Receptions and Re-visitings
This wide-ranging collection of essays on early modern English history explores the English Revolution, social change, politics, and historiography. This accessibly written guide is a rewarding volume for general readers and specialists alike.
Bethsaida in Archaeology, History and Ancient Culture
Uncover biblical Bethsaida, a key site in Jesus’s life. Decades of archaeological discoveries reveal the vibrant daily life, culture, and religion of the first-century Holy Land for scholars and interested readers alike.
This unique collection of essays sheds light on mixed marriages throughout history. How did people overcome obstacles put in their path by church, family, and state? Mixed marriages offer a window on the tensions between societal norms and individual choice.
Fresche fontanis
Fresche fontanis presents major new research by leading scholars on Scottish culture of the 14th-17th centuries. Essays analyze writers, romances, chronicles, and manuscripts, making a significant contribution to this imaginatively productive period.
This second volume introduces several elements into the University of Alabama’s narrative, like its hassle with the state government through 1877 and its strict admission of women students. Other topics explored include the history of unofficial student sports from the 1870s.
A scholarly study of the material culture of burghers in 17th-18th century Lithuania. This book analyzes urban houses, interiors, furnishings, and symbolic signboards, alongside everyday life, including festivities and inns. For historians of Eastern Europe’s urban legacy.
Thomas Jefferson and His Younger Brother
Scholars overlook Jefferson’s younger brother Randolph, a dimly parochial man who required his cosmopolitan brother’s constant help. This complete collection of their correspondence, with critical commentary, reveals stark disclosures about Thomas Jefferson, family man.
Antinomies of Economic Development in Italy
This study unpacks Italy’s North-South divide, revealing the decisive role of “mediating capitalism.” Learn how a ruling class, powerful through its institutional ties, sparked Southern Italy’s post-war economic and civil progress.
From Missiles to Microbes
Personal essays from an inventor and polymer chemist take you behind the scenes of Cold War defense, aerospace, and biomedicine. A rare combination of heart and science, this collection shows what happens when curiosity leads to inventions with worldwide impact.
Explore the groundbreaking developments shaping our world. This journey through the latest strides in science and technology—from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to biotechnology—unravels the innovations redefining the boundaries of human achievement.
Remembering Peter Bladin
Peter Bladin was an icon of Australian Neurology and a pioneer in alleviating the burden of epilepsy. Drawing on 25 years of close collaboration and private correspondence, this book reveals the aims and thoughts of a man whose legacy is immense.
Arab Nationalism Embedded in Salafism
This study claims that Salafism is not just a religious movement but a political ideology that drives Arab nationalism. It asserts that Salafi thought led Arabs to create nation-states and mobilize against enemies, even shaking the world via global insurgency.
Philosophy in Ancient Rome
Vergeer describes the philosophy of ancient Rome in an original, convincing and, at the same time, captivating manner, showing that it is both a continuation of Greek philosophy and a substantially different way of thinking.
Iranian Women in the Memoir
This book investigates how Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis empower Iranian women to reclaim their agency, transgress trauma, and reconstruct womanhood, portraying them not as victims but as active participants rewriting their own stories.
Explore the incredible and neglected history of Mogadishu, a prosperous medieval trading city and cultural crossroad. Rich and rare photographic evidence reveals its mosques, ruins, and residences—medieval treasures threatened by destruction and decline.
This compendium gathers perspectives on the history of labour in Ireland, as well as on Irish-American labor, particularly since the mass emigration prompted by the famine of the 1840s. It also examines the specific role that the Irish played in the Inland Northwest.
Essays on the Medieval Period and the Renaissance
Spanning three centuries of English literature, from 15th-century texts to Milton, this collection reinterprets tradition with innovative methods. Essays explore genre experiments, contemporary Shakespearean adaptations, and new perspectives on Milton.
The essays here offer a wide-ranging study of the continuing impact of the ‘English Urban Renaissance’ and investigate the wider impact of the concept beyond England. They reiterate the importance of provincial towns as hubs of economic, cultural and political activity.
“Three women ruined the Kingdom: Eve, The Queen and the Countess of Derby.” This biography pieces together the life of Charlotte de La Trémoïlle, a Huguenot who defended Lathom House during a brutal siege and was the only woman sequestered by Oliver Cromwell’s Parliament.
The Cultural Fabric of the Americas
Written by recognized authorities in their fields and by promising new scholars alike, this collection presents a wide assortment of viewpoints and research backgrounds to portray the Americas and its vast and diverse cultural fabric.
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