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War and Revolution in the Caucasus - Georgia Ablaze (Hardcover): Stephen F. Jones War and Revolution in the Caucasus - Georgia Ablaze (Hardcover)
Stephen F. Jones
R3,910 Discovery Miles 39 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The South Caucasus has traditionally been a playground of contesting empires. This region, on the edge of Europe, is associated in Western minds with ethnic conflict and geopolitical struggles in August 2008. Yet, another war broke out in this distant European periphery as Russia and Georgia clashed over the secessionist territory of South Ossetia. The war had global ramifications culminating in deepening tensions between Russia on the one hand, and Europe and the USA on the other. Speculation on the causes and consequences of the war focused on Great Power rivalries and a new Great Game, on oil pipeline routes, and Russian imperial aspirations.

This book takes a different tack which focuses on the domestic roots of the August 2008 war. Collectively the authors in this volume present a new multidimensional context for the war. They analyse historical relations between national minorities in the region, look at the link between democratic development, state-building, and war, and explore the role of leadership and public opinion. Digging beneath often simplistic geopolitical explanations, the authors give the national minorities and Georgians themselves, the voice that is often forgotten by Western analysts.

This book was based on a special issue of Central Asian Survey.

The Capital Order - How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism (Hardcover): Clara E. Mattei The Capital Order - How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism (Hardcover)
Clara E. Mattei
R850 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R150 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year "A must-read, with key lessons for the future."-Thomas Piketty A groundbreaking examination of austerity's dark intellectual origins. For more than a century, governments facing financial crisis have resorted to the economic policies of austerity-cuts to wages, fiscal spending, and public benefits-as a path to solvency. While these policies have been successful in appeasing creditors, they've had devastating effects on social and economic welfare in countries all over the world. Today, as austerity remains a favored policy among troubled states, an important question remains: What if solvency was never really the goal? In The Capital Order, political economist Clara E. Mattei explores the intellectual origins of austerity to uncover its originating motives: the protection of capital-and indeed capitalism-in times of social upheaval from below. Mattei traces modern austerity to its origins in interwar Britain and Italy, revealing how the threat of working-class power in the years after World War I animated a set of top-down economic policies that elevated owners, smothered workers, and imposed a rigid economic hierarchy across their societies. Where these policies "succeeded," relatively speaking, was in their enrichment of certain parties, including employers and foreign-trade interests, who accumulated power and capital at the expense of labor. Here, Mattei argues, is where the true value of austerity can be observed: its insulation of entrenched privilege and its elimination of all alternatives to capitalism. Drawing on newly uncovered archival material from Britain and Italy, much of it translated for the first time, The Capital Order offers a damning and essential new account of the rise of austerity-and of modern economics-at the levers of contemporary political power.

German Literature Through Nazi Eyes (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover): G. Atkins German Literature Through Nazi Eyes (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover)
G. Atkins
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The influence of Nazism on German culture was a key concern for many Anglo-American writers, who struggled to reconcile the many contributions of Germany to European civilization, with the barbarity of the new regime.

In German Literature Through Nazi Eyes, H.G. Atkins gives an account of how the Nazis undertook a re-evaluation of German literature, making it sub-ordinate to their own interests. All reference to Jewish writers and influence was virtually eliminated, and key writers such as Goethe and Lessing were re-interpreted. What was left was a military history that was avowedly militant and propagandist.

Higher Education in Nazi Germany (RLE Responding to Fascism - Or Education for World Conquest (Hardcover): A. Wolf Higher Education in Nazi Germany (RLE Responding to Fascism - Or Education for World Conquest (Hardcover)
A. Wolf
R3,903 Discovery Miles 39 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Higher Education in Nazi Germany was first published in 1944, when it was apparent that Germany was likely to lose the war. Developing themes that were to become commonplace in the analysis of totalitarian regimes, it provides an account of how higher education became a means of both installing and re-enforcing the dominant state ideology.

