Modern History 1750-1945

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, ..

Gender and the Making of Modern Medicine in Colonial Egypt investigates the use of medicine as a 'tool of Empire' to serve the state building processes in Egypt by the British colonial administration, which effectively transformed Egyptian medical practice and medical knowledge in ways that were dec..

Gender and the Making of Modern Medicine in Colonial Egypt investigates the use of medicine as a 'tool of Empire' to serve the state building processes in Egypt by the British colonial administration, which effectively transformed Egyptian medical practice and medical knowledge in ways that were dec..

Gerald Howard-Smith’s life is intriguing both in its own right and as a vehicle for exploring the world in which he lived. Brought up in London, and educated at Eton and Cambridge, he was one of the so-called ‘Lost Generation’ whose lives were cut short by the First World War. This important new bio..

Gerald Howard-Smith’s life is intriguing both in its own right and as a vehicle for exploring the world in which he lived. Brought up in London, and educated at Eton and Cambridge, he was one of the so-called ‘Lost Generation’ whose lives were cut short by the First World War. This important new bio..

Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front remains the archetypal example of an anti-war novel, and one that has become synonymous with the Great War. Yet the tremendous and enduring popularity of Remarque’s work has to some extent eclipsed a plethora of other German anti-war writers. In ..

Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front remains the archetypal example of an anti-war novel, and one that has become synonymous with the Great War. Yet the tremendous and enduring popularity of Remarque’s work has to some extent eclipsed a plethora of other German anti-war writers. In ..

This book is a comparative study of the evolution of the German navy in the second half of the nineteenth century. It examines the development of strategy, especially commerce-raiding, in comparison with other navies in this era...

This book is a comparative study of the evolution of the German navy in the second half of the nineteenth century. It examines the development of strategy, especially commerce-raiding, in comparison with other navies in this era...

This book presents new cultural and historical perspectives on the most mythologized and controversial period of Spanish history: the years of the Second Republic, the Civil War (1936-39), and the aftermath under Franco’s long dictatorship. It was originally published as a special issue of Bulletin ..

This book presents new cultural and historical perspectives on the most mythologized and controversial period of Spanish history: the years of the Second Republic, the Civil War (1936-39), and the aftermath under Franco’s long dictatorship. It was originally published as a special issue of Bulletin ..

Gladstone and Disraeli surveys and compares the careers of these two influential Prime Ministers. Stephen J. Lee examines how Gladstone and Disraeli emerged as leaders of the two leading parties and goes on to consider their time in power, analyzing many different aspects of their careers...