The International Library of Essays on Political History: The International Library of Essays on Political History
Revolutions in the Western World 1775–1825
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeremy Black
January 30, 2025
Considering what has been described as an Age of Revolutions, Black assesses a formative period in world history by examining the North American, European, Haitian and Latin American Revolutions. Causes, courses and consequences are all clarified in the articles selected and an introduction charts ...
The Progressive Era in the USA: 1890–1921
1st Edition
Edited
By Kristofer Allerfeldt
January 11, 2019
Few periods in American history have been explored as much as the Progressive Era. It is seen as the birth-place of modern American liberalism, as well as the time in which America emerged as an imperial power. Historians and other scholars have struggled to explain the contradictions of this ...
Nazi Germany
1st Edition
Edited
By Harald Kleinschmidt
November 28, 2007
The volume reproduces a set of recently-published articles demonstrating the embeddedness of Nazi genocide and other crimes against humanity in a German society that was haunted by practices of denunciation. Far from being an inexplicable invasion of evil into otherwise sound German society, the ...
European Political History 1870–1913
1st Edition
Edited
By Benjamin Ziemann, Thomas Mergel
October 28, 2007
The period from 1870 to 1913 saw the emergence of modern mass politics. The extension of the franchise, the development of party structures and political cleavages and growing state intervention mark this period as one of substantial political change. This collection brings together a selection of ...
Colonial America and the Early Republic
1st Edition
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By Philip N. Mulder
July 28, 2007
Reflecting the best recent scholarship of Early America and the Early Republic, the articles in this collection study the many dimensions of American political history. The authors explore Native American interests and encounters with settlers, diplomatic endeavors, environmental issues, legal ...
European Decolonization
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Thomas
June 28, 2007
This collection brings together twenty-one key articles that explore the nature and impact of colonial withdrawal. Ranging across all the European colonial powers, the articles discuss various aspects of decolonization, including the role of political violence, changing popular attitudes to empire ...
1848: The Year of Revolutions
1st Edition
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By Peter H. Wilson
June 28, 2006
Europe was swept by a wave of revolution in 1848 that had repercussions stretching well beyond the Continent. Governments fell in quick succession or conceded significant reforms, before being rolled back by conservative reaction. Though widely perceived as a failure, the revolution ended the ...