Modern History
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Romanians and Hungarians: Historical Premises [Hardback]
C. Sassu (Author)
£29.99ISBN: 9781592111312
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
Romanians and Hungarians have been linked throughout history since the Middle Ages. Both peoples have bravely fought to defend Christianity against Islamic terror, oftentimes shoulder to shoulder. Despite their close ties, controversies have often... .... Learn More -
The Struggle Against Russia in the Romanian Principalities: A Study in Anglo-Turkish Diplomacy, 1821-1854 [Paperback]
Radu R. Florescu (Author); Kurt W. Treptow (Author)
£24.99ISBN: 9781592110261
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The period leading up to the unification of the Romanian principalities is one of the most dynamic periods in modern Romanian history. It was a time of effervescence, which witnessed the birth of new ideas and the struggle between revolution and r... .... Learn More -
National Development in Romania and Southeastern Europe [Paperback]
Paul E. Michelson (Editor); Kurt W. Treptow (Editor); Ernest H. Latham (Other); Dennis Deletant (Other); Radu R. Florescu (Other)
£24.99ISBN: 9781592110988
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
This book honors Cornelia Bodea, academician, scholar, professor, teacher, and, above all, friend and colleague to three generations of American and British students of the Romanian past and culture.
The studies in this volume, apart from... .... Learn More -
Relapse into Bondage: Political Memoirs of a Romanian Diplomat, 1918-1947 [Paperback]
Alexandru Cretzianu (Author); Sherman David Spector (Editor)
£24.99ISBN: 9781592110957
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
"For students of Romanian foreign policy from 1933 to 1945 this book is still a must: few Romanian diplomats have published their memoirs, and this is a good opportunity to hear the voice of one of them.” - Dov B. Lungu, The International Hist... .... Learn More -
Nicolae Iorga: A Biography [Paperback]
Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera (Author)
£34.99ISBN: 9781592110759
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga played a critical role in the history of his country for more than fifty years until his tragic death in 1940. The author of more than 1,200 books and 20,000 articles, Iorga was one of the most prolific scholar... .... Learn More -
Maritime Connections Across the North Sea: The exchange of maritime culture and technology between Scandinavia and the Netherlands in the early modern period [Paperback]
Asger Nørlund Christensen (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9789088909863
Published by : Sidestone Press
Why are so many nautical words in Danish the same as in Dutch? Who taught the shipwrights in the Royal Danish Shipyard in Copenhagen to build carvel planked ships? How did the first Danish ships find their way to the riches of the East Indies? The... .... Learn More -
Maritime connections across the North Sea: The exchange of maritime culture and technology between Scandinavia and the Netherlands in the early modern period [Hardback]
Asger Nørlund Christensen (Author)
£135.00ISBN: 9789088909870
Published by : Sidestone Press
Why are so many nautical words in Danish the same as in Dutch? Who taught the shipwrights in the Royal Danish Shipyard in Copenhagen to build carvel planked ships? How did the first Danish ships find their way to the riches of the East Indies? The... .... Learn More -
Liberty Brought Us Here: The True Story of American Slaves Who Migrated to Liberia [Hardback]
Susan E. Lindsey (Author)
£25.50ISBN: 9780813179339
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Between 1820 and 1913, approximately 16,000 black people left the United States to start new lives in Liberia, Africa, in what was at the time the largest out-migration in US history. When Tolbert Major, a former Kentucky slave and single father, ... .... Learn More -
Murder on the Ohio Belle [Hardback]
Stuart W. Sanders (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9780813178714
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In March 1856, a dead body washed onto the shore of the Mississippi River. Nothing out of the ordinary. In those days, people fished corpses from the river with alarming frequency. But this body, with its arms and legs tied to a chair, struck an e... .... Learn More -
The Making of Holy Russia: The Orthodox Church and Russian Nationalism Before the Revolution [Paperback]
John Strickland (Author)
£23.99ISBN: 9781942699279
Published by : Holy Trinity Seminary Press
This book is a critical study of the interaction between Russian Church and society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. At a time of rising nationalist movement throughout Europe, Orthodox patriots advocated for the place of the Ch... .... Learn More
