The bee and the eagle

napoleonic France and the end of holy roman empire, 1806

Edited by Alan Forrest and Peter H. Wilson. The year 2006 marked the bicentenary of two seminal events in German and French history: the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire that had encompassed much of Europe for over a millennium, and its replacement by a ...

The english civil war

conflict and contexts, 1640-49

Ed., John Adamson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Adamson provides a new synthesis of current research on the political crisis that engulfed England in the 1640s. Drawing on new archival findings and challenging current orthodoxies, these essays by leading historians offer a variety of original perspectives, locating English events ...

Charlemagne´s mustache

and other cultural clusters of a dark age

Charlemagne's Mustache and Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age presents the reader with seven engaging studies of cultural life and thought in the Carolingian world: Why did Charlemagne have a mustache and why did hair matter? Why did the king own peacocks and ...

Milton Friedman

a biography

This is the first biography of one of the 20th-century's greatest economists. Friedman is an icon for libertarians, conservative economists, and free-market advocates. Over the past decade, Ebenstein has interviewed and corresponded with Friedman countless times. Ebenstein has written two books on the less ...

Che Guevara

the economics of Revolution

Foreword by Professor Lord Meghnad Desai. This book presents a unique exploration of the impact of Che Guevara as economist and politician, providing a comprehensive exploration of a little-discussed, but central, aspect of Guevara's life and career. It provides a comprehensive overview of a ...

Editing early modern texts

an introduction to principles and practice

Editing Early Modern Texts provides an approachable exposition of the rationale of textual editing with special reference to texts dating 1550-1800. It deals with electronic editions as well as printed ones and considers non-literary as well as literary texts, drawing out the common editorial principles ...

The rise and fall of the Spanish Empire

A concise history of the rise, organization and fall of the Spanish Empire. WILLIAM S. MALTBY is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Missouri-St Louis, USA. His publications include The Black Legend in England: The Development of Anti-Spanish Sentiment, 1588-1660, Alba: A Biography ...

The reconquest kings of Portugal

political and cultural reorientation on the medieval frontier

Examines the political development of Portugal between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Taking place amid the struggle between Christendom and the Islamic world for control over the Iberian Peninsula, the formation of Portugal also depended on the growing European influence felt throughout the peninsula during ...

Understanding Keynes' General Theory

This book is a comprehensive guide for those seeking to fully understand the General Theory, and especially those approaching Keynes' seminal work for the first time. It provides a wide-ranging overview of the work, covering both the familiar and lesser-known elements, and sets it amongst ...

The future of EMU

As European integration continues, the future of EMU becomes ever more important. This book brings together experts to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on future issues for EMU. It explores whether the EMU will strengthen the EU, or prove a hindrance to the EU project. It ...

India's new economy

industry efficiency and growth

This book examines India's new economy - its strengths, weaknesses and potential in IT, export trade and the financial sector. It evaluates India's growth in light of modern growth theory, as developed by Solow, Lucas and Schumpeter. It compares India's experience with that ...

Creative labour

working in the creative industries

Eds. Alan McKinlay, Chris Smith. This title presents a unique look at the labour processes that shape creative work and the issues surrounding creative labour, written by international experts. This is the first book to look at the Creative Industries from a labour process perspective ...

Economics 2.0

what the best minds in economics can teach you about business and life

This is a compilation of cutting-edge economic research in an accessible format. This book will include top thinkers in the economic field from around the world including Philippe Aghion, Paul Krugman, Daniel Gros, George Lowenstein, and more. Over 20,000 copies sold within the first ...

Is God an economist?

an institutional economic reconstruction of the Old Testament

This book offers a radical new exploration of the Old Testament, arguing that the text provides rational, institutional and constitutional economic guidance, with applications to issues of social conflict resolution and economic cooperation. Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto also suggests that the Old Testament anticipated several more recent ...

Games, strategies and decision making

The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History

Eds., Akira Iriye, Pierre Yves Saunier This is a unique guide to the study of transnational history, containing over 400 entries written by scholars from 25 countries.By focusing on transnational developments, the dictionary makes a unique contribution to understanding world history since 1850, not ...

Consumer credit fundamentals

This book provides a complete introduction to and unique perspective on all aspects of consumer credit. It features a broad cross-disciplinary text, using non-technical language. It is suitable for a wide international audience from a variety of disciplines. Despite the huge expansion in consumer credit ...

The british atlantic world, 1500-1800

Eds., David Armitage, Michael J. Braddick The eleven papers of this volume were originally presented at a workshop held in September 2001 by the International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World at Harvard U. in Cambridge, Mass. The contributors are senior scholars (including ...

Letters from Barcelona

an american woman in revolution and civil war

Ed., Gerd-Rainer Horn This title tells the story of the age of dictatorship through the eyes of a young American female radical socialist, living and working in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolution and the Spanish Civil War. It features an unique perspective on the period ...

Eisenhower

WWII expert John Wukovits explores Dwight D. Eisenhower's contributions to American warfare. American general and 34th president of the United States, Eisenhower led the assault on the French coast at Normandy and held together the Allied units through the European campaign that followed. The ...