No event shaped the twentieth century more than World War II, and no leader shaped the conduct ofthe war and theformationofthemodernworld more than President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this antho
The series reprints a critical selection of published research that has contributed to modern scholarship's understanding of Islamic history during the approximate period 600-950, each volume focusing
The purpose and location of frontiers affect all human societies in the contemporary world - this book offers an introduction to them and the issues they raise.
The European empires as they existed from the Age of Discovery until after the First World War shaped themodernworld. So great has been their political, economic and cultural influence that to fully
Shawn Kelley's groundbreaking study shows how the major intellectual movements ofthemodernworld, such as Orientalism and romantic nationalism, become infused with the category of race. He then trac
Shawn Kelley's groundbreaking study shows how the major intellectual movements ofthemodernworld, such as Orientalism and romantic nationalism, become infused with the category of race. He then trac
Why did the nation-state emerge and proliferate across the globe? How is this process related to the wars fought in themodern era? Analyzing datasets that cover the entire world over long stretches of time, Andreas Wimmer focuses on changing configurations of power and legitimacy to answer these questions. The nationalist ideal of self-rule gradually diffused over theworld and delegitimized empire after empire. Nationalists created nation-states wherever the power configuration favored them, often at the end of prolonged wars of secession. The elites of many ofthese new states were institutionally too weak for nation-building and favored their own ethnic communities. Ethnic rebels challenged such exclusionary power structures in violation ofthe principles of self-rule, and neighboring governments sometimes intervened into these struggles over the state. Waves of War demonstrates why nation-state formation and ethnic politics are crucial to understand the civil and international war
Why did the nation-state emerge and proliferate across the globe? How is this process related to the wars fought in themodern era? Analyzing datasets that cover the entire world over long stretches of time, Andreas Wimmer focuses on changing configurations of power and legitimacy to answer these questions. The nationalist ideal of self-rule gradually diffused over theworld and delegitimized empire after empire. Nationalists created nation-states wherever the power configuration favored them, often at the end of prolonged wars of secession. The elites of many ofthese new states were institutionally too weak for nation-building and favored their own ethnic communities. Ethnic rebels challenged such exclusionary power structures in violation ofthe principles of self-rule, and neighboring governments sometimes intervened into these struggles over the state. Waves of War demonstrates why nation-state formation and ethnic politics are crucial to understand the civil and international war
This book re-examines the relationship between Britain and colonial slavery in a crucial period in the birth ofmodern Britain. Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of British slave-owners and mortgagees who received compensation from the state for the end of slavery, and tracing their trajectories in British life, the volume explores the commercial, political, cultural, social, intellectual, physical and imperial legacies of slave-ownership. It transcends conventional divisions in history-writing to provide an integrated account of one powerful way in which Empire came home to Victorian Britain, and to reassess narratives of West Indian 'decline'. It will be of value to scholars not only of British economic and social history, but also ofthe histories ofthe Atlantic world, ofthe Caribbean and of slavery, as well as to those concerned with the evolution of ideas of race and difference and with the relationship between past and present.
This book re-examines the relationship between Britain and colonial slavery in a crucial period in the birth ofmodern Britain. Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of British slave-owners and mortgagees who received compensation from the state for the end of slavery, and tracing their trajectories in British life, the volume explores the commercial, political, cultural, social, intellectual, physical and imperial legacies of slave-ownership. It transcends conventional divisions in history-writing to provide an integrated account of one powerful way in which Empire came home to Victorian Britain, and to reassess narratives of West Indian 'decline'. It will be of value to scholars not only of British economic and social history, but also ofthe histories ofthe Atlantic world, ofthe Caribbean and of slavery, as well as to those concerned with the evolution of ideas of race and difference and with the relationship between past and present.
The current perception of democratic crisis in Western Europe gives a renewed urgency to a new perspective on the way democracy was reconstructed after World War II and the principles that underpinned
The current perception of democratic crisis in Western Europe gives a renewed urgency to the understanding ofthe way democracy was reconstructed after World War II and the principles that underpinned
This book provides a modern introduction to the study of star formation, at a level suitable for graduate students or advanced undergraduates in astrophysics. The first third ofthe book provides a re
This book provides a modern introduction to the study of star formation, at a level suitable for graduate students or advanced undergraduates in astrophysics. The first third ofthe book provides a re
Understanding theformationof objects at all scales in the universe, from galaxy clusters to stars and planets, is a major problem in modern astrophysics, and one ofthe most exciting challenges of twenty-first century astronomy. Even though they are characterized by different scales, theformationof planets, stars and galaxies share many common physical processes and are rooted in the same underlying domains of physics. This unique reference for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics was the first to cover structure formation on various scales in one volume. This book gathers together extensive reviews written by world experts in physics and astrophysics working in planet, star and galaxy formation, and related subjects. It addresses current issues in these fields and describes the recent observational status and theoretical and numerical methods aimed at understanding these problems.
Understanding theformationof objects at all scales in the universe, from galaxy clusters to stars and planets, is a major problem in modern astrophysics, and one ofthe most exciting challenges of twenty-first century astronomy. Even though they are characterized by different scales, theformationof planets, stars and galaxies share many common physical processes and are rooted in the same underlying domains of physics. This unique reference for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics was the first to cover structure formation on various scales in one volume. This book gathers together extensive reviews written by world experts in physics and astrophysics working in planet, star and galaxy formation, and related subjects. It addresses current issues in these fields and describes the recent observational status and theoretical and numerical methods aimed at understanding these problems.
This is an innovative analysis ofthe agrarian world and growth of government in early modern Germany through the medium of pre-industrial society's most basic material resource, wood. Paul Warde offers a regional study of south-west Germany from the late fifteenth to the early eighteenth century, demonstrating the stability ofthe economy and social structure through periods of demographic pressure, warfare and epidemic. He casts light on the nature of 'wood shortages' and societal response to environmental challenge, and shows how institutional responses largely based on preventing local conflict were poor at adapting to optimise the management of resources. Warde further argues for the inadequacy of models that oppose the 'market' to a 'natural economy' in understanding economic behaviour. This is a major contribution to debates about the sustainability of peasant society in early modern Europe, and to the growth of ecological approaches to history and historical geography.
