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Book SynopsisExam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016Target success in OCR AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.- Enables students to plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Consolidates knowledge with clear and focused content coverage, organised into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining historical content with related activities- Helps students build, practise and enhance their exam skills as they progress through activities set at three different levels- Improves exam technique through exam-style questions with sample an

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Book SynopsisExam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016Target success in OCR AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.- Enables students to plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Consolidates knowledge with clear and focused content coverage, organised into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining historical content with related activities- Helps students build, practise and enhance their exam skills as they progress through activities set at three different levels- Improves exam technique through exam-style questions with sample an

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Book SynopsisExam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.- Enables students to plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Consolidates knowledge with clear and focused content coverage, organised into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining historical content with related activities- Helps students build, practise and enhance their exam skills as they progress through activities set at three different levels- Improves exam technique through exam-style questions with sample answers

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Book SynopsisExam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.- Enables students to plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Consolidates knowledge with clear and focused content coverage, organised into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining historical content with related activities- Helps students build, practise and enhance their exam skills as they progress through activities set at three different levels- Improves exam technique through exam-style questions with sample answers

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Book SynopsisExam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.- Enables students to plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner- Consolidates knowledge with clear and focused content coverage, organised into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining historical content with related activities- Helps students build, practise and enhance their exam skills as they progress through activities set at three different levels- Improves exam technique through exam-style questions with sample ansTrade ReviewVery well summarised and presented. Great suggested activities for revision, as well as exam-style examples. -- Miss Laura Thursby

