At a time when it’s all too easy to see history in black-and-white terms, historian Jacques R. Pauwels urges readers to ......more
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Infectious disease has been the biggest threat to human life throughout history, and specific outbreaks have imprinted t......more
Infectious disease has been the biggest threat to human life throughout history, and specific outbreaks have imprinted t......more
Typically we think of power as economic, political, or military, but fictional narratives attached to kings, empires, re......more
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A famous White European male named Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) toured colonial South Africa and South, Southeast, and East ......more
What can a Roman coin, a Chumash shell necklace, and a Bitcoin tell us about world history? This book traces the surpris......more
Think you know your history? This game of trivia will put your knowledge to the test with over 1,200 questions. You migh......more
"Cooper is a phenomenon...a gifted collector of historical jigsaw pieces." --Max Hastings, The Times (UK) Based on the p......more
A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 1700-1918 proposes a new language for studying and conceptualizing the space......more
This open access book uses new methodologies from the history and sociology of emotions to analyse why people select spe......more
The post-WWII era was a time of superpower confrontation and antagonistic bloc politics, but it was also a period in whi......more
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Wooden barrels have facilitated the past 2000 years of commerce. During the height of their demand from the 1400s to the......more
PREMIUM PRACTICE FOR A PERFECT 5--WITH THE MOST PRACTICE ON THE MARKET! Ace the digital AP World History: Modern Exam wi......more
From the mid-seventeenth to early eighteenth century, a wide network of English-speaking men, women, and children took u......more
A sweeping history of the World Cup told exclusively from a South American perspective. It’s a story of artistry and gri......more
Reframing India in World History breaks the stereotypical portrayal of India based on misconstrued historical theories. ......more
A groundbreaking new lens on human history arguing that data has always been the seed of power--those who hold it have d......more
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PREP SMARTER WITH BARRON’S. Barron’s AP World History: Modern Premium, 2027 delivers 5 full-length practice tests and in......more
How do socio-environmental conflicts and entanglements relate to small and large-scale mining and energy projects? Volum......more
A comprehensive new history of Shanghai, revealing its vital place in Chinese history and politics across the centuries ......more
A group portrait of six of the finest historians of the First World War In Disputing Disaster, Perry Anderson picks out ......more
How Spanish and Portuguese colonialism shaped our conception of whiteness A landmark treatment of a pivotal historical q......more
How Spanish and Portuguese colonialism shaped our conception of whiteness A landmark treatment of a pivotal historical q......more
WINNER OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS’ WALDO GIFFORD LELAND AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE AND USEFULNESS IN ARCHIVAL HISTO......more
This volume establishes the historical foundations of the modern circus, tracing its development from pre-Astley enterta......more
This volume contextualizes the circus as a cultural force in North America during the long nineteenth century. Individua......more
This volume of documentary sources and critical commentary provides a history of circus in Australia in the long ninetee......more
From the early nineteenth century, Indian itinerant artists have been journeying to the imperial centers. The emerging I......more
This is a history of circus clowning in the long nineteenth century, told through original documents. It demonstrates ho......more
A vivid history of how Protestantism was spread across the globe, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century Protestan......more
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The period between 1923-1950 is seen as the golden age of secularism in the Turkish Republic, but how true is this? The ......more
At the turn of the twentieth century, life in Ottoman Syria was upended by European and US colonial and capital expansio......more
At the turn of the twentieth century, life in Ottoman Syria was upended by European and US colonial and capital expansio......more
This colorful post-World War II history brings to life a crucial yet understudied period, through the eyes of both major......more
Upends current thinking about how early modern people started to conceptualize human beings in terms of populations. Blo......more
Upends current thinking about how early modern people started to conceptualize human beings in terms of populations. Blo......more
The rise of German science and technology in the nineteenth century had a significant impact on food production on a glo......more
This textbook explores vital networks and relationships among geographies and cultures that shaped medieval societies. D......more
This textbook explores vital networks and relationships among geographies and cultures that shaped medieval societies. D......more
Mankind has come a long way since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, but how did we get to where we are today? Th......more
From an acclaimed historian, a sweeping study of the past, present, and future of the Great Powers, revealing the new ru......more
This volume explores how the quest for security reshaped the world over the course of the 19th century, altering the str......more
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twenti......more
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twenti......more
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World history continues to evolve as one of the most popular and widely discussed approaches to the study of history. Th......more
World history continues to evolve as one of the most popular and widely discussed approaches to the study of history. Th......more
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We live in an age of counterrevolution. Liberal elites around the world are weaponizing their fascistic narratives, crea......more
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An epic tale of war, revolution, economic crisis, and social transformation told through the story of twelve historic so......more
History’s greatest debates, served at the dinner table What if you could witness history’s most pivotal controversies as......more
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"I began reading the Bible at my father’s bedside." During the last weeks of his father’s life, Aldo Cazzullo begins rer......more
An exploration of the global language of play--and its local accents. There is an inherent contradiction in play: it is ......more
An exploration of the global language of play--and its local accents. There is an inherent contradiction in play: it is ......more
This lavish full-color reference guide explores the fascinating history of the substance that changed the modern world: ......more
The creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity’s deep past, showing us how our world was ......more
From an acclaimed archaeological writer, a worldwide history of hunting Hunting is one of humanity’s most ancient and un......more
A capacious history of decolonization from the decline of empires to the era of globalization Empires, until recently, w......more
In this ambitious and groundbreaking history of the dollar, financial journalist and economic scholar Brendan Greeley ma......more
Food and Gender: Making the Modern World places food and gender at the center of the human experience and through this c......more
Food and Gender: Making the Modern World places food and gender at the center of the human experience and through this c......more
In the half century before the First World War Britain simultaneously expanded its empire and globalized its economy. Th......more
This volume features a variety of primary sources by nineteenth-century women from around the globe, whose work focuses ......more
This volume features a variety of primary sources by nineteenth-century women from around the globe, whose work focuses ......more
This volume features a variety of primary sources by nineteenth-century women from around the globe, whose work focuses ......more
This volume features a variety of primary sources by nineteenth-century women from around the globe, whose work focuses ......more
This book explores Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron’s geopolitical vision over his lifetime to analyse and underst......more
A bold new history of Europe, from ancient Greece to the Russian invasion of Ukraine What do we talk about when we talk ......more
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The often-forgotten global story of how the Confederacy lost its bid for sovereign nationhood In 1861, proslavery secess......more
A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empires Imperial conquest and colonization depend......more
The Mongol Empire changed the world, but early chronicles of its conquests, written from regional perspectives and widel......more
Time is an essential dimension of our shared understandings of the historical significance or fairness of a particular e......more
A comprehensive study of the New Christian elite of Jewish origin--prominent traders, merchants, bankers and men of lett......more
Humans have long transformed the planet, scratching its surface for stones and ores, planting and harvesting crops, spar......more