The Delhi College

Margrit (research Fellow, Research Fellow, University of Bielefeld) Pernau

ISBN: 9780195677232 | Hardcover

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Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World

Bob (Senior Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Long Island University) Brier

ISBN: 9780197635056 | Hardcover

It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of dazzling items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were trans... Meer informatie

Female Servants in Early Modern England

Charmian (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, University of Cambridge) Mansell

Reeks: British Academy Monographs

ISBN: 9780197267585 | Hardcover

Excavating experiences of over a thousand women in service from church court testimony, Mansell argues that early modern service was unstable, but fin... Meer informatie

The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

William (Emeritus Professor of History and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol) Doyle

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198840077 | Paperback

William Doyle chronicles the unfolding events of the French Revolution, from the quarrels of the first revolutionaries with the king, to the Terror, t... Meer informatie

The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction

Michael (, Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge) Hoskin

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192803061 | Paperback

An introduction to the history of Western astronomy from prehistoric times to the origins of astrophysics in the mid nineteenth century. Emphasis is g... Meer informatie

Intra-Muslim Polemics in South India

Nandagopal R. (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Munster, Germany) Menon

ISBN: 9780198903321 | Hardcover

This book examines what unifies and separates various Sunni Muslim sects and incites polemics. It explores Islam as a body of information and cultural... Meer informatie

The Majesty of the People

Georgina (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, University of York) Green

ISBN: 9780199689064 | Hardcover

The Majesty of the People links emerging Romantic ideas about the role of the writer to the ambivalence of the concept of popular sovereignty. By clos... Meer informatie

Family Men

Laura (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, University of Leeds) King

ISBN: 9780199674909 | Hardcover

Fathers are often neglected in histories of family life in Britain. Family Men provides the first academic study of fathers and families in the period... Meer informatie

Ancient Greece: A Very Short Introduction

Paul (A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, Cambridge University, and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge) Cartledge

ISBN: 9780199601349 | Paperback

A highly stimulating Very Short Introduction to the history of Ancient Greek civilization, from the first documented use of the Greek language in abou... Meer informatie

Jewish Welfare in Hamburg and Manchester, c.1850-1914

Rainer (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Technical University of Berlin) Liedtke

Reeks: Oxford Historical Monographs

ISBN: 9780198207238 | Hardcover

Organized Jewish welfare was a vital element in the formation and maintenance of British and German Jewish subcultures. The analysis of this important... Meer informatie

Family Men

Laura (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, University of Leeds) King

ISBN: 9780198857822 | Paperback

The first academic study of fathers and families in the period from the First World War to the end of the 1950s, suggesting that though the roles and ... Meer informatie

The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets

Alyn (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Royal Academy of Music) Shipton

Reeks: OXFORD STUDIES IN RECORDED JAZZ SERIES

ISBN: 9780197579763 | Paperback

The Gerry Mulligan Quartet, founded in Los Angeles in 1952, was widely acclaimed as the first small ensemble in jazz that did not include a chordal in... Meer informatie

The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

Jacqueline (Senior Research Fellow, The Queen's College, Oxford) Stedall

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199599684 | Paperback

In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant pas... Meer informatie

Roman Britain: A Very Short Introduction

Peter (Quondam Fellow, All Souls College, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of the Open University) Salway

ISBN: 9780198712169 | Paperback

For centuries Britain was an integral part of the Roman Empire. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Salway weaves together the latest archaeologica... Meer informatie

The Norman Conquest: A Very Short Introduction

George (, Tutorial Fellow in Modern History, University of Oxford) Garnett

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192801616 | Paperback

The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history. Th... Meer informatie

Classics: A Very Short Introduction

Mary (Fellow, Fellow, Newnham College, Cambridge) Beard ; John (Fellow, Fellow, King's College, Cambridge) Henderson

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192853851 | Paperback

This Very Short Introduction to Classics links a haunting temple on a lonely mountainside to the glory of ancient Greece and the grandeur of Rome, and... Meer informatie

Botswana 1939-1945

Ashley (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford) Jackson

Reeks: Oxford Historical Monographs

ISBN: 9780198207641 | Hardcover

Studies Botswana during World War II. The book offers an Africanist and an imperial perspective, exploring the impact of the war on the home front and... Meer informatie

Civil War in Central Europe, 1918-1921

Jochen (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Imre Kertesz Kolleg) Boehler

Reeks: The Greater War

ISBN: 9780198794486 | Hardcover

Civil War in Central Europe argues that Polish independence after the First World War was forged in the fires of the post-war conflicts which should b... Meer informatie

Heralds of Revolution

Susan K. (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, Friedrich-Alexander Universitat) Morrissey

ISBN: 9780195115444 | Hardcover

Reading Russian revolutionary culture through its stories, author Susan Morrissey examines how the quest for consciousness evolved into a master-plot ... Meer informatie

Comrades

Felix (Research Fellow, Research Fellow, German Historical Institute London) Roemer

ISBN: 9780198797098 | Hardcover

During WWII, US Military Intelligence secretly recorded thousands of conversations between ordinary German soldiers held in a US interrogation camp. T... Meer informatie