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Book SynopsisModern Greece is an updated and enhanced edition of a classic survey of Greek history since the beginning of the 19th century. Giving equal weighting to social, political and diplomatic aspects, it offers detailed coverage of the formation of the Greek nation state, the global Greek diaspora, the country's relationships with Europe and the United States and a range of other topics, including women, rural areas, nationalism and the Civil War, woven together in a nuanced and highly readable narrative. Fresh material and new pedagogical features have been added throughout, most notably:- new chapters on 19th-century nationalism and Boom to Bust in the Age of Globalization, 1989-2013';- greater discussion of the late Ottoman context, Greeks outside of Greece and the international background to the Greek state formation;- revisions to take account of recent scholarship, Greekscholarship ;- new timelines, maps, illustrations, charts, figures and primary source boxes;- an updated furthTrade ReviewWith an authoritative and highly readable prose that testifies to Gallant’s long-established mastery of his field, the newly expanded edition of Modern Greece presents an extremely timely and balanced account of social and political history in the country from the 19th century to the present day. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Greece and its people. * Sappho Xenakis, Birkbeck, University of London, UK *Hands down, the most lucid, comprehensive, and readable history we have of Modern Greece. This completely new edition -- with a new framing, new material on Greece's past breathless decade, and new conclusions -- shows Gallant's great versatility as a truly contemporary historian. The book also provides something few modern Greek histories do: a critical awareness of broader contexts. The Ottoman Empire, Europe, the forces of Globalization -- Gallant presents Greece both on its own terms and within the multiple frames that have shaped and continue to shape it. Highly recommended for the expert and newcomer alike. * Katherine Fleming, New York University, USA *Thomas Gallant’s Modern Greece is by far the best concise history of Modern Greece. The recent updated edition is in fact an almost completely new book, not only covering the more recent events in Greek history but also providing much needed background from the Ottoman period. The book has been further enhanced with new maps, images, and text boxes, providing the reader with a taste of the primary materials historians use. This book will be an invaluable source to students of Modern Greek history. It is approachable, insightful, well-designed, enjoyable, and yet academically thorough at the same time. * Exdoxios Doxiadis, Simon Fraser University, Canada *Modern Greece by Tom Gallant is a successful example of how to compose a national history without writing a national biography. The great upheavals in historiography during the last few decades have challenged how we write national histories. In this book, Gallant adopts the perspectives and the methods of transnational, social and cultural history to explicate how a distinctive society in the Eastern Mediterranean and Southern Europe responded to the challenges of the making of the modern world over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries. * Antonis Liakos, University of Athens, Greece *A skilful narrative of the history of Greece from the insurrection against the Ottoman Empire in 1821 to the rise of SYRIZA. * European Review of History *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Illustrations List of Maps List of Text-boxes List of Tables List of Charts Timelines 1. The Greek World in its Ottoman Context 2. The War for Independence, 1821-1833 3. Building the Modern State, 1833-1909 4. Constructing the Modern Nation: Cultures, Identities, and Diversity 5. The 'National Question': Irredentism and Foreign Policy 6. Society and Economy in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries 7. From a Nation United to a Nation Divided, 1909-1919 8. The Inter-war Period, 1909-1940: a Time of Turmoil 9. The Terrible Decade: Occupation and Civil War, 1940-1950 10. Reconstruction and Retribution, 1950-1960 11. Dictatorship, Democratic Restoration and Europeanization, 1967-1990 12. From Boom to Bust in the Age of Globalization, 1990-2015 Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisCycling is currently enjoying a boom in popularity. What are the reasons behind this phenomenon? How have perceptions and the popularity of cycling shifted? This book charts the historical development of cycling both as a leisure and sporting activity since the 19th century and explores the wider political and cultural context in which cycling in Britain emerged. In particular, it examines cycling's relationship with environmental politics and its place in popular culture. Neil Carter successfully traverses several historical sub-disciplines, including the history of transport, leisure, sport, medicine and politics, employing the analytical tools of class, gender, political culture, the role of the state and commercialism to demonstrate how British identity has shaped and been shaped by cycling. At a time when it has become part of debates over transport and health, Cycling and the British: A Modern History provides a timely and clear analysis of the changes and continuities in atTrade ReviewAs a clear and detailed guide, it is an invaluable corrective to a multiplicity of lazy assumptions and popular myths often recirculated in generalist accounts ... This is a work I will return to frequently. * Technology and Culture *[T]his well-written and engaging monograph will appeal to bicycle historians and enthusiasts as well as sport historians and the general reading public. * Idrottsforum Org *This is the definitive work on the social and cultural history of the bicycle. From the Penny-Farthing to Team Sky, Neil Carter tells the story not just of cycling, but also of British society’s changing relationship with the bike. * Tony Collins, Professor of History, Institute of Sports Humanities, University of Buckingham, UK *This is by far the best history of cycling in Britian. Carter has read very widely both on cycling as a recreation and as a competitive sport. He sets cycling in a broad context of social class, female emancipation and profound shifts in transport, health and enviromental policy without losing sight of the events, personalities,and the great races - Olympic medals and all - which bring the story alive. * Richard Holt, Emeritus Professor, International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University, UK *From penny farthings to safeties to mountain bikes and recumbent tricycles, Neil Carter explores how cycling has been making a political statement for 150 years. At first an elite symbol, the cycle now represents the openness and companionship of English society. It is central to the image of Englishness—the slow paced, bucolic, rural idyll. * Duncan R. Jamieson, Professor of History, Ashland University, USA *In terms of national identity and patriotic fervour, it’s often the team sports of cricket, football and rugby that capture the imagination. And yet, as Neil Carter shows brilliantly in Cycling and the British: A Modern History, it is the bike that has fascinated and charmed the public consciousness, and in many ways, shaped British history. From the Victorian cycling craze, through touring and cycling clubs, to the British stars of the Tour de France and the Olympics, Carter has meticulously researched across a staggering array of sources to produce the definitive history of cycling. It is a wonderful book that demonstrates how such a run of the mill piece of equipment that we all take for granted, is as important to British history as Stephenson’s Rocket or Whittle’s jet engine and transformed society in equally radical ways * Mike Cronin, Professor of History, Boston College *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 Cycling and the rise of respectable recreation 2 Cycling as Victorian spectacle 3 Cycling, Englishness and the politics of the road 4 Cycling and the people 5 The birth of British massed-start racing 6 Women, modernity and cycling 7 Cycling in the age of motoring 8 Cycling, politics and environmentalism 9 Cycling in post-industrial Britain 10 Elite cycling and British society Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWaterloo 1815 is a captivating study of the battle of Waterloo, one of the defining campaigns in European history. In particular it focuses on the desperate struggle for Ligny, which saw the Prussians pushed back after heavy fighting by the French Army in what was to be Napoleon''s last battlefield victory. With Wellington unable to assist his Prussian allies in time, the Prussian centre was overwhelmed as night began to fall, although the flanks were able to retreat in some semblance of order. Stunning illustrations augment the drama of the fighting in this area while considerable new research drawn from unpublished first-hand accounts provide a detailed and engaging resource for all aspects of the battle.Table of ContentsIntroduction / Chronology / Opposing commanders / Opposing forces / Orders of battle / Opposing plans / The campaign opens / Aftermath / The battlefield today / Further reading / Index

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Book SynopsisThe formidable European longsword featuring a double-edged straight blade in excess of 40in, and capable of being used with one or both hands remains one of the most impressive and distinctive edged weapons of the late medieval era. Also known as the bastard' sword and the hand-and-a-half' sword, the longsword evolved from the war swords and great swords of the 14th century, and emerged as a battlefield weapon in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War. It went on to become a key weapon on the battlefields of late medieval Europe, creating a new system of sword fighting. Drawing together period sources, modern technical analysis and his own experiences with the longsword, Neil Grant explores the origins, manufacture and evolving use of this iconic late-medieval edged weapon. Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned full-colour artwork and an array of period illustrations and close-up photographs, this is the enthralling story of one of late-medieval Europe's most disTable of ContentsIntroduction Development Use Impact Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhen the Red Army needed to mechanize its cavalry branch in the 1930s, the BT fast tank was its solution. Based on the American Christie high-speed tank, the Red Army began a program to adapt the design to its own needs. Early versions were mechanically unreliable and poorly armed but by the mid-1930s, the BT-5 emerged, armed with an excellent dual-purpose 45mm gun. It saw its combat debut in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and was later used in the border battles with the Japanese Kwangtung Army in the late 1930s. The final production series, the BT-7, was the most refined version of the family.One of the most common types in Red Army service in the first years of the Second World War, BT tanks saw extensive combat in Poland, Finland, and the opening phases of Operation Barbarossa in 1941 and latterly during the 1945 campaign against the Japanese in Manchuria this is the story of their design and development history.Table of ContentsIntroduction /Design and Development / Operational Use /Analysis and Conclusion /Bibliography /Index

