How architecture in Belgium, from its very beginnings, has epitomized modernity and singularity. Since the foundation of......more

"Sharp and compelling"--Sarah Neville, Financial Times "Insightful"--Rafael Behr, The Guardian An engaging, inclusive hi......more

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The two great Western technological revolutions of the past, the invention of movable type in the fifteenth century and ......more

The Avro Vulcan is one of the most striking aircraft ever made - its enormous wing stretching back from an improbably th......more

Contemporary screen industries such as film and television have become primary sites for visualizing borders, migration,......more

If history were music, then the genre of this book would be punk. For nearly 400 years, it has been widely accepted that......more

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

The Spanish American War of 1898 is a significant conflict. It marked a milestone in the development of the United State......more

The first stand-alone history of the old village of Milltown, County Dublin, this book spans a period of 4,000 years and......more

Ireland’s maritime climate combined with its history of demesnes has provided important gardens which are rich in artist......more

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The Shape of War stems from the need to bring together in one volume the diverse experiences of modern Western counterin......more

There have been two major studies in recent years that have explored the roles and responsibilities of British generals ......more

On New Year’s Day 1940, the people of Britain looked back on the first four months of the Second World War with a sort o......more

This is a very timely study of Russia’s development into a global energy power from the Russian Revolution to the presen......more

What are the hierarchies and politics of knowledge production in the Balkans in contemporary academia? Are the Balkans a......more

How did Hitler’s personal religious beliefs help to shape the development of National Socialism? Through close analysis ......more

The city of Galway has a rich body of historic buildings that date from its establishment in the thirteenth century to t......more

Gerald Boland (Gearóid Ó Beoláin) Irish militant revolutionary, politician and statesman, has until now ranked amongst t......more

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For several months in 1943, seven young airmen, all volunteers, were molded into an RAF crew tasked with undertaking per......more

I am a soldier and a ranger - a specialist in reconnaissance, intelligence, and covert operations. I never wanted to be ......more

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Counter-hagiography and counter-biography besmirch foundational figures held dear by different religious, political, or ......more

In this book, Dr. Robert Edwards brings a fresh, mathematical perspective to the Voynich manuscript and sets out a strat......more

At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the south Connacht lordships of Clanrickard and Hy Many lay beyond the effect......more

Through a collection of essays that reflect the complexity of the island’s historical past as it operates today, Public ......more

The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland describes the emergence, long dominance, sudden division, and recent decline of I......more

Taking inspiration from a police informer’s comment that his workmates had gone "Spain mad" in response to the Spanish C......more

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Half a million European Roma were exterminated by the Nazi regime; many more were subjected to a policy of racial discri......more

Radical domestic politics, musical experimentation, advancing technology and the influence of migration from Europe and ......more

Socialist Women and the Great War: Protest, Revolution and Commemoration, an open access book, is the first transnationa......more

Neither use nor ornament is a book about personal productivity, narrated from the perspective of its obstacles: clutter ......more

Discover the fascinating story of the Albanian people, whose rich heritage dates back to the ancient Illyrians, inhabita......more

​In the postwar years, Dutch survivors Eddy de Wind, Louis Micheels, and Elie A. Cohen, who went on to become practicing......more

Alford Dalrymple Gardner is one of the few living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush. Now published for......more

In November 1923, the Royal Navy dispatched what was named the Special Service Squadron on a ten-month tour around the B......more

The church annexes of late antique Cyprus were bustling places of industry, producing olive oil, flour, bread, ceramics,......more

Rachel Bayvel covers some 1100 years of the more dramatic history of the Shapiros from the 11th century to 20th century.......more

This book examines the Cyprus crisis of 1967-74 and pays particular attention to the specific objectives of the Greek ju......more

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Written by one of the most distinguished scholars of the twentieth century, Nicolae Iorga, The Byzantine Empire presents......more

Philosophers from Europe and colonial America engaged in heated debates about the morality of slavery in the sixteenth a......more

Philosophers from Europe and colonial America engaged in heated debates about the morality of slavery in the sixteenth a......more

Before Hungary’s transition from communism to democracy, local dissidents and like-minded intellectuals, activists, and ......more

A focused, illustrated history and analysis of perhaps the most complete air power victory in modern times, NATO’s war a......more

Decades tend to crest halfway through, and 1995 was the year of the Nineties: peak Britpop (Oasis v Blur), peak YBA (Tra......more

Visual Culture of Post-Industrial Europe investigates visual cultural projects in Europe from the 1970s onwards in respo......more

Miller examines Britain and Japan’s involvement in the Middle East peace process after the October war of 1973 and how i......more

This book is the first academic all-island history of either rugby union or association football, two of the three most ......more

Humanistic studies has been subjected to critiques from the inside of the university disciplines and shrinking support s......more

The London to Brighton Historic Commercial Vehicle run is one of the premier events in the calendar for preserved commer......more

Throughout the twentieth century in the lands of Yugoslavia, socialists embarked on multiple projects of supranational u......more

The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990: Retreat and Revival is the first book to cover this subject in depth fo......more

In 2022, Russia heightened its initial 2014 assault and launched its imperialist full-scale war against Ukraine. The Kre......more

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The Labour Party, Housing and Urban Transformation explores how the urban transformation of Britain between 1945 and 197......more

In the years after the First World War, thousands of men who had fought on the battlefields were drawn back to the Weste......more

Since its founding in 1921, the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) at the University of London has seen students and......more

In this unprecedented series exploring the big story of the Battle of Britain, renowned historian Dilip Sarkar investiga......more

This multi- and interdisciplinary book will offer novel environmental history (EH) research on Dinaric Karst, one of Eur......more