Michael Meranze 
Laboratories of Virtue [PDF ebook] 
Punishment, Revolution, and Authority in Philadelphia, 1760-1835

This thought-provoking collection analyses the European Community”s external relations between 1957 and 1992, with a particular focus upon their broader impact and global significance. Reconceptuali …

Women in World History brings together the most recent scholarship in women”s and world history in a single volume covering the period from 1450 to the present, enabling readers to understand women’ …

Cameralism and the Enlightenment reassesses the relationship between two key phenomena of European history often disconnected from each other. It builds on recent insights from global history, transn …

This book explores the contribution of southern Italy and Sicily to the crusades and crusader states. By adopting the theme of identity as a tool of analysis, it argues that a far more nuanced pictur …

Bengal’s traditional industries, once celebrated worldwide, largely decayed under the backwash effects of the British Industrial Revolution in the first half of the nineteenth century. Although colon …

Crises resulting from war or other upheavals turn the lives of individuals upside down, and they can leave marks on a community for many years after the event. This volume aims to explore how such cr …

It is commonly held that a strict divide between literature and history emerged in the 19th century, with the latter evolving into a more serious disciple of rigorous science. Yet, in turning to work …

Waged between 1926 and 1929, The Cristero War (also known as The Cristero Rebellion or La Cristiada) resulted from a religious insurrectionary movement, which formed in protest of the Mexican Revolut …

The early 17th century was a time of great literature the era of Cervantes and Shakespeare but also of international tension and heightened diplomacy. This book looks at the relations between Spain u …

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 …