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From the early years, when its cities and towns were self-governing, to the national rise to power of fascism this century, Italy has undergone many upheavals: political, social, economic and cultu

In 2003, a backhoe operator hired by the state of Washington to work on the Port Angeles waterfront discovered what a larger world would soon learn.

The Roman army is remarkable for its detailed organisation and professional structure.

This book provides an introduction to Africa -- covering its physical attributes, history, social structure, and culture.

First published in 1973, this is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D.

India: A Brief History of a Civilization provides a brief overview of a very long period, allowing students to acquire a mental map of the entire history of Indian civilization in a short book.

Since he was tried and hanged for treason in November of 1885, Louis Riel has been the subject of more histories, biographies, novels, and poetry than any other figure in Canadian history.

In a gripping reconnaissance into the urban future, Mike Davis, a provocative interpreter of the American metropolis unravels the secret history of disaster, real and imaginary, in Southern Califor

In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, the foremost expert on linguistics David Crystal draws on the 100 words that best illustrate the huge variety of developments and

The conflict in Northern Ireland since 1969 has cost over 3,600 lives and about 100,000 people in Northern Ireland live in a household where someone has been injured in a troubles-related incident.

We are what we eat, as the saying goes, but we are also how we eat, and when, and where.

What's white, costs billions of dollars, and embodies the American dream?

Margaret Conrad's history of Canada begins with a challenge to its readers. What is Canada? What makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state? What was its founding moment?

This exciting new edition of A History of Ancient Greece in its Mediterranean
Context has been thoroughly revised and expanded to cover the development of