The Warrior Queen: The Life and Legend of Aethelflaed. Aethelflaed, eldest daughter of Alfred 'the Great', has gone down in history as an enigmatic and almost legendary figure. Yet she was also a patron of learning, who used
Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century. Frieden's insightful history explores the golden age of globalization during the early years of the century, its swift collapse in the crises of 1914-45, the divisions
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Standard of Living Since the Civil Wa
Serfdom was a loose garment that enabled different landlords to shape economic institutions, especially property rights, in widely diverse ways. Highly coercive and backward regimes on some landlords' estates existed side-by-side with surprising
An Economic History of Nineteenth-Century Europe: Diversity and Industrialization. Why did some countries and regions of Europe reach high levels of economic advancement in the nineteenth century, while others were left behind? Thi
Peaceful Conquest: The Industrialization of Europe 1760-1970.
Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality Since 1700. Unequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from coloni
A controversial look at the end of globalization and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order Globalization, long considered the best route to economic prosperity, is not inevitable. King argues that a rejection
The Lost Cause: The Trials of Frank and Jesse James is a thrilling account of the rise, pursuit, and prosecution of the legendary outlaw gang. Lawyer Henry Mc Dougal brashly sued Jesse and Frank James for the loss of the property, w
Loan Sharks is the first history of predatory lending in the United States. It traces the origins of modern consumer lending to such older practices as salary buying and hidden interest charges. Many current lending practice
The paramilitary reliability trials, the NSKK competitions and the increasing military modifications of the Opel Blitz commercial vehicles are also shown. This book includes the design, testing and use of Opel cars, trucks a
Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods. Topics range from 17th century medicine and blood circulation to the meter of Virgil's poetry. This collection of essays examines in detail the history of so
Unlocking the Past: How Archaeologists Are Rewriting Human History With Ancient DNA.
This book provides a highly detailed account of the history, organisation, uniforms and insignia of South African Special Forces from their origins up to the early 90s - units such as the 44 Parachute Brigade, the Hunter Group and the infamous S
Hollywood Traitors: Blacklisted Screenwriters: Agents of Stalin. Ryskind, who grew up in the heart of the Hollywood scene and personally knew many of the key players in this real-life Hollywood drama, has penned a def
The end for the Jaguar in the United Kingdom was sudden and rushed with the big cat going out with a meow rather than a roar. The Jaguar was an iconic aircraft to come from Anglo-French collaboration and one of the first to be conceived with a predator
The Role of the Bektashis in Turkey's National Struggle. Its sources mainly consist of a couple of people lived at that period and many valuable unpublished archival material collected from various archives of Turkey.