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Book SynopsisThe battle of Zama, fought across North Africa around 202 BC, was the final large-scale clash of arms between the world''s two greatest western powers of the time--Carthage and Rome. The engagement ended the Second Punic War, waged from 218 until 201 BC. The armies were led by two of the most famous commanders of all time--the legendary Carthaginian general Hannibal, renowned for crossing the Alps with his army into Italy, and the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio, who along with his father was among the defeated at the battle of Cannae in 216 BC.Drawing upon years of research, author Mir Bahmanyar gives a detailed account of this closing battle, analyzing the tactics employed by each general and the forces they had at their disposal. Stunning, specially commissioned artwork brings to life the epic clash that saw Hannibal defeated and Rome claim its spot as the principal Mediterranean power.Table of ContentsIntroduction/Chronology/Opposing commanders/Opposing armies/Opposing plans/The campaign/Aftermath/The battlefield today/Further reading/Index

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Book SynopsisWorld War I's defining weapon for many, Germany's MG 08 machine gun won a formidable reputation on battlefields from Tannenberg to the Somme. Although it was a lethally effective weapon when used from static positions, the MG 08 was far too heavy to perform a mobile role on the battlefield. As the British and French began to deploy lighter machine guns alongside their heavier weapons, the Germans fielded the Danish Madsen and British Lewis as stopgaps, but chose to adapt the MG 08 into a compromise weapon the MG 08/15 which would play a central role in the revolutionary developments in infantry tactics that characterized the last months of the conflict. In the 1940s, the two weapons were still in service with German forces fighting in a new world war. Drawing upon eyewitness battlefield reports, this absorbing study assesses the technical performance and combat record of these redoubtable and influential German machine guns, and their strengths and limitations in a variety of battlefTable of ContentsIntroduction /Development /Use /Impact /Conclusion /Bibliography /Index

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Book SynopsisThe tank battles in the Soviet Union during the summer of 1941 were the largest in World War II, exceeding even the more famous Prokhorovka encounter during the Kursk campaign. Indeed, they were the largest tank battles ever fought. This book examines two evenly matched competitors in this conflict, the German Panzer 38(t) and the Soviet BT-7. Both were of similar size, armed with guns of comparable firepower, and had foreign roots the Panzer 38(t) was a Czechoslovak design and the BT-7 was an evolution of the American Christie tank. With full-colour artwork and archive and present-day photography, this absorbing study assesses the strengths and limitations of these two types against the wider background of armoured doctrine in the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa.

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Book SynopsisIn November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. She was the world''s first seagoing ironclad - a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the following year - HMS Warrior - which, when she entered service, became the most powerful warship in the world. Just like the Dreadnought half a century later, this ship changed the nature of naval warfare forever, and sparked a frantic arms race. The elegant but powerful Warrior embodied the technological advances of the early Victorian era, and the spirit of this new age of steam, iron and firepower. Fully illustrated with detailed cutaway artwork, this book covers the British ironclad from its inception and emergence in 1860, to 1875, a watershed year, which saw the building of a new generation of recognisably modern turreted battleships.Table of ContentsIntroduction /Design & Development /Tactical Requirements /Armour /Ordnance /Propulsion /Life on Board /Ironclads in Action /Specifications /Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA highly illustrated account of the battle of Strasbourg in AD 357, a decisive victory for the Romans under their Caesar Julian against the Alemanni and their leader Chnodomar.Civil war in the Western Roman Empire between AD 350--53 had left the frontiers weakly defended, and the major German confederations along the Rhine--the Franks and Alemanni--took advantage of the situation to cross the river, destroy the Roman fortifications along it and occupy parts of Roman Gaul. In 355, the Emperor Constantius appointed his 23-year-old cousin Julian as his Caesar in the provinces of Gaul with command of all troops in the region. Having recaptured the city of Cologne, Julian planned to trap the Alemanni in a pincer movement, but when the larger half of his army was forced into retreat, he was left facing a much larger German force outside the walls of the city of Strasbourg. This new study relates the events of this epic battle as the experience and training of the RomTable of ContentsOrigins of the campaign /Chronology /Opposing commanders /Opposing armies /Orders of battle /Opposing plans /The campaign /Aftermath /The battlefields today /Further reading /Index

