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1968
Random House Publishing Group 2003; US$ 17.00In this monumental new book, award-winning author Mark Kurlansky has written his most ambitious work to date: a singular and ultimately definitive look at a pivotal moment in history. With 1968 , Mark Kurlansky brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of that world-changing year of social upheaval. People think of it as the year... more...
The 60s, A Very Peculiar History
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 9.49The 60s, A Very Peculiar History' is a nostalgic celebration of those gloriously giddy years. Filled with fascinating trivia and quirky facts about the Swinging Sixties, David Arscott uniquely explores what made the sixties so different and how the decade has influenced the world today. From a timeline of pivotal historical world events to examining... more...
Access to History for the IB Diploma: The Cold War and the Americas 1945-1981
Hodder Education 2012; US$ 22.38This series has taken the clarity, accessibility, reliability and in-depth analysis of our best-selling Access to History series and tailor-made it for the History IB Diploma. more...
An Age of Progress?
Anthem Press 2008; US$ 35.00An enthralling analysis of the defining social and political events of the twentieth century. more...
Alteuropa - Vormoderne - Neue Zeit.
Duncker & Humblot 2012; US$ 47.44Hauptbeschreibung Der Begriff »Alteuropa«, der vor einigen Jahrzehnten eine große Strahlkraft für Historikerinnen und Historiker der Vormoderne besessen hat, scheint aus der Mode gekommen zu sein. Auch wenn der Begriff viel benutzt wird, herrscht doch kaum Konsens über seinen Gehalt. Eine Diskussion darüber anzustoßen und gleichzeitig Heinz Schilling... more...
The Anglosphere
Stanford University Press 2011; US$ 24.95The Anglosphere refers to a community of English-speaking states, nations, and societies centered on Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which has profoundly influenced the direction of world history and fascinated countless observers. This book argues that the origins of the Anglosphere are racial. Drawing... more...
Auf dem Weg nach Europa
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2010; US$ 53.91Hauptbeschreibung Europa ist in der öffentlichen Diskussion präsent wie nie zuvor. Dabei schwingt immer auch die Frage mit, was dieses Europa denn eigentlich sei. Auch die Geschichtswissenschaft hat sich des Themas Europa in den vergangenen Jahren verstärkt angenommen, doch die Forschung zu den einzelnen europäischen Ländern ist einer integrativen... more...
Barbarism and Civilization
OUP Oxford 2007; US$ 18.99The twentieth century in Europe witnessed some of the most brutish episodes in history. Yet it also saw incontestable improvements in the conditions of existence for most inhabitants of the continent - from rising living standards and dramatically increased life expectancy, to the virtual elimination of illiteracy, and the advance of women, ethnic... more...
Beating Goliath
Potomac Books Inc. 2007; US$ 17.95An urgently needed analysis of why great powers lose asymmetrical wars more...
Bombing Civilians
New Press, The 2010; US$ 19.95Bombing Civilians examines a crucial question: why did military planning in the early twentieth century shift its focus from bombing military targets to bombing civilians? From the British bombing of Iraq in the early 1920s to the most recent policies in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon, Bombing Civilians analyzes in detail the history of... more...









