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• Chapter 1 Ireland before 1500: a land of saints and scholars
• Chapter 2 Reformation and rebellion
• Chapter 3 From restoration to revolution
• Chapter 4 Nationalism and Unionism
• Chapter 5 Culture, society and politics
• Chapter 6 Making the break
• Chapter 7 The freedom to achieve freedom?
• Chapter 8 A Protestant parliament and a Protestant state
• Chapter 9 Breaking the links: the Irish Free State, 1922-39
• Chapter 10 Ireland and the Second World War
• Chapter 11 Ireland in the post-war years
• Chapter 12 Transforming the face of Ulster? The 1960s
• Chapter 13 Countdown to chaos: 'the Troubles' begin
• Chapter 14 The search for a solution: 1974-85
• Chapter 15 The beginning of the end: 1985-97
• Chapter 16 The Good Friday Agreement and its aftermath
• Chapter 17 The Republic of Ireland since the 1960s Abbreviations Glossary Taking it further Index.
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Understand Irish History is a comprehensive guide to a fascinating history. You will explore Irish reformation and restoration, culture, religion and society as well as more recent conflicts and their impact. Taking you from ancient Ireland to the present day, it will give you an understanding of the background to events that have dominated the headlines in recent years. NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding. THINGS TO REMEMBER Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.
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• The Swedes and their eighteenth century
• Gustaf III of Sweden and the Enlightenment
• Sweden and the War of American Independence
• Gustaf III of Sweden and the East Baltic, 1771-92
• Gustaf III of Sweden and the French Revolution
• Late Gustavian autocracy in Sweden: Gustaf IV Adolf and his opponents, 1792-1809
• The Swedish succession crises of 1809 and 1810 and the question of Scandinavian union
• Scandinavianism, Fennomania, and the Crimean War
• The Danish agrarian reforms, 1784-1814, and the historians
• Finland and Norway, 1808-1917: a comparative perspective
• The discovery of Norway abroad, 1760-1905
• The silver age of Swedish national romanticism, 1805-20
• From warfare to welfare state: Sweden's search for a new identity.

This book explores the Nordic Past.""Essays on Scandinavian History"" examines important aspects of the history of Sweden and its Nordic neighbors between the later eighteenth and the beginning of the twenty-first century. Historian H. Arnold Barton has selected thirteen of the numerous essays he has published over the past forty years on the history of Scandinavians.This is a companion volume to Barton's ""The Old Country and the New"", an essay collection on Swedish emigration and the Swedes in America. Included here are studies of the special significance of the eighteenth century in Sweden's history and culture, the relationship of King Gustaf III to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, the impact of the American Revolution in Sweden, and Gustaf III's ambitions in the East Baltic region. Also detailed are the king's early reaction to the French Revolution and his efforts to organize a European coalition to crush it, a reassessment of the reign and internal reforms of Gustaf IV Adolf, and the Swedish succession crises of 1809 and 1810.In addition, Barton examines the increasing tension between the Pan-Scandinavian movement and the rising Finnish national movement. He deals with the historians of the Danish Agrarian Reforms of 1784-1814, parallel developments in Finland and Norway between 1808 and 1917, the discovery of Norway abroad, Swedish national romanticism, and Sweden's transition from a warfare state to a welfare state, now exemplifying the rational and humane ideals of the twentieth century.""Essays on Scandinavian History"" highlights important topics in the history of the Scandinavian region, which has remained all too little known outside the Nordic lands themselves, while also offering broader perspectives on Europe since the mid-eighteenth century. Twelve keyed-to-text illustrations, a bibliography of Barton's publications on Scandinavian history, essay endnotes, and an index augment this work.