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Book SynopsisFully illustrated with colour maps and images, this is an accessible introduction to one of history's most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns.Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes presents a detailed overview of the Forty-five Rebellion, dispelling the myths that have grown up around battles like Culloden and the figures of the Highlanders. Led by the charismatic Bonnie Prince Charlie and fought in the main by clansmen loyal to the Stuarts, the revolt initially saw government forces outmanoeuvred and outfought before the Prince's march on London halted at Derby. But the following spring, pursued back into the Highlands by the Duke of Cumberland, the Prince's army made its doomed last stand on the moor of Culloden. Fremont-Barnes examines this key turning point in British history, analysing the dynastic struggle of two royal houses, the Rebellion's manoeuvres and battles and the tragic aftermath for the Highlands.Updated and revised for the new edition, with Trade ReviewI can heartily recommend this concise and very readable account to wargamers seeking an introduction to the origins of the Jacobite rebellions in general and ‘The Forty-Five’ in particular. -- Chris Jarvis * Miniature Wargames *Table of ContentsIntroduction Background to War Warring Sides Outbreak The Fighting How the War Ended The World Around War Conclusion and Consequences Chronology Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisMinute by minute detail on one of the first Zeppelin raids, the first aerial bombardment of Britain.

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Book SynopsisA fresh account of the armed struggles for control of England, Scotland and Wales in the mid-twelfth century

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Book SynopsisThe Spanish Civil War was the training ground of the German military forces that struck across Europe in the Blitzkrieg of 1939-40. A detailed analysis of the German Army's vehicles, equipment, weapons and their tactical development.

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Book SynopsisAn unparalleled study of the British artillery in the Second World War, and one of the most comprehensive ever published.

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Book SynopsisChurch and University in the Scottish Enlightenment has come to be regarded as a classic work in 18th-century Scottish history and Enlightenment studies. This collective biography portrays the 'Moderate Iiterati' as zealous activists for the cause in which they believed, ranging from support for a Scots militia to the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.

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Book SynopsisPubs provided public spaces for occupational groups to meet, for commercial transactions, for cultural activities and for everyday life and work rituals. The issues such as temperance, together with contemporary issues, like the liberalization of licensing laws and the changing nature of Scottish pubs, are discussed in this fascinating book.

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the 2021 Highland Book Prize. Explores the prominent role of Highland Scots in the slavery industry of the cotton, sugar and coffee plantations of the 18th and 19th centuries.Table of ContentsList of illustrations, tables and maps; Acknowledgements; Standard abbreviation used in the text Foreword by Rod Westmaas and Juanita Cox-Westmaas Chapter 1 Jumbies Part 1: The African slave trade, the English 'sugar islands', and Scots in the expanding Empire Chapter 2 The slave trade Chapter 3 Jamaica - 'As much gold as will fill a flagon' Chapter 4 The Ceded Islands - Grenada Chapter 5 A family of Highland carpenters in the Ceded islands Part 2: Northern Scots in Guyana on the 'last frontier' of Empire Chapter 6 Guyana - A last frontier Chapter 7 Guyana - Voices of the enslaved Chapter 8 Guyana - The 'free coloured' moment Chapter 9 Guyana - The merchant houses Part 3: Entangled histories - the legacies of slavery in the North of Scotland Chapter 10 Northern Scotland - Investments Chapter 11 Landowners, Caribbean Wealth, and Highland Identities Chapter 12 Enslaved Blacks and black servants Chapter 13 Children of colour Part 4: Reckonings Chapter 14 'It is always easier to remember victims than to cope with the difficult issue of perpetrators.' Afterword Ghosts in our blood Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting numerous interconnected insights into life in Greater Syria in the twelfth century, this book covers a wide range of themes relating to Crusader-Muslim relations.

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Book SynopsisUsing a wide range of prosecution and trial records, along with more recent newspaper coverage of court proceedings, this book furnishes a fascinating insight into the relationship between the law, sex, and society in modern Scotland.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first major study of what was probably the most important centre or pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought in the British Isles. It sheds new light on the genesis and development of one of the most important scientific theories in the history of western thought.

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Book SynopsisThroughout the 20th century Scottish miners resisted deindustrialisation through collective action and by leading the campaign for Home Rule. This book shows that coal miners occupy a central position in Scotland's economic, social and political history.

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Book SynopsisRyan Johnson reveals that Deleuze's provocative reading of ancient Stoicism produced many of his most singular and powerful ideas. Including previously untranslated French Stoic scholarship, Johnson unearths new possibilities for bridging contemporary and ancient philosophy.

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Book SynopsisCovering more than forty films made since 2001 including The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The Paper will be Blue, Police, Adjective and Beyond the Hills this pioneering collection of essays on New Romanian Cinema is the first to contextualise it aesthetically, theoretically and historically.

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Book SynopsisBringing together specialists in ancient history, archaeology and Roman law, this book analyses the socio-legal framework within which maritime trade was conducted. In doing so, it presents a new understanding of the role played by legal and social institutions in the economy of the Roman world.

