This book examines the meanings that were attached to the terms “parliament” and “parliamentarism” in the different historical and discursive contexts of the late Russian Empire, revolutionary and Soviet Russia, and the Soviet Union. It discusses those institutions referred to as parliaments by contemporaries, gives...

Pipeline is a low-income, high-rise-tenement settlement in Nairobi's marginalized East and one of sub-Saharan Africa's most densely populated estates. An aspirational place where fleeting forms of capitalist consumption reassure migrants of an upward trajectory, it is also a place where their ambitions of long-term ...

Hans von Bülow is a key figure in 19th century music whose career path was as broad as it was successful. Music history's first virtuoso orchestral conductor, Bülow created the model for the profession-both in musical brilliance and in domineering personality-which still holds forth today. He was an eminent and reno...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER / OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD From Donald Trump's 2024 Vice-Presidential Candidate ‘Essential reading for this moment in history’ New York Times ‘Brilliant … offers an acute insight into the reasons voters have put their trust in Trump’ Observer J. D. Vance grew up in the hills of Kentuck...

In 'The Evolution of an Empire: A Brief Historical Sketch of France' by Mary Platt Parmele, readers are taken on a captivating journey through the history of France, from its early origins to the modern era. Parmele's book is a meticulously researched and concise overview of the major events, figures, and cultural e...

In the 1790s, for the first time, reformers proposed bringing poverty to an end. Inspired by scientific progress, the promise of an international economy, and the revolutions in France and the United States, political thinkers such as Thomas Paine and Antoine-Nicolas Condorcet argued that all citizens could be prote...

Using innovative methods to analyze both advanced democracies and developing countries, Jason Sorens shows how central governments can alleviate or increase ethnic minority demands for regional autonomy. He argues that when countries treat secession as negotiable and provide legal paths to pursuing it rather than ab...

**A “provocative and sweeping” (Time) blend of family history and original reportage that exploresーand reimaginesーAsian American identity in a Black and white world “[Kang’s] exploration of class and identity among Asian Americans will be talked about for years to come.”ーJennifer Szalai, The New York Times Book R...

Roy and Zhores Medvedev, two identical twins with a unique fate, not only lived through a whole century of history, from Stalin to Putin, they wrote and made history. Their research on Stalinism, the first to come out of the Soviet Union in the 1960s-1970s, turned them into famous dissidents overnight, but their cri...

In 'The Modern American Pistol and Revolver', Arthur Corbin Gould delves deep into the world of firearms, providing a comprehensive guide on modern American handguns. Gould's book not only discusses the technical specifications and usage of various pistols and revolvers but also offers insight into the historical an...

《鴻》《毛澤東》《慈禧》暢銷傳記作家／張戎 暌違六年最新重磅巨作現代中國從慈禧到今天，宋氏三姊妹與她們的丈夫，正是完整串連中國百年史的關鍵人物！跨越三個世紀 走過三大陸 多場革命三位家喻戶曉的女子 三段鮮為人知的傳奇人生親訪宋、孔、蔣、孫家親屬與專家學者見證人參閱臺港英美俄五地共14家檔案館收錄三姊妹個人生命與大歷史交織...

The second edition of a comprehensive account of all the major aspects of the Japanese economy, substantially updated and expanded. This textbook offers a comprehensive, rigorous but accessible account of all the major aspects of the Japanese economy, grounding its approach in mainstream economics. The second editio...

In 'A Short History of the Royal Navy, 1217 to 1688,' David Hannay provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the naval history of England during this period. Through detailed analysis of key events such as the Hundred Years' War, the Armada campaign, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars, Hannay paints a vivid picture of...

Pierre Gilles' 'The Antiquities of Constantinople' is a meticulous and comprehensive account of the ancient monuments, architecture, and artifacts in the Byzantine city of Constantinople. Written in a descriptive and analytical style, Gilles delves into the historical significance of these relics, shedding light on ...

海上的閩南人，曾經手握歷史鑰匙，把東亞推向世界舞台的中心！ 沒有閩南人創建的海外據點，鄭和的船隊就無法七下西洋； 沒有閩南人與印度、阿拉伯世界的海上交往，歐洲人就無法進入亞洲！ 看閩南人如何縱横海洋，走入世界歷史的舞台， 把海上絲路、鄭和下西洋、歐洲人東進，交織成一個波瀾壯闊的大時代故事！ 在世界發展史上，有一個被後人稱...

The roots of modern capitalism go back to the Italian banking system of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In the fifteenth century, the Medici Bank succeeded in overshadowing its competitors, the Bardi and the Peruzzi, who were the giants of the fourteenth century, and grew into a vast establishment with bra...