History

This is the unlikely history of a centuries old church located at the heart of England's capital city. Founded in the early-18th century by a Greek...

Under violent military dictatorship, Operation Condor and the Dirty War scarred Argentina from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, leaving behind a l...

In and Out of the Maasai Steppe looks at the Maasai women in the Maasai Steppe of Tanzania. The book explores their current plight - threatened by ...

Once upon a time, it was impossible to drive through the South without coming across signs to See Rock City or similar tourist attractions. From ba...

The Vikings descended upon Europe at the close of the 8th century, invading the continent's western seas and river systems, trading, raiding and...

More extraordinary but true stories from Londons history. In this fascinating follow-up to his bestselling London...

In the wake of the 1588 destruction of the Spanish Armada, English Catholics launched an ingenious counterespionage effort to undermine the Tudo...

Millions of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe were by 1914 doing the dirtiest, most dangerous jobs in America's mines, mills and facto...

Black Theater Is Black Life fills a critical gap in the history of African American culture in Chicago. Through interviews with prominent producers...

Ronnie Selley, a South African from rural Natal, joined the RAF on a short-service commission in 1937, considered the Golden Age of aviation. Durin...

Discover some of the great archival treasures of the Royal Geographical Society. Some of the greatest expeditions are described and complimented wi...

Richly illustrated with rare period photographs, Houstons Hermann Park: A Century of Community provides a vivid history of Houstons oldest and most...

We are delighted to announce the publication, in partnership with The RNLI, of a special, Limited Edition of The Lifeboat: Courage on our Coasts. T...

This volume, with exhaustive on-site research, details America's last major offensive of World War I, the Battle of the Meuse-Argonne, which too...

The political, economic and social landscapes of the United States in the early 1940s were split by one overriding factor--race. This volume explor...

Published in memory of Ivy L. McClelland, a pioneer-scholar of Spains eighteenth century, this volume of original essays contains, besides an Intro...

With the arrival of Europeans in North America, the Cherokee were one of the many Indian nations profoundly affected. This book thoroughly discusse...

Now available as an updated second edition covering the brutal end of Sri Lanka's civil war and creeping state authoritarianism that has grown in i...

This is the unforgettable story of the remarkable medical workers of World War One.A hundred years ago, the Armistice that ended the Great War was ...

The Allied occupation of Japan is remembered as the good occupation. An American-led coalition successfully turned a militaristic enemy into a stab...