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Offers a collection of essays by twenty-one American historians that reflects on a peculiarly American way of imagining the past. Divided into three parts, this work contains chapters on exceptionalism, gender, economic history, social theory, race, and immigration and multiculturalism. It also has a chronological survey of non-American histories.

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This book examines how Armenia and Armenians were portrayed in Britain at a decisive moment in modern history, when diplomats, scholars and humanitarians engaged with the past, present and future of Armenia. -- .

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Examines how the ancient Greeks understood the meaning of a man's life. Exploring models for masculinity as they appear in major works of Greek literature, this book combines literary, historical, and psychological insights to examine how the ancient Greeks understood the meaning of a man's life.

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This cultural history examines representations of pleasure work during Japans transformation into a modern nation-state. It traces the figure of the prostitute in the context of Japanese nation- and empire-building immediately before and during the Meiji era.

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This cultural history examines representations of pleasure work during Japans transformation into a modern nation-state. It traces the figure of the prostitute in the context of Japanese nation- and empire-building immediately before and during the Meiji era.

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Immigrant England tells the story of thousands of people who migrated to later medieval England. The book draws on uniquely rich evidence about the lives of these men and women, and analyses the attitudes of the English to the foreigners in their midst. Essential reading for everyone interested in the historical dimensions of modern debates.

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Immigrant England tells the story of thousands of people who migrated to later medieval England. The book draws on uniquely rich evidence about the lives of these men and women, and analyses the attitudes of the English to the foreigners in their midst. Essential reading for everyone interested in the historical dimensions of modern debates.

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Perhaps 200,000 immigrants passed through the Angel Island Immigration Station during its lifetime, a tiny number compared to the 17 million who entered through New York's Ellis Island.

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An in-depth account of Hitler's V-Weapons, the devastation they caused, and the massive Allied countermeasures taken to destroy them

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Eizenstat's exciting account of his six-year effort to obtain compensation for Nazi victims."--Los Angeles Times

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The author tells the riveting story of John and Jessie FrZmont, the husband-and-wife team who were instrumental in the westward expansion of the U.S. and were America's first great political couple.uple.

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Presents the history of Catholic armies of the Hapsburg Empire that fought in the Thirty Years War. This book explores the role of infantry and artillery during the last major religious war in mainland Europe.

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Presenting the history of the Catholic armies of the Habsburg Empire that fought in the Thirty Years' War, this book explores the role of cavalry during the last major religious war in mainland Europe, which saw the end of the large mercenary forces and the beginnings of the well-disciplined national army.

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Offers an analysis of the Chinese Armies that fought a series of increasingly fractious wars over nearly a century. Beginning with a run through of the Chinese forces that fought the British and French during the two Opium Wars, this history goes on to trace the forces who were drawn into internal wars and rebellions in the 1850s and 60s.

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As explorations of the influence of imperialism in the landscapes of modern European cities, the 15 essays in this volume explore the influence of imperialism in a range of urban centres, including London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Marseilles, Glasgow and Seville.

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