Highlighting the key events, ideas, and individuals that have shaped modern Europe, this fresh and lively book provides a concise history of the continent from the Enlightenment to the present. Drawing on the enduring theme of revolution, David S. Mason explores the political, economic, and scientific causes and consequences of revolution; the development of human rights and democracy; and issues of European identity and integration.

He deliberately avoids a detailed chronology of every count...

Hoe kwam het dat de Republiek in de zeventiende eeuw kon uitgroeien tot een wereldmacht? Welke rol speelde Nederland in de eeuwen daarna op het internationale toneel? Wat was kenmerkend voor de Nederlandse economie sinds de zestiende eeuw? Hoe ontwikkelden zich de politieke verhoudingen in het binnenland? Welke rol speelde de ‘verzuiling’ en hoe zijn de opkomst van het populisme en de huidige partijpolitieke versplintering te verklaren?

In zijn antwoord op deze en andere vragen geeft Fris...

What is the significance and relevance of the concept of 'genocide' today? In this wide-ranging collection of essays and interviews, Adam Jones, one of the world's leading genocide scholars, explores the uses and controversies surrounding the term coined by Raphael Lemkin to describe and prohibit mass atrocities against defined human groups.

Analyses contemporary British identity through the various and changing ways in which people who live in the UK position themselves and are positioned by their culture today, thereby offering the perfect introductory text for students of contemporary British society. - This edition has been fully updated to reflect the seismic shifts in Britain over the last few years, thereby offering the reader the most up-to-date text on British identity and recent events in Britain. - Highly illustrated w...

This fully updated fourth edition of The Making of Modern Korea provides a thorough, balanced and engaging history of Korea from 1876 to the present day. The text is unique in analysing domestic developments in the two Koreas in the wider context of regional and international affairs.