History: Specific Events & Topics

Through a series of close readings of most of Rousseau's major writings, this book provides a new interpretation of the eighteenth-century philosop...

Through a series of close readings of most of Rousseau's major writings, this book provides a new interpretation of the eighteenth-century philosop...

This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin ...

This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural...

This book focuses on the neglected cultural front of the Cold War in Asia to explore the mindsets of Asian actors and untangle the complex cultural...

In this sweeping, definitive work, historian David Crowe offers an unflinching account of the long and troubled history of genocide and war crimes....

Bringing together specialists in ancient history, archaeology and Roman law, this book provides new perspectives on long-distance trade in the Roma...

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. Who ever thought they would one ...

'At least in The Handmaid's Tale they value babies, mostly. Not so in the true stories here' Margaret Atwood '[A] furious, necessary book' Sinéad G...

This book explores women's organizations and their various educational contributions through local, state, and national networks from 1890 to 1960....

This collection explores the aftermath of the Representation of the People Act, which gave some British women the vote. Experts examine the paths t...

This collection explores the aftermath of the Representation of the People Act, which gave some British women the vote. Experts examine the paths t...

Silencing Race provides a historical analysis of the construction of silences surrounding issues of racial inequality, violence, and discrimination...

This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin ...

Saint-Simonians were a group of young engineers and doctors who proposed original solutions to the social and banking crises of the early nineteent...

What does it mean to be a Muslim - in this world, in this deeply transformative time? Hamid Dabashi suggests that the transition to a changed, post...

This book outlines the content of the main treaties that form the 'constitutional' basis of the European Union and analyses changes in these over t...

An unprecedented number of people were sent to 'lunatic asylums' in the nineteenth century. But what was life like inside? How was order maintained...

An unprecedented number of people were sent to 'lunatic asylums' in the nineteenth century. But what was life like inside? How was order maintained...

In the early 1900s the Catholic Church appealed, for the first time in its history, directly to women to reassert its religious, political and soci...

During the Elizabethan era, writers such as Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney, Daniel, and others frequently expounded on mercy, exploring the sources a...

During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform. This book, the first comparative study of na...

Drawing on legal and literary sources, this work revises and expands understandings of female honesty, worth and credit by exploring how women from...

Whisnant argues that the period after Nazism was more important for the history of homosexuality in Germany than is generally recognized. Gay scene...