World/International History

Considering the ways in which the ‘global turn’ is changing the theory and practice of historical disciplines, this book engages with the concept and methodology of globalization, offering a range of perspectives on how globalization has affected social, economic, political and cultural history. Inc..

This work offers a short but sweeping history of world politics since 1945. It covers the hopes that attended the creation of the United Nations, the Cold War and the emergence of a volatile Third World, and the crumbling of the Soviet system...

Examines the work of the official, press and amateur photographers of WWI, reproducing over 100 photographs from the archive of the Imperial War Museum and making us aware of the operations of propaganda and journalism during the period...

Examines the work of the official, press and amateur photographers of WWI, reproducing over 100 photographs from the archive of the Imperial War Museum and making us aware of the operations of propaganda and journalism during the period...

The second edition of this concise survey offers a comparative and comprehensive study of culinary cultures and food politics throughout the world, from ancient times to the present day...

These studies examine the physical remains of Frankish settlement in Palestine in the 12th and 13th centuries. The present studies contribute to an understanding of the nature of Frankish settlement by illustrating aspects of the relationship between fortification and settlement: in particular, the ..

This second collection of articles by Patricia Crone brings together studies on the development of early Muslim society. They discuss the army with which it was originally synonymous, from shortly after the Prophet's death until the mid-Abbasid period. The focus is on the changes that the Arab tribe..

From Zoroastrian Iran to Islam..

In this revised edition of Globalization in World History, Peter Stearns explores the roots of contemporary globalization, examining shifts in the global flow of people, goods and ideas as early as 1000 CE...

The Greek Civil War (1943-1950) developed out of the rivalry between communist and conservative partisans at the end of the Second World War. It had major international consequences in keeping Greece (alone of all the Balkan nations) out of the Communist bloc and stopping the Soviets reaching the Me..

The Greek Civil War (1943-1950) developed out of the rivalry between communist and conservative partisans at the end of the Second World War. It had major international consequences in keeping Greece (alone of all the Balkan nations) out of the Communist bloc and stopping the Soviets reaching the Me..

History and Politics in Eleventh-Century Baghdad..