Modern History
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Six Hundred New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 [Hardback]
Michael Port (Author)
£49.95ISBN: 9781904965084
Published by : Spire Books
Professor Ports study of the early nineteenth-century Church Building Commission and its churches first appeared in 1961 and has long been difficult to obtain. He has now thoroughly revised it, adding much new material and a wealth of illustrat... .... Learn More -
We Met Morris: Interviews with William Morris, 1885-96 [Paperback]
Tony Pinkney (Editor)
£19.95ISBN: 9781904965039
Published by : Spire Books
This book gathers together thirteen interviews with William Morris which appeared in newspapers or journals between 1885 and 1896, the year of his death. Taken as a whole, the interviews give us a vivid sense of Morris as he appeared to his co... .... Learn More -
Historiography in the Twentieth Century [Paperback]
Georg G. Iggers (Author)
£21.00ISBN: 9780819567666
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
In this book, now published in 10 languages, a preeminent intellectual historian examines the profound changes in ideas about the nature of history and historiography. Georg G. Iggers traces the basic assumptions upon which historical research and... .... Learn More -
Modern Military Matters: Studying and Managing Twentieth-Century Archaeology in Britain [Paperback]
John Schofield (Author)
Regular Price: £5.95
Special Price: £1.95
ISBN: 9781902771373
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
This book provides a concise statement of the state of knowledge and future research priorities relating to twentieth-century military remains in Britain an emerging area of intense archaeological investigation. The chapters cover over three ... .... Learn More -
Abbreviated Lays [Paperback]
A. T. Reyes (Author)
£9.95ISBN: 9781842171110
Published by : Oxbow Books
The double-dactyl, a poetic form never intended for `the serious or high-minded', was invented in 1951. One of the form's rules is that the verse must contain a double-dactyl name, such as `Higgledy-Piggledy . This collection, the result of an... .... Learn More -
National Development in Romania and Southeastern Europe: Papers in Honor of Cornelia Bodea [Hardback]
Paul Michelson (Editor); Kurt Treptow (Editor)
£29.99ISBN: 9789739432375
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 two con... .... Learn More -
Tradition and Modernity in Romanian Culture and Civilization [Hardback]
Kurt Treptow (Editor)
£29.99ISBN: 9789739432337
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The studies included in this volume reflect on the development of Romanian society over the past four centuries in the areas of history, politics, sociology, literature, religion, and culture. They evaluate the impact that tradition and modernity ... .... Learn More -
Henri Mathias Berthelot: Soldier of France, Defender of Romania [Hardback]
Glenn Torrey (Author)
£39.99ISBN: 9789739432153
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
At the beginning of the First World War, Henri Mathias Berthelot was recognized as one of France’s most brilliant young generals. His sharp intelligence, prodigious organizational talents, and verbal skills had made him the trusted assistant to a ... .... Learn More -
The Red Army in Romania [Hardback]
Constantin Hlihor (Author); Ioan Scurtu (Author)
£39.99ISBN: 9789739839259
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
This book, written by two well-known specialists on twentieth century Romanian history, is the first comprehensive study of the Red Army’s occupation of Romanian territory in 1940-1941, and its occupation of the country at the end of World War II,... .... Learn More -
In the Shadow of the Prague Spring: Romanian Foreign Policy and the Crisis in Czechoslovakia, 1968 [Hardback]
Mihai Retegan (Author)
£39.99ISBN: 9789739839297
Published by : Center for Romanian Studies
The Prague Spring was one of the most decisive moments in twentieth century European history. The efforts by Czechoslovak leaders in 1968 to create socialism “with a human face” had great repercussions not only in that country, but throughout the ... .... Learn More
