Christelle Fischer-Bovet & Sitta von Reden 
Comparing the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires [EPUB ebook] 
Integration, Communication, and Resistance

"Ancient Civilizations: A Journey Through Time" offers an in-depth exploration of the most influential ancient civilizations that shaped the course of human history. Beginning with the …

Consumption and Gender in Southern Europe since the Long 1960s offers an in-depth analysis of the relationship between gender and contemporary consumer cultures in post-authoritarian Southern …

The personal rule of Louis XIV, following on from a long period of royal minority and apprenticeship, lasted 54 years from 1661 to 1715. But the second half of this personal rule has, until recently, …

All of the major terrorist events beginning with 9/11 have spread shock and fear around the world and have been used to justify the most costly and devastating wars in human history. If we examine …

This new translation presents two works, one by Epictetus and the other by Cebes, two ancient Greek philosophers of the Imperial period, in new translations of clear, straightforward English. In th …

To observe the Celts through the eyes of the Greeks and Romans is the first aim of this …

This is the first survey of British immigration policy to include both its pre-World War Two origins and its development after the crucial 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act. It is an accessible introd …

A reference surveying the major concerns, findings, and terms of social history. The coverage includes major categories within social history (family, demographic transition, multiculturalism, …

Introduces to researchers the content of the Chinese Communist Party”s first official newspaper, the Liberation daily, and examines its role in the acceptance and implementation of the party”s …

The study of ethnology or ’Volkskunde’ in Austria has had a troubled past. Through most of the 20th century it was under the influence of the so-called Viennese ’Mythological School’ and the …