History

Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany, 1517-1648: 'Printed Poison & Evil Talk'

by Allyson F. Creasman

Drawing upon criminal court records, trial manuscripts and contemporary journals this book explores the impact of censorship on religious reform in German cities during the Reformation. The study argues that...

Archbishops Ralph d'Escures, William of Corbeil and Theobald of Bec: Heirs of Anselm and Ancestors of Becket

by Jean Truax

In this unique volume in the Ashgate Archbishops of Canterbury series, Jean Truax examines the pontificates of three minor archbishops: Ralph d'Escures (1114-1122), William of Corbeil (1123-1136), and Theobald...

Framing China: Media Images and Political Debates in Britain, the USA and Switzerland, 1900-1950

by Ariane Knüsel

In this ground-breaking book, Knüsel examines how China was portrayed in political debates and the media in Britain, the USA and Switzerland between 1900 and 1950. By focusing on the political, economic, cultural...

Richard Hakluyt and Travel Writing in Early Modern Europe

by Daniel Carey & Claire Jowitt

Richard Hakluyt, best known as editor of The Principal Navigations (1589; expanded 1598-1600), was a key figure in promoting early modern English colonial and commercial expansion. His work spanned every area...

Land, Proto-Industry and Population in Catalonia, c. 1680-1829: An Alternative Transition to Capitalism?

by Julie Marfany

This monograph makes a fresh contribution to a longstanding but far from exhausted debate concerning the transition to capitalism in Europe. The work investigates key aspects of this transformation: the changes...

The Plague Epic in Early Modern England: Heroic Measures, 1603-1721

by Rebecca Totaro

Totaro presents together for the first time modernised versions of ten of the most poignant of plague poems in the English language-each composed in heroic verse and responding to the urgent need to justify...

The Pan-German League and Radical Nationalist Politics in Interwar Germany, 1918-39

by Barry A. Jackisch

Through an examination of the Pan-German League, one of Germany's most prominent radical nationalist groups, and its connections to a range of right-wing organisations between 1918 and 1939, this study provides...

Constructing Girlhood through the Periodical Press, 1850-1915

by Kristine Moruzi

Focusing on six popular British girls' periodicals, Moruzi explores the debate about the shifting nature of Victorian girlhood between 1851 and 1915. Moruzi's analyses of competing discourses within girls' periodicals...

Sir James Dewar, 1842-1923: A Ruthless Chemist

by J.S. Rowlinson

Sir James Dewar was a major figure in British chemistry for around 40 years. He held the posts of Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cambridge (1875-1923) and Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the...

Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes

by Ludwig Müller-Wille, Bernd Gieseking & William Barr

Wilhelm Weike, a 23-year old handyman from Minden/Germany, accidentally found himself spending the year of 1883-84 among Inuit and wintering with whalers on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. The fledgling...

Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Power in Action

by Dennis Dalton

First published in 1993, Dennis Dalton's iconoclastic account of Gandhi's political and intellectual development gained prominence for its balance and extensive research, as well as its portrayal of Gandhi as...

The Night Battles (RLE Witchcraft): Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

by Carlo Ginzburg

Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives, the book recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centred on the benandanti. These men and women regarded themselves as professional anti-witches, who (in...

THE HANDBOOK OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR

by Clifton D. D. Bryant

The Handbook of Deviant Behavior presents a comprehensive, integrative, and accessible overview of the contemporary body of knowledge in the field of social deviance in the twenty-first century.

This book addresses...

La Salle and His Legacy

by Patricia K. Galloway

To most people it probably seems that La Salle and his men, permanently fixed in the pantheon of explorers of the North American continent, need little further introduction. The fact is that this whole early...

Waltzing Matilda: The Secret History of Australia's Favourite Song

by Dennis O'Keeffe

An expose of two cover-ups: one the death of a swagman by a billabong; the other, a torrid affair between Banjo Paterson and his fiancee's best friend, and how the two events come together in Australia's best-loved...

1616: The World in Motion

by Thomas Christensen

The world of 1616 was a world of motion. Enormous galleons carrying silk and silver across the Pacific created the first true global economy, and the first international megacorporations were emerging as economic...

Clover Adams: A Gilded and Heartbreaking Life

by Natalie Dykstra

A revelatory life of Clover Adams, casting a lens on her iconic marriage to historian Henry Adams and her fatal embrace of photography in her last months

The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America'

by Scott Weidensaul

An exploration some of the most turbulent, fascinating years in American history: the 16th century into the mid-18th century in eastern North America.

The Seven-Day Scholar: The Civil War: Exploring History One Week at a Time

by Dennis Gaffney & Peter Gaffney

“A bite of history a day, all year long . . .”

Flawless storytelling, expert research, and intriguing, one-page essays make The Seven-Day Scholar: The Presidents perfect for history buffs.

The Presidents...

Under Every Leaf: How Britain Played the Greater Game from Afghanistan to Africa

by William Beaver

This is the story of the shadowy Intelligence Division of the British War Office and its unsung role in the formation of the Victorian Empire and imperial policy-making from Asia to Africa. With its focus on...