Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The German minority in interwar Poland The German minority in interwar Poland Winson Chu "The German Minority in Interwar Poland analyzes what happened when Germans from three different empires - the Russian, Habsburg, and German - were forced to live together in one, new state. After th… OL16117260W
Group Identity in the Renaissance World Group Identity in the Renaissance World Hannah Chapelle Wojciehowski "This book argues that the Renaissance, long associated with the historical development of individualism, in fact witnessed the emergence of radically new concepts of group identity. From the end of … OL16162878W
Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 Guy Vanthemsche "While the impact of a colonising metropole on subjected territories has been widely scrutinized, the effect of empire on the colonising country has long been neglected. Recently, many studies have e… OL16319001W
The lost millennium The lost millennium Florin Diacu "We measure history -- its defining moments, landmark documents, and great figures -- by dates. The French Revolution began in 1789, the Magna Carta was originally issued in 1215, and Julius Caesar d… OL16470959W
The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean The collapse of the eastern Mediterranean Roni Ellenblum "As a 'Medieval Warm Period' prevailed in Western Europe during the tenth and eleventh centuries, the eastern Mediterranean region, from the Nile to the Oxus, was suffering from a series of climatic … OL16547157W
The Oxford handbook of postwar European history The Oxford handbook of postwar European history Dan Stone "The postwar period is no longer current affairs but is becoming the recent past. As such, it is increasingly attracting the attentions of historians. Whilst the Cold War has long been a mainstay of … OL16564678W
Heroes and Romans in twelfth-century Byzantium Heroes and Romans in twelfth-century Byzantium Leonora Alice Neville "Nikephoros Bryennios' history of the Byzantine Empire in the 1070s is a story of civil war and aristocratic rebellion in the midst of the Turkish conquest of Anatolia. Commonly remembered as the pas… OL16599679W
Revisiting Napoleon's continental system Revisiting Napoleon's continental system Johan Joor,Katherine Aaslestad "Napoleonic warfare spread to the high seas, harbors and marketplaces across Europe and the Atlantic through the Continental System. This volume addresses the illicit commerce, new merchant networks,… OL19668904W
The witch The witch Ronald Hutton "The witch came to prominence--and often a painful death--in early modern Europe, yet her origins are much more geographically diverse and historically deep. In this landmark book, Ronald Hutton trac… OL19726151W