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This study examines efforts to convert Jews to Christianity in twelfth- and thirteenth-century London. The author examines the activities of King Henry IIIs Domus Conversorum and compares his conversion policies to practices elsewhere in Europe.

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Considers the Jews of medieval England as victims of violence (notably the massacre of Shabbat haGadol when York's Jewish community perished at Clifford's Tower) and as a people apart, isolated amidst a hostile environment. This title presents a picture of a lost society which had much to contribute and yet was turned away in 1290.

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One of the most extraordinary episodes in British royal history took place in 1785 when George, Prince of Wales secretly married the beautiful, twice-widowed and Roman Catholic Maria Fitzherbert. This marriage was in breach of the royal Marriages Act of 1772 but almost certainly valid in the eyes of the church.

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Other sections detail the Swazi reaction to European-controlled neighboring states (the Transvaal, Natal, and Mozambique), the tensions introduced by successive Boer and British policies, the Swazi detachment during two external wars (1899-1902 and 1914-1918), and widespread concerns about colonialism and self-governance following World War I.

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The Kingfish and the Constitution is an in-depth analysis of the poisonous relationship that evolved between Huey Kingfish Long, legendary governor of Louisiana, and the state's daily newspapers.

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In this collection, an eminent group of cultural historians have explored 'the kiss' using a wide range of evidence. By analyzing 'the kiss' and its position - embedded as it is as part of our culture - it shows how history can use small gestures to take us to big issues concerning ourselves and others, the past and the present -- .

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This book focuses on the KMTs reputation for economic management, democratization, and good leadership that made its return to power in 2008 possible. The opposition Democratic Progressive Partys corruption was also a factor. The KMT seems ready to continue to rule for some time suggesting short turnovers in ruling parties unlikely.

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An analysis and guide to the Korean conflict.

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An insight into the military operations of the Korean War.

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The Korean War from 1950 to 1953 is often forgotten, but it was a watershed in American history. This book covers topics such as: training, usually with World II weapons, life on the front, care of the wounded and the dead, and coming home. It also includes a timeline of events and a topically arranged bibliography of recommended sources.

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The Korean War in Britain is the first social history of the Korean War (1950-1953) in Britain. Assessing the impact of the war from 1950 to the early twenty-first century, this original book examines how British people responded to the Korean War and it came to be known as the 'Forgotten War' of the twentieth century. -- .

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As Cumings eloquently explains, for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long fight filled with untold stories of bloody insurgencies and rebellions, massacres and atrocities. He incisively ties America's current foreign policy back to this remarkably violent war that killed as many as four million Koreans, two thirds of whom were civilians.

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This classic history of the Korean Warfrom its origins through the armisticeis now available in a paperback edition including a substantive introduction that considers the heightened danger of a new Northeast Asian war as Trump and Kim Jung-un escalate their rhetoric.

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A close look at Korean history, economics, politics, society and culture.

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Provides information on works about the Kurds and Kurdistan published from World War II through 1996.

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Between the high Sierras south from Yosemite and on into the Mojave Desert is the territory that Austin calls the Land of Little Rain. Austin vividly describes the landscape and the few human beings who occupy the land--cattlemen, miners, and Paiute Indians. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the original 1903 edition.