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• Chapter 1 FROM THE ORIGINS TO A.D. 800
• chapter 2 THE NORSE TYRANNY, 800-1014
• chapter 3 The end of Gaelic independence, 1014-1166
• chapter 4 THE NORMAN INVASION, 1166-1172
• chapter 5 THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CONQUEST, 1172-1216
• chapter 6 THE EXPANSION OF THE COLONY, 1216-1272
• chapter 7 ENGLISH LORDSHIP AT ITS HEIGHT, 1272-1327
• chapter 8 THE DECLINE OF THE COLONY AND THE STATUTES OF KILKENNY, 1327-1366
• chapter 9 LAST EFFORTS OF THE ENGLISH LORDSHIP, 1366-1399
• chapter 10 THE GAELIC RECOVERY AND ARISTOCRATIC HOME RULE, 1399-1477
• chapter 11 THE KILDARE SUPREMACY AND THE REFORMATION, 1477-1540
• chapter 12 THE TUDOR MONARCHY AND THE SECOND CONQUEST OF IRELAND, 1540-1603
• chapter 13 THE EARLY STUART MONARCHY AND CROMWELLIAN PERIOD, 1603-1660
• chapter 14 THE LATER STUART MONARCHY, 1660-1691
• chapter 15 THE MONARCHY OF WILLIAM AND ANNE, 1691-1714
• chapter 16 HANOVERIAN RULE, 1714-1782
• chapter 17 THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PROTESTANT NATION, 1782-1800
• chapter 18 FROM THE UNION TO 1848
• chapter 19 FROM THE FAMINE TO PARNELL, 1848-1891
• chapter 20 FROM PARNELL TO THE TREATY OF 1922.

Edmund Curtis's remarkable survey of Ireland, from its earliest origins to the twentieth century, is a classic introduction to Ireland's fascinating history. Reaching from St Patrick's Mission in 432 to the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1922, this authoritative text explores the formative events of Ireland's past and encompasses the Norman invasion, Gaelic recovery, Cromwell's Settlement, the Act of Union, and the Great Famine. Lucid and scholarly, this all-embracing account unfolds the events of Ireland's history and the story of its people, through an examination of their political, religious, social, economic and cultural past. Ireland's unique history is revealed here through the 'moving forces, the deciding facts, and the men who mattered'. Featuring a chronology of key dates in Irish history and a guideline to the pronunciation of Irish names, this celebrated narrative now includes a new introduction by Sean Duffy.
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• Book Cover; Title; Contents; Author's note; Introduction; Before 1100; 1100 1286; The War of Independence; Robert II to James I; James II to James IV; James V; Reformation; Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Regencies; James VI in Scotland; The Union of Crowns; Charles I; The Great Rebellion; The Interregnum; Restoration; 1665 85; The Revolution Settlement; The late seventeenth century; Union; 1707 45; The later eighteenth century; The Industrial Revolution; The Victorian age; The twentieth century; Political epilogue by; Monarchs of Scotland since the early eleventh century.

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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• List of tables
• Preface
• List of abbreviations
• Glossary of non-English terms
• Introduction
• 1. 'On the ruins of Melaka fort'
• 2. The Malayan spring
• 3. The revolt on the periphery
• 4. Rural society and terror
• 5. House of glass
• 6. The advent of the 'Bumiputera'
• 7. The politics of culture
• 8. Making citizens
• 9. The colonial inheritance
• Bibliography
• Index.
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Modern Malaya was born in a period of war, insurrection, and monumental social upheaval. Tim Harper's acclaimed 1999 study examines the achievement of independence in 1957, not primarily through the struggle between Imperial Britain and nationalist elites, but through the internal struggles that late colonial rule fostered at all levels of Malayan society. It contains research on the impact of the Second World War in Malaya, the origins and course of the Communist Emergency, and urbanisation and popular culture, and charts the responses of Malaya's communities to more intrusive forms of government and to rapid social change. Dr Harper emphasises the various conflicting visions of independence, and suggests that although the experiments of late colonialism were frustrated, they left an enduring legacy for the politics of independent Malaya. This book sheds light on the dynamics of nationalism, ethnicity, and state-building in modern Southeast Asia.
