A fascinating account of the phenomenon known as the Black Death, this volume offers a wealth of documentary material focused on the initial outbreak of the plague that ravaged the world in the 14th century.

The Arcades Project is Benjamin's effort to represent and to critique bourgeois society from the post-Napoleonic era to the present age and, in so doing, to liberate the suppressed "primal history" that underlies its ideological mask.

Tells of the psychological impact of European culture upon a spirited young American girl named Isabel Archer when she becomes torn between three very different men and falls prey to the schemes of a sophisticated older woman.

This is a matchless guide to the backgroud of Middle East conflicts today from an eminent authority.

The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman's classic histories of the First World War era During the fateful quarter century leading up to World War I, the climax ...

These are organised by topic, with chronological charts providing historical context for each section.

The great strength of this collection is its wide range...a valuable work for anyone interested in the social aspects of the medieval nobility.

This 1997 book discusses the shift to quantitative perception which made modern science, technology, business practice and bureaucracy possible.

Presents a thirteen-volume reference guide to the geography, history, economy, government, culture and daily life of countries in Europe.

Covering everything from war and politics to social, cultural, and economic change, Barbarism and Civilization is by turns grim, humorous, surprising, and enlightening: a window on the century we have left behind and the earliest years of ...