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'Fascinating, masterful ... gems scattered throughout the book' Peter Frankopan, Spectator'Quirkily original but also scholarly and authoritative, to

De complete geschiedenis van een van de machtigste dynastieën aller tijden 'Definitief standaardwerk.' ●●●●● NRC Handelsblad 'Een boeiend "rise and

Now in its fourth edition, this leading introduction to ethnography has been thoroughly updated and substantially rewritten. The volume offers a syste

'This is probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in any language, certainly the best I have ever read ... Students, scholars and the g

Featuring original and intriguing insights as well as references to material hitherto inaccessible to English readers, this study presents a form of '

Created to coincide with the 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences, which the University of New South Wales in Sydney has hosted in 2005.

This Palgrave Pivot examines the history of literacy with illiterate and semi-literate people in mind, and questions the clear division between litera

This ambitious volume, newly available in paperback, explores the rich history of the book, one of the most efficient, influential and enduring techno

Robert Menzies received 22,000 letters during his 1949-1966 record-breaking second term as Australian Prime Minister. They lectured him, quoted Shakes

This edited collection focusses on the writing of ordinary, semi-literate people in history, emphasising the agency and voices of the subordinate clas

As a vehicle for outstanding creativity, the typewriter has been taken for granted and was, until now, a blind spot in the history of writing practice

Full of lively characters and incidents, from the Frisian pirate who supposedly drowned a Danish tax collector in cabbage soup, to 'Lola Montez', the

Botanische tekeningen – van de vroegste fresco’s tot de hedendaagse illustraties – spreken al eeuwenlang tot de verbeelding. Martyn Rix dook in de arc

Een complete geschiedenis van de koninkrijken van Midden-Europa ‘Een meesterlijk overzicht. […] Rady schrijft met flair en humor over geweldige (en m

Deel 1 in de nieuwe serie rondom MIVD-agent Xander Duister.Als korporaal Xander Duister van het Korps Commandotroepen het einde van zijn diensttijd na

"Approaches to the History of Written Culture is a volume of breadth and ambition. It covers all periods from the second millennium BC to the late twe

As war and mass emigration across oceans increased the distances between ordinary people in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many of