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The Penguin History of Europe: The Pursuit of Glory : The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815 (Paperback)

History writing at its glorious best. --The New York Times A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge expertise sound judgment and a colorful narrative style. --The Economist The New York Times bestselling volume in the Penguin History of Europe... more

Pre-Owned Ladies of the Grand Tour: British Women in Pursuit of Enlightenment and Adventure in Eighteenth-Century Europe (Hardcover) 0060185430 9780060185435

According to the 1747 publication The Art of Governing a Wife women in Georgian England were to lay up and save look to the house talk to few and take of all within. However some women broke from these directives and took up the distinctly male... more

Pursuit Of Glory : Europe 1648 To 1815

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In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling Through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father (Paperback)

A debut that combines historical nonfiction with travel books for fans of Bill Bryson and Tony Horwitz In Pursuit of Jefferson is the story of an American on a journey through Europe following the epic trail of Thomas Jefferson. A controversial... more

Pre-Owned In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father Paperback

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Beyond Medieval Europe: Coloman King of Galicia and Duke of Slavonia (1208-1241): Medieval Central Europe and Hungarian Power (Hardcover)

A figure of crucial importance to scholarship on western and eastern Europe alike King Coloman (1208-1241) here receives long-overdue scholarly treatment as a key figure of the thirteenth century. The �rpád prince ruled over a vast area in Central... more

The Golden Spy : Or a Political Journal of the British Nights Entertainments. Viz. the Power and Progress of Gold. the Ladys Taste. ... Wherein Are Laid Open the Secret Miraculous Power and Progress of Gold in the Courts of Europe. ... (Paperback)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution Gale initiated a revolution... more

Studies in Air Power: Air Power at the Battlefront: Allied Close Air Support in Europe 1943-45 (Hardcover)

Ian Gooderson presents a study of close air support in World War II with the analysis focusing on the use of tactical air power by British and American forces during the campaigns in Italy and northwestern Europe between 1943 and 1945. more

Gutenberg-e: Pursuit of an Unparalleled Opportunity: The American YMCA and Prisoner-Of-War Diplomacy Among the Central Power Nations During World War I 1914-1923 (Hardcover)

During World War I over six million men became prisoners-of-war a burden that overwhelmed the resources of the belligerent powers which had a responsibility to care for these men. Becoming aware of the POWs plight the American YMCA was determined to... more

Haya de la Torre and the Pursuit of Power in Twentieth-Century Peru and Latin America (Paperback)

Like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara Peruvian Victor Raul Haya de la Torre (1895-1979) was one of Latin America s key revolutionary leaders well known across national boundaries. Inigo Garcia-Bryce s biography of Haya chronicles his dramatic political... more

The general history of the late war containing it s rise progress and event in Europe Asia Africa and America and exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers at the commencement of the war th

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Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe: Kyiv as Regime City: The Return of Soviet Power After Nazi Occupation (Paperback)

How the Soviet Union reestablished power in a changed Kyiv following the retreat of Nazi forces consolidating its regime as it headed into the Cold War. Kyiv as Regime City charts the resettlement of the Ukrainian capital after Nazi occupation focusing... more

Industrial Policy in Europe After 1945: Wealth Power and Economic Development in the Cold War (Paperback)

Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold... more

Hegemony and the Holocaust: State Power and Jewish Survival in Occupied Europe (Paperback)

Hegemony and the Holocaust: State Power and Jewish Survival in Occupied Europe more

Princeton Legacy Library: France s Rhineland Policy 1914-1924: The Last Bid for a Balance of Power in Europe (Paperback)

Walter McDougall offers an original analysis of Versailles diplomacy from the standpoint of the power that had the most direct interest and took the first initiatives in the search for a solution to the German problem. The author s new view of the... more

The general history of the late war : containing it s rise progress and event in Europe Asia Africa and America and exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers at the commencement of the war

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Perceiving Power in Early Modern Europe (Paperback)

This collection conceptualizes the question of rulership in past centuries incorporating such diverse disciplines as archaeology art history history literature and psychoanalysis to illustrate how kings and queens ruled in Europe from the antiquity to... more

An impartial representation of the conduct of the several powers of Europe engaged in the late general war : ... from ... 1739. to ... 1748. By Richard Rolt. In four volumes. .. 1

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The present state of Europe. Explaining the interests connections political and commercial views of its several powers ... Originally begun in the Musaeum and now ... revis d and compleated

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Early Modern History: Society and Culture: Ships on Maps: Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe (Hardcover)

Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of... more

Pre-Owned: Power Elites and State Building (The ^AOrigins of the Modern State in Europe 13th to 18th Centuries) (Hardcover 9780198205470 0198205473)

Power Elites and State Building (The ^AOrigins of the Modern State in Europe 13th to 18th Centuries) ISBN-10 0198205473 ISBN-13 9780198205470 Reinhard Wolfgang 1 edition 336 pages Publisher: Clarendon Press Binding: Hardcover The modern European state... more

Queenship and Power: Queenship and Counsel in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover)

Comprises cutting edge research and will appeal to scholars in history literature philosophy and art history Explores gender roles in the early modern world in politics and diplomacy Features a strong geographic depth of coverage in both Europe and... more

Early Modern History: Society and Culture: Ships on Maps: Pictures of Power in Renaissance Europe (Paperback)

Renaissance map-makers produced ever more accurate descriptions of geography which were also beautiful works of art. They filled the oceans Europeans were exploring with ships and to describe the real ships which were the newest and best products of... more

Politics and Culture in Europe 1650-1750: Ideologies of Western Naval Power c. 1500-1815 (Hardcover)

This ground-breaking book provides the first study of naval ideology defined as the mass of cultural ideas and shared perspectives that for early modern states and belief systems justified the creation and use of naval forces. Sixteen scholars examine... more

Cultures of Early Modern Europe: Power and Ceremony in European History: Rituals Practices and Representative Bodies Since the Late Middle Ages (Paperback)

From oaths and hand-kissing to coronations and baptisms Power and Ceremony in European History considers the governing practices courtly rituals and expressions of power prevalent in Europe and the Ottoman Empire from the medieval age to the modern... more

A compleat history of the late war or annual register of its rise progress and events in Europe Asia Africa and America and exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers ... ; illustrated with a

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Politics and Culture in Europe 1650-1750: Ideologies of Western Naval Power C. 1500-1815 (Paperback)

This ground-breaking book provides the first study of naval ideology defined as the mass of cultural ideas and shared perspectives that for early modern states and belief systems justified the creation and use of naval forces. Sixteen scholars examine... more

Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe: Russia s Regional Identities: The Power of the Provinces (Hardcover)

Contemporary Russia is often viewed as a centralised regime based in Moscow with dependent provinces made subservient by Putin s policies limiting regional autonomy. This book however demonstrates that beyond this largely political view by looking at... more

A Mosaic of Gendered Power Imbalances : The Transformation Processes in East Central Europe seen from a Gender Perspective (Paperback)

Inhaltsangabe: Summary: Over the last decade media and politicians have been praising the great economic and democratic progress of the former state socialist countries in East Central Europe. At the same time however there have been occasional news... more

Episcopal Power and Local Society in Medieval Europe 1000-1400 (Hardcover)

The medieval bishop occupied a position of central importance in European society between 1000 and 1400. Indeed medieval bishops across Europe were involved in an assortment of ecclesiastical and secular affairs a feature of the episcopal office in... more

Debating Women Politics and Power in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover)

The sixteenth century was an age of politically powerful women. Queens acting in their own right and female regents acting on behalf of their male relatives governed much of Western Europe. Yet even as women ruled - and ruled effectively - their right... more

Grandeur & Misery: France s Bid for Power in Europe 1914-1940 (Paperback)

This account of France s transition from victor in 1918 to vanquished in 1940 offers a long-overdue reassessment of all the central issues. more

The Best National System for Providing the Necessary Military Force : (I) To Secure the Safety of the United Kingdom on Land; (II) To Support the Defence of the Empire; (III) To Assist in Maintaining the Balance of Power in Europe (Paperback)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

The present state of Europe; explaining the interests connections political and commercial views of its several powers ... Originally begun in the Museum and now ... revis d and

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Queenship and Power: Colonization Piracy and Trade in Early Modern Europe: The Roles of Powerful Women and Queens (Hardcover)

This collection brings together essays examining the international influence of queens other female rulers and their representatives from 1450 through 1700 an era of expanding colonial activity and sea trade. As Europe rose in prominence geopolitically... more

The general history of the late war : containing it s rise progress and event in Europe Asia Africa and America and exhibiting the state of the belligerent powers at the commencement of the war

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The struggle for power in Europe 1917-1921. An outline economic and political survey of the central states and Russia 1921 [Leather Bound]

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The political state of Europe for the year MDCCXCIII : containing an authentic and impartial narrative of every military operation of the present belligerent powers and a correct

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