General Steam Navigation was the oldest steam ship company in the world, dating back to 1824. By the 1930s the company’s......more

Prague is a city that combines age and beauty. The same can be said of its remarkable system of trams. One of the larges......more

With this volume, Dr. Andi Stix and Frank Hrbek thoughtfully guide teachers through three distinct topics: European Expl......more

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Until 1825 Spain controlled a vast colonial empire in the Americas, which stretched from Mexico in the north to Argentin......more

Walter Tull would have been a remarkable individual no matter when he had been born, but to achieve what he did, during ......more

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Until now, one of the most popularly shared views about the origins of the video game industry was that video games star......more

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SHORTLIST FOR MILITARY HISTORY MATTERS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 Weaving together period sources and a fast-paced narrative,......more

In 19th-century Newcastle, women played essential yet underappreciated roles in society, balancing labor, family, and ac......more

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No history of post-war British left-wing activism would be complete without mention of the iconoclastic London Solidarit......more

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the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, apart of the Waffen SS division, remained on the front lines until its retreat......more

A timely, magisterial new history of Churchill’s life and politics, focusing on his dealings with Russia and the Soviet ......more

A critical edition of Guglielmo Sirleto’s unpublished letters is still missing. The partial transcriptions of this large......more

A new history of the Portugal’s Carnation Revolution on its fiftieth anniversary 25 April 1974, Lisbon. Over the course ......more

Britain’s shift in World War II from precision bombing to area bombing, emphasizing the strategic decision to target Ger......more

Operation VERITABLE in winter 1944/45 saw Allied forces overcome mud, floods, and fierce resistance to breach Germany’s ......more

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Follow the Romans through Kingship, Republic, and Empire. Understand their society, their values, their heroes, their vi......more

Explores Queen Victoria’s four daughters-in-law, their diverse personalities, marriages, and royal legacies. Of Queen Vi......more

A chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, Chernobyl Prayer shows what it is like to bear witness, an......more

Prostitutes, beggars, folk healers, peddlers, wandering artists, and bear-leaders: Working at the Margins in Interwar Yu......more

This book looks at the F-16’s use by the USAF in Europe...more

Formally known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, the Warsaw Pact was created on 14 May 195......more

The English Electric Lightning (later known as BAC Lightning) is the first British fighter to achieve twice the speed of......more

The Territorial Force (TF) is often ignored by students of the Great War. However, these ’Saturday Night Soldiers’ playe......more

War was coming. Everyone knew that confrontation with Nazi Germany was inevitable and that London was likely to be a pri......more

This book introduces students to the key concepts of women’s history, gender as a category of analysis, and the history ......more

In 1969 Greece withdrew from the Council of Europe (CoE), following pressure exercised by various European countries, or......more

Lusophone Africa has been neglected in Anglophone historiography. With the exceptions of a narrow set of episodes, figur......more

In this fascinating book, National Army Museum historian Robert Fleming explores the manoeuvring, espionage and intellig......more

The Tholsell Court was established for the settlement of small debts, with the Lord] Mayor and Sheriffs of Dublin presid......more

In this volume, the proceedings of the 2nd Trinity Medieval Ireland Symposium (marking the 700th anniversary of the inva......more

To define the culture of the Christian communities of early Islamic Spain, it is vital to study its origins in the Visig......more

The Irish Famine forced a million Irish to flee to America, where they faced discrimination and hatred as unwanted immig......more

During the Cold War, humanitarianism became the focus of intense debates among intellectuals, politicians, and diplomats......more

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The evolution of the Fenian tradition of story and song, traced over 1,400 years Stories about Fionn macCumhaill (also k......more

In The Greek Fire, Maureen Connors Santelli explores the early global influence of the United States through its fascina......more

Why, where, when, and how should individuals engage in festivities? On the Road to High Modernity traces the modernizati......more

The first English-language book dedicated to the story of the Durruti Column during the Spanish Civil War. On July 24, 1......more

A bold and balanced re-appraisal of New Labour in power. Rewriting the story of New Labour, Glen O’Hara challenges the p......more

The Socialist Global Promise chronicles the journey of the Bosnian global corporation Energoinvest and its workers from ......more

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This new edition of the seminal text explores Britain’s shifting identity from empire to a post-Brexit nation. It examin......more

The English Electric Canberra, Britain’s first jet bomber, served for 50 years in various roles. Developed by English El......more

On 16 November 1916, Lieutenant Geoffrey Dorman took off from Shoreham in a Royal Aircraft Factory FE2b with the intenti......more

Shortly after the creation of the Special Operations Executive in July 1940, the first of its Special Training Schools w......more

A beautifully illustrated compendium of LGBTIQ+ life. A queer scrapbook offers a treasure trove of LGBTIQ+ histories fro......more

Whether you want to explore Jerusalem’s religious sites, visit the awe-inspiring city of Petra, or make the most of Tel-......more

From the 1770s the Vienna bread market was rocked by a series of politico-economic and technological changes that questi......more

The Spanish Second Republic, 1931-1939, has been written about widely and remains mired in antifascist, anti-communist, ......more

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A timeless study of a man who revolutionized the literary landscape. James Joyce (1882-1941) is hailed as one of the gre......more

This book is a work of British diplomatic history that illuminates how Britain’s China officials grappled with China’s c......more

Magic Rays of Light is an original and ambitious history of the largely unknown early years of television in Britain. A ......more

Revisiting the high-stakes politics of 1922, G.H. Bennett unveils how one election transformed Britain’s electoral syste......more

Revisiting the high-stakes politics of 1922, G.H. Bennett unveils how one election transformed Britain’s electoral syste......more

Enjoy the original ideas and heroes of the Greeks: the developers of philosophy, history, drama, geometry, architecture,......more

When the Hungarian king Andrew III died without an heir in 1301, the network of intermarriages that defined medieval Eur......more

The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland has become an indispensable guide to the archaeology of this crucial period in Irela......more

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the EU and NATO have worked together informally over the past decade, s......more