Histoire / Histoire par pays / Europe

A Complete Guide to Heraldry

de Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

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10,79 $

Historical Dictionary of Cyprus

de Farid Mirbagheri

From ancient times to the present, the history of Cyprus is provided in this useful reference, which includes hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on its historical, political, social, cultural, and...

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57,79 $

How Fat Was Henry VIII?

de Raymond Lamont Brown

Ever wondered how fat Henry VIII really was? Or what made Mary I 'Bloody'? Over many hundreds of years royalty has had its fair share of accidents, rumours, scandals, misrepresentations and misconceptions. This...

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14,49 $

Sedition: Everyday Resistance in the Soviet Union under Khrushchev and Brezhnev

de Vladimir A. Kozlov & Prof. Sheila Fitzpatrick

This book explores Soviet prosecution records to tell the hidden story of ordinary citizens who were arrested for expressing discontent during the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years.

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66,49 $

Historical Dictionary of the Catalans

de Helena Buffery

Historical Dictionary of the Catalans deals not only with the people who live in Catalonia, but with the language and culture of the Catalan countries. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay,...

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61,49 $

Historical Dictionary of Kosovo

de Robert Elsie

This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Kosovo relates the history of Kosovo through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries...

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64,99 $

Germany in the Modern World: A New History

de Sam A. Mustafa

With a careful blend of concision and rich detail, Sam A. Mustafa's readable and lively text traces German history from Roman times to the present, placing particular emphasis on the past three centuries. Mustafa...

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21,29 $

Russia's Cold War: From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall

de Jonathan Haslam

The phrase ";Cold War"; was coined by George Orwell in 1945 to describe the impact of the atomic bomb on world politics: ";We may be heading not for a general breakdown but for an epoch as horribly stable as...

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38,99 $

Mozart and the Nazis: How the Third Reich Abused a Cultural Icon

de Erik Levi

Despite the apparent incompatibility between Mozart';s humanitarian and cosmopolitan outlook and Nazi ideology, the Third Reich tenaciously promoted the great composer';s music to further the goals of the fascist...

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40,99 $

Deathride: Hitler vs. Stalin - The Eastern Front, 1941-1945

de John Mosier

The German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, began a war that lasted nearly four years and created by far the bloodiest theater in World War II. In the conventional narrative of this war, Hitler...

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11,66 $

Deuxième Guerre ...

1945-1989

Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union in the Early Cold War

de Svetozar Rajak

This book provides a comprehensive insight into one of the key episodes of the Cold War - the process of reconciliation between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.

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137,49 $

Reassessing Cold War Europe

de Sari Autio-Sarasmo & Katalin Miklóssy

This book presents a comprehensive reassessment of Europe in the Cold War period, 1945-91. It shows that relations between East and West were based not only on confrontation and mutual distrust, but also on...

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142,29 $

Diaspora Literature and Visual Culture

de Sheng-mei Ma

This book offers an incisive and ambitious critique of Asian Diaspora culture, looking specifically at literature and visual popular culture. Sheng-mei Ma's engaging text discusses issues of self and its relationship...

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124,99 $

The Victorian Reinvention of Race

de Edward Beasley

Not until the early nineteenth century would polygenetic and racialist theories win many adherents. But by the middle of the nineteenth century in England, racial categories were imposed upon humanity. How the...

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124,99 $

Shingu

de Arne Kalland

Shing?, on the northern shores of Kyushu is today a suburb of Fukuoka City. Fishing is a slowly-dying occupation and this volume analyses how the fishermen adjust to changing circumstances. Although Japan is...

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117,29 $

The Institutional Dynamics of China's Great Transformation

de Xiaoming Huang

This book examines the role of institutions in China's recent large-scale economic, social and political transformation. Unlike existing literature, it offers perspectives from a variety of disciplines - including...

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142,29 $

The Forum on China- Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)

de Ian Taylor

This book seeks to detail the origins, structure, workings and activities of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and its development over the last nine years.

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121,29 $