The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons (Bayly C. A.)(Paperback)

The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914: Global Connections and Comparisons (Bayly C. A.)(Paperback)

This thematic history of the world from 1780 to the onset of the First World War reveals that the world was far more 'globalised' at this time than is commonly thought. Explores previously neglected sets of connections in world history. Reveals that the world was far more 'globalised', even at the

Remaking the Modern World 1900 - 2015: Global Connections and Comparisons (Bayly C. A.)(Paperback)

The sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914, this wide-ranging and sophisticated study explores global history since the First World War, offering a coherent, comparative overview of developments in politics, economics, and society at

Forgotten Armies - Britain's Asian Empire and the War with Japan (Bayly Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

Effectively it is the story of the birth of modern South and South- East Asia and the hopes and fears of the dozens of armies' marching through the jungle

The Birth of Modern America, 1914 - 1945: Paradox and Disillusionment (McClymer John)(Paperback)

Provides a look at the origins of the culture wars of modern America and the political and economic transformation of the U.S. republic This book tells, in clear and lively prose, how Americans struggled with modernity in both its cultural and economic forms between the start of World War I and the

The Shaping of Modern Britain: Identity, Industry and Empire, 1780-1914 (Evans Eric)(Paperback)

In this wide-ranging history of modern Britain, Eric Evans surveys every aspect of the period in which Britain was transformed into the world's first industrial power. By the end of the nineteenth century, Britain was still ruled by wealthy landowners, but the world over which they presided had

Great War: 1914-1918 (Hart Peter)(Paperback / softback)

The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world history. In this magnum opus, the author examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines scholarship with vivid and unfamiliar eyewitness accounts, from kings and generals, and

The Twentieth-Century World, 1914 to the Present: State of Modernity (Corbally John C.)(Paperback)

The Twentieth-Century World, 1914 to the Present introduces students to five distinct historical themes in 20th century history - politics, economics, religion, technology and the environment. Each of these themes is set in a social and cultural history framework that emphasizes the commonalities

Age of Genius - The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind (Grayling Professor A. C.)(Paperback / softback)

Bestselling author A. C. Grayling explains how--fueled by original and unorthodox thinking, war, and technological invention--the seventeenth century became the crucible of modernity.What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that

Combat Biplanes of World War II (Smith Peter C.)(Paperback)

The era of the combat biplane is usually thought to have been between 1914 and 1938. By the outbreak of World War II, most of the advanced air forces of the world had moved on to monoplane aircraft for their front-line battle forces, both in bomber and fighter capacities. Yet despite this, many

Man of the Futures: The Story of Leo Melamed and the Birth of Modern Finance (Melamed Leo)(Pevná vazba)

As the founder of financial futures and initiator of Globex, the world's first global electronic trading system, Leo Melamed revolutionized the finance industry. Man of the Futures, his definitive memoir, recounts Melamed's journey from Holocaust survivor and accidental runner at the Chicago

World Aflame - The Long War, 1914-1945 (Jones Dan)(Pevná vazba)

A visually stunning history of global conflict from 1914 to 1945, from Dan Jones and Marina Amaral - the team who created The Colour of

The Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians (Kelly Cynthia C.)(Paperback)

A first-person historical record of the Manhattan Project, and the events leading to the birth of the Atomic bomb, as told by the researchers, scientists, and developers intimately involved in its creation. The creation of the atomic bomb during World War II, codenamed the Manhattan Project, was

Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy (Wertheim Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year A new history explains how and why, as it prepared to enter World War II, the United States decided to lead the postwar world. For most of its history, the United States avoided making political and military commitments that would entangle it in

Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art (Franck Dan)(Paperback)

A legendary capital of the arts, Paris hosted some of the most legendary developments in world culture -- particularly at the beginning of the twentieth century, with the flowering of fauvism, cubism, dadaism, and surrealism. In Bohemian Paris, Dan Franck leads us on a vivid and magical tour of

Environmental Politics in the Middle East - Local Struggles, Global Connections(Paperback / softback)

Offers a critical and realistic reassessment of the threats posed to the environment in the Middle East, and what can be done about

A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx (Liedman Sven-Eric)(Paperback)

An 'outstanding' modern biography of Karl Marx, published on the 200th anniversary of his birth (Kirkus starred review) In this essential biography--the first to give equal weight to both the work and life of Karl Marx--Sven-Eric Liedman expertly navigates the imposing, complex personality of his

Secret Lives of Elephants - Birth, Death and Family in the World of the Giants (Mumby Hannah)(Paperback / softback)

The African Novel of Ideas: Philosophy and Individualism in the Age of Global Writing (Jackson Jeanne-Marie)(Paperback)

An ambitious look at the African novel and its connections to African philosophy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries The African Novel of Ideas focuses on the role of the philosophical novel and the place of philosophy more broadly in the intellectual life of the African continent, from the

Greatest Game Ever Played - Vardon, Ouimet and the birth of modern golf (Frost Mark)(Paperback / softback)

What SEABISCUIT was to the early years of modern racing, this book is to the birth of modern golf - a classic, highly inspirational story about genuine heroes, national pride and the enduring friendship between America and Great

Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroyers 1914-18 (Noppen Ryan K.)(Paperback)

At the outbreak of World War I, Austria-Hungary had four modern light cruisers and twenty modern destroyers at their disposal, constructed in the early 20th century to defend their growing overseas interests. It was these fast light vessels, not the fleet's prized battleships, which saw most action

Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World (Courtwright David T.)(Paperback)

What drives the drug trade, and how has it come to be what it is today? A global history of the acquisition of progressively more potent means of altering ordinary waking consciousness, this book is the first to provide the big picture of the discovery, interchange, and exploitation of the planet's

The Global Connections of Gandharan Art: Proceedings of the Third International Workshop of the Gandhara Connections Project, University of Oxford, 18 (Rienjang Wannaporn)(Paperback)

Gandharan art is often regarded as the epitome of cultural exchange in antiquity. The ancient region of Gandhara, centred on what is now the northern tip of Pakistan, has been called the 'crossroads of Asia'. The Buddhist art produced in and around this area in the first few centuries AD exhibits

Millennium - The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom (Holland Tom)(Paperback / softback)

* Tom Holland, author of RUBICON and PERSIAN FIRE, gives a thrilling panoramic account of the birth of the new Western Europe in the year

A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World (Rappaport Erika)(Paperback)

How the global tea industry influenced the international economy and the rise of mass consumerismTea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. For centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes--in