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In A Brief History of History, acclaimed historian Jeremy Black seeks to reinvigorate and redefine our ideas about history. The stories we tell about the past are a crucial aspect of all cultures. However, while the traditional storytelling proces...

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The First World War was marked by an exceptional expansion in the use and production of military cartography. But World War II took things even further, employing maps, charts, reconnaissance, and the systematic recording and processing of geograp...

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This title is the second edition of a successful text by a leading authority in the field which has now been updated and expanded to incorporate the latest research and scholarship. It has been revised and updated throughout in the light of recent...

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As a result, this book reveals a much more complex dynamic, with the author going so far as to question the idea of 'modernity' itself.

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Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe's growing colonies and other major global powers, such as the Ottoman Empire, China, India and Japa...

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Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe's growing colonies and other major global powers, such as the Ottoman Empire, China, India and Japa...

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English newsbooks had first appeared in the 1620s but in conditions of such tight censorship that the government effectively had a monopoly on the news. The twice-weekly "London Gazette" was established in 1665 as the official vehicle fo...

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The bitter and often bloody fight which accompanied the emergence of the United States of America as an independent force on the world stage has always been a subject of immense interest as well as of much debate and controversy. By reference to a...

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This is a history of warfare, wars and the armed forces of Europe from the military revolution of the mid-17th century to the Napoleonic wars.; This book is intended for broad-based undergrad courses on 18th century Europe/Britain and the Ancien R...

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This is a history of warfare, wars and the armed forces of Europe from the military revolution of the mid-17th century to the Napoleonic wars.; This book is intended for broad-based undergrad courses on 18th century Europe/Britain and the Ancien R...

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Much of the period 1661-1815 appeared to be the age of France. France was the greatest power in Western Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and Louis XIV and Napoleon seemed to dominate their periods. yet when Louis XIV died in...

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Much of the period 1661-1815 appeared to be the age of France. France was the greatest power in Western Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and Louis XIV and Napoleon seemed to dominate their periods. yet when Louis XIV died in...

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In 1688, Britain was successfully invaded, its army and navy unable to prevent the overthrow of the government. 1815, Britain was the strongest power in the world with the most succesful navy and the largest empire. Britain had not only played a p...

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In 1688, Britain was successfully invaded, its army and navy unable to prevent the overthrow of the government. 1815, Britain was the strongest power in the world with the most succesful navy and the largest empire. Britain had not only played a p...

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Why did Britain''s position dramatically improve between 1739 and 1763? In this study, the author examines a pivotal period in Britain''s rise to power status that culminated in the defeat of France in the struggle for North America in the Seven Y...

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Why did Britain''s position dramatically improve between 1739 and 1763? In this study, the author examines a pivotal period in Britain''s rise to power status that culminated in the defeat of France in the struggle for North America in the Seven Y...

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Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe''s growing colonies and other major global powers, such as the Ottoman Empire, China, India and Japan. F...

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Europe and the World, 1650-1830 is an important thematic study of the first age of globalisation. It surveys the interaction of Europe, Europe''s growing colonies and other major global powers, such as the Ottoman Empire, China, India and Japan. F...

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In 1688, Britain was successfully invaded, its army and navy unable to prevent the overthrow of the government. 1815, Britain was the strongest power in the world with the most succesful navy and the largest empire. Britain had not only played a p...

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Authored by one of the world''s leading historians.

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This is a new account of the changing relationship between Britain and America in the 18th Century that helped to define both nations. Britain and the USA have helped define much of world history in recent centuries, and the relationship between t...

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HISTORY / World

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Includes chapters on Prehistoric Humans, the Ancient World, Classical Civilisation, the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Enlightenment, Revolutions and Nationalism, the World at War and the Modern World.

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Written by one of Britain''s leading historians, Professor Jeremy Black.

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This is a history of warfare, wars and the armed forces of Europe from the military revolution of the mid-17th century to the Napoleonic wars.; This book is intended for broad-based undergrad courses on 18th century Europe/Britain and the Ancien R...

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Why did Britain's position dramatically improve between 1739 and 1763? In this study, the author examines a pivotal period in Britain's rise to power status that culminated in the defeat of France in the struggle for North America in the Seven Yea...

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In 1688, Britain was successfully invaded, its army and navy unable to prevent the overthrow of the government. 1815, Britain was the strongest power in the world with the most succesful navy and the largest empire. Britain had not only played a p...

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Much of the period 1661-1815 appeared to be the age of France. France was the greatest power in Western Europe in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and Louis XIV and Napoleon seemed to dominate their periods. yet when Louis XIV died in...

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