I Speak of Germany (RLE Responding to Fascism) - A plea for Anglo-German friendship (Hardcover): Norman Hillson I Speak of Germany (RLE Responding to Fascism) - A plea for Anglo-German friendship (Hardcover)
Norman Hillson
R5,105 Discovery Miles 51 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Not all of the responses to fascism in the English speaking world were hostile. With the aim of providing a representative sample, Routledge here re-issues Norman Hillson's I Speak of Germany. First published in 1937, this is an account of the author's travels in Germany, and is largely sympathetic to the changes wrought by the regime. Like others adopting a similar position, the author believes that the terms of the Versailles treatment put Germany in an impossible position, and that the Nazis had inspired a recovery. Racial politics, whilst not ignored, are not seen as being at the heart of the programme ? ?obsession of race purity maybe a little absurd and quite impractical of realization?.

The German People versus Hitler (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover): Heinrich Fraenkel The German People versus Hitler (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover)
Heinrich Fraenkel
R5,112 Discovery Miles 51 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The extent to which the Nazi regime was truly representative of the German people was a key issue for external commentators. First published in 1940, The German People versus Hitler sets out to prove that the identification of ?Germany and the Third Reich, Germanism and Nazism, the German people and the Nazi Party? is a fallacy. It identifies widespread sources of opposition to the Nazi regime from all strata, including the Church and from the former socialist parties.

The Spanish Tragedy (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover): Jef Last The Spanish Tragedy (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover)
Jef Last
R1,199 Discovery Miles 11 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Spanish Civil War was one of the pivotal events of the 1930?s, the moment when fascism and socialism came into open conflict. First published in 1939, The Spanish Tragedy recounts the experiences of Jef Last. Activist, poet and novelist, Last might have been the archetypal Republican volunteer but his experience left him even more disenchanted than most. Critical of Soviet Communism, a court martial loyal to Moscow tried to sentence him to death and he was forced to flee to Scandinavia.

Six Years of Hitler (RLE Responding to Fascism) - The Jews Under the Nazi Regime (Hardcover): G. Warburg Six Years of Hitler (RLE Responding to Fascism) - The Jews Under the Nazi Regime (Hardcover)
G. Warburg
R5,103 Discovery Miles 51 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The extent to which Jews were being actively persecuted in Germany through the 1930's was a hotly debated issue, with many apologists downplaying the centrality of race in Nazi ideology. This book, first published in 1939, provided a clear counter argument to this position. Based on official German publications and reliable external reports, it details the many methods adopted by the Nazi party against the Jews.

The Rise of Italian Fascism (RLE Responding to Fascism) - 1918-1922 (Hardcover): A. Rossi The Rise of Italian Fascism (RLE Responding to Fascism) - 1918-1922 (Hardcover)
A. Rossi
R5,115 Discovery Miles 51 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The rise of Italian fascism is often seen as a pre-condition, as well as a precursor of, later developments in Europe most notably in Germany. As such they were also much discussed in the English speaking world throughout the 1930?s. First published in English in 1938 this book gives an account of Italian history in the years immediately following the first world war, culminating in the triumph of Mussolini. Arguing that Mussolini succeeded because he was much more ruthless than his opponents, he concludes that this is something that must be learnt from: ?in point of material and military strength we must be superior to the fascists since that is the ground on which they are trying to force a decision.'

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Enter Mussolini (RLE Responding to Fascism) - Observations and Adventures of an Anti-Fascist (Hardcover): Emilio Lussu Enter Mussolini (RLE Responding to Fascism) - Observations and Adventures of an Anti-Fascist (Hardcover)
Emilio Lussu
R4,214 Discovery Miles 42 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Emilio Lussu was an Italian MP and Professor of Political Economy, who was imprisoned because of his opposition to Mussolini. In 1929 he escaped with two fellow prisoners from the island of Lipari. Enter Mussolini combines an account of Mussolini's rise to power and a critique of the Italian fascist movement that was influential at a time when many observers were still sympathetic to fascism, at least in its Italian guise. It was first published in English in 1936.

Straight On (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover): Robert Collis, Han Hogerzeil Straight On (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover)
Robert Collis, Han Hogerzeil
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1947, Straight On is a first-hand account of the authors' work with the Red Cross in central and eastern Europe at the end of the Second World War, including their work providing medical care to survivors at Auschwitz and Belsen. 'The most moving description I have read of life and death in Central Europe immediately after the war' - Jewish Chronicle. 'One of the most powerful indictments of Fascism ever written' - Irish Chronicle. 'A simple, sincere, and very moving book, full of kindness and understanding for human failings' - The Observer.

