American History

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The Migration Journey..

_x000D_ Accessible and original, The Modern Middle East continues to energise discussion and stimulate debate on the region's history and provides new insights and perspectives on its story. This third edition has been brought right up to date with recent events, and includes the developments throug..

This book, first published in 1983, is a major contribution to our understanding of how and why French rural peasant society became modernised by radical changes in the communications system – in particular, the coming of the railways...

The Mongol Empire..

As Spain encountered economic and political crises in the seventeenth century, the imagery of musical performance was invoked by the state to represent the power of the monarch and to denote harmony throughout the kingdom. Based on contemporary sources, Gonzalez is able to unravel the complex iconog..

In the seventh and eighth centuries, the Muslim Arabs conquered large areas of North Africa and then, with the help of their former adversaries in North Africa, the Berbers, gained a decisive victory over the Visigoths in Spain. This book, first published in 1989 and based on Arabic and other source..

Conventionally, "absolutism" in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of "absolutism" in action xxx; continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and Engl..

Conventionally, "absolutism" in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism. Recently historians have questioned such comfortably simplistic views. This lively investigation of "absolutism" in action xxx; continent-wide but centred on a detailed comparison of France and Engl..

The Narrative of the Beagle Voyage, 1831-1836 Vol 1..

The Narrative of the Beagle Voyage, 1831-1836 Vol 2..

The Narrative of the Beagle Voyage, 1831-1836 Vol 3..