Author: George N. ClarkPublisher:
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The New Cambridge Modern History
Author: George N. ClarkThe New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 1, The Renaissance, 1493-1520
Author: G. R. PotterPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521045414
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
In a preface written for the paperback edition, Professor Hay examines some of the changes in Renaissance scholarship since the first publication of this volume in 1957. Successive chapters examine the social and economic structure of a continent about to establish trade and colonies in the New World, the intellectual and artistic movements which made up the Renaissance, the position of the Church on the eve of the Reformation, the political inheritance of the Middle Ages, with its rising nation states, and the growth of the Ottoman Empire.
The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 3, C.900-c.1024
Author: Rosamond McKitterickPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521364478
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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The Cambridge History of India
Author: Edward James RapsonPublisher: CUP Archive
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 832
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The New Cambridge History of the Bible
Author: Euan CameronPublisher: New Cambridge History of the B
ISBN: 9781107584624
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 3790
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The Cambridge History of War: Volume 4, War and the Modern World
Author: Roger ChickeringPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316175928
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1065
Book Description
Volume IV of The Cambridge History of War offers a definitive new account of war in the most destructive period in human history. Opening with the massive conflicts that erupted in the mid nineteenth century in the US, Asia and Europe, leading historians trace the global evolution of warfare through 'the age of mass', 'the age of machine' and 'the age of management'. They explore how industrialization and nationalism fostered vast armies whilst the emergence of mobile warfare and improved communications systems made possible the 'total warfare' of the two World Wars. With military conflict regionalized after 1945 they show how guerrilla and asymmetrical warfare highlighted the limits of the machine and mass as well as the importance of the media in winning 'hearts and minds'. This is a comprehensive guide to every facet of modern war from strategy and operations to its social, cultural, technological and political contexts and legacies.
The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 4, The Decline of Spain and the Thirty Years War, 1609-48/49
Author: J. P. CooperPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521297134
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 860
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This volume examines the period of history which saw the decline of Spain and the Thirty Years War. Particular attention is paid to attitudes towards absolutism and the development of scientific ideas.
The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 3, The Eastern Islamic World, Eleventh to Eighteenth Centuries
Author: David O. MorganPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316184366
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 847
Book Description
This volume traces the second great expansion of the Islamic world eastwards from the eleventh century to the eighteenth. As the faith crossed cultural boundaries, the trader and the mystic became as important as the soldier and the administrator. Distinctive Islamic idioms began to emerge from other great linguistic traditions apart from Arabic, especially in Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Swahili, Malay and Chinese. The Islamic world transformed and absorbed new influences. As the essays in this collection demonstrate, three major features distinguish the time and place from both earlier and modern experiences of Islam. Firstly, the steppe tribal peoples of central Asia had a decisive impact on the Islamic lands. Secondly, Islam expanded along the trade routes of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. Thirdly, Islam interacted with Asian spirituality, including Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Taoism and Shamanism. It was during this period that Islam became a truly world religion.
The Cambridge History of America and the World: Volume 3, 1900–1945
Author: Brooke L. BlowerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108317847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
The third volume of The Cambridge History of America and the World covers the volatile period between 1900 and 1945 when the United States emerged as a world power and American engagements abroad flourished in new and consequential ways. Showcasing the most innovative approaches to both traditional topics and emerging themes, leading scholars chart the complex ways in which Americans projected their growing influence across the globe; how others interpreted and constrained those efforts; how Americans disagreed with each other, often fiercely, about foreign relations; and how race, religion, gender, and other factors shaped their worldviews. During the early twentieth century, accelerating forces of global interdependence presented Americans, like others, with a set of urgent challenges from managing borders, humanitarian crises, economic depression, and modern warfare to confronting the radical, new political movements of communism, fascism, and anticolonial nationalism. This volume will set the standard for new understandings of this pivotal moment in the history of America and the world.
The Cambridge History of Russia: Volume 3, The Twentieth Century
Author: Maureen PerriePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521811449
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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This is a definitive new history of Russia from early Rus' to the successor states that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Volume I encompasses developments before the reign of Peter I; volume II covers the 'imperial era', from Peter's time to the fall of the monarchy in March 1917; and volume III continues the story through to the end of the twentieth century. At the core of all three volumes are the Russians, the lands which they have inhabited and the polities that ruled them, while other peoples and territories have also been given generous coverage for the periods when they came under Riurikid, Romanov and Soviet rule. The distinct voices of individual contributors provide a multitude of perspectives on Russia's diverse and controversial millennial history. This first volume of the Cambridge History of Russia covers the period from early ('Kievan') Rus' to the start of Peter the Great's reign in 1689. It surveys the development of Russia through the Mongol invasions to the expansion of the Muscovite state in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and deals with political, social, economic and cultural issues under the Riurikid and early Romanov rulers. The volume is organised on a primarily chronological basis, but a number of general themes are also addressed, including the bases of political legitimacy; law and society; the interactions of Russians and non-Russians; and the relationship of the state with the Orthodox Church. The international team of authors incorporates the latest Russian and Western scholarship and offers an authoritative new account of the formative 'pre-Petrine' period of Russian history, before the process of Europeanisation had made a significant impact on society and culture. Book jacket.