In this up-to-date succinct and highly readable volume Alan E. Steinweis presents a new synthesis of the origins development and downfall of Nazi Germany. After tracing the intellectual and cultural origins of Nazi ideology the book recounts the rise and eventual... Lees meer.

The production acquisition and use of consumer goods defines our daily lives and yet consumerism is seen as increasingly controversial. Movements for sustainable and ethical consumerism are gaining momentum alongside an awareness of how our choices in the marketplace... Lees meer.

A survey of the transformation of the Soviet Union from a largely agrarian economy to a world superpower. This book provides a comprehensive survey of Soviet economic development from 1917 to 1965 in the context of the pre-revolutionary economy. In these years the So... Lees meer.

Synthesis and thematic analysis of Russia s modernisation and her emergence as a Great Power. This is the first book to place Russia s long eighteenth century squarely in its European context. The conceptual framework is set out in an opening critique of modernisat... Lees meer.

The comprehensive 2005 study of rituals in early modern Europe argues that between about 1400 and 1700 a revolution in ritual theory took place that utterly transformed concepts about time the body and the presence of spiritual forces in the world. Edward Muir draws o... Lees meer.

An analytical and thematic account of a colourful period in Russian history accessible to undergraduates of European and Russian history as well as to the non-specialist reader. Covers Russia s political social cultural and intellectual life during its emergence as a... Lees meer.

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An account of changes in children s work and welfare between 1780 and 1890. It examines some of the debates which have attached themselves to those changes and discusses the role of the state and of philanthropic organisation in bringing about change. This short book... Lees meer.

The fifty-second volume of Studies in Church History explores the myriad ways in which doubt has tested Christianity and the life of individual Christians. Men and women have always had doubts about ideas or individual doctrines if not faith itself they have also dou... Lees meer.

An Economic History of the Silk Industry 1830 1930 first published in 1997 is an ambitious historical analysis of the development of a major commodity. Dr Federico examines the rapid growth of the world silk industry from the early nineteenth century to the eve of th... Lees meer.

This book is a major survey of urbanization and the making of modern Europe from the mid-eighteenth century to the First World War. During these years Europe experienced startling rates of urbanization with the populations of numerous cities growing by 1000 percent or... Lees meer.

Exploring the story of Africa s contemporary history and politics through the lens of peacekeeping this concise and accessible book based on over a decade of research across ten countries focuses not on peacekeeping in Africa but rather peacekeeping by Africans. Go... Lees meer.

This eighth volume of Studies in Church History contains twenty-six papers read at two recent meetings of the Ecclesiastical History Society. This eighth volume of Studies in Church History contains twenty-six papers read at two recent meetings of the Ecclesiastical... Lees meer.

This book provides an account of the main features of French economic development between 1750 and 1914. Written in easily comprehensible jargon-free language it makes clear the areas of controversy among historians and presents succinct surveys of recent findings on... Lees meer.

An introduction to the history of British universities. It provides a general account of their development covering all parts of the British Isles and relates the history of the universities to general questions about British social and economic performance. A compreh... Lees meer.