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Book SynopsisPresents a comparative analysis of land issues and impact of reform across the British and Irish Isles, in Ireland, Scotland and WalesTrade Review"This book is a useful collection of essays on land reform in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland since 1800. It emphasizes the key differences between the four nations, arguing that there has been 'an imbalance of intensity between Scotland, Ireland and Wales, where land reform centred on the nature and conditions of tenure, protections and land distribution, and England, where it has been more diffuse, feeding into a multitude of debates, including enclosure, commons, game, housing and conservation'. The book is made up of 14 'original case studies', written by a range of contributors, mainly historians but also including lawyers and estate managers, offering expertise and life experiences outside the traditional domain of academic historians. " -Michael Tichelar

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Book SynopsisOffers a novel reading of one of the ancient world's most famous and celebrated texts.

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Book SynopsisThe making of the historian who transformed Scottish history and the nation's understanding of its pastTrade Review"Beveridge has written a compelling and important book, ingeniously and reflexively designed as a work of history about a landmark work of history. This is vital reading for anyone wishing to understand the permutations of national or, for that matter, unionist history in Scotland." -Matthew Wickman, Professor of English, Brigham Young University

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Book Synopsis With the success of The Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic, baseball in Europe has begun to receive more attention. But few realize just how far back the sport''s history stretches on the continent. Baseball has been played in Europe since the 1870s, and in several countries the players and devoted followers have included royalty, Hall of Famers from the U.S. major leagues, and captains of industry. Featuring approximately 80 new interviews and 70 new photos and images, this second edition builds extensively on the previous edition''s country-by-country histories of more than 40 European nations. Also included are two new appendices on European players signed by MLB organizations and European countries'' performance in worldwide rankings.Trade ReviewReviews from the first edition: "impressive...scrupulously and thoroughly documented...an excellent research tool as well an informative and entertaining read...this book will be the definitive work on European baseball for seasons to come": - Booklist"very little else has been written on this subject, so Chetwynd's excellent overview is welcome indeed. Highly recommended" - Choice"a one-of-a-kind book" - Library Journal"a well-written, highly informed, carefully researched, and scrupulously documented addition to international baseball scholarship…. [T]his book will be the definitive work on European baseball for seasons to come." - Nine"while the book's usefulness as a reference resource should not be underestimated, it serves equally as a fine read. In short: buy it, enjoy reading it from cover to cover, and then find it a space on your most easily accessible bookshelf" - BaseballGB"fascinating" - Chicago Tribune"unrivaled in its description of baseball's presence on the other side of the Atlantic...definitive" - The Guardian"a comprehensive, handy reference guide to everything you need to know about America's Pastime on the Old Continent" - MLB.com"good read...covers the history of baseball in over 40 European countries" - Toronto Sun.

