Throughout history, human societies have been organized preeminently as territories—politically bounded regions whose borders define the jurisdiction of laws and the movement of peoples. At a time whe
Charles Maier, one of the most prominent contemporary scholars of European history, publishedRecasting Bourgeois Europe as his first book in 1975. Based on extensive archival research, the book examin
Now that the Cold War is over, this book is especially timely: it analyzes and summarizes the events that ushered in an epoch of history nearly fifty years ago, and provides an analysis of the forces
Writing for students of finance, Sutcliffe (finance, U. of Reading, UK) introduces the general properties of stock index futures markets and analyzes some of the economic forces at work in index futur
Often thought of as a primitive backwoods peopled by rough hunters and unsavory characters, early Arkansas was actually productive and dynamic in the same manner as other American territories and stat
Many environmentalists think going into space detracts from solving problems here on Earth. Many astrophysicists feel environmentalism hampers their exploration and settlement of space. Actually envir
In 1939, seventeen-year-old Austrians Jacob Silverman and Rachael Goldberg are bright, talented, and deeply in love. Because they are Jews, their families lose everything: their jobs, possessions, mon
