Tyler Stovall 
Paris and the Spirit of 1919 [PDF ebook] 
Consumer Struggles, Transnationalism and Revolution

Painstakingly researched by an authority on the history of the Secret Service and based on primary, firsthand accounts from more than 80 former agents, White House aides, and family members, this is …

A splendid tale of human ingenuity in the service of taste, sedulously researched and told with great flair.” Loyd Grossman Sunday Times Author of such cookery classics as Italian Food and French Pr …

Britain has largely been in denial of its migrant past – it is often suggested that the arrivals after 1945 represent a new phenomenon and not the continuation of a much longer and deeper trend. Ther …

‘A balanced, yet critical, review of Mitterrand”s fourteen-year presidency. Friend has crowned a long career as an expert on French politics with this astute analysis and assessment of a decisive ch …

This thoughtful introduction to British politics explores a country undergoing a painful transition as the twenty-first century approaches. Informed throughout by a comparative public policy perspect …

This is a study of the organisation and practical operation of the system of poor relief in Emden from the late 15th century to the end of the 16th. The city went through dramatic economic, confessio …

The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of modern Ireland – socially, politically, demographically and cultural …

This book, by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, explores the complex nature of Russian nationalism. It examines nationalism as a multilayered and multifaceted repertoire displayed by a …

Conditions of the marriage market and sexual culture, and the needs of wealthy families and their members created social tensions in the late sixteenth and early-seventeenth century Venice. This stud …

The essays collected in this volume, first published in 1998, address the profound changes and disruptions wrought in peasant societies as a result of European colonial domination and the spread of t …