Regional og nasjonal historie

I 1907 gikk Norsk Arbeidsgiverforening for første gang med på en landsomfattende kollektivavtale med de organiserte arbeiderne. I dag, 100 år etter, har NHO satt seg som realistisk …

In this first up-do-date, single volume history of the Czechs, Agnew provides an introduction to the major themes and contours of Czech history for the general reader—from …

Hailed as a "pithy and compelling account of an intensely relevant topic" (Kirkus Reviews), this wide-ranging volume offers a superb account of a key moment in modern U.S. and …

THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNINGCLASSIC OF POLITICAL INTEGRITY With a foreword by RobertF. Kennedy and introduction by Caroline Kennedy John F. Kennedy's enduringclassic resounds with …

A new history of the American Jewish relationship with Israel focused on its most urgent and sensitive issue: the question of Palestinian rights  “Provide[s] an essential backstory …

This extraordinary re-creation of the life of a medieval Italian merchant, Francesco di Marco Datini, is one of the greatest historical portraits written in the twentieth …

In a comprehensive study of early Islamic history, Wilferd Madelung examines the conflict which developed after Muhammad’s death for the leadership of the Muslim community. He …

The definitive history of the supernatural in Nazi Germany—the occult ideas, esoteric sciences, and pagan religions touted by the Third Reich in the service of power“[Kurlander] …

The foundation of the Sasanian Empire in Persia in AD 224 established a formidable new power on the Roman Empire's eastern frontier, and relations over the next four centuries …

Written by Chris Woodyard, the author of The Victorian Book of the Dead, A is for Arsenic is a guide to the the basics of Victorian mourning and death all illustrated by the …