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This highly successful, illustrated Pocket Guide has been revised and expanded. It traces the main outlines of the history of Wales from the settlements by the Celts to the invasion by Romans and Normans, the conquest by Edward I of England, the passage of the Acts of Union, the impact of the Reformation, Puritanism and Methodism, the effects of the Agrarian and Industrial Revolutions and the changes in political, social and economic life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Succinct biographies of prominent figures, descriptions of some major historical sites, a glossary of terms and a list of important dates are included, making this an ideal introductory study for the general reader.
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• Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of genealogies; List of maps; France under the early Capetians: 987 1180; The apogee of medieval France: the thirteenth century, 1180 1314; The misfortunes of the fourteenth century; The fifteenth century: a kingdom reborn from the ashes; The 'beautiful' sixteenth century: 1494 1552; Difficult times: 1560 1610; From Good King Henry to the Sun King: 1598 1661; The pleasant seasons of a great reign: 1661 1688; Autumn of the great century: 1689 1715; The age of Louis XV: 1715 1774; Louis XVI: 1774 1792; The Revolution during peacetime: 1789 1792.

This one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of France as a nation from the founding of the monarchy in 987, to the present day. Against a broad background of structural change, Goubert's accounts of such key events as the Carolingian Renaissance, the Hundred Years War, the reign of Louis XIV, the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, the two World Wars and the era of De Gaulle, together with his colourful portraits of the personalities who influenced these events, seek to bring the turbulent course of French history to life. His perspective is a popular one and his interpretation emphazises how political events and famous people affect the nation as a whole. This synthesis of approaches creates a balanced survey which combines broad chronological scope and a detailed examination of the leading personalities and events of the period, with a "history from below" analysis. This rich interpretative approach is enlivened by Goubert's distinctively animated and forceful narrative. This book should be of interest to students and teachers of history and French studies from introductory level upwards.
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This stimulating one-volume history traces the social and economic evolution of France as a nation from the founding of the monarchy in 987, to the present day. Against a background of structural change, Goubert etches a vivid account of key events and personalities. His perspective is a popular one, and his main interest is in how political events and famous people affect the nation as a whole. The book incorporates the findings and perspectives of recent monographic studies with clarity and precision, but it is Goubert's own judgements, direct, forceful and iconoclastic, which make this an invaluable text.
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• Minjoksa wa Tanjae
• Yŏksa yŏnʼgu wa kasŏl
• "Minjok sagwan" iran muŏt inʼga
• Pinŏsŭ ŭi tʻansaeng
• Suro wa Tongmyŏng
• Segyesa sok ŭi Hanʼguk
• Kodae noye sahoe ŭi hŏsang
• Uri nara edo ponggŏn chedo ka issŏnnŭnʼga
• Chabonjuŭi ŭi "maenga" wa pigyo sahak
• Kŭndae ŭi kaenyŏm
• Chŏntʻong, Kŭndaehwa, Yŏksa ŭisik
• Kŭndae ŭi chongmal.

• 民族史 와 丹齋
• 歷史 硏究 와 假說 --「民族史觀」이란 무엇 인가
• 비너스 의 誕生
• 首露 와 東明
• 世界史 속 의 韓國
• 古代 奴隸 社會 의 虛像
• 우리 나라 에도 封建 制度 가 있었는가
• 資本主義 의「萌芽」와 比較史學
• 近代 의 概念
• 傳統・近代化・歷史 意識
• 近代 의 終末.

• Point of departure: Cipangu
• The way of the gods: prehistoric and mythical Japan
• Through the keyhole: the people of Wa
• The shining prince: medieval Japan
• A game of thrones: Minamoto vs. Taira
• Ashes of victory: the Warring states
• Time warp: 200 years of isolation
• The stench of butter: restoration and modernization
• The empire strikes back: the road to Pearl Harbor
• Broken jewel: occupation and recovery
• The new breed: the Japanese miracle
• Cool Japan: the lost decades.

