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A Short History of the American Revolutionary War by Stephen Conway
$29.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories
Ideologically defined by the colonists' formal Declaration of Independence in 1776, the struggle has taken on something of a mythic character. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere's ride to raise the countryside of New England against the march of the Redcoats; and from the American travails of Bunk ...Show more
A Short History of the Russian Revolution by Geoffrey Swain
$27.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories
In 1917 revolutionary fervour swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and instigating political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union. Arising out of proletariat discontent with the Tsarist autocracy and Lenin's proclaimed version of a Marxist ideology, ...Show more
A Short History of the Weimar Republic by Colin Storer
$29.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: I.B. Tauris Short Histories
It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar Republic. The brief fourteen-year period of democracy between the Treaty of Versailles and the advent of the Third Reich was marked by unstable government, economic crisis and hyperinflation and the rise of ...Show more
Colonialism: A Consise Survey by Macqueen Norrie
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Short Histories of Big Ideas
Europe's rapacious hunger for other people's lands is one of the key shaping forces of our contemporary world. Everything is touched by our colonial past, from the way we see the world to the food we eat. Our contemporary preoccupations and ills from globalization to humanitarian intervention to interna ...Show more
Iraq: A History by John Robertson
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Series: Short Histories
In this insightful analysis, highly-respected expert John Robertson canvases the entirety of Iraq's rich history, from the seminal advances of its Neolithic inhabitants to the aftermath of the American-led invasion and Iraq today. Grounded in extensive research, this balanced account of a country and it ...Show more
Iraq: A History by John Robertson
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Short Histories
Cities, scripts, literature, the rule of law - all were born in Iraq. That so many see this ancient land as nothing more than a violent backwater steeped in chaos is a travesty. This is the place where, for the first 5,000 years of human history, all innovations of worth emerged. It was the cradle of ci ...Show more
Japan: A Short History by Mikiso Hane
$22.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Short Histories
What is a shogun? Who were the samurai and what is the warrior code? What lies behind the Japanese work ethic? From the ancient tea ceremony to the boom and subsequent downturn of its economic prosperity, this uniquely concise introduction to Japan and its history surveys nearly 10,000 years of society, ...Show more
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