David Parrott's book offers a major re-evaluation of the last year of the Fronde - the political upheaval between 1648 and 1652 - in the making of seventeenth-century France. In late December 1651, C ... Read more
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In the autumn of 1777, near Saratoga, New York, an inexperienced and improvised American army led by General Horatio Gates faced off against the highly trained British and German forces led by General ... Read more
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1777: Tipping Point at Saratoga covers the history of the thirty-three days of the Saratoga campaign. Utilizing historical archaeology and the words of the men and women that served in both armies, wo ... Read more
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1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. In 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution, leading historian of World War One, David Stevenson, ... Read more
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1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. In 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution, leading historian of World War One, David Stevenson, ... Read more
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Germany's financial collapse in the summer of 1931 was one of the biggest economic catastrophes of modern history.
1931 - Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler is the first concise account of ... Read more
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This volume publishes in full for the first time all known cuneiform manuscripts of an Akkadian calendar treatise that is unified by the theme of Babylonia's invasion. It was composed in the milieu of ... Read more
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The first book in English to specifically address the history of loneliness
Provides a rich and important contribution to the histories of emotion, the body, social history and medical history
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Sarah B. Pomeroy; Stanley M. Burstein; Jennifer Tolbert Roberts
Pub date
Jul 2014
Key terms (boldfaced at their first appearance) and an extensive glossary
Uniquely in-depth coverage of social and cultural topics including women and family life, material culture, religion, law ... Read more
Sarah B. Pomeroy; Stanley M. Burstein; Walter Donlan; Jennifer Tolbert Roberts; David W. Tandy; Georgia Tsouvala
Pages
464 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
191 x 235 mm
Pub date
Sep 2019
Provides uniquely in-depth coverage of social and cultural topics including women and family life, material culture, religion, law, homosexuality, slavery, athletics, and life in the countryside
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