Efterkrigstidens historia under 1900-talet: ca 1945 – ca 2000

John Fitzgerald Kennedy led the United States for barely a thousand days, and yet he is regarded as one of the great Presidents of all time for his brave decisions on civil …

Through compelling analysis of popular culture, high culture and elite designs in the years following the end of the Second World War, this book explores how Britain and its people …

Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster, according to the Guardian 'one of the great English comic artists of the twentieth century', this is an unmissable treasure for lovers of London …

In this sweeping portrait of the political culture of the early People's Republic of China (PRC), Chang-tai Hung mines newly available sources to vividly reconstruct how the …

A new lens on conceptions of the Mexican state and the people Forging a Mexican People shows how illustrated print culture helped to construct and deconstruct versions of "e;a …

'Haunting . . . The writing is often breathtaking, brutality amplified through perfectly crafted prose.' The Times'Extraordinary . . . Serious history and skillful journalism, but …

Text von Schlemmer: Das "Wirtschaftswunder" der funfziger und sechziger Jahre veranderte die Bundesrepublik Deutschland grundlegend und hinterliess auch in Regionen mit ungunstigen …

Since the demise of the Pinochet dictatorship in 1990, collaboration and complicity - both in the torture chamber and civil society - have been taboo topics not only for the …

Italy has seduced generations with its sunshine, landscapes, art treasures and the warmth and vitality of its people, devoted to style, sensuality and the pleasures of life.The …

This new edition of 'Hands Off Wales' addresses the campaign of militant activism which Wales witnessed between 1963 and 1969, showing that it was fuelled by both the contentious …