A History of National Socialism (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover): Konrad Heiden A History of National Socialism (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover)
Konrad Heiden
R5,418 Discovery Miles 54 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Konrad Heiden was an influential journalist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Eras. He became an early critic of National Socialism after attending a party meeting in 1920. First published in English in 1934, A History of National Socialism provides a detailed account of the growth of the movement through the 1920's until its assumption of full control of Germany in 1934. It argues that Nazi ideology was extremely pragmatic and able to accommodate a wide diversity of opinion in return for the unconditional support of Hitler as leader.

The Nazi Dictatorship (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover): Roy Pascal The Nazi Dictatorship (RLE Responding to Fascism) (Hardcover)
Roy Pascal
R4,219 Discovery Miles 42 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Faced with a political movement that was effectively unparalleled many observers found it extremely difficult to work out exactly what kind of regime they were dealing with: whose interests did it serve? First published in 1934, The Nazi Dictatorship argues both that the Nazi regime represented a clear break from pre-War 'Prussian militarism' and that it was not a passing fad. It describes a 'State of Monopoly Capitalism' in which large scale industrial and financial interests are paramount.

Hitler's Official Programme  RLE Responding to Fascism (Hardcover): Gottfried Feder Hitler's Official Programme RLE Responding to Fascism (Hardcover)
Gottfried Feder
R1,059 Discovery Miles 10 590 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In 1927 Hitler asked Gottfried Feder to formulate the official Programme of the German National Socialist Party. This English translation of the fifth German edition was first published in 1934.

The Somme - English - France 1916 (Paperback): Chris McNab The Somme - English - France 1916 (Paperback)
Chris McNab
R182 R138 Discovery Miles 1 380 Save R44 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

1st July 1916 saw a campaign that devastated the lives of thousands of young men serving under the British Empire. It was a day chosen to begin what had been called 'The Big Push', a desperate attempt to overwhelm the German Front Line and bring an end to a two year long stalemate on the Western Front. The Battle of the Somme has become tightly woven into the memory of the British nation and stands as a testimony to the conflict which took so many lives. This authoritative guide gives a factual account of the events leading up to the Somme battle, the battle itself, the politics of the day as well as the experiences of the young men who answered the call to join Kitchener's Army. With dramatic photographs, maps and diagrams this guide is an informative and sensitive account of the conflict.

The Byzantine World (Hardcover): Paul Stephenson The Byzantine World (Hardcover)
Paul Stephenson
R6,908 Discovery Miles 69 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Byzantine World presents the latest insights of the leading scholars in the fields of Byzantine studies, history, art and architectural history, literature, and theology. Those who know little of Byzantine history, culture and civilization between AD 700 and 1453 will find overviews and distillations, while those who know much already will be afforded countless new vistas.

Each chapter offers an innovative approach to a well-known topic or a diversion from a well-trodden path. Readers will be introduced to Byzantine women and children, men and eunuchs, emperors, patriarchs, aristocrats and slaves. They will explore churches and fortifications, monasteries and palaces, from Constantinople to Cyprus and Syria in the east, and to Apulia and Venice in the west. Secular and sacred art, profane and spiritual literature will be revealed to the reader, who will be encouraged to read, see, smell and touch. The worlds of Byzantine ceremonial and sanctity, liturgy and letters, Orthodoxy and heresy will be explored, by both leading and innovative international scholars.

Ultimately, readers will find insights into the emergence of modern Byzantine studies and of popular Byzantine history that are informative, novel and unexpected, and that provide a thorough understanding of both.

Italy Today - The Sick Man of Europe (Hardcover): Andrea Mammone, Giuseppe A. Veltri Italy Today - The Sick Man of Europe (Hardcover)
Andrea Mammone, Giuseppe A. Veltri
R4,218 Discovery Miles 42 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Italy Today represents one of the most comprehensive examinations of contemporary Italy. It is a provocative and an innovative collection that aims to highlight the current ?crisis? of the country through an analysis of several different ?dark shadows? of contemporary Italian society.

Italy already had a long history of ?unsolved? issues, several chronic problems and contradictions that have been ignored for a very long time, during which they have assumed dramatic proportions and gravity. The peninsula has now become the ?Sick Man of Europe?, a country facing a veritable decline also caused by apparent incapacity and difficulties of the ruling economic, political and social elites.