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Book Synopsis From the end of the Mongol Empire to today, Russian history is a tale of cultural, political, economic and military interaction with Western powers. The depth of this relationship has created a geopolitical dilemma: Russia has persistently been both attracted to and at odds with Western ideas and technological development, which have tended to threaten Russia''s sense of identity and create destabilizing divisions within society. Simultaneously, deepening involvement in Western international affairs brought meddling in Russian domestic politics and military invasion. This book examines how the centuries-old Western threat has shaped Russia''s political and strategic structures, creating a culture of security rooted in vigilance against Western influence and interference.Table of Contents Preface Introduction. Aspiring to Foes: Russia's "Constitutive Other" and ­Security-Vigilance Norm Cycle I: 1505–1620s Chapter 1. From Religious to Political Others: Muscovite Russia's First Western Encounters Chapter 2. The Smuta and the Birth of Russia's Security Norm Cycle II: 1630–1825 Chapter 3. From Smuta to Early Enlightenment and Schism Chapter 4. Peter the Great and the Great Dislocation Chapter 5. Europeanization and Dislocation in the 18th Century Chapter 6. Russia's Security Dilemma Manifest Cycle III: 1826–1922 Chapter 7. Cursed Solutions: Reactionary Reconstitution and Reformist Displacement Chapter 8. Devils: West and East Chapter 9. The Whirlwind: Russian February–German October Cycle IV: 1922–2008 Chapter 10. The Devils in Power: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Vigilantism Chapter 11. From "Common European Home" to the Eurasian Alternative Conclusion. The Russian Dilemma and Security Norm Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis King Henry V saw his reign and military efforts in France as a holy crusade to reclaim the French throne for his ancestors. Almost everything he did was governed by a well-thought-out philosophy that united political power, religious devotion and military success. This book includes the most up-to-date research on Henry V''s reign, with a focus on historiography. His role in English history, as well as his actions as a ruler and military commander, are discussed throughout the text. This approach demonstrates how historians interact with a complicated academic literature that oscillates between hero worship and vilification of Henry. In the end, Henry V is measured by the standards of his day and was unquestionably a successful warrior king.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Maps and Illustrations viiiTimelineThe Central CharactersPrefaceIntroduction: Constructing and Deconstructing the Legend of Henry VThe Measure of Greatness 5Debating Shakespeare's Warrior King: A Historiographic Overview 8One. Authority in Crisis: The Valois and Lancastrian DynastiesChristendom in Crisis 19The Valois Dynasty and the Hundred Years War 20The Lancastrian Dynasty: Rebellion, Regicide, and Redemption 25The Mad King and the Warrior King: Charles VI and Henry V 30Two. The Usurper's Son: Prince HalFrom Prince Hal to King Henry V 36Family Life and the Education of a Prince 38From Hostage to Heir to the Throne 44Three. The Sins of the Father: Expiation and RestorationA Funeral Fit for a King 55The Enduring Scandal of Usurpation 56Atonement and Reformation 61Four. Contracting with God for Holy WarPenance and Oblations 68Liturgical Quid Pro Quo 70Memento Mori 74Five. Holy War: The Scourge of GodA New Man: The Grace of Coronation and Conquest 79  Modeling Holy War 81Waging Holy War 85Six. Miraculous Victory: AgincourtThe Myth of Agincourt 93The Norman Invasion and the Siege of Harfleur 99The Battle of Agincourt 102The Massacre of Prisoners 114"God Fought for Us": Remembering a Miracle 121Seven. From Warrior King to Cradle King: The Treaty of Troyes and Henry VIThe Treaty of Troyes 125Henry VI and the Dual Monarchy 131Eight. A Just and Holy Warrior?Romanticism, Revisionism, and Judgment 135Suggestions for Further ReadingChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTells the story of French feminism between 1944 and 1981, when feminism played a central political role in the history of France. The key women during this epoch were often leftists committed to a materialist critique of society and were part of a postwar tradition that produced widespread social change, revamping the workplace and laws governing everything from abortion to marriage.Trade Review"In an entanglement of opinions and assumptions, Greenwald thoroughly iterates the principal arguments and struggles of this time and any scholar researching feminism, or perhaps simply a curious reader, would do well to pick up this book."—Celina Vargas, French Review"Scholars of twentieth-century feminist history on both sides of the Atlantic will want to take note of Lisa Greenwald's comprehensive account of the ideological debates that underpinned feminist-led public policy changes in postwar France."