Modern History to 20th Century: c 1700 to c 1900

An account of modernization and technological innovation in nineteenth-century Brazil that provides a distinctly Brazilian perspective. Existing sc...

To fend off American and European imperialism in the nineteenth century, Japan strove to strengthen itself by drawing on the most updated ideas and...

In a world of conflicting nationalist claims, mass displacements and asylum-seeking, a great many people are looking for 'home' or struggling to es...

The Cambridge History of Asian American Literature presents a comprehensive history of the field, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the...

During a major overhaul of British imperial policy following the Napoleonic Wars, an escaped convict reinvented himself as an improbable activist, ...

The society in which Jane Austen lived and set her novels was a patriarchal one. Men ran the country nationally and locally, and had professional o...

Social mobility is about climbing the societal ladder, or switching to a better, more promising or rewarding position. But how does this work for t...

The murkier side of eighteenth-century politics is vividly revealed in the letters edited here. In the mid-eighteenth century, the borough of Morp...

In Lincoln's Mercenaries, renowned Civil War historian William Marvel considers whether poor northern men bore the highest burden of military servi...

Prior to the 2020 presidential election, historians considered the disputed 1876 contestwhich pitted Republican Rutherford B. Hayes against Democra...

Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.'s Marketing the Blue and Gray analyzes newspaper advertising during the American Civil War. Newspapers circulated widely b...

This study of recruitment to the ministry of the Church of England in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries overturns many long-standi...

The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's most prominent...

The unleashing of the French Revolution in 1789 resulted in the acceleration of time coupled with an inability to predict what might happen next. A...

Shows how the political turmoil of the Spanish American Wars of Independence allowed an upsurge in prize-taking activity by navies, privateers and ...

In Ambivalent Nation, Hugh Dubrulle explores how Britons envisioned the American Civil War and how these conceptions influenced their discussions a...

Captures the substance and scale of popular politics and protest in Bristol over the course of the long eighteenth century. Bristol from Below cap...

'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From...

A groundbreaking new study of the ways in which South African leaders struggle to legitimize themselves through the costuming of political power. ...

The conduit - of people, ideas and commerce - between Europe and Asia for more than six centuries, the Ottoman imperium had by 1590 become one of t...

Examines the relationship between the British left and national identity in socialism's formative years. It is generally assumed that the language...