The Germans of the Soviet Union

By Irina Mukhina

The Germans were a very substantial minority in Russia, and many leading figures, including the Empress Catherine the Great, were German. Using rarely seen archival...

Published February 27th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Emergence of Détente in Europe

Brandt, Kennedy and the Formation of Ostpolitik

By Arne Hofmann

This book examines the key relationship between Willy Brandt (the former Mayor of West Berlin and future West German Chancellor) and the administration of President...

Published February 21st 2007 by Routledge.

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Railways and the Russo-Japanese War

Transporting War

By Felix Patrikeeff, Harry Shukman

This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a...

Published February 6th 2007 by Routledge.

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Judgements on History and Historians

By Jacob Burckhardt

Western Civilisation was in its pomp when Jacob Burckhardt delivered his Judgements on History and Historians; European Empires spanned the globe, while the modern age...

Published February 1st 2007 by Routledge.

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Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture

By Marshall Fishwick

Learn why Cicero is considered one of the most important individuals in all of Western culture!

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was a poet,...

Published January 3rd 2007 by Routledge.

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Great Cities of the World

Their government, Politics and Planning

Edited by W.A. Robson

The giant city of today is a unique phenomenon. Never before have such acute problems of government, the provision of essential services, planning, social life,...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

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London Government and the Welfare Services

By S.K. Ruck

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

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Planning and Profit in the Urban Economy

By T.A. Broadbent

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

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Urban Sociology

Critical Essays

Edited by C.G. Pickvance

This book applies the historical materialist, or Marxist view of urban sociology and collates some fundamental sources of this perspective available.

This book was first published...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

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European Urbanization, 1500-1800

By Jan de Vries

In European Urbanization Jan de Vries provides a comprehensive data base for understanding the nature of the changes that took place in European cities from...

Published December 21st 2006 by Routledge.

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