Жанр "История. Социология. Политика"

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...

From the great citadels of Caernarvon, Harlech, Powis and Beaumaris in the north, to the Victorian glories of Cardiff in the...

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

The United States asserts the right to use military force against ‘failed states’ around the globe. But as Noam Chomsky argues in...

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 fully revised, expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary Spain.

The restoration of democracy...

Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus' Histories, one of the great books in Western history - now in...

Dramatic artist, natural scientist and philosopher, Plutarch is widely regarded as the most significant historian of his era,...

'I hope my passion for Rome's past has not impaired my judgement; for I do honestly believe that no country has ever been greater...

This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their...

Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain....

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political...

Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading...

One of the greatest figures of his age, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was widely admired throughout his life for his prose,...

The Green Flag stands as the most comprehensive and illuminating history of Irish Nationalism yet published. For many years...

Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being:...

For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had the largest empire and one of the world's...

Every day, in every court and tribunal, advocates represent us all - Crown and defendant, landlord and tenant, rich and poor,...

The sixth of nine volumes in the major Penguin History of Britain series, A Monarchy Transformed narrates the tempestuous...

The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and...

A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics...

Armed with the insights of the scientific revolution, the men of the Enlightenment set out to free mankind from its age-old...

McPherson recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the French Revolution, this is the book for you . . .

Concise, convincing...

In the terrible aftermath of the moorland battle of Culloden, the Highlanders suffered at the hands of their own clan chiefs....

1969 was a year of rising tension, violence and change for the people of Northern Ireland. Rioting in Derry's Bogside led to the...

Australia celebrated one hundred years as a nation in 2001. This book - part history, part travelogue, part memoir - tells the...