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  • Voice of the Pastby Paul Thompson

    OUP Oxford 2000; US$ 37.12

    In this revised edition of Paul Thompson's successful book, he traces oral history through its own past and weighs up the recent achievements of this international movement. He challenges myths of historical scholarship and looks at the use of oral sources by the historian. The author offers advice on designing a project; discusses reliability of oral evidence; considers the context of the development of historical writing including it's social function.; and looks at memory, theself and the use of drama and therapy. This new edition has been substantially revised and updated and includes an expanded discussion of narrative approaches and new technology used in the recording of information. Reviews from the second edition of Voice of... more...

  • A Companion to Western Historical Thoughtby Sarah Maza; Lloyd Kramer

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 199.95

    This broad survey introduces readers to the major themes, figures, traditions and theories in Western historical thought, tracing its evolution from biblical times to the present. Surveys the evolution of historical thought in the Western World from biblical times to the present day. Provides students with the background to contemporary historical debates and approaches. Serves as a useful reference for researchers and teachers. Includes chapters by 24 leading historians. more...

  • The European Unionby John Pinder

    Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 12.99

    The author shows how and why the Union has developed from 1950. He explains the interplay between governments and federal elements in the institutions; consensus over the single market and the environment; and conflicts over agriculture, social policies, the euro, and frontier controls. more...

  • The Crusades And The Expansion Of Catholic Christendom, 1000-1714by John France

    Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 34.95

    This survey includes illustrations, maps, timelines, further reading guides, and a detailed list of rulers across Europe, and for the first time, chronologically examines the medieval crusades and their impact on European expansion. more...

  • Palgrave Advances in World Historiesby Marnie Hughes-Warrington

    Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2004; US$ 38.00

    World histories vary widely in shape, structure, and range in space and time. In Palgrave Advances in World Histories, ten leading world historians examine the many forms of world history writing, offering an accessible, engaging and comprehensive overview of what it is and what world historians do. Author from Macquarie University, NSW. more...

  • Fantasy and Reality in Historyby Peter Loewenberg

    Oxford University Press 1996; US$ 100.00

    Integrating history, political psychology and psychoanalysis, this study examines the psycho-sexual conflicts of charismatic political leaders, including Gladstone and Zhirinovsky. It explores individual and social anxiety, racism and nationalism. more...

  • The Middle Agesby Barbara A. Hanawalt

    Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 35.00

    A brisk narrative of battles and plagues, monastic orders, heroic women, and knights-errant, barbaric tortures and tender romance, intrigue, scandals, and conquest, The Middle Ages: An Illustrated History mixes a spirited and entertaining writing style with exquisite, thorough scholarship. Barbara A. Hanawalt, a renowned medievalist, launches her story with the often violent amalgamation of Roman, Christian, and Germanic cultures following the destruction and pillaging of the crown jewel of the Roman Empirethe great city of Rome. The story moves on to the redrawn map of Europe, in which power players like Byzantium and the newly-established Frankish kingdom begin a precarious existence in a "sea of tribes" (in the words of a contemporary).... more...

  • Historical Truth, Historical Criticism, and Ideologyby Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer; Achim Mittag; Jörn Rüsen

    BRILL 2004; US$ 150.00

    The first comprehensive work on the political and cognitive dimensions of Chinese historical consciousness set against its Western counterpart. more...

  • The Making of EU Foreign Policyby Karen E. Smith

    Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2004; US$ 38.00

    This book argues that there has been a common European Union (EU) foreign policy towards six countries of Eastern Europe - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia - and analyses why the EU has agreed to the policy. The objective of the EU's policy is to support the transformation of Eastern Europe and thus ensure security and stability. The most important instrument that the EU has used to reach this objective has been the prospect of enlargement. more...

  • The Hutchinson Chronology of World History Volume IIby Helicon Publishing

    Helicon Publishing 1995; US$ 136.21

    Covers the period in world history in which Europeans established their first permanent colonies around the world. more...