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Road to Königgrätz
Before the War of 1866 the name of Helmuth Von Moltke was scarcely known outside the Prussian army. His appointment as Chief of the General Staff was in many ways surprising, and …
Soviet Union and the German Question September 1958 - June 1961
Since the end of World War II Germany and Berlin, in particular, have pro- vided the Soviet Union with convenient points on which to apply pressure upon the West. In September 1955 …
The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918
A new and revised edition of Alan Sked’s groundbreaking book which examines how the Habsburg Empire survived the revolutionary turmoil of 1848.‘The Year of Revolutions', saw the …
Friends and Strangers
In its early years, William Penn's "Peaceable Kingdom" was anything but. Pennsylvania's governing institutions were faced with daunting challenges: Native Americans proved far less …
The Skilled Compositor, 1850–1914
For the first time since its invention over 500 years ago, the print medium is being challenged as the primary means of recording and communicating ideas. Indeed, within the …
Oriental Scenery. Twenty-four Views in Hindoostan, Taken in the Year 1792; Drawn by Thomas Daniell, and Engraved by Himself and William Daniell;
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its …
Management Consultancy and the British State
This book traces the emergence and development of the relationship between management consultancies and the British state. It seeks to answer three questions: why were management …
Stagecoach and Tavern
This text is a nostalgic, sometimes romantic, social history about life in the taverns along the stagecoach lines in Wisconsin and northern Illinois around 1800-1880s. After Cole's …
French Revolution and Napoleon
This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts that explain the processes behind the enormous changes undergone by France and Europe between 1787 and 1815, from …
Foreign Artists and Communities in Modern Paris, 1870-1914
Foreign Artists and Communities in Modern Paris, 1870-1914 examines Paris as a center of international culture that attracted artists from Western and Eastern Europe, Asia and the …
Prohibitions and Psychoactive Substances in History, Culture and Theory
This volume is a new contribution to the dynamic scholarly discussion of the control and regulation of psychoactive substances in culture and society. Offering new critical …
The Development of Marketing Management
There has been much discussion about the origin of marketing and marketing thought, and whether it was truly American in origin. Nevertheless, it is true that US marketing …