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This is the first book in English to give a comprehensive account of how soldiers, officials, Christians and workers together fought to frustrate the aims of Hitler.

Sets the working of the French political system in its historical, social and economic context.

This stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of France as a nation from the founding of the monarchy in 987, to the present day. Goubert's perspective is a popular

"Hard hitting, yet hopeful, Ekins combines a compendium of our planet's greatest ills with stirring, real-life examples of people breaking out of old moulds to become practical problem solvers.' Frances Moore Lappe

Human Knowledge is Bertrand Russell's classic examination of the relation between individual experience and the general body of scientific knowledge. It presents a rigorous examination of the problems of an empiricist epistemology.

The essays collected in this reader represent the extraordinary vitality of recent historical literature on early America, and suggest ways of synthesizing the vast proliferation of knowledge. Phillip Morgan explores the history

A study of the entire Caribbean region, including Central America and the Caribbean coast of northern South America, and the role of international intervention. This work discusses the complex interaction among major

This timely new collection addresses the problems of ethnic conflict regulation. The editors begin with an assessment of the morality, feasibility, and consequences of the primary methods used by governments to eliminate

This bold and imaginative book marks out a different route towards understanding the body, and its relationship to culture and subjectivity. Amongst other subjects, Lyndal Roper deals with the nature of masculinity

Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of History is regarded as the best introduction to the fundamental themes in his philosophy. In this accessible guidebook, Joseph McCarney introduces and assesses Hegel's life and

The Suffering Self is a ground-breaking, interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows how Christian narrative representation in the early empire worked to create a

This updated volume takes the still acrimonious debate over the "General Crisis" of the seventeenth century up to today. Geoffrey Parker and Lesley Smith have collected ten important subsequent essays concerning the

Using a diversity of critical and theoretical approaches from the humanities, Post-Colonial Cultures in France explores the globalization of cultures and international migration. The contributions cover both the ethnic diversity of minority

The first extended work in the field since Charles Diehl published his Figures Byzantine more than ninety years ago, Byzantine Empresses provides much-needed historical data in an accessible and up-to-date form. Using

This collection draws together a fascinating selection of sources to illuminate this turbulent era of English history. From the bloody overthrow of Richard III in 1485, to the creation of a worldwide

By drawing upon sources as diverse as literature and archaeology, this book brings together a rich variety of scholarship to offer a new insight into the world of Edward the Elder, son