Жанр "История. Социология. Политика"

One of our most celebrated historians shows how we can use the lessons of the past to build a new post-covid society in...

'Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one's enemy is an absolute necessity for our...

London is a plutocrat's paradise, with more resident billionaires than New York, Hong Kong or Moscow. Far from trickling down,...

You think you know British Rail. But you don't know the whole story.

From its creation after the Second World War, through its...

Based on two decades of research, the five causes of wars and four ways to stop them

It's easy to overlook that most of the...

If Britain's maritime history were embodied in a single ship, she would have a prehistoric prow, a mast plucked from a Victorian...

Throughout his life George Orwell aimed, in his words, to make 'political writing into an art'. This collection brings together...

How does Britain get its food?
Why is our current system at breaking point?
How can we fix it before it is too late?

British...

A succinct, expert Pelican history of the most contentious issue of our time

After all the debates, manoeuvrings,...

In three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at...

Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their status at birth. For much of...

In the annals of military history, the Western Front stands as an enduring symbol of the folly and futility of war.

However,...

Miami, Summer 1968. The Vietnam War is raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy have just been assassinated. The...

October 21, 1967, Washington, D.C. 20,000 to 200,000 protesters are marching to end the war in Vietnam, while helicopters hover...

From Tristram Hunt, award-winning author of The Frock-Coated Communist and leading UK politician, Ten Cities that Made an Empire...

Andrew Rawnsley's bestselling The End of the Party lifts the lid on the second half of New Labour's spell in office.

Through...

Based on the author's own vivid experiences, The Cruel Sea is the nail-biting story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette...

Patrick French's India: A Portrait tells the story of how India emerged from a turbulent struggle for independence to become a...

Christopher Clark's Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power is a short, fascinating and accessible biography of one of the 20th...

From Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, The Idea of Justice is a refreshing alternative approach to mainstream theories...

Brendan Simms's formidable, game-changing history of Europe

In this marvelously ambitious and exciting book, Brendan Simms...

A castle filled with intrigue, a plotting duchess and a mysterious death in Catherine Bailey's The Secret Rooms.

At 6 am on...

The first part of his trilogy on the Spanish Empire, Hugh Thomas's Rivers of Gold brings the rise of Spain's global empire...

State of Emergency : Britain 1970-74 is a brilliant history of the gaudy, schizophrenic atmosphere of the early Seventies.
The...

What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as...

Saul David's All The King's Men is a thrilling history of the British Redcoat from the English Civil War to Waterloo.

Between...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick Lane.

Out at the eastern edge of...

Brick Lane today is a place of extremes - a street that's constantly reinventing itself. Blending history and reportage with...

A prescient and provocative history of America's role on the world stage

Is America the new world empire? Presidents from...