—Sandra Reineke, American Historical Review“‘Femininity and womanhood had long been expressions of women’s power and the root of their identity in French society,’ writes Lisa Greenwald. Her lively, smart, and thoroughly researched book shows how those terms—and the power arrangements and identities they stood for—were revised, reinterpreted, and repudiated. . . . The fiftieth anniversary of May ’68 will direct new attention to its powerful aftershocks. Feminism was one of those aftershocks, and Greenwald’s book will be part of our reappraisal of this historical moment.”In an entanglement of opinions and assumptions, Greenwald thoroughly iterates the principal arguments and struggles of this time and any scholar researching feminism, or perhaps simply a curious reader, would do well to pick up this book. Judith G. Coffin, associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin“Lisa Greenwald introduces anglophone audiences to the breadth and depth of second-wave feminism in France. Her bold analysis encompasses much more than theory by restoring to us the complexity of the activist components of the Mouvement de Libération des Femmes.”—Karen Offen, senior scholar, Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University“Finally! In her remarkable book on the history of French feminism after World War II, Lisa Greenwald restores overlooked feminist activists of the 1950s and 1960s to their rightful place. Embedding them in their changing historical context, Greenwald follows feminism through upheaval and fracture after 1968, exploring both the unresolved dilemmas and the profound changes feminists brought about.”—Sarah Fishman, associate dean for undergraduate studies, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Houston“A solid and well-documented investigation into the Women’s Liberation Movement in France: its actions, its components, its relations with previous generations, and its painful internal conflicts. It reveals the very important role played by radical and materialist feminists. It is an effective antidote against the invention of ‘French feminism’ by some American scholars.”—Sylvie Chaperon, professor of contemporary and gender history at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Laboratory FRAMESPA“This is the book you need in order to grasp the complex history of French Second-Wave Feminism.”—Bibia Pavard, senior lecturer in history, Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Analysis of Media (CARISM) at the University Paris II"In the United States, there remains the belief that French feminism of the second wave is only a literary and/or theoretical movement, leaving in the shadow its political struggles, internal conflicts, and their real impacts. The novelty of this work is to place the women's liberation movement in the historical and intellectual contexts in which it emerged and grew . . . Lisa Greenwald's book will therefore be of interest in more than one way: not only does it offer, for the first time on the other side of the Atlantic, a history of the women's liberation movement in France and highlights—in a comparative perspective with the United States movement by example—the peculiarities that cross it. It also lets us French readers see a new approach to second wave feminism by placing it in a longer time frame—by linking it to the French political and intellectual context and to the first writings and first actions of women (mainly since the end of World War II)."—Archives du Feminisme"Daughters of 1968: Redefining French Feminism and the Women's Liberation Movement, is the story of modern-day French feminism which was both impactful and full of intellectual and personal conflict."—Marshal Zeringue, Page 99 TestTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Reigniting French Feminism for the Twentieth Century 1. Liberation and Rethinking Gender Roles: 1944–1950 2. Reform and Consensus: Feminism in the 1950s and 1960s 3. The May Events and the Birth of Second-Wave Feminism: 1968–1970 4. New Feminist Theory and Feminist Practice: The Early 1970s 5. The Mouvement de Libération des Femmes and the Fight for Reproductive Freedom: 1970–19796. Takeover? Feminists In and Out of Party Politics: The Late 1970s 7. Who Owns Women’s Liberation? The Campaigns for French Women Not a Conclusion: The Socialist Party’s Ascendancy and French Feminism’s Second Wave Appendix: The Feminist Press in France, 1968–1981 Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNietzsche's reputation, like much of Europe, lay in ruins in 1945. Giving a platform to a philosopher venerated by the Nazis was not an attractive prospect for Germans eager to cast off Hitler's shadow. It was only when two ambitious antifascist Italians, Giorgio Colli and Mazzino Montinari, began to comb through the archives that anyone warmed to the idea of rehabilitating Nietzsche as a major European philosopher. Their goal was to interpret Nietzsche's writings in a new way and free them from the posthumous falsification of his work. The problem was that 10,000 barely legible pages were housed behind the Iron Curtain in the German Democratic Republic, where Nietzsche had been officially designated an enemy of the state. In 1961, Montinari moved from Tuscany to the home of actually existing socialism to decode the real Nietzsche under the watchful eyes of the Stasi. But he and Colli would soon realize that the French philosophers making use of their edition were questioning the idea of the authentic text and of truth itself. Felsch retraces the journey of the two Italian editors and their edition, telling a gripping and unlikely story of how one of Europe's most controversial philosophers was resurrected from the baleful clutch of the Nazis and transformed into an icon of postmodern thought.

