Historia

Inventing Europe: Idea, Identity, Reality

This book analyzes the origins and development of the idea of Europe as a social construction from the earliest times to the present. It will have widespread appeal to students and teachers in the social and political sciences, in particular to th...

Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire - War And Democracy In The Age Of Empire

With enormous intellectual depth, historical perspective, and positive, enabling spirit, the renowned authors of "Empire"--two visionary theoreticians of the new global order--lay down a powerful case for hope in today's supranational wo...

The Conquest of America - The Question of the Other

A fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America, "The Conquest of America "has become a classic in its field. It offers an original interpretation of the discovery of...

Byzantium: v. 2 - The Apogee

In "Byzantium: The Early Centuries", John Julius Norwich told the epic tale of the Roman Empire's second capital up to Christmas Day AD 800 - when Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as a rival emperor. This second volume of his magnificent...

Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier - Travels With An African Soldier

Now in paperback, the author of "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" travels into a modern-day "Heart of Darkness."

Imperialism

Time, Narrative and History

<p>"For description and defense of the narrative configurations of everydaylife, and of the practical and social character of those narratives, there is nobetter treatment than Time, Narrative, and History.... a clear, judicious, andtru...

An Introduction to Roman Religion

Written by one of the world's leading scholars of the Roman world, "An Introduction to Roman Religion offers students a complete portrait of religion in Rome during the late republic and early empire. It draws on the latest findings in archae...

Globalization, Gender, and Religion: The Politics of Women's Rights in Catholic and Muslim Contexts

In the early 1970s, accompanying the current wave of globalization, conservative nationalist religious movements began using religion to oppose non-democratic and often Western oriented regimes. Reasserting patriarchal gender relations presumably ...

The Peloponnesian War: Athens, Sparta, and the Struggle for Greece - Athens, Sparta, And The Struggle For Greece

"The Peloponnesian War, "the epic struggle between Athens and Sparta, occupies a vital part in military history because of the enormous military and political changes it inspired. In this brilliant book, Sir Nigel Bagnall sets out to ana...

African Guerrillas

<p>"An excellent contriubtion to the comparative analysis... " -- ForeignAffairs<p>"This work is an important study... The individualchapters are based on extensive reearch and field work, often in difficult anddangerous...

Swedish Mentality

This text examines Swedish culture and mentality and draws upon statistics gathered over more than a decade of research. The author describes a range of factors influencing Swedish character, including population composition, rural background, and...

Forbidden Rites - Ppr. - A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century

'Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century' is an edition in the original Latin of a rarely noticed manuscript in the Bavarian State Library in Munich, supported by eight essays on Medieval magical books and magical rites; t...

The Religion of the Etruscans

Devotion to religion was the distinguishing characteristic of the Etruscan people, the most powerful civilization of Italy in the Archaic period. From a very early date, Etruscan religion spread its influence into Roman society, especially with th...

Ingmar Bergman's The Silence - Pictures in the Typewriter, Writings on the Screen

Ingmar Bergman's 1963 film "The Silence" was made at a point in Bergman's career when his stature as one of the great art-film directors allowed him to push beyond the boundaries of what was acceptable to censorship boards in Sweden and ...

You Can Get Arrested for That: 2 Guys, 25 Dumb Laws, 1 Absurd American Crime Spree

British-born Smith chronicles his cross-country tour of America during which he and his sidekick, Luke, violated all kinds of obscure and absurd laws, just to see what would happen. Smith investigates how these strange laws came to be.

Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader - North Korea and the Kim Dynasty

"Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader" offers in-depth portraits of North Korea's two ruthless and bizarrely Orwellian leaders, Kim II-Sun and Kim Jong-II. Lifting North Korea's curtain of self-imposed isolation, this book will t...

Running As A Woman - Gender and Power in American Politics

The authors show just how women politicians tapped into the vote for the 1992 elections and how they will shape their campaign strategies and political agendas around it in the future. Includes interviews with Geraldine Ferraro, Pat Schroeder, Nan...

The American Future: A History

Nothing that has happened since the inauguration of Barack Obama has dispelled the sense that the election of 2008 was the kind of moment of truth in American politics and history that seldom comes along. Simon Schama, the acclaimed historian and ...

The Women Who Lived for Danger: Behind Enemy Lines During WWII - Behind Enemy Lines During World War II

"They flirted with men, and with death." In The Women Who Lived for Danger, acclaimed historian Marcus Binney recounts the story of ten remarkable women -- some famous, some virtually unknown -- recruited to work behind enemy lines as se...