Burke: What is Cultural History? 2nd Edition

'There is no clearer, more erudite, more humane voice in the field of cultural history than that of Peter Burke. This book is a delight, a tour in the company of a sure and steady guide to the ways men and women in the past have tried to make sense of the world in which they live.'

Jay Winter, Yale University

Black: War in the Nineteenth Century

'Jeremy Black has given us a masterful overview of the period 1800-1914, not just for the West but for the world as a whole.'

Lawrence Sondhaus, University of Indianapolis

This book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. Leading military historian Jeremy Black offers the reader a twenty-first-century approach to this period, particularly through his focus on the dynamic drive provided by different forms of military goals, or “tasking”. This allows echoes with modern warfare to come to the fore and provides a fuller understanding of a period sometimes considered solely as background to the total war of 1914-45.

Law: Terrorism

'This book is timely, well-written, and of high quality. It fills a significant gap in the discipline – there are currently no histories of the subject which match this book’s breadth in such a thorough, unbiased way.'

Gregory Miller, University of Oklahoma

Terrorism is one of the forces defining our age, but it has also been around since some of the earliest civilizations. This one-of-a-kind study of the history of terrorism - from ancient Assyria to the post-9/11 War on Terror - puts terrorism into broad historical, political, religious and social context. The book leads the reader through the shifting understandings and definitions of terrorism through the ages, and its continuous development of themes allows for a fuller understanding of the uses of and responses to terrorism.

Arnold: What is Medieval History?

"This stimulating and nuanced book should be required reading for, at the very least, all of those taking Master and Doctoral degrees in the period and it will give those already 'in the field' at schools and universities much to reflect upon."

BBC History Magazine

Harzig and Hoerder: What is Migration History?

The study of migration is and always has been an interdisciplinary field of study, vast and vibrant in nature. This short introduction to the field, written by leading historians of migration for student readers, offers an acute analysis of key issues across several disciplines. It takes in its scope an overview of migrations through history, how classic theories have interpreted such movements, and contemporary topics and debates including transnational and transcultural lives, access to citizenship, and migrant entrepreneurship. Key concepts and theories, such as systems, networks, and gender, are explained and historicized to produce a complex picture of the interaction of migrants, scholars, and disciplinary cultures in a globalized world.

Briggs and Burke: A Social History of the Media 3^rd Edition

‘Media history may be the single most important chapter of human history.  If we want to understand wars, revolutions, religions, and intellectual movements, then we must ultimately confront the question ‘Who communicated what to whom – and how?’ For both students and specialists, Briggs and Burke have produced the most comprehensive and concise synthesis of what we know about this subject.'

Jonathan Rose, Drew University

Written by two leading social and cultural historians, A Social History of the Media provides a masterful overview of communication media and the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved. This third edition has been thoroughly revised to bring the text up to date with the very latest developments in the field.

Knight: The Making of Modern Science

Of all the inventions of the nineteenth century, the scientist is one of the most striking. Men of science rivalled clerics and critics as sages; they were honoured as national treasures, and buried in state funerals. Their new ideas invigorated the life of the mind. Peripatetic congresses, great exhibitions, museums, technical colleges and laboratories blossomed; and new industries based on chemistry and electricity brought prosperity and power, economic and military. The ideas, discoveries and inventions of scientists transformed the world: lives were longer and healthier, cities and empires grew, societies became urban rather than agrarian, the local became global.

Bringing together the people, events, and discoveries of this exciting period into a lively narrative, this book will be essential reading both for students of the history of science and for anyone

Toner: Popular Culture in Ancient Rome

'This is a marvellous book on a neglected subject. On the basis of a rich mosaic of documents supplemented by comparative evidence, Toner has produced a sharply analytical reading of popular culture in Rome, which is both very instructive and highly entertaining'

Peter Garnsey, University of Cambridge

Most people in the Roman world did not belong to the elite. Much ancient history, however, has focused on the lives, politics and culture of the minority elite. This book helps redress the balance by focusing on the non-elite in the Roman world. It builds a vivid account of the everyday lives of the masses, including their social and family life, health, leisure and religious beliefs, and the ways in which their popular culture resisted the domination of the ruling elite.

Bringmann: A History of the Roman Republic

This book is chronologically organized, giving the reader a clear sense of the historical progress and dynamics of Roman republic history, it also offers a coherent and authoritative overview of the culture, economics, religion and military might of the Roman empire, presented in an original and stimulating new way and will be essential reading for upper-level undergraduates in history and classical studies.

Morillo: What is Military History?

“This accomplished work provides a clear and thoughtful account of military history that is particularly valuable because of its chronological and geographical range. Interesting, well-written and wide ranging, it can be highly recommended.”

Jeremy Black, University of Exeter

Livi Bacci: Conquest: The Destruction of the American Indios

The arrival of Europeans in the American continent brought with them a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. What were the causes? The surviving documentation is extraordinarily rich: conquistadors, religious figures, administrators, officials, and merchants kept records, carried out inquiries, and issued edicts. The native world, for its part, has also left eloquent traces of events as well as direct testimony of its harsh subjugation at the hands of the Europeans. Through these sources, this book demonstrates how not only the ‘imported’ diseases but also a series of economic and social factors played a role in the disastrous decline of the Indios.

Heywood: A History of Childhood

'Even-handed, accurate and well-crafted, this admirable survey strikes the right balance: simple enough for a first-year student, sophisticated enough to do justice to the material.'

Roy Porter, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine

Rupke: The Religion of the Romans

"Religion of the Romans engages the reader in a conversation about the Romas and their gods. Authored by one of the most original and lively investigators of Roman religion writing in any language, it is as lively as it is erudite. The overview of Roman cult it offers is both new and authoritative, and presents a real challenge to some of the sacred cows of Roman history. Illustrated with a mass of source material of every kind, it will be an essential guide for students, while also provoking established scholars to rethink some of their assumptions about Roman religion."

Greg Woolf, University of St Andrews