This book examines three major interlocking components of the Pacific war that took place between Japan and the allied f......more
This book places sports in a global historical context in order to show how they influence world politics and the world ......more
One of the most durable eighteenth-century writers, Joseph Addison (1672-1719) is best remembered for his sparkling and ......more
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’Here’s your chance to learn and enjoy Big History in a slightly ’deranged’ romp.’ Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, Australian scie......more
Most of us give little thought to the back of the book--it’s just where you go to look things up. But as Dennis Duncan r......more
Praise for a previous title in the series: Fifty Minerals that Changed the Course of History Interesting, affordable and......more
This collection takes a case study approach to enter into and explore spaces of ’Second-Third World’ interaction during ......more
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A broad, comparative and trans-Atlantic approach to the Age of Revolutions Cutting across disciplines and linguistic bor......more
There have been numerous books on genocide in the last twenty years, but To Kill a People, Second Edition offers a diffe......more
A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the "cropscape"--the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and plac......more
This collection takes a multi-perspective approach in the study of empire and commodities beyond temporal and spatial bo......more
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An exciting and humorous take on twenty pivotal moments of history and what would have happened if things had gone diffe......more
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From the acclaimed author of The Romanovs--a magisterial history of humanity viewed through the lens of its most powerfu......more
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This book is a systematic investigation of the origins and nature of the international society of today. The work of a s......more
This is the fantastical, yet real, story of the merchants of Bethlehem, the young men who traveled to every corner of th......more
This is the fantastical, yet real, story of the merchants of Bethlehem, the young men who traveled to every corner of th......more
A dynamic historian revisits the workers’ internationals, whose scope and significance are commonly overlooked. In curre......more
For many residents of Western nations, COVID-19 was the first time they experienced the effects of an uncontrolled epide......more
For many residents of Western nations, COVID-19 was the first time they experienced the effects of an uncontrolled epide......more
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From the author of American Rule and the host of The Muckrake podcast, an ambitious account of the rise of "the West" in......more
The 1978 publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism unsettled the world. Over two decades earlier Aimé Césaire had famousl......more
After a summit in Belgrade in September 1961, socialist Yugoslavia, led by President Josip Broz Tito until his death in ......more
This book explores how American sports, especially basketball, baseball and American football, have projected the US int......more
This book explores how American sports, especially basketball, baseball and American football, have projected the US int......more
The astonishing biography of one of the world’s most influential books. During the thirteenth century, the Persian natur......more
In the history of the Ottoman Empire, the seventeenth century has often been considered an anomaly, characterized by pol......more
’THE history book for now. This is why and how historians do what they do. And why they need to’ Dan Snow ’What is Histo......more
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Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate milli......more
How the history of liberal order and democratic politics since the 1930s explains ongoing threats to democracy and inter......more
A fact-based book that highlights political assassins in history. The book includes the stories of the assassins rather ......more
Provide a coherent chronological KS3 history curriculum with 50 knowledge-rich lessons on medieval world history. Spark ......more
Provide a coherent chronological KS3 history curriculum with 50 knowledge-rich lessons on modern world history. Spark pu......more
Provide a coherent chronological KS3 history curriculum with 50 knowledge-rich lessons on twentieth century world histor......more
This collection follows the extraordinary careers of nine colonial subjects who won seats in high-level parliamentary in......more
Around the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure exploitation, lack of basic rights, and institutionalize......more
Around the world, hundreds of millions of labor migrants endure exploitation, lack of basic rights, and institutionalize......more
A global perspective on the demand for and production of copper. Over the past two centuries, industrial societies hungr......more
Bringing together scholarship from across the social sciences and humanities, this handbook critically examines the rela......more
Flooded Pasts examines a world famous yet critically underexamined event--UNESCO’s International Campaign to Save the Mo......more
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’Fascinating and richly documented . . . Few books manage to be so informative and so entertaining.’Sunday Times The Uto......more
This open access book explores the ways in which the global south reimagined the future world order at the end of the Se......more
Volume II of The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean focuses on the latest era of Pacific history, examining the peri......more
Volume I of The Cambridge History of the Pacific Ocean provides a wide-ranging survey of Pacific history to 1800. It foc......more
The accelerating threat of climate change challenges us to analyze our own communities’ relationships with the wider wor......more