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Books on History > Western Europe
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Thomas Carlyle
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the... more
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Simon Winder
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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"Germania" is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild. A very funny book on serious topics---how we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how... more
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John O Beirne Ranelagh
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A revised and extended edition of John O'Beirne Ranelagh's brief account of the history of Ireland, first published in 1983. Throughout, the book casts light on the people and events which have contributed to Irish society today, in both North and South. A revised and extended edition of John O'Beirne... more
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Steven Runciman
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Whether the Crusades are regarded as the most romantic of Christian expeditions, or the last of the barbarian invasions, their story remains one of the most exciting and colorful adventures in history. "It reads magnificently. As an example of sustained and intelligent narrative it could hardly be bettered. Sir Steven's... more
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Robert O Paxton
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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What "is "fascism? Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the abstract. The esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question for the first time by focusing on the concrete: what the fascists did, rather than what they said. From the first violent uniformed bands beating... more
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Muata Ashby
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2006]
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Description: Description is for Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Over the past several years I have been asked to put together in one volume the most important evidences showing the correlations and common teachings between Kamitan (Ancient Egyptian) culture and religion and that of India. The questions of the... more
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J M W Bean
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 1995]
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Description: Originally published in Renaissance Society and Culture: Essays in Honor of Eugene F. Rice, Jr., edited by John Monfasani and Ronald G. Musto... more
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Stanley G Payne
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2006]
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Description: This book focuses on the short but crucial period that led to the collapse of the Spanish Republic and set the stage for the ensuing civil war. Stanley G. Payne, an internationally known scholar of modern Spanish history, details the political shifts that occurred from 1933 to 1936 and... more
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J G A Pocock
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2001]
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"The Machiavellian Moment" is a classic study of the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness of the ideal of the classical republic revived by Machiavelli and other thinkers of Renaissance Italy. J.G.A. Pocock suggests that Machiavelli's prime emphasis was on the moment in which the republic confronts the problem... more
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Rolf Peter Sieferle ,
Michael P Osmann
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2010]
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Description: Note that this version allows limited printing and copying. Libraries should purchase the unrestricted version (ISBN 9781874267591) The Subterrranean Forest studies the historical transition from the agrarian solar energy regime to the use of fossil energy, which has fuelled the industrial transformation of the last 200 years. The author... more
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Richard Neupert
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2009]
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Description: The French New Wave cinema is arguably the most fascinating of all film movements, famous for its exuberance, daring, and avant-garde techniques. A History of the French New Wave Cinema offers a fresh look at the social, economic, and aesthetic mechanisms that shaped French film in the 1950s, as... more
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Colin Kidd
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 1999]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 5 selections every 30 days. Printing allowed, 20 pages every 30 days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. Inspired by debates among political scientists over the strength and depth of the pre-modern roots of nationalism, this study attempts to gauge the... more
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Peter Paret
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2009]
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Description: Responding to the enemy's innovation in war presents problems to soldiers and societies of all times. This book traces Napoleon's victory over Prussia in 1806 and Prussia's effort to recover from defeat to show how in one particular historical episode operational analyses together with institutional and political decisions eventually... more
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Rosemary Horrox ,
Sarah Rees Jones
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2001]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 5 selections every 30 days. Printing allowed, 20 pages every 30 days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. This collection of essays is presented to Barrie Dobson in celebration of his 70th birthday, and will be welcomed by all scholars of... more
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Sven Biscop ,
Jo Coelmont
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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Description: This book examines how the European Union can pursue a grand strategy and become a distinct global actor in a world of emerging great powers. At the grand strategic level, its sheer economic size makes the EU a global power. However, the EU needs to take into account that... more
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Jacob Soll
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Description: Jacob Soll traces the origins of Enlightenment criticism to the practices of learned humanists and hard-pressed literary entrepreneurs. This learned and lively book is also a tour de force of historical research and interpretation. ---Anthony Grafton, author of Cardano's Cosmos and Bring Out Your Dead "Brilliant. How the printed... more
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Dyan Elliott
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2008]
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"In this provocative and forceful book, Dyan Elliott considers the impact of an institutional procedure on the phenomena it was used to assess. "Proving Woman" examines sacramental confession, the inquisition of heretics, and the discernment of spirits as parallel cases of a growing medieval concern with the "proving" of spirituality,... more
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Stephen A Schuker
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Description: A study of the underlying economic issues that contributed to France's geopolitical decline, in particular the acceleration after World War I and the inflection point at the financial crisis of 1924. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org) online version of the same title.... more
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Sheldon Rothblatt
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This sensitive and lively 1968 history made an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between higher education and social change in nineteenth-century England, showing how the internal life of an ancient university was affected by historic events extrinsic to it. The role that university was required to play... more
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Jehuda Reinharz ,
Yaacov Shavit
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Description: An exhaustive study of how Jews imagined the idea of Europe and how it existed in their collective memory from the Enlightenment to the present... more