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. Stretching for nearly 2000 miles and encompassing almost 7000 islands, Japan has the fourth largest GDP and the tenth largest population in the world. Japan is a country of paradoxes, a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an emperor as head of state; a famously safe society built on 108 volcanoes and an active earthquake zone. Despite a reputation for sprawling cities and cutting-edge technology, seventy-three percent of its land comprises uninhabited mountains and forests. First revealed to the West in the Travels of Marco Polo, Japan was the legendary faraway land defended by the fearsome Kamikaze storm, and ruled by a divine sovereign. It was the terminus of the Silk Road and the edge of the known world, a fictional construct for European arts and crafts, and an enduring symbol of the mysterious east. In recent times, it became the powerhouse of global industry, a nexus of pop culture and a harbinger of post-industrial decline. Among the chapters in this Japanese history book are: The Way of the Gods: Prehistoric and Mythical Japan A Game of Thrones: Minamoto vs. Taira Time Warp: 200 Years of Isolation The Stench of Butter: Restoration and Modernization The New Breed: The Japanese Miracle.
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• 1. Japan Before the Seventeenth Century
• 2. Establishment of the Tokugawa Bakufu
• 3. The Late Tokugawa Period
• 4. The Fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu
• 5. The Meiji Restoration: The New Order
• 6. The Continuing Meiji Revolution (I): Political Developments
• 7. The Continuing Meiji Revolution (II): Cultural, Economic, and Social Developments
• 8. Political Developments in Later Meiji
• 9. The Conclusion of the Meiji Era
• 10. The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (I)
• 11. The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (II)
• 12. The Ascendancy of Militarism
• 13. The Road to War
• 14. War and Defeat
• 15. The Postwar Years (I): Reform and Reconstruction
• 16. The Postwar Years (II): Political Developments After Independence
• 17. Social and Educational Developments
• 18. Cultural Developments Appendix A: The Internet Appendix B: Chronological Chart Appendix C: List of Prime Ministers.
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Integrating political events with cultural, economic, and intellectual movements, Modern Japan provides a balanced and authoritative survey of modern Japanese history. A summary of Japan's early history, emphasizing institutions and systems that influenced Japanese society, provides a well-rounded introduction to this essential volume, which focuses on the Tokugawa period to the present.The fifth edition of Modern Japan is updated throughout to include the latest information on Japan's international relations, including secret diplomatic correspondence recently disclosed on WikiLeaks. This edition brings Japanese history up to date in the post 9/11 era, detailing current issues such as: the impact of the Gulf Wars on Japanese international relations, the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear accident, the recent tumultuous change of political leadership, and Japan's current economic and global status. An updated chronological chart, list of prime ministers, and bibliography are also included.
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• Cover; contents; book six; notes; book seven; notes; book eight; notes; book nine; notes; book ten; notes; book eleven; notes; book twelve; notes; book thirteen; notes; book fourteen; notes; book fifteen; notes.

• Cover13;
• Vorwort
• Geographie
• Quellen
• Georgien in pr228; historischer Zeit
• Pal228; olithikum
• Mesolithikum
• Neolithikum
• 196; neolithikum
