Text in English & German. This volume brings together essays from three decades. The first section addresses National Socialism, primarily from...

Throughout his reign Christian IV (1588-1648) distinguished himself as a remarkable patron of the arts and sciences. One of the projects to which h...

Written in 1938 when the Western world had succumbed to the notion that history is a creature of blind force. A reviewer at the time noted the impo...

This crossdisciplinary collection of essays combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to re-examine the most influential contemporary theori...

. . . eminently readable . . . admirably picks up the spirit of what Hegel is saying. . . . more readable and accurate than Hartmann's, and it tran...

It is impossible to fully understand the American experience apart from Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Moreover, it is impossible fu...

It is impossible to fully understand the American experience apart from Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America. Moreover, it is impossible fu...

Merging poetry and historical records, Zits masterfully (re)creates a poetic view of the Frog Lake Massacre of April 2, 1885. His collage and cut-u...

The past, we know, informs us. Its texture has been just as real to its time as we feel the present to be for us. And yet, despite its immense impo...

In five essays, including three on historiography, one of the greatest minds in English political thought in the twentieth century explores themes ...

Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language, history, and culture, this new abridgment presents those selections t...

Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language, history, and culture, this new abridgment presents those selections t...

Text in Danish. Bogen handler om mønternes funktion i Norge fra Harald Hårfagers tid (1047-1066) til Svartedauen (pestepidemi i Norge 1349-1350). B...

Volume 2 brings together Acton's distinguished writings on history. Included is his famous Inaugural Lecture at Cambridge: The Study of History. Wr...

"Northrup's highly accessible book breaks through the most common barriers that readers encounter in studying African history. Each chapter takes o...

Skrift og historie hos Orderik Vitalis (Writing and History in Orderik Vitalis) elucidates the transition to written proceedings in the early Norma...

This book presents new ways of considering colonial India by re-examining eight emblematic stories. The structure of the collection is modelled on ...

Text in English and French. This book addresses the medieval text as carrier of cu1tural authority. Ideas of textuality are in many ways the key to...

A Drag Dynasty is about to be divined from the high life decade of decadence. It is destined, pre-ordained -- and perfectly coiffed. Darrin Hagen, ...

In 2006, the award-winning Eagle's Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand was published to widespread acclaim and quickly became a modern classic...

In a new and updated edition, this is a book for anyone wanting to write histories that capture the imagination and challenge the intellect. It aim...