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William Bligh
Reassesses William Bligh, highlighting his navigation feats, leadership, and career beyond the infamous Bounty mutiny.William Bligh – That Bounty Bastard tells the story of a man …
Crimean War and its Afterlife
The mid-nineteenth century's Crimean War is frequently dismissed as an embarrassment, an event marred by blunders and an occasion better forgotten. In The Crimean War and its …
Power and the Glory
'Glamour, scholarship and superlative storytelling [...] an enthralling read.'LUCY WORSLEYAdrian Tinniswood opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absurdities of life in the …
Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787
One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution. New York Times Book ReviewDuring the nearly two decades since its publication, this book has …
Adam Ferguson: History, Progress and Human Nature
Unique among the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Ferguson saw two eighteenth-century revolutions, the American and the French. This monograph contains essays that …
Moltke and his Generals
When Helmuth von Moltke took over as Chief of the Prussian General Staff, the Prussian army had not fought for more than forty years. Yet within a decade and a half he had brought …
Moltke and His Generals
When Helmuth von Moltke took over as Chief of the Prussian General Staff, the Prussian army had not fought for more than forty years. Yet within a decade and a half he had brought …
Ivan Franko and His Community
In this Ukrainian bestseller, now available in English for the first time, Yaroslav Hrytsak examines the first three decades (1856-86) in the life of Ivan Franko, a prominent …
Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India
How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world by marrying Europeans and embracing their religion and …
Stephen Long and American Frontier Exploration
Major Stephen H. Long of the United States Army was the most important government-sponsored explorer in the decade after the War of 1812. He led three major and several minor …
Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production, 1796-1918
This collection pieces together a wealth of material in order to get inside the experience of scientific practice in the long nineteenth century. It aims to reach, or perhaps to …
A Contested Nation
This book examines the ways in which the Swiss defined their national identity in the long nineteenth century, in the face of a changing domestic and international background. Its …