General & World History

The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration reexamines the history of imprisonment of U.S. and Canadian citizens of Japanese descent during ...

Henry Kissingers 2014 book World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History not only offers a summary of thinking dev...

Learn about the origins of our species and all things revolution in The History Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tr...

Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more effi...

An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time i...

When everyone had had plenty to eat and drink they called for the gladiators. The moment anyones throat was cut, they clapped their hands in pleasu...

Gordon's survey of the topic makes it clear that slavery in the Americas can be understood much better if we put it in this larger context, in term...

Gordon's survey of the topic makes it clear that slavery in the Americas can be understood much better if we put it in this larger context, in term...

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in No...

Working in a world of hurt fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war. It focuses not on soldiers, but on th...

This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invent...