First published in 1989, Chronicles of Darkness is about images of Africa seen through the eyes of writers, visitors, residents, and native-born. This is an interesting read for scholars and…

Written by expert contributors, this book collates and explains the core elements of national security law, both substantive and procedural, and the practical issues which may arise in national security…

The former Yugoslavia, on the brink of war and disintegration, was a scenic but intriguing location in which to undertake a cycling tour on a shoestring. The most formidable challenge…

This book is about literary representations of the both left- and right-wing Italian terrorism of the 1970s by contemporary Italian authors.

Piero Gobetti’s New World is both an introduction to Gobetti’s thought and an in-depth study of the three main questions on which his writings focus: the relationship between Italian history…

This book examines, from an explicitly geographic perspective, the relationships between migrants and the inner city during the period of mass immigration to the United States from about 1840 until…

The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers infantry regiment was formed in 1861 - its ranks filled by nearly 1,200 Irish and German immigrants from Schuylkill County. Drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and…

Packed with more than 1,000 crystal-clear photographs with precise annotations to make identification easy and accurate. In this fully revised and updated edition, jargon-free text pinpoints the key characteristics of…