The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction

James (Professor and Department Chair, History Department, Professor and Department Chair, History Department, Marquette University) Marten

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780190681388 | Paperback

In The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction, Marten provides a sweeping narrative of the key features of childhood through time and around ... Meer informatie

Samurai

Michael (Associate Professor of East Asian History, Associate Professor of East Asian History, Marquette University) Wert

ISBN: 9780190932947 | Hardcover

Samurai: A Concise History provides a dynamic look at the life and times of the samurai. Although this warrior class comprised only a small portion of... Meer informatie

The Maya: A Very Short Introduction

Matthew (Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology, Penn State University) Restall ; Amara (Associate Professor of Art History and Anthropology, Associate Professor of Art History and Anthropology, Penn State University) Solari

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780190645021 | Paperback

Restall and Solari explore Maya identity, politics, culture, and indigenous views of the universe from ancient times to the present. With the Maya his... Meer informatie

Death and Money in the Afternoon

Adrian (Professor and Chair, Department of History, Professor and Chair, Department of History, York University) Shubert

ISBN: 9780195144123 | Paperback

Bullfighting has long been perceived as an antiquated, barbarous legacy from Spain's medieval past. In fact, many of that country's best poets, philos... Meer informatie

The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction

Amanda H. (Professor and Chair of History, Professor and Chair of History, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Los Angeles, Ca, Usa) Podany

ISBN: 9780195377996 | Paperback

The ancient Near East is known as the "cradle of civilization" - and for good reason. Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia were home to an extraordinarily... Meer informatie

Fifth Sun

Camilla (Professor of History, Professor of History, Rutgers University) Townsend

ISBN: 9780197577660 | Paperback

Fifth Sun offers a comprehensive history of the Aztecs, spanning the period before conquest to a century after the conquest, based on rarely-used Nahu... Meer informatie

The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction

Eric H. (Chair and Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Chair and Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, George Washington University) Cline

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199760275 | Paperback

Homer's tale of the abduction of Helen to Troy and the ten-year war to bring her back to Greece has fascinated mankind for centuries since he related ... Meer informatie

Tom Poes. Het geheim van het Nevelmoeras

Marten Toonder

ISBN: 9789047633945 | Hardcover

Op een druilerige dag gaat Tom Poes op bezoek bij heer Bommel. Die staat op het punt te vertrekken naar het zonnige zuiden, om te vissen in het Zilver... Meer informatie

Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction

Kevin (Professor of History, Professor of History, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Ma) Kenny

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199858583 | Paperback

Diaspora: A Very Short Introduction examines the origins of diaspora as a concept, its changing meanings over time, its current popularity, and its ut... Meer informatie

A European Elizabethan

David Scott (Associate Professor of History, Department of History, Associate Professor of History, Department of History, University of Nottingham) Gehring

ISBN: 9780198902911 | Hardcover

This book draws on archival research to explore the life and influence of Robert Beale, an English statesman of the sixteenth century and a known expe... Meer informatie

Connectivity, Imperialism, and the Han Iron Industry

Wengcheong (Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Department of History, Chinese University of Hong Kong) Lam

Reeks: Routledge Studies in Chinese Archaeology

ISBN: 9781032194486 | Paperback

This book examines the rise of the iron industry during the Warring States and Western Han periods (ca. 400 BCE- 9 CE) in ancient China, which is char... Meer informatie

Becoming Evil

James E. (Professor and Chair, Psychology Department, Professor and Chair, Psychology Department, Whitworth College) Waller

ISBN: 9780195180930 | Hardcover

Social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller... Meer informatie

The U.S. Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

Louis P. (Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History, Rutgers University) Masur

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780197513668 | Paperback

More than one hundred and fifty years after the Civil War began, its hold on the American imagination has not abated. This Very Short Introduction off... Meer informatie

Stuart Britain: A Very Short Introduction

John (Professor of British and Irish History, Professor of British and Irish History, University of Cambridge) Morrill

ISBN: 9780192854001 | Paperback

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Morrill's Very Short Introduction to Stuart Britain shows ... Meer informatie

History: A Very Short Introduction

John H. (Professor of History, School of History, Classics and Archaeology,, Professor of History, School of History, Classics and Archaeology,, Birkbeck, University of London) Arnold

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192853523 | Paperback

There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or whe... Meer informatie

The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

Lawrence M. (Drew Professor of the Humanities, Department of the History of Science and Technology and Department of Chemistry, John Hopkins University) Principe

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199567416 | Paperback

Lawrence M. Principe takes a fresh approach to the story of the scientific revolution, emphasising the historical context of the society and its world... Meer informatie

The Oxford Companion to American Military History

JOHN (CHAIR, Department of History, Chair, Department of History, Rutgers University) Chambers

ISBN: 9780195071986 | Hardcover

With more than 1,100 entries written by some 500 distinguished contributors, The Oxford Companion to American Military History is "the most comprehens... Meer informatie

Leo Tolstoy: A Very Short Introduction

Liza (Professor, Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University) Knapp

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198813934 | Paperback

Leo Tolstoy is one of the greatest novelists ever to have lived, whose books have stood the test of time to remain widely recognised as literary maste... Meer informatie

Drugs: A Very Short Introduction

Les (Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University) Iversen

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198745792 | Paperback

In this second edition, Les Iversen presents an introductory account of what drugs are, how they work, and the advances made over the past 100 years i... Meer informatie

Goering

Professor Richard (Professor of History, University of Exeter, Uk) Overy

Reeks: Bloomsbury Revelations

ISBN: 9781350149106 | Paperback

Published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series and featuring a new preface by the author, this classic biography by acclaimed historian Richard Overy ... Meer informatie