New work on early modern Europe has now opened up the hidden avenues that link changes of technologies with a complex of cognitive, institutional, spatial and cultural elements. It is true that all
The second volume in the Skira Photography series serving as a major reference in the field. The fifty years of artistic and mass photography taken into consideration in this volume are unquestionably
Military institutions have everywhere and always shaped the course of history, but women s near universal participation in them has largely gone unnoticed. This volume addresses the changing relations
This is a book about the computer revolution of the mid-twentieth century and thepeople who made it possible. Unlike most histories of computing, it is not a book about machines,inventors, or entrepre
The Holy Wars of King Wladislas and Sultan Murad comprises the first detailed treatment of the pivotal conflict between the Ottomans and Christendom from 1438-1444. Beginning with the Council of Flore
Between the 1296 Battle of Dunbar and the 1513 Battle of Flodden Field, England and Scotland were formally at peace only for two periods of about four years each. Historians take the long conflict as
This book reviews the shift in the historiography of computing from inventors and innovations to a user-perspective, and examines how the relevant sources can be created, collected, preserved, and dis
Williams, the archaeometallurgist of the Wallace Collection, London, and one of the leading experts on ancient weaponry, has written an invaluable guide to the metallurgy of swords that describes not
?Countering assumptions about early American print culture and challenging our scholarly fixation on the novel, Jared Gardner reimagines the early American magazine as a rich literary culture that ope
Roger Collins, a leading historian, investigates a time in Spanish history known for its multi-religious society - when Christians, Jews and Muslims lived in apparent harmony - revealing a fuller, mor
Volume XXVI/1 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education.
Volume XXV/2 of History of Universities contains the customary mix of learned articles, book reviews, and bibliographical information, which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the h
This far-reaching and long overdue chronicle of communication for development from a leading scholar in the field presents in-depth policy analyses to outline a vision for how communication technologi
This far-reaching and long overdue chronicle of communication for development from a leading scholar in the field presents in-depth policy analyses to outline a vision for how communication technologi
It was Sir John A. Macdonald's last campaign. His Conservatives had dominated Canadian politics since Confederation. Their National Policy, which protected Canadian manufacturers from foreign competit
Perched on top of a tall promontory, surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St. Lawrence River, Quebec—in 1759 France's capital city in Canada—forms an almost impregnable natural fortress. That
A compelling history of science from 1900 to the present day, this is the first book to survey modern developments in science during a century of unprecedented change, conflict and uncertainty. The sc
Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement explores the crucial role of network television in reconfiguring new attitudes in race relations during the Civil Rights Movement. Due to widesprea
Historians of Eastern Europe, most of them in North America but presumably drawing on studies from the region, reveal the scale of destructiveness of wars there during the 16th-18th centuries and the
Tonghini (Islamic archaeology, Universita Ca'Foscari of Venice, Italy) has assembled a large mass of information on the citadel of Shayzar, in present-day Syria. Used over centuries, the main portion
The 16th-Century intellectual Robert Recorde is chiefly remembered for introducing the equals sign into algebra, yet the greater significance and broader scope of his work is often overlooked. This bo
This collection of 17 essays, edited by Roy (history, Jadavpur U., India), examines the experiences of the Indian Army during the two World Wars. Collectively, the essays represent a cross between tra
After a period of time in which he left behind the subject of his dissertation while he devoted his scholarly attention to French history in the 16th century and later middle ages, Potter decided to r
In a revision of his 2007 PhD dissertation in Byzantine studies at the University of Birmingham, Kyriakidis explores Byzantine military thought and attitudes from the time the empire was shattered int
Volume VI focuses on expansion abroad during Victoria's reign, and the triumphs of science and industry that allowed Britain to maintain its position, established in the Georgian era, as the world's g
Concepts from the fields of probability and statistics pervade our thinking--even those of us who believe in the existence of luck--and we routinely express ourselves using language borrowed from var
An eponymous conference held in Breda, The Netherlands in 2008 gave rise to this volume. It took place at the Netherlands Defence Academy, with which both editors are or have been affiliated. The focu
Useful as a text for advanced students of Cold War history, this collection comprises 11 contributed essays. Arrangement is in sections on the beginning of rearmament, the debate within German society
This volume is based on a September 2008 conference held at the U. of Leeds, UK; a follow-up editorial workshop took place at the Academy of Sciences in Budapest, April 2009. Editors Sharp (modern lan
Representing the best of cutting-edge scholarship in First World War studies, this anthology demonstrates how conversations among historians across international and cross-disciplinary boundaries enha
"A Communist at Horvard, a factory worker thereafter, a participant-observer of the Berkeley scene in the late 1960s, a historian among anthropologists in Chicago for some of the field's most turbulen
This book discusses the role of Christians in the Roman military. Constantine’s conversion to Christianity led to the accelerated Christianization of the Roman army. The result was the creation of a C
"This book provides the most holistic approach to the history of the development of programming and computer systems so far written. By embedding this history in a sociological and political context,
Historians have different views on the core identity of analogue computing. Some portray the technology solely as a precursor to digital computing, whereas others stress that analogue applications exi
The story of Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table has been handed on by medieval poets and mythical stories---but what if he did indeed reign as a great king in the early years of Brit
For the Netherlands, actual warfare prior to Nazi occupation lasted a mere five days in May of 1940. This collection of 10 articles, edited by Amersfoort (military history, Netherlands Defense Academy
This unique inquiry into the history and ongoing moral significance of mass communication also represents a defense, extension, and overhaul of the idea and social form of the discipline. Organized ar
This volume brings together sixteen essays on key and intersecting topics in critical cultural studies from major scholars in the field. Taking into account the vicissitudes of political, social, and
Editor Miller (history, U. of Maine) notes that African military history has been largely neglected by military historians and is worthy of scholarly attention. He adds that most historians concerned
A close look at the people who changed history and the events that led to democracy in Mexico.Praise for the previous hardcover editions:"...well researched...concise...interesting..."—American
