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American History in Depth
General Editor: Anthony J. Badger

Written by leading scholars, the books in this series provide lively overviews of key topics in American history.


British History in Perspective
Series Editor: Jeremy Black

A highly successful series that tackles key topics in British History.


British Studies Series
Series Editor: Jeremy Black

This important series gives in-depth coverage of the major themes and topics in British history that are studied at undergraduate level.


Cambridge Imperial and Post Colonial Studies Series
General Editors: Megan Vaughan and Richard Drayton

This new series covers the broad span of modern imperial history while also exploring more recent developments in former colonial states where residues of empire can still be found.


Cold War History
General Editor: Saki Dockrill

This series makes available to scholars and students the results of advanced research on the origins and the development of the Cold War. Volumes in the series range from detailed and original specialised studies, to broader and more comprehensive accounts.

The studies provoke further investigation and debate on important themes and events in the Cold War, as seen from both East and West, and deepen our understanding of this phenomenon and its context in World history.


Contemporary History in Context Series
General Editor: Peter Catterall

This informative series takes important events and historical debates from the post war years and re-examines them in the light of new archival evidence and historical insights.


Documents in History
Series Editor: Jeremy Black

Documents in History gives students and scholars access to a remarkable wealth of original contemporary documents on key periods of European history.


Early Modern History: Society and Culture
Series Editors: Rab Houston and Edward Muir

This wide-ranging series encompasses all aspects of early modern history - social, political and cultural - from 1400-1800. Broadly conceived to emphasise innovative work in social and cultural history, it includes not only the traditional areas of British and European history, but also the Americas and other cultures around the globe.


Early Modern Literature in History
General Editor: Cedric C. Brown

This series provides enlightening discussions on a wide range of writing, both within and outside the established canon, in the period between 1570 and 1740. While the volumes come from many different theoretical perspectives, they all share an historical awareness and an interest in seeing the fictional texts in lively negotiation with their own and successive cultures.


European Culture and Society
Series Editor: Jeremy Black

An important series of concise, authoritative and affordable textbooks covering major topics in European, cultural and social history from the Medieval period to the present day.


European History in Perspective
Series Editor: Jeremy Black

A wide range of concise, well-written, lucid accounts on core topics in European history. The books challenge many established beliefs about the issues in question and provoke further debate.


European Studies
General Editors: John Breuilly, Colin Jones, Patricia Clavin and Joe Bergin
 

An excellent collection of challenging, imaginative works on a wide range of areas within European History. The books are ideal for second and third year students.


Gender and History
Series Editors: Amanda Calpern and Louella McCarthy

Gender and History is an important and exciting new series of books for teachers and students. The series provides accessible introductions to the new methodology and topics of gender history, including textbook surveys of medieval, early modern and modern history that evaluate the altered view of the past achieved when sex and gender is incorporated into cultural and historical narratives.


The Making of the Twentieth Century

A dynamic, highly original group of books which includes Zara Steiner's now classic Britain and the Origins of the First World War and the highly acclaimed Italian Facism by Philip Morgan.


Medieval Culture and Society
General Editor: Miri Robin
Advisers: Jean Dunbabin and Robert Stacey

A series of concise and well-structured accounts of a variety of themes in the history of Medieval Europe.


New Perspectives in German Studies

New Perspectives in German Studies, developed in conjunction with the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham, has been designed to respond precisely to this trend of the interdisciplinary approach to the study of German and to cater for the growing interest in Germany in the context of European integration
 


New Studies in Medieval History

This successful and distinguished series offers major titles on a wide range of topics within medieval history.


Palgrave Essential Histories
Series Editor: Jeremy Black

Dynamic and absorbing accounts of the history of the world's principal countries. Each book in this series gives a sense of the country's entire history, while giving additional emphasis on developments over the last hundred years.

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Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
Series Editors: Owen Davies, Willem de Blécourt and Jonathan Barry

The Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic series helps illuminate the lesser known or little studied aspects of the history of witchcraft and magic.


Palgrave History of Europe

This insightful series provides the cornerstone to any course in European history, with clear, up-to-date accounts of cultural, political, economic and social issues. Events in the British Isles and Eastern Europe are properly integrated into the narratives.


Problems in Focus

This well-established and authoritative series consists of collections of essays by leading historians in key fields.


Problems in Focus: Manchester

A prestigious series of edited collections published in connection with Manchester University.


Social History in Perspective
Series Editor: Jeremy Black

A series of in-depth studies tackling major topics in social, cultural and religious history. Social History in Perspective complements the more political slant of the British History in Perspective Social History in Perspective series.


Studies in Contemporary History

Studies in Contemporary History offer concise and up-to-date treatments of global post-war themes of political and historical significance.


Studies in European History
Series Editors: John Breuilly, Peter Wilson and Julian Jackson

Concise, elegant accounts by distinguished historians, with a strong emphasis on the different perspectives from which familiar events can be seen.


Studies in Gender History
Series Editors: Moira Donald and Linda Hurcombe

This series focuses on different aspects of the relationship between gender and material culture from prehistory to the present.  Incorporating the work of archaeologists, classicists, art-historians and social historians, these volumes form a unique interdisciplinary collection written by leading scholars in the field from many countries. 


Studies in Military and Strategic History
Series Editor: William Philpott

This comprehensive series focuses on all aspects of  military, naval and air history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including the strategic, diplomatic, economic and financial factors involved in preparations for, the conduct of, and the ending of wars. The books provide new insights on the subject by exploring areas of military history which have been neglected up until now, and presenting fresh interpretations of existing material.


Studies in Modern History
Series Editor: J.C.D Clark

The books in this series contain original contributions to important historical debates in British and American history since the Reformation.


Studies in Russia and East Europe

This informative series includes a wide range of books on general, political, historical, economic and cultural themes relating to Russia and East Europe. The books are written or edited by a host of leading authors from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, or by prestigious authors working in association with the school.


Published in association with the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.

Studies in Russian and East European History and Society
General Editors: R.W. Davies and E.A. Rees

A series of substantial and innovative research into gender, politics, history and society throughout Russia and Eastern Europe.


Themes in Focus

An innovative, multi-disciplinary and multi-contributor approach to core subjects in social and cultural history.


Twentieth Century Wars

Titles in this series examine the causes, military course and outcomes of key conflicts of the twentieth century in a concise, readable form for students of history, politics and international relations.







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