Modern History 1750-1945

In his examination of the excavation of ancient Assyria by Austen Henry Layard, Shawn Malley reveals how, by whom, and for what reasons, the stones of Assyria were deployed during a brief but remarkably intense period of archaeological activity in the mid-nineteenth century. His book takes up issues..

In his examination of the excavation of ancient Assyria by Austen Henry Layard, Shawn Malley reveals how, by whom, and for what reasons, the stones of Assyria were deployed during a brief but remarkably intense period of archaeological activity in the mid-nineteenth century. His book takes up issues..

This volume, originally published in 1918, discusses the events which gave rise to the Russian Revolution and finally resulted in Russia’s political, economic and military collapse. In order to fully understand the events, the author places them against their social and political background...

Representing a new wave of research and analysis on Nazi human experiments and coerced research, the essays in this volume deliberately break with a top-down history limited to concentration camp experiments under the control of Himmler and the SS. Instead the collection positions extreme experiment..

In this book, Bob Clarke examines the origination and development of the English newspaper from the sixteenth century through to end of the nineteenth century. Along the way this narrative is illuminated with stories of the characters who contributed to the growth of the English press in all its ri..

The Nördlinger Ries and Steinheim Basin, two geological structures in Germany, were traditionally viewed as volcanic edifices until they were recognized as impact craters in the 1960s. The changing views about the craters’ origins mark a paradigm shift in the Earth sciences, from an Earth-centric a..

This book investigates the development of what the author terms ’popular liberalism’, in order to present a more nuanced understanding of political and cultural patterns in Germany up to the early 1930s. In particular, the author offers an explanation for the success of National Socialism before 193..

In this volume, the mutual interdependence between road and rail transport is investigated, providing a fascinating reappraisal of the complex and shifting nature of European transportation over the last hundred years. The first half of the collection examines how railway companies reacted to increa..

This title was first published in 2000:  This volume tells the fascinating story of the origins, development, growth and survival of a small country brewery in Hampshire. Employing and analyzing a wealth of original documentation, it examines the local environment both before establishment of the br..

Addressing an important social and political issue which is still much debated today, this volume explores the connections between religious conversions and gendered identity against the backdrop of a world undergoing significant social transformations. Adopting a collaborative approach to their res..

Addressing an important social and political issue which is still much debated today, this volume explores the connections between religious conversions and gendered identity against the backdrop of a world undergoing significant social transformations. Adopting a collaborative approach to their res..

Gender and Rural Modernity explores how and why women's productive, reproductive and symbolic roles on German family farms assumed ever larger importance in the eyes of contemporary observers and how German farm women themselves shaped debates over agricultural labor and the nation's future before, ..