Stuart Parkes 
Understanding Contemporary Germany [PDF ebook] 

Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities Changes in production and consumption fundamentally transformed the culture of work in the industrial world during the century afte …

This book looks to fill the ”blue hole” in Global History by studying the role of the oceans themselves in the creation, development, reproduction and adaptation of knowledge across the Atlantic wo …

Originally published in 1987, this collection of essays is a major contribution toward developing a realistic picture of the Latin American Jewish communities in the late 20th Century. The book will …

Between 1936 and 1939, the Spanish Civil War showcased anarchism to the world. News of the revolution in Spain energised a moribund international anarchist movement, and activists from across the glo …

An original blend of autobiography and ethnography that re-examines violence and memory from the perspective of a child of Korean War survivors.   This “deeply moving” narrative (Heonik Kwon, au …

In June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. This key event in 20th-century history continues to fascinate the public imagination, yet few historians ha …

Moroccan Jews can trace their heritage in Morocco back 2000 years. In French Protectorate Morocco (1912-56) there was a community of over 200, 000 Jews, but today only a small minority remains. This …

This is the first comprehensive critical study of the Organisation Todt (OT), a key institution which oversaw the Third Reich”s vast slave labour programme together with the SS, Wehrmacht and indust …

This collection of state-of-the-art essays explores conspiracy cultures in post-socialist Eastern Europe, ranging from the nineteenth century to contemporary manifestations. Conspiracy theories about …

This book presents a full description and interpretation of the changes that have occurred in the United Kingdom during the 1990s. It offers an understanding of the social, economic, political, and p …