Centennials

Professor Professor Alex Hill

ISBN: 9781847942821 | Paperback

Start-ups rarely survive their second birthday. Even established firms in the UK and the US average a life of only fifteen years. So how can your comp... Meer informatie

Einstein in Bohemia

Professor Michael D. Gordin

ISBN: 9780691177373 | Linnen band met stofomslag

In the spring of 1911, Albert Einstein moved with his wife and two sons to Prague, the capital of Bohemia, where he accepted a post as a professor of ... Meer informatie

A Brief History of the English Civil Wars

MILLER, Professor John

Reeks: Brief Histories

ISBN: 9781845296834 | Paperback

When Charles I embarked on civil war in August 1642, Britain was plunged into one of the most devastating conflicts in the nation's history - one that... Meer informatie

The Cleopatras

Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

ISBN: 9781472295163 | Hardcover

A remarkable insight into the real story of the seven Queen Cleopatras of Ancient Egypt... Meer informatie

Western Europe's Democratic Age, 1945-1968

CONWAY, in, Professor Martin

ISBN: 9780691203485 | Gekartonneerd met stofomslag

What happened in the years following World War II to create a democratic revolution in the western half of Europe? In Western Europe's Democratic Age,... Meer informatie

Samurai

Michael (Associate Professor of East Asian History, Associate Professor of East Asian History, Marquette University) Wert

ISBN: 9780190932947 | Hardcover

Samurai: A Concise History provides a dynamic look at the life and times of the samurai. Although this warrior class comprised only a small portion of... Meer informatie

Goering

Professor Richard (Professor of History, University of Exeter, Uk) Overy

Reeks: Bloomsbury Revelations

ISBN: 9781350149106 | Paperback

Published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series and featuring a new preface by the author, this classic biography by acclaimed historian Richard Overy ... Meer informatie

Fifth Sun

Camilla (Professor of History, Professor of History, Rutgers University) Townsend

ISBN: 9780197577660 | Paperback

Fifth Sun offers a comprehensive history of the Aztecs, spanning the period before conquest to a century after the conquest, based on rarely-used Nahu... Meer informatie

Some Aspects of Labour History of Bengal in the Nineteenth Century

Dipesh (Professor, Professor, University of Chicago) Chakrabarty ; Ranajit (Professor, Professor, Indian) Dasgupta

ISBN: 9780199486670 | Hardcover

Part of the 'Occasional Papers' series of CSSSC, this essay is a brief, and sharply posed, exchange between Dipesh Chakrabarty and Ranajit Das Gupta o... Meer informatie

The New Roman Empire

Anthony (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, University of Chicago) Kaldellis

ISBN: 9780197549322 | Hardcover

A major new history of the eastern Roman Empire, from Constantine to 1453. In recent decades, the study of the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as ... Meer informatie

Cannabis (seeing through the smoke)

Professor David Nutt

ISBN: 9781529360523 | Paperback

The definitive guide to Cannabis, from world-renowned Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, David Nutt.... Meer informatie

The Genetic Age

Professor Matthew Cobb

ISBN: 9781788167000 | Hardcover

How fifty years of genetic engineering have brought us to the brink of a profound and disturbing future, from Baille Gifford-shortlisted scientist Mat... Meer informatie

Why Dante Matters

Professor John Took

ISBN: 9781472951038 | Hardcover

John Took provides an accessible and entirely original view of one of the most important poets and thinkers in all of Western literature, Dante Alighi... Meer informatie

The Maya: A Very Short Introduction

Matthew (Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology, Penn State University) Restall ; Amara (Associate Professor of Art History and Anthropology, Associate Professor of Art History and Anthropology, Penn State University) Solari

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780190645021 | Paperback

Restall and Solari explore Maya identity, politics, culture, and indigenous views of the universe from ancient times to the present. With the Maya his... Meer informatie

Blasphemy: A Very Short Introduction

Yvonne (Professor of Religious Studies, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Kent) Sherwood

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198797579 | Paperback

In a world where not everyone believes in God, 'blasphemy' is surely a concept that has passed its use-by-date. And yet blasphemy (like God and religi... Meer informatie

Marx: A Very Short Introduction

Peter (Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton University & Laureate Professor, University of Melbourne) Singer

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780198821076 | Paperback

Marx is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, whose theories about society, economics, and politics have shaped and directed political... Meer informatie

Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction

Jonathan (Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Geneva) Barnes

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192854087 | Paperback

The influence of Aristotle, the prince of philosophers, on the intellectual history of the West is second to none. In this book Jonathan Barnes examin... Meer informatie

Descartes: A Very Short Introduction

Tom (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Essex) Sorell

ISBN: 9780192854094 | Paperback

René Descartes (1596-1650) had a remarkably short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured... Meer informatie

Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction

Richard (, Professor of Government, Harvard University) Tuck

Reeks: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 9780192802552 | Paperback

Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inev... Meer informatie

Western Europe’s Democratic Age

Professor Martin Conway

ISBN: 9780691204598 | Paperback

A major new history of how democracy became the dominant political force in Europe in the second half of the twentieth centuryWhat happened in the yea... Meer informatie