Modern Times to 1918

Backyard Revolution contributes in-depth sociocultural histories of the popular antisemitic pogroms that shook Hungary in the spring and summer of 1946 . Expanding the scope of investigation of seria …

The importance of a single life: one of the most fascinating stories from US history that you’ve probably never heard of. Washed overboard from the Mayflower during a raging storm, John Howland …

This handbook offers a guide to research on religious culture during Europe’s long nineteenth century (1800–1914). Grounded in the latest theoretical approaches and in line with trends that have prod …

Charts the emergence and development of capitalism across the world from a variety of perspectives, providing a deep understanding of how capitalism came to be the dominant economic force. This book …

In 1685, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes made Catholicism the only recognized religion in France and criminalized the practice of Calvinism, throwing the minority Protestant population into cri …

New Diplomatic History has turned into one of the most dynamic and innovative areas of research – especially with regard to early modern history. It has shown that diplomacy was not as homogenous as …

A beguiling exploration of the last Habsburg monarchs’ grip on Europe’s historical and cultural imagination. In 1919 the last Habsburg rulers, Emperor Karl and Empress Zita, left Austria, going into …

The formation of modern European states during the long 19th century was a complicated process, challenged by the integration of widely different territories and populations. The Science of Stat …

A collection of essays detailing how individuals remapped race, gender, and sexuality through their lived experiences and in the cultural imagination For centuries the Atlantic world has been a site …

A study of Scottish thinkers and writers in their political and cultural context. The ‘advancement of learning’ was the term used by late seventeenth-century Scots for intellectual enquiry of all kin …