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Imperialism, Politics and Society
The French empire between the wars is the first study of the French colonial empire at its height in the twenty years following the First World War. B...
From Prehistoric to Hellenistic Times
DIVIn this compact yet comprehensive history of ancient Greece, Thomas R. Martin brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourt...
Rethinking Organizational Performance
For decades now, organizations have been struggling to find the best way to address their social and environmental responsibilities alongside their ec...
Britain, France, and their Roads from Empire
Although shattered by war, in 1945 Britain and France still controlled the world's two largest colonial empires, with imperial territories stretched o...
Security Services and Colonial Disorder After 1914
'Empires of Intelligence' argues that colonial control in British and French empires depended on an elabroate security apparatus. Thomas shows the cru...
With Special Reference to His Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla, with special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting Tesla wa...
Police, Workers and Protest in the European Colonial Empires, 1918–1940
This is a pioneering, multi-empire account of the relationship between the politics of imperial repression and the economic structures of European col...
From Romulus to Justinian
Presents a history of the ancient Roman civilization, with a focus on the values that propelled its rise and fall....
24 Painting Techniques to Try Today
Your guide to painting with acrylics Acrylic paints are versatile, water-based paints popular with professionals and beginners alike. You can learn to...
"This updated and revised version of a very popular and well received book provides a key quick reference work for students, and new and experienced p...
A Global History of Decolonization
A capacious history of decolonization, from the decline of empires to the era of globalization Empires, until recently, were everywhere. They shaped b...
This thesis provides a comprehensive description of methods used to compute the vibrational spectra of liquid systems by molecular dynamics simulation...
The Anthropological Legacy of R. H. Mathews
R. H. Mathews (1841-1918) was an Australian-born surveyor and self-taught anthropologist. From 1893 until his death in 1918, he made it his mission to...
This open access book discusses advances in semantic interoperability for materials modelling, aiming at integrating data obtained from different meth...
The French empire at war draws on original research in France and Britain to investigate the history of the divided French empire – the Vichy and th...
Anglo-French Relations in the Popular Front Era
This book investigates the course of Anglo-French policy in Europe from 1936 to1938, a critical period during which France was governed by a series of...
Imperial Rhetoric in Britain and France, 1882-1956
Arguing about Empire analyses the most divisive arguments about empire between Europe's two leading colonial powers from the age of high imperialism t...
Imagining the Blue Mountains
Martin Thomas takes the reader on a journey through a compelling study of culture, landscape and mythology. For both Aboriginal people and their colon...
A Study in Religious Consciousness and Film
Advances the theory that film, as a popular art form, is a reliable gauge of present consciousness, and should not be ignored by students of religious...
Decolonization and Europe's Imperial States
'Crises of Empire' is essential reading for students of imperialism and comparative decolonization. It also offers new perspectives for those interest...
Police, Workers and Protest in the European Colonial Empires, 1918-1940
"This is a pioneering, multi-empire account of the relationship between the politics of imperial repression and the economic structures of European co...
Peoples and Cultures
Praised for its highly readable narrative and unmatched chronological integration of political, social and cultural history, The Making of the West: P...
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Draws on original research to look at the history of the divided French Empire - the Vichy and Free French Empires - during World War II. The text arg...
Reproduction of the original: Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer, Thomas Commerford Martin...
For moms and their young boys and girls, nothing could be sweeter than this colorful story about the comfort of having mom close by! It’s not easy b...
Modern Ideas
The Key Concepts
This book provides social work students and professionals with core knowledge of the most important concepts in the social sciences. Offering a straig...
Boost Your Business, Manage Risk And Develop Your Personal Brand
The Personal Call to Evangelism
Or, The Book of Mormon. Is it from God?
This book examines the stylistic development of English cathedral music during a period of liturgical upheaval, looking at the attitudes of cathedral ...
Whether you are sailing, motorboating, pottering around in a dinghy, racing, going fishing offshore or embarking on an ocean crossing, this is the ess...
This edition explains the principles and practices in all areas of social care including child care, psychiatric nursing, residential care, community ...
National Parks and the Macedonian Experience
Explores the relationship between ethnicity and landscape, describing the ways in which different cultural groups perceive Australia's natural environ...
A tanka consists of 5-unrhymed lines of Japanese origin, Perhaps, this example illustrates the power, beauty, and insightful nature of the form: ""a w...
The Future of Business is Letting Go
Google breaks the traditional rules of branding by changing its logo everyday. Doritos handed over the US premium advertising slot in the Superbowl to...