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This study examines the work of Matthew Spinka and Howard Kaminsky on medieval Hussites. The author analyzes their numerous contributions to our understandings of religious and social movements in late medieval Europe.

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Mau Mau Crucible of Waris a study of the social and cultural history of the mentalit of struggle in Kenya, which reached a peak during the Mau Mau War of the 1950s. This struggle continues to resonate in Kenya today through the ongoing demand for a decent standard of living and social justice for all.

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The Mau Mau Freedom Fighters waged a guerrilla war for eight years (1952-1960) against their British colonial rulers, to win back their land and independence. This book explores their unique motivations, training and tactics, as well as their battle experience.

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A few years before he died, James MacGibbon confessed to his closest family members that he had spied for the Soviet Union during World War II.

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Max Nettlaus Utopian Vision provides a historically grounded presentation of the entire literature of utopianism. Nettlau shows an encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject.

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McAnany sheds light on the varied ways todays Maya communities relate toand are often distanced fromtheir deep past, historicizes the role of archaeologists and nations in pre-Columbian heritage, and highlights how grass-roots heritage programs can bridge scientific investigation and local community interests.

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Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle some fifty years after they first landed on American soil.

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Mazes and labyrinths in various forms have been a preoccupation of mankind for thousands of years. This text traces the history of mazes worldwide from the earliest known examples, and then describes those which have been created in Britain's gardens, parks and landscape.

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This book is a must-read for anyone studying and researching the rise and fall of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy and McCarthyism in American political life.

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This study examines the effects of McCarthyism and anti-communist investigations at the local level. The author uses the case of Mary Knowlesa librarian who was investigated in the 1950s for alleged communist sympathiesto analyze how communities, local officials, and ordinary people were impacted by the politics surrounding the Cold War.

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Using soldiers' memoirs, letters and diaries, as well as contemporary illustrations, the human ordeal of the battle of Gettysburg comes to life on the page. All of the units, important individuals, and actions of each engagement on the battlefield are described in a clear and concise narrative.

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This title tells the fascinating story of German airborne heavy weapons platform designs and the difficult history behind the types' development.

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When the revolutionary Messerschmitt Me 262 jet first appeared as a bomber in the skies over north-west Europe in late 1944, it represented both a new dawn in aeronautical development and a great shock to the Allied air forces and armies. This book covers the complete history of the Me 262 bomber and reconnaissance units during World War 2.

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Examines British conceptions and expressions of modernity --from Victorian debates about 'national character' to breathtaking exhibitions of artefacts such as the 'moving pavement' that would revolutionize the future appearance of cities, to debates about the impact of new forms of production and consumption, mass communication and travel.

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"An astonishingly detailed account of the Geodesic Mission.... Gripping, authoritative, and fair."-Washington Post

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The story of how the gigantic land of America acquired its unique shape across 3000 miles of territory, and how the largest land survey in history paved the way both for a colossal sale of property and for the embedding of democracy and the spirit of independence in the psyche of Americans.

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This book argues that health measurements are given artificial authority if they are particularly amenable to calculability and easy measurement, and shows that problems often coalesce around disabilities that do not lend themselves to easy quantification. -- .