Cambridge Concise Histories
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A Concise History of Spain
$35.00 Add to cartThe rich cultural and political life of Spain has emerged from its complex history, from the diversity of its peoples, and from continual contact with outside influences. This updated edition traces t… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Phillips Jr, William D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: November 26 2015
- ISBN10: 1107525055
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Japan
$32.00 Add to cartTo this day, Japan’s modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this eng… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Walker, Brett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 359
- Publish Date: February 26 2015
- ISBN10: 052117872X
- Language: English
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A Concise History of the Netherlands
$35.00 Add to cartThe Netherlands is known among foreigners today for its cheese and its windmills, its Golden Age paintings and its experimentation in social policies such as cannabis and euthanasia. Yet the historica… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Kennedy, James C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 502
- Publish Date: July 13 2017
- ISBN10: 0521699177
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Canada
$37.00 Add to cartMargaret Conrad’s history of Canada explains what makes up this diverse, complex, and often contested nation-state. Beginning in Canada’s deep past with the arrival of its Indigenous peoples, she trac… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Conrad, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 556
- Publish Date: August 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1108736378
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Brazil
$32.00 Add to cartThe second edition of A Concise History of Brazil offers a sweeping yet accessible history of Latin America’s largest country. Boris Fausto examines Brazil’s history from the arrival of the Portuguese… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Fausto, Boris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: August 11 2014
- ISBN10: 1107635241
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Hungary
$32.00 Add to cartThis book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the 1988 elections. It tells abo… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Moln?r, Mikl?s
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: April 30 2001
- ISBN10: 0521667364
- Language: English
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A Concise History of New Zealand
$32.00 Read moreNew Zealand was the last major landmass, other than Antarctica, to be settled by humans. The story of this rugged and dynamic land is beautifully narrated, from its origins in Gondwana some 80 million… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Mein Smith, Philippa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: December 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1107402174
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Austria
$32.00 Add to cartFor a small, prosperous country in the middle of Europe, modern Austria has a very large and complex history, extending far beyond its current borders. Today’s Austrians have a problematic relationshi… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Beller, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: January 04 2007
- ISBN10: 0521478863
- Language: English
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A Concise History of France
$35.00 Add to cartThis is the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of French history available ranging from the early middle ages to the present. Amongst its central themes are the relationships between state and so… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Price, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 06 2014
- ISBN10: 1107603439
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Greece
$32.00 Add to cartNow reissued in a fourth, updated edition, this book provides a concise, illustrated introduction to the modern history of Greece, from the first stirrings of the national movement in the late eightee… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Clogg, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 366
- Publish Date: March 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1108948995
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Sweden
$32.00 Add to cartNeil Kent’s book sweeps through Sweden’s history from the Stone Age to the present day. Early coverage includes Viking hegemony, the Scandinavian Union, the Reformation and Sweden’s political zenith a… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Kent, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: June 12 2008
- ISBN10: 0521012279
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Romania
$32.00 Add to cartSpanning a period of 2000 years from the Roman conquest of Dacia to the present day, A Concise History of Romania traces the development of a unique nation situated on the border between East and West… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Hitchins, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 20 2014
- ISBN10: 0521694132
- Language: English
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A Concise History of the Baltic States
$35.00 Add to cartThe Baltic region is frequently neglected in broader histories of Europe and its international significance can be obscured by separate treatments of the various Baltic states. With this wide-ranging … [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Plakans, Andrejs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 492
- Publish Date: February 24 2011
- ISBN10: 0521541557
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Poland
$35.00 Add to cartPoland is a tenacious survivor-state: it was wiped off the map in 1795, resurrected after the First World War, apparently annihilated again in the Second World War, and reduced to satellite status of … [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Lukowski, Jerzy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 526
- Publish Date: January 24 2019
- ISBN10: 1108440126
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Modern India
$32.00 Add to cartA Concise History of Modern India, by Barbara D. Metcalf and Thomas R. Metcalf, has become a classic in the field since it was first published in 2001. As a fresh interpretation of Indian history from… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Metcalf, Barbara D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: October 22 2012
- ISBN10: 110767218X
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Switzerland
$32.00 Add to cartDespite its position at the heart of Europe and its quintessentially European nature, Switzerland’s history is often overlooked within the English-speaking world. This comprehensive and engaging histo… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Church, Clive H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 339
- Publish Date: May 23 2013
- ISBN10: 0521143829
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Italy
$32.00 Add to cartSince its formation in 1861, Italy has struggled to develop an effective political system and a secure sense of national identity. This new edition of Christopher Duggan’s acclaimed introduction chart… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Duggan, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: December 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0521747430
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Portugal
$32.00 Add to cartThis concise, illustrated history of Portugal offers an introduction to the people and culture of the country, its empire, and its search for economic modernisation, political stability and internatio… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Birmingham, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: April 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1108439551
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Belgium
$32.00 Add to cartThe small and densely populated nation of Belgium has played an important role in the history of Europe and other continents, especially Africa. It was a pioneering force in industry, trade, and finan… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Vanthemsche, Guy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 396
- Publish Date: March 23 2023
- ISBN10: 0521127378
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Russia
$35.00 Add to cartAccessible to students, tourists, and general readers alike, this book provides a broad overview of Russian history since the ninth century. Paul Bushkovitch emphasizes the enormous changes in the und… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Bushkovitch, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 518
- Publish Date: December 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0521543231
- Language: English
