The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction

Robert J., PhD (Ralph D. Mershon Professor of History Emeritus, Ohio State University) McMahon

ISBN: 9780198859543 | Paperback

Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.... 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

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 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

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

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

The Cold War in the Third World

ROBERT J., PhD (Ralph D. Mershon Distinguished Professor of History, Ralph D. Mershon Distinguished Professor of History, Ohio State University) McMahon

ISBN: 9780199768691 | Paperback

THE COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD explores the complex interrelationships between the Soviet-American struggle for global preeminence and the rise of th... Meer informatie

The Cold War in the Third World

ROBERT J., PhD (Ralph D. Mershon Distinguished Professor of History, Ralph D. Mershon Distinguished Professor of History, Ohio State University) McMahon

ISBN: 9780199768684 | Hardcover

THE COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD explores the complex interrelationships between the Soviet-American struggle for global preeminence and the rise of th... 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

Einstein in Bohemia

Professor Michael D. Gordin

ISBN: 9780691177373 | Linnen band met stofomslag

In the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as a professor of ... Meer informatie

Woensdag: Het bos vol raadsels

Ralph Lazar

Reeks: Totale waanzin (3)

ISBN: 9789464530551 | Hardcover

Het is normaal dat er af en toe gekke dingen gebeuren op de school van Dex, maar nu gebeuren er wel écht vreemde en mysterieuze dingen. Als er opeens... Meer informatie

The Orchestra: A Very Short Introduction

D. Kern (distinguished Professor Of Music, Distinguished Professor of Music, University of California, Davis) Holoman

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199760282 | Paperback

In this Very Short Introduction, D. Kern Holoman considers the structure, roots, and day-to-day functioning of the modern philharmonic society. He exp... Meer informatie

Exploration: A Very Short Introduction

Stewart A. (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Rochester, Rochester, Ny) Weaver

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199946952 | Paperback

"This book surveys the history of exploration from the ancient to the modern periods. Globalization has a deeper history than politicians and pundits ... Meer informatie

Modern France: A Very Short Introduction

Vanessa (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Southern California) Schwartz

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780195389418 | Paperback

In this Very Short Introduction, Vanessa Schwartz argues that modern France, as both a world stage and a global crossroads, is an essential actor in t... Meer informatie

Eighteenth-Century Britain: A Very Short Introduction

Paul (Formerly Professor of Modern History, Formerly Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford) Langford

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192853998 | Paperback

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Paul Langford's Very Short Introduction to Eighteenth-Century B... Meer informatie

Mussolini in Myth and Memory

Paul (Professor of European History (retired), Professor of European History (retired), University of Siena) Corner

ISBN: 9780192866646 | Hardcover

Mussolini in myth and memory. Paul Corner looks at the brutal reality of the Italian dictator's fascist regime and confronts the nostalgia for dictato... Meer informatie

Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction

Alan (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of California at Davis, Davis, Ca, Usa) Taylor

ISBN: 9780199766239 | Paperback

In this Very Short Introduction, Alan Taylor presents the current scholarly understanding of colonial America to a broader audience. He focuses on the... Meer informatie

Medieval Britain: A Very Short Introduction

John (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics) Gillingham ; Ralph A. (Professor of Medieval History, Professor of Medieval History, University of Wales, Swansea) Griffiths

ISBN: 9780192854025 | Paperback

First published as part of the best-selling The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, John Gillingham and Ralph A. Griffiths' Very Short Introduction... Meer informatie

Quantum Drama

DR JIM (FREELANCE SCIENCE WRITER) BAGGOTT ; PROF JOHN L. (PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF HISTORY, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Berkeley) Heilbron

ISBN: 9780192846105 | Hardcover

Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. It is also completely baffling. From the moment of its inception, its founders s... Meer informatie

American Political History: A Very Short Introduction

Donald (Professor of History, Professor of History, Arizona State University, Tempe, Professor of History, Arizona State University, Te) Critchlow

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780199340057 | Paperback

The Founding Fathers who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787 distrusted political parties, popular democracy, centralized government, and a... Meer informatie