Much of the period 1661-1815 appeared to be the age of France. France was the greatest power in Western Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuri......
"China Under Communism" examines the history of the Chinese communists since their accession to power in 1949, through the tumult of ongoing revolution under......
The German Empire was founded in triumph in 1871 and crashed in disaster at the end of the First World War. "Imperial Germany" focuses on the domestic politi......
"Self and Sovereignty" explores the role of individual Muslim men and women within India and Pakistan from 1850 through to decolonization and the partition p......
How we perceive ourselves and others and how this can influence our behaviour. Includes stereotyping and prejudice, obedience and conformity.
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A Bancroft Prizewinning historian narrates the birth, life, and afterlife of the explosive report that permanently altered the way we talk about race i......
Jacob Soll traces the origins of Enlightenment criticism to the practices of learned humanists and hard-pressed literary entrepreneurs. This learned and live......
Field Manual 3-07, Stability Operations, represents a milestone in Army doctrine. With a focus on transforming conflict, managing violence when it does oc......
"This is a theoretically sophisticated and thoroughly documented historical case study of the movements for African American liberation in St. Louis. Through......
When it appeared in 1983, Caroline Humphrey's Karl Marx Collective was the first detailed study of the Soviet collective farm system. Through careful ethnogr......
A funny, smart, and engaging book on Social Security? You bet! Let Bill and Betty Boomer, their parents Ed and Ethel Elderly, and the young married Steve and......
The subject of rights occupies a central place in liberal political thought. This tradition posits that rights are entitlements of individuals by virtue of t......
The East German uprising of 1989 was not a male revolution. Indeed, one of the most significant aspects of the fall of East Germany, compared to that of othe......
In 1992, the voters of Colorado passed a ballot initiative amending the state constitution to prevent the state or any local government from adopting any law......
As increasing attention is drawn to globalization, questions arise about the fate of "the nation," a political and social unit that for centuries has seemed ......
In the Land of Mirrors is a journey through the politics of Cuban exiles since the 1959 Cuban Revolution. It explores the development of Cuban exile politics......