James Bryce 
Le Saint Empire Romain Germanique Et l’Empire Actuel d’Allemagne [PDF ebook] 

This book engages critically with the different models and approaches for managing religion adopted in Europe, Asia and Oceania. A truly intercontinental volume, this collection brings together high …

This history of the causes, conduct and consequences of World War II aims beyond traditional military and diplomatic accounts to present the era in its broader context. Special emphasis is devoted to …

On the Edge of Empires explores the mixed culture of North Mesopotamia in the Roman period. This volatile region at the eastern edge of the Roman world became during the imperial period the theater o …

Turkey“s process of `modernization“ developed rapidly during the second half of the twentieth century. New social and legal reforms were institutionalized and political and economic changes located …

I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Offering new perspectives on the relationship between Shi“is and Sufis in modern and pre-modern times, this book challenges the suppo …

On Good Friday, 1626, Franciscus Quaresmius delivered a sermon in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem calling on King Philip IV of Spain to undertake a crusade to ‘liberate’ the Holy Land. …

A “compelling study” of how the idea of white supremacy persists long after the Civil Rights Act—“as thoughtful as it is fierce” (David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political Histo …

One of the British Empire“s most troubling colonial exports in the 19th-century, James Busby is known as the father of the Australian wine industry, the author of New Zealand“s Declaration of Indep …

Analysing three cases of British colonial violence that occurred in the latter half of the 19th century, this book argues that all three share commonalities, including the role of racial prejudices i …