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008508
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Second edition
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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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491pBlue Spine
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Cambridge concise histories
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Provides a clear and well-informed guide to French history from the early Middle Ages to the present - from Charlemagne to Chirac. It offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of French history available.
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Part I - Medieval and Early Modern France
Population and Resources in Pre-Industrial France
Society and Politics in Medieval France
Society and Politics in Early Modern France
Part II - The Dual Revolutions: Modern and Contemporary France
Revolution and Empire
The Nineteenth Century: Continuity and Change
A Time of Crisis, 1914-1945
Reconstruction and Renewal: The Trente Glorieuses
A society under stress
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0521060656X Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| 008874 | 944/PRI | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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007378
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2001
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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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265pWhite Spine
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Cambridge concise histories
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Provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of German history from the early middle ages to the present day. Examines particularly the role played by this country in the balance of power in Europe.
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Introduction : The German lands and people
Medieval Germany -
The beginnings of German history
Germany in the early and high middle ages
Germany in the later middle ages
The Age of Confessionalism, 1500-1648 -
The German Reformation: the early years
The German Peasants' War
The development of the German Reformation
Germany in the age of Counter-Reformation
The Thirty Years War
The Peace of Westphalia and the effects of the War
The Age of Absolutism, 1648-1815 -
Absolutism and the rise of Prussia
Religion, culture and Enlightenment
The impact of the French Revolution
The Age of Industrialisation, 1815-1918 -
Restoration Germany, 1815-48
The revolution of 1848
The unification of Germany
Germany under Bismarck
Society and politics in Wilhelmine Germany
Culture in Imperial Germany
Foreign policy and the First World War
Democracy and Dictatorship, 1918-45 -
The Weimar Republic: origins and early years
The period of apparent stabilisation
The collapse of Weimar democracy
The consolidation of Hitler's power
Foreign policy and war
Holocaust, resistance and defeat
The Two Germanies 1945-90 -
The creation of the two Germanies
From establishment to consolidation
Politics in the two Germanies, 1949-89
Economy and society in West Germany
Economy and society in the GDR, 1949-89
The revolution of 1989 and the end of the post-war era
Patterns and Problems of Germany History
Guide to further reading
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0521368367 Pb.
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| 007782 | 943/FUL | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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008933
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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
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324pBlue Spine
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Cambridge Concise Histories
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Covers the period of the fall of thew Roman Empire in the west to the present day and the difficulties faced by Italy to develop an effective political system and a secure sense of national identity.
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List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
The geographical determinants of disunity
Disunity and conflict : from the Romans to the Renaissance , 400 -1494
Stagnation and reform, 1494 - 1789
The emergence of the national question, 1789 - 1849
Italy united
The liberal state and the social question, 187 - 1900
Giolotti, the First World Waqr, and the rise of Fascism
Fascism
The republic
Select bibliography
Index
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9780521408486 Pb.
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008507
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USA, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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302pBalack and White Spine
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Cambridge concise histories
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Highlights the effects of the country's smallness and isolation from its late settlement by Polynesian voyagers and colonisation by Europeans. It places New Zealand in its global and regional context, linked to Britain, immersed in the Pacific and part of Australasia.
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Waka across a watery world
Beachcrossers 1769-1839
Claiming the land 1840-1860
Remoter Australasia 1861-1890
Managing globalisation 1891-1913
'All flesh is as grass' 1914-1929
Making New Zealand 1930-1949
Golden weather 1950-1973
Latest experiments 1974-1996
Treaty revival 1974-2003
Epilogue
Glossary of Maori words
Timeline
Sources of quotations
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0521542286 Pb.
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| 008875 | 993/SMI | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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007761
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2006 (Second)
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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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337pYellow Spine
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Cambridge concise histories
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Explores India's modern history afresh and updates the events of the last decade.Highlights questions of caste and religious identity, and the very nature of the Indian nation.
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Sultan, Mughals, and pre-colonial Indian society
Mughal twilight: the emergence of regional states and the East India Company
The East India Company Raj, 1772-1850
Revolt, the modern state, and the colonized subjects, 1848-1885
Civil society, colonial constraints, 1885-1919
The crisis of the colonial order, 1919-1939
The 1940s: triumph and tragedy
Congress Raj: democracy and development, 1950-1989
Democratic India in the nineties: coalitions, class, community, consumers, and conflict
Epilogue: a new century begins
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9780521733106 Pb.
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| 008156 | 954/MET | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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