Discussions include:

  • an evaluation of the current predicaments of the political system
  • analysis of emerging mafias, including new powerful crime organizations such as ?Ndrangheta
  • issues surrounding the ongoing presence of Fascism
  • examination of the recent xenophobic tensions
  • discussion of problems associated with the missed opportunity of the EU funding, and the increasing regional economic gaps
  • outline of the systemic troubles of Italy's economic and industrial system.

Written by leading experts in the field and covering a wide range of topics, this collection is essential reading for all those seeking to understand the issues and problems that are facing contemporary Italy.

The Carolingian Renaissance and the Idea of Kingship (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Walter Ullmann The Carolingian Renaissance and the Idea of Kingship (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Walter Ullmann
R4,210 Discovery Miles 42 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In his Birkbeck Lectures, first published in 1969, Professor Ullmann throws new light on a familiar subject. He shows that the Carolingian renaissance had a wider and deeper meaning than has often been thought, especially in its political and ideological aspects. Displaying his mastery of both primary and secondary sources, Professor Ullmann presents an integrated history. He shows an epoch which holds a key to the better understanding not only of the subsequent medieval centuries, but also of modern Europe. This book opened new vistas in political, ideological and social history as well as in historical theology and jurisprudence and showed how relevant knowledge of the past is for the understanding of the present.

Perceptions of the European Union in New Member States - A Comparative Perspective (Hardcover): Gabriella Ilonszki Perceptions of the European Union in New Member States - A Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)
Gabriella Ilonszki
R3,201 R2,591 Discovery Miles 25 910 Save R610 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book explores the views of elites alongside those of the wider population in the European Union. The chapters place the new member states and the potential candidate Serbia on the map of Europe in this context for the first time. The volume's comparative method goes beyond the standard old member states versus new member states divide. It assesses regional differences within Central Europe and evaluates the problem of European and national identity formation, perception of external threats to the EU (including Russia), differences between economic and political elite views about the integration process and the connection between national performance and public opinion about Europe. Even though, in each country, positive views are dominant about the integration process, heterogeneous views prevail behind the image of a unifying Europe.

The book 's major contribution is that it makes the new member states more visible and provides hard evidence while remaining theoretically driven. Furthermore, it covers the most important topics that emerge in studies concerning European integration. The book is intended for those interested in European integration in general but Central and Eastern European comparativists will find it particularly useful.

This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.

Honor and Shame in Western History (Hardcover): Joerg Wettlaufer, David Nash, Jan Frode Hatlen Honor and Shame in Western History (Hardcover)
Joerg Wettlaufer, David Nash, Jan Frode Hatlen
R3,758 Discovery Miles 37 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book covers a wide range of topics related to honor and shame in European historical societies: history of law and literature, social and ancient history, as well as theoretical contributions on the state of research and the importance of honor and shame in traditional societies. Honor and shame in Western History brings together 14 texts of interdisciplinary scholars from Europe and North America. It covers a wide range of topics related to honor and shame in historical societies. The contributions cover periods of Western history from Greek and Roman times to the nineteenth century and many of them integrate the concept of a "deep history" of honor and shame in social interaction. The book is essential for a broad audience interested in social history and the history of emotions.

Mussolini's Theatre - Fascist Experiments in Art and Politics (Hardcover): Patricia Gaborik Mussolini's Theatre - Fascist Experiments in Art and Politics (Hardcover)
Patricia Gaborik
R1,021 R965 Discovery Miles 9 650 Save R56 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Benito Mussolini has persistently been described as an 'actor' - and also as a master of illusions. In her vividly narrated account of the Italian dictator's relationship with the theatre, Patricia Gaborik discards any metaphorical notions of Il Duce as a performer and instead tells the story of his life as literal spectator, critic, impresario, dramatist and censor of the stage. Discussing the ways in which the autarch's personal tastes and convictions shaped, in fascist Italy, theatrical programming, she explores Mussolini's most significant dramatic influences, his association with important figures such as Luigi Pirandello, Gabriele D'Annunzio and George Bernard Shaw, his oversight of stage censorship, and his forays into playwriting. By focusing on its subject's manoeuvres in the theatre, and manipulation of theatrical ideas, this consistently illuminating book transforms our understandings of fascism as a whole. It will have strong appeal to readers in both theatre studies and modern Italian history.

Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (Hardcover): F. P. Lock Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (Hardcover)
F. P. Lock
R4,217 Discovery Miles 42 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France is one of the major texts in the western intellectual tradition. This book describes Burke's political and intellectual world, stressing the importance of the idea of 'property' in Burke's thought. It then focuses more closely on Burke's personal and political situation in the late 1780s to explain how the Reflections came to be written. The central part of the study discusses the meaning and interpretation of the work. In the last part of the book the author surveys the pamphlet controversy which the Reflections generated, paying particular attention to the most famous of the replies, Tom Paine's Rights of Man. It also examines the subsequent reputation of the Reflections from the 1790s to the modern day, noting how often Burke has fascinated even writers who have disliked his politics.

Ritual, Ceremony and the Changing Monarchy in France, 1350-1789 (Hardcover, New Ed): Lawrence M. Bryant Ritual, Ceremony and the Changing Monarchy in France, 1350-1789 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Lawrence M. Bryant
R3,486 R2,735 Discovery Miles 27 350 Save R751 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection of articles explores changes in images of the French monarchy propagated in ceremonies that townspeople and officials created for their kings. Bryant looks at royal entrees as massive processional and street theaters in which members of the kingdom both discoursed with and exalted the king in a multiplicity of ritual forms, symbolism and public art. These ceremonies personalized the idea of the state as embodied in the king, and they publicized rights and authority, new historical or mythological themes, innovative styles of monumental architecture and art, and theories of ideal and shared government.

Ancient Greece - Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander the Great (Hardcover, 3rd... Ancient Greece - Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander the Great (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Matthew Dillon, Lynda Garland
R3,681 Discovery Miles 36 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this revised edition, Matthew Dillon and Lynda Garland have expanded the chronological range of Ancient Greece to include the Greek world of the fourth century. The sourcebook now ranges from the first lines of Greek literature to the death of Alexander the Great, covering all of the main historical periods and social phenomena of ancient Greece. The material is taken from a variety of sources: historians, inscriptions, graffiti, law codes, epitaphs, decrees, drama and poetry. It includes the major literary authors, but also covers a wide selection of writers, including many non-Athenian authors. Whilst focusing on the main cities of ancient Greece - Athens and Sparta- the sourcebook also draws on a wide range of material concerning the Greeks in Egypt, Italy, Sicily, Asia Minor and the Black Sea.

Ancient Greece covers not only the chronological, political history of ancient Greece, but also explores the full spectrum of Greek life through topics such as gender, social class, race and labour. This revised edition includes:

  • Two completely new chapters - "The Rise of Macedon" and "Alexander ?the Great?, 336-323" BC
  • New material in the chapters on The City-State, Religion in the Greek World, Tyrants and Tyranny, The Peloponnesian War and its Aftermath, Labour: Slaves, Serfs and Citizens, and Women, Sexuality and the Family

It is structured so that:

  • Thematically arranged chapters arranged allow students to build up gradually knowledge of the ancient Greek world
  • Introductory essays to each chapter give necessary background to understand topic areas
  • Linking commentaries help students understand the source extracts and what they reveal about the ancient Greeks

Ancient Greece: Social and Historical Documents from Archaic Times to the Death of Alexander the Great. Third Edition, will continue to be a definitive collection of source material on the society and culture of the Greeks.

Constantine and the Christian Empire (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Charles Odahl Constantine and the Christian Empire (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Charles Odahl
R4,387 Discovery Miles 43 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This biographical narrative is a detailed portrayal of the life and career of the first Christian emperor Constantine the Great (273 ? 337). Combining vivid narrative and historical analysis, Charles Odahl relates the rise of Constantine amid the crises of the late Roman world, his dramatic conversion to and public patronage of Christianity, and his church building programs in Rome, Jerusalem and Constantinople which transformed the pagan state of Roman antiquity into the Christian empire medieval Byzantium.

The author's comprehensive knowledge of the literary sources and his extensive research into the material remains of the period mean that this volume provides a more rounded and accurate portrait of Constantine than previously available.

This revised second edition includes:

  • An expanded and revised final chapter
  • A new Genealogy and an expanded Chronology
  • New illustrations
  • Revised and updated Notes and Bibliography

A landmark publication in Roman Imperial, early Christian, and Byzantine history, Constantine and the Christian Empire will remain the standard account of the subject for years to come.

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