History: Specific Events & Topics

The West and Islam--the sword and the scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Byzantine empe...

Abjective ecologies of British humans, animals, and other nonhumans in cultural forms of nineteenth-century literature, from Dracula to BovrilMeat ...

Le théâtre en langue française, qui fut au centre des occupations quotidiennes de la cour et des élites urbaines russes au XVIIIe siècle, na jamais...

Argues for the recognition of American theatre history as long, rich, diverse and critically compelling. Embracing all epochs of theatre history, f...

Argues for the recognition of American theatre history as long, rich, diverse and critically compelling. Embracing all epochs of theatre history, f...

This volume, newly available in paperback, brings together the best of T. C. Smout's recent articles and contributions to books and journals on the...

How did the Scottish government respond to sexual attitudes and behaviour in the period 1950 to 1980? In exploring the role of the state in the reg...

This book explores the ordinary daily routines, behaviours, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people during a period of immense political, so...

The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law provides an authoritative and original overview of the origins, concepts, and core issues o...

'THE BEST BOOK ON ROMAN BRITAIN I'VE READ IN AGES' TOM HOLLAND'A masterly evocation of the bloodiest year in British history.' ALICE ROBERTS'Evoca...

While previous works on the history of Christianity in China have largely centered on the scientific and philosophical areas of Catholic missions i...

The Black Speculative Arts Movement: Black Futurity, Art+Design is a 21st century statement on the intersection of the future of African people wit...

CULTURE AND VALUES: A SURVEY OF THE WESTERN HUMANITIES takes you on a fascinating tour of some of the world's most significant examples of art, mus...

Under French colonial rule, the region of the Maghreb emerged as distinct from two other geographical entities that, too, are colonial inventions: ...

What did the Edwardians know about Spain, and what was that knowledge worth? The Edwardians and the Making of a Modern Spanish Obsession draws on a...