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Book Synopsis'She imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience ... and ably manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personality ... Whoop, whoop! If anyone can find me another clutch of rebel princesses, let's get crowd-funding.' Hermione Eyre, SpectatorVirginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized – and largely mythical – notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great English king, Edward I. The lives of these sisters – Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary and Elizabeth – ran the full gamut of experiences open to royal women in the Middle Ages. Living as they did in a courtly culture founded on romantic longing and brilliant pageantry, they knew that a princess was to be chaste yet a mother to many children, preferably sons, meek yet able to influence a recalcitrant husband or even command a host of men-at-arms. Edward’s daughters were of course expected to cement alliances and secure lands and territory by making great dynastic marriages, or endow religious houses with royal favour. But they also skilfully managed enormous households, navigated choppy diplomatic waters and promoted their family’s cause throughout Europe – and had the courage to defy their royal father. They might never wear the crown in their own right, but they were utterly confident of their crucial role in the spectacle of medieval kingship. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, Daughters of Chivalry offers a rich portrait of these spirited Plantagenet women. With their libraries of beautifully illustrated psalters and tales of romance, their rich silks and gleaming jewels, we follow these formidable women throughout their lives and see them – at long last – shine from out of the shadows, revealing what it was to be a princess in the Age of Chivalry.Trade ReviewA stunning and intricately researched portrayal of five extraordinary women whose stories have until now remained in the shadows. The author shatters many of the myths surrounding the lives of medieval princesses and brings them to life in all their startling modernity. -- Tracy BormanA much needed book - the first for over a century to turn the spotlight on the daughters of Eleanor of Castile and Edward I. Kelcey Wilson-Lee does a wonderful job of bringing these young women, whose lives have to be reconstructed largely from the small print of the account books, to vibrant life. What is even better, she manages to uncover their very different personalities - right down to their taste in clothes! The royal family of the late thirteenth century truly comes alive in her hands. -- Sara Cockerill, author of Eleanor of CastileWilson-Lee is a diligent historian, a dogged researcher and an engaging writer. -- Gerard DeGroot * The Times *She imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience ... and able manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personality ... Whoop, whoop! If anyone can find me another clutch of rebel princesses, let's get crowd-funding. -- Hermione Eyre * The Spectator *Fascinating . . . this is an informative book, also a very enjoyable one. -- Allan Massie * Catholic Herald *Table of ContentsSection - i: List of Illustrations Section - ii: Family Tree Section - iii: Maps Introduction - vi: Introduction Chapter - 1: Coronation Chapter - 2: Betrothal Chapter - 3: Family Chapter - 4: Vows Chapter - 5: Growing Up Chapter - 6: Union Chapter - 7: Three Deaths Chapter - 8: Alliance Chapter - 9: Ladies of War Chapter - 10: Unconstrained Chapter - 11: Acquiescence and Insubordination Chapter - 12: Crisis Chapter - 13: Homecoming Chapter - 14: Companionship Chapter - 15: Opulence Chapter - 16: The Storm Approaches Chapter - 17: Death Returns Chapter - 18: Another Coronation Section - v: Epilogue Acknowledgements - vi: Acknowledgements Section - vii: Notes Section - viii: Select Bibliography Index - ix: Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of the Black Sea as a source of Mediterranean slaves stretches from ancient Greek colonies to human trafficking networks in the present day. At its height during the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, the Black Sea slave trade was not the sole source of Mediterranean slaves; Genoese, Venetian, and Egyptian merchants bought captives taken in conflicts throughout the region, from North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, the Balkans, and the Aegean Sea. Yet the trade in Black Sea slaves provided merchants with profit and prestige; states with military recruits, tax revenue, and diplomatic influence; and households with the service of women, men, and children. Even though Genoa, Venice, and the Mamluk sultanate of Egypt and Greater Syria were the three most important strands in the web of the Black Sea slave trade, they have rarely been studied together. Examining Latin and Arabic sources in tandem, Hannah Barker shows that Christian and Muslim inhabitants of the Mediterranean shared a set of assumptions and practices that amounted to a common culture of slavery. Indeed, the Genoese, Venetian, and Mamluk slave trades were thoroughly entangled, with wide-ranging effects. Genoese and Venetian disruption of the Mamluk trade led to reprisals against Italian merchants living in Mamluk cities, while their participation in the trade led to scathing criticism by supporters of the crusade movement who demanded commercial powers use their leverage to weaken the force of Islam. Reading notarial registers, tax records, law, merchants' accounts, travelers' tales and letters, sermons, slave-buying manuals, and literary works as well as treaties governing the slave trade and crusade propaganda, Barker gives a rich picture of the context in which merchants traded and enslaved people met their fate.Trade ReviewThis is a significant, interesting, and well-written book about an important topic in the late medieval history of the Mediterranean region and neighboring countries. Hannah Barker describes in detail and convincingly analyzes the robust trade of slaves who passed first through the Black Sea and then spread over much of the Mediterranean basin, as well as the experience of these slaves. * Speculum *Undoubtably a significant and detailed contribution to our understanding of medieval slavery and of medieval economies . . . Hannah Barker's book is a thorough and engaging evaluation of late medieval slave trading practices in the Mediterranean . . . an impressive survey of slavery in the eastern Mediterranean from the initial grant of Black Sea trading privileges to these groups in the second half of the 13th century to the commercial shifts caused by Ottoman conquest in the late-15th century. * Reviews in History *[T]his excellent book is now the starting point for any discussion of the Black Sea and Mediterranean slave trade in the later Middle Ages . . . It has brilliantly synthesised the Arabic and Latin-Italian documentary and scholarly traditions, and offers a robust empirical contribution in its deployment of archival material hitherto either unpublished or merely summarised. Its seminal discussion of race and colour in the Middle Ages deserves the attention of all historians of slavery, while its positing of religious difference as the framework in which Mediterranean slavery was conceptualised is likely to be a touchstone for any future scholarship. * Al-Masāq *Hannah Barker’s That Most Precious Merchandise is one of the most important contributions to the historiography on the medieval slave trade. In particular, it provides a much-needed focus on the trade system that carried slaves from the Black Sea into the Mediterranean during the later Middle Ages. The strength of the book lies in the author’s analysis of the three main importers of these slaves—Genoa, Venice, and the Mamluk sultanate—making it one of the few studies to successfully examine source material in Latin, Italian, and Arabic from these three perspectives… [A]n impeccably researched and incredibly detailed study that brings together a wealth of published and unpublished source material from an impressive range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds. It is an excellent book and Barker should be congratulated on writing what should become regarded as one of the most important works on the medieval slave trade. * International Journal of Middle East Studies *Barker has suggested that a common slave culture encompassed the Black Sea, Genoa, Venice, and the Mamluk Sultanate and that this commonality is a key to the study of slavery in this period. From now on, this book will be the fundamental place to begin for students of this sorry trade and its sequels. * The Mediterranean Seminar Review *The Most Precious Merchandise succeeds in painting a compelling picture of the Mediterranean trade in Black Sea slaves and the interdependencies between the various parties . . . It is a successful example of looking at the Mediterranean as one large, coherent area of study, * H-DIPLO *This is an exciting and remarkable piece of historical research. It will provide useful stimulus to contemporary scholarship, a model for how to do rigorous thinking about shared Mediterranean cultures, as well as a valuable introduction for undergraduates to how medieval Mediterranean slavery functioned generally...Barker has produced a book that is empirically rich, precise in its thinking, and clear in its writing. It is rich and thought-provoking, and ought to be read by students and specialists alike. * Thee Medieval Review *Exhaustively researched, meticulously argued, and beautifully written, That Most Precious Merchandise engages questions hotly debated among historians about how 'premoderns' conceptualized and understood differences between peoples. At the same time, it conclusively demonstrates how the slave markets of medieval Italy and Mamluk Egypt were two branches of a single system. * Debra Blumenthal, University of California, Santa Barbara *

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Book SynopsisThis book explores continuities in the extra-marital relationships of the gentry and nobility in the north of England. A major contribution to debates on sex and marriage, family, kinship and gender, it challenges assumptions about the impact of Protestantism and other changes to elite culture. -- .

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