Category Archives: Essays

A Companion to Ancient History (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World)

This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of ancient history. Examines the forms of evidence, problems, approaches, and major themes in the study of ancient history Comprises more than 40 essays, written by leading international … Continue reading

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Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our Sixteenth President

In a handsome, gift-quality volume celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, America’s top Lincoln historians offer their diverse perspectives on the life and legacy of America’s sixteenth president. Spanning Lincoln’s life?from his early career as a Springfield lawyer, to … Continue reading

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A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Europe (Blackwell Companions to European History)

This Companion contains 31 essays by leading international scholars to provide an overview of the key debates on eighteenth-century Europe. Examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political changes that took place throughout eighteenth-century Europe Focuses on Europe while placing … Continue reading

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Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment

Lincoln’s reelection in 1864 was a pivotal moment in the history of the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation had officially gone into effect on January 1, 1863, and the proposed Thirteenth Amendment had become a campaign issue. Lincoln and Freedom: … Continue reading

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The Making of the Middle Ages: Liverpool Essays

Liverpool was founded in the Middle Ages, and as the city approaches its eight-hundredth anniversary,this booktakes stock of Liverpool’s scholarly contributions to modern understanding of the period. From the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, scholars from Liverpool have made pioneering … Continue reading

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Reinterpreting Revolutionary Russia: Essays in Honour of James D. White

This is a stimulating and highly original collection of essays from a team of internationally renowned experts. The contributors reinterpret key issues and debates, including political, social, cultural and international aspects of the Russian revolution stretching from the late imperial … Continue reading

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The Discovery of Islands

Written by one of the world’s leading historians of political thought and published over the past three decades, the purpose of these essays is to present British history as the history of several nations interacting with–and sometimes seceding from–association with … Continue reading

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Rethinking the Mediterranean

In this collection of essays, an international group of renowned scholars attempt to establish the theoretical basis for studying the ancient and medieval history of the Mediterranean Sea and the lands around it. In so doing they range far afield … Continue reading

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Living on the Edge in Leonardo’s Florence: Selected Essays

In Living on the Edge in Leonardo’s Florence, an internationally renowned master of the historian’s craft provides a splendid overview of Italian history from the Black Death to the rise of the Medici in 1434 and beyond into the early … Continue reading

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The Lesser Evil: Moral Approaches to Genocide Practices (Totalitarianism Movements and Political Religions)

This book comprises 14 essays by scholars who disagree about the methods and purposes of comparing Nazism and Communism. The central idea is that if these two different memories of evil were to develop in isolation, their competition for significance … Continue reading

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