth century. But globalization has fundamentally altered our ways of knowing, and it is no longer possible to study nations in

A Brief History of Britain 1851-2010: A Nation Transformed (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

From the Great Exhibition to the Credit Crunch -- the transformation of Britain from the world's greatest nation to the present day. In 1851 Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, it was the high water mark of English achievement -- the nation at the forefront of the Industrial

A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II (Weinberg Gerhard L.)(Paperback)

In a new edition featuring a new preface, A World of Arms remains a classic of global history. Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this volume remains the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that

Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa (Lovejoy Paul E.)(Paperback)

This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. Paul E. Lovejoy discusses the medieval Islamic slave trade and the Atlantic trade as well as the enslavement process and the

A Brief History of Underpants (Van Zandt Christine)(Paperback)

From bloomers to boxers, everyone wears underwear One part humor, one part history, A Brief History of Underpants explores the evolution of fashion's most unmentionable garment. Gain a whole new understanding of underthings as you: Learn which ruler was buried with over 100 pairs of

Brief History of Ireland (Killeen Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The perfect introduction to Irish history within the excellent and highly regarded Brief History

Ball is Round - A Global History of Football (Goldblatt David)(Paperback / softback)

Aims to provide a definitive history of global

Brief History of Analytic Phil (Schwartz Stephen P.)(Paperback)

A Brief History of Analytic Philosophy: From Russell to Rawls presents a comprehensive overview of the historical development of all major aspects of analytic philosophy, the dominant Anglo-American philosophical tradition in the twentieth century. Features coverage of all the major subject areas

A New History of England (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

'Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.' Cecil Rhodes's characteristically nineteenth-century confidence rings rather hollow as England enters the twenty-first century in somewhat reduced circumstances. Jeremy Black steers his way through

France: A Short History - Jeremy Black

A concise history of France from prehistory to the present, recounting the great events and personalities and exploring France's cultural and political influence today. Artists, martyrs, kings, revolutionaries: France’s sense of national identity is inextricably linked to its dramatic history,

Christian History - An Introduction (McGrath Alister E.)(Paperback)

A major new introduction to the global history of Christianity, written by one of the world's leading theologians and author of numerous bestselling textbooks. Provides a truly global review by exploring the development of Christianity and related issues in Asia, Latin America and Africa, and not

France in the World - A New Global History(Paperback / softback)

The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century (Osterhammel Jrgen)(Paperback)

A panoramic global history of the nineteenth centuryA monumental history of the nineteenth century, The Transformation of the World offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition. J rgen Osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the Braudel of the nineteenth

American Empire: A Global History (Hopkins A. G.)(Paperback)

A new history of the United States that turns American exceptionalism on its headAmerican Empire is a panoramic work of scholarship that presents a bold new global perspective on the history of the United States. Taking readers from the colonial era to today, A. G. Hopkins shows how, far from

Brief History of Time

Chinese Diasporas: A Social History of Global Migration (Miles Steven B.)(Paperback)

Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the present day. Steven B. Miles places Chinese migrants and their families at the center of his narrative through a series of engaging case studies taking

A Brief History of Time (Beers Shaindel)(Paperback)

'A Brief History of Time,' Beers' first collection of poetry, is at once an exploration of what it is to grow up in rural America and a treatise for social justice. These poems, many of them award-winning, span a wide range of styles-from plainsong free verse to sestinas to nearly epic works. The