J.W. Bezemer (1921-2000), bij leven hoogleraar Ruslandkunde aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, publiceerde Een geschiedenis van Rusland in 1988. Het boek werd verplichte kost voor wie zich in dit opmerkelijke land wil verdiepen.

In 2010 voegde Marc Jansen, de auteur van Grensland, twee omvangrijke hoofdstukken aan het werk van zijn leermeester toe: over de periode Jeltsin en de eerste ambtstermijnen van Poetin. Ook stelde Jansen alle voorgaande hoofdstukken bij aan de hand van nieuw materiaal...

Israel: An Anti-Textbook to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth is The Case for Israel for fans of Drunk History and the Skimm: a personal, accessible, conversational “anti-textbook” moving chronologically from Biblical times to today, from one of Israel's most prominent activists and celebrities—now in trade paperback!

Afro-Surinamers zijn de vrijverklaarde slaafgemaakten en hun nakomelingen. In deze publicatie gaat Chan Choenni na hoe het Afro-Surinamers is vergaan na de afschaffing van de slavernij in 1863 tot en met 1963. Hij geeft een levendig beeld van deze periode op basis van uitgebreid historisch onderzoek naar hun integratie in Suriname. Het heeft honderd jaar geduurd alvorens Afro-Surinamers politiek volwaardige burgers werden in Suriname. Hij stelt vast dat de Afro-Surinaamse groep na de Tweede ...

The Silk Road was the current name for a complex of ancient trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia, South Asia, and the Mediterranean world. This network of exchange emerged along the borders between agricultural China and the steppe nomads during the Han Dynasty (206BCE-220CE), in consequence of the inter-dependence and the conflicts of these two distinctive societies. In their quest for horses, fragrances, and spices, gems, glassware, and other exotics from the lands to their west...

This volume provides a history of the computer which now comes properly up to the ubiquitous age, with new chapters that look at globalization, platformitization and regulation, allowing readers to engage with the more recent takeover by computers in their historical perspective. With the growing ubiquity of computers, the subject is one of interest to many students and this will feature in history of science and technology courses, and world history courses as well as ones specifically on co...

This one thousand year history of the civilization of western Europe has already been recognized in France as a scholarly contribution of the highest order and as a popular classic. Jacques Le Goff has written a book which will not only be read by generations of students and historians, but which will delight and inform all those interested in the history of medieval Europe. Part one, Historical Evolution , is a narrative account of the entire period, from the barbarian settlement of Roman Eu...

This new edition of one of the most widely used course books on Islamic civilizations around the world has been substantially revised to incorporate the new scholarship and insights of the last twenty-five years. Ira Lapidus' history explores the beginnings and transformations of Islamic civilizations in the Middle East and details Islam's worldwide diffusion. The history is divided into four parts.

Part I is a comprehensive account of pre-Islamic late antiquity; the beginnings of Islam; the ...

For sixty years, different groups in Europe have put forth interpretations of World War II and their respective countries' roles in it consistent with their own political and psychological needs. The conflict over the past has played out in diverse arenas, including film, memoirs, court cases, and textbooks. It has had profound implications for democratization and relations between neighboring countries.

This collection provides a comparative case study of how memories of World War II have be...