• Fr252; he Bronzezeit
• Mittlere Bronzezeit
• Sp228; te Bronze- und fr252; he Eisenzeit
• Die 228; ltesten Staatsgr252; ndungen
• Diaochi
• Kolcha
• Kolchis
• Iberien
• Die Dynastie der Parnawasiden
• Iberien unter den ersten Parnawasiden
• Die R246; mer in Iberien
• Die Kolchis in hellenistischer Zeit
• Iberien in der Antike und Sp228; tantike
• R246; merherrschaft in der Kolchis
• Die Entstehung von Lasika
• Die Christianisierung Georgiens
• Iberiens Kampf gegen die Perser
• Lasika zwischen Rom und Persien
• Die fr252; hchristliche Kultur
• Iberiens wiedererrungene Selbst228; ndigkeit
• Araberherrschaft und Seldschukeneinf228; lle
• Die Araber in Georgien
• Die Entstehung neuer Feudalstaaten
• 1. Egrisi-Abchasien
• 2. Kachetien
• 3. Heretien
• 4. Emirat von Tbilisi
• 5. Tao-Klardsheti
• Die georgische Kultur vom 6.-10. Jahrhundert
• Die Einigung Georgiens
• Seldschukeneinf228; lle und T252; rkenherrschaft
• Das "quot; goldene Zeitalter"quot;
• Dawit der Erbauer
• Demetre I
• Giorgi 111
• Tamar
• Giorgi Lascha
• Die Mongolenherrschaft
• Die Feldz252; ge der Choresmier
• Der Einfall der Mongolen
• Die Mongolenherrschaft
• Demetre 11. Tawdadebuli und Dawit VIII
• Giorgi V. der Gl228; nzende
• Die Kriegsz252; ge Tamerlans
• Aleksandre I
• Der Zerfall Georgiens
• Der fortschreitende Zerfall des Landes
• Die v246; llige Aufspaltung
• Georgien vom 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Annexion durch Ru223; land
• Kartli
• Kachetien
• Westgeorgien
• Samzehe
• Georgien unter dem russischen Kolonialregime
• Der Beginn der russischen Unterdr252; ckung
• Aufst228; nde gegen die Kolonialmacht
• Die Wirtschaftsentwicklung bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts
• Die Krise des Feudalsystems
• Die Bauernreform
• Georgien in der zweiten H228; lfte des 19. Jahrhunderts
• Die russische Besetzung von Atschara
• Das Erstarken der nationalen Befreiungsbewegung
• Georgien zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts
• Die Revolution von 1905
• Zwischen Revolution und Weltkrieg
• Der erste Weltkrieg
• Die Demokratische Republik Georgien
• Georgien unter der Sowjetmacht
• Die Errichtung der Sowjetmacht
• Die Bildung autonomer staatlicher Strukturen innerhalb Georgiens
• Beginnender Widerstand gegen die Sowjetmacht
• Der Aufstand von 1924.
• Die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der zwanziger und drei223; iger Jahre
• Die Terrorjahre 1935-1937
• Georgien im zweiten Weltkrieg
• Die ersten Nachkriegsjahre
• Die volksfeindlichen Unternehmungen des Jahres 1951
• Die Entstalinisierung
• Georgien in der Zeit nach Stalin
• Das Anwachsen der Unabh228; ngigkeitsbewegung
• Der Zusammenbruch des Sowjetsystems
• Wiedergewonnene Unabh228; ngigkeit
• die Republik Georgien
• Daten zur georgischen Geschichte
• Die Parnawasiden-K246; nige
• Die Bagratiden-K246; nige Georgiens
• Die Bagratiden-K246; nige Kartlis
• Die Bagratiden-K246; nige Kachetiens
• Die Bagratiden-K246; nige von Kartli-Kachetien
• Die Bagratidenk246; nige Imeretiens
• Auswahlbib.

The book offers a state-of-the-art overview of the complete history of Georgia from the beginnings until the present time. It contains an extensive list of sources, an historical geography and describes the prehistoric cultures as well as the political and cultural developments of the country: the first settlements and state formation in the second and first millennia B.C., the Parnavazid dynasty, Christianization, the invasions of Arabs and Turks, the Golden Age of the 12-13th centuries, Mongol rule, the disintegration of the state, the Russian occupation, the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1918, the military invasion and control by the Soviet Union, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the revival of the Georgian state.

• VOLUME I
• PART 1: The Pre-Chinggisid Era Introduction 1. Di Cosmo, N. (1994) "Ancient Inner Asian Nomads" 2. Sima Qian. (1993) "The Account of the Xiongnu" 3. Golden, P. (2006) "The Turk Imperial Tradition in the Pre-Chinggisid Era" 4. Lattimore, O. (1963) "The Geography of Chingis Khan"
• PART 2: Chinggis Khan and the Mongol Empire Introduction 5. Excerpts from The Secret History of the Mongols 6. De Rachewiltz, I. (1973) "Some Remarks on the Ideological Foundations of Chingis Khan's Empire" 7. Schurmann, H.F. (1956) "Mongol Tributary Practices of the thirteenth century" 8. De Rachewiltz, I. (1993) "Some Reflections of Chinggis Qan's Jasag" 9. Jackson, P. (1999) "From Ulus to Khanate: The Making of the Mongol States, c. 1220-c. 1290" 10. John of Plano Carpini. (1980) Excerpts from The Mongol Mission (Dawson ed.) 11. William of Rubruck. (1980) Excerpts from The Mongol Mission (Dawson ed.) 12. Allsen, T. (1986) "Guard and Government in the Reign of the Grand Qan Mongke" 13. Jackson, P. (1978) "The Dissolution of the Mongol Empire" 14. Dardess, J. (1972-3) "From Mongol Empire to Yuan Dynasty: Changing Forms of Imperial Rule in Mongolia and Central Asia" VOLUME II
• PART 3: Yuan and Late Medieval Period Introduction 15. Marco Polo. (1958) "Kubilai Khan" 16. Rossabi, M. (1988) "Mismanagement and the Chinese Response" 17. Farquhar, D. (1981) "Structure and Function in Yuan Imperial Government" 18. Endicott-West, E. (1986) "Imperial Governance in Yuan Times" 19. Jamsran, L. (2004) "The Crisis of the Forty-Four Thousand" 20. Gongor. (1970) "The Twelve Tumen of the Aglag Huree Halha Mongols" 21. Natsagdorj, Sh. and A. Ochir. (2004) "Six Tumen" 22. Elverskog, J. (2003). Excerpt from The Jewel Translucent Sutra: Altan Khan and the Mongols in the Sixteenth Century 23. Serruys, H. (1963) "Early Lamaism in Mongolia" 24. Heissig, W. (1953) "A Mongolian Source to the Lamaist Suppression of Shamanism in the 17th century" 25. Atwood, C. (2006) "Titles, Appanages, Marriages and Officials: A Comparison of Political Forms in the Zunghar and Thirteenth-Century Mongol Empires" VOLUME III
• PART 4: The Qing Period Introduction 26. Perdue, P.C. (1996) "Military Mobilization in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century China, Russia, and Mongolia" 27. Ichinnorov, S. (2005) "The Biography of OEndoer Gegeen" 28. Riasonovsky, V.A. (1965) "The Khalkha Djirum" 29. Natsagdorj, Sh. (1967) "The Economic Basis of Feudalism in Mongolia" 30. Sanjdorj. (1980) "The Spread of Trade to the Countryside" 31. Elverskog, J. (2004) "Things and the Qing: Mongol Culture in the Visual Narrative" 32. Bawden, C.R. (1967) "The Mongol Rebellion of 1756-1757" 33. Tsedev, D. (1964) "The Social and Economic Situation of the Shavi" 34. Dashbadrah, D. and J. Gerelbadrah. (2004) "The Economy of the Monasteries" 35. Pozdneyev, A.M. (1971) Excerpt from Mongolia and the Mongols 36. Rasidondug, S. and V. Veit (1975) "Document 23" Petitions and Grievances Submitted by the People 37. Ewing T.E. (1980) "Ch'ing Policies in Outer Mongolia 1900-1911"
• PART 5: Twentieth-Century Mongolia Introduction 38. Bawden, C.R. (1997) Excerpt from Tales of An Old Lama 39. Larson, F.A. (1930) "The Lamas of Mongolia" 40. Ossendowski, F. (1922) Excerpts from Beasts, Men and Gods 41. Isono, F. (1979) "Soviet Russia and the Mongolian Revolution of 1921" 42. Futaki, H. (2000) "A Re-examination of the Establishment of the Mongolian People's Party, Centering on Dogsom's Memoir" 43. Rupen, R.A. (1956) "The Buriat Intelligentsia" 44. Diluv Khutagt. (1982) Excerpts from The Autobiography of the Diluv Khutagt 45. Baabar. (1999) "The Great Purge" 46. Badamhatan, S. (1981) Excerpt from The Way of Life of Co-operative Herders 47. Boldbaatar, J. (1999) "The Eight-hundredth Anniversary of Chinggis Khan: The Revival and Suppression of Mongolian National Consciousness" 48. Baabar. (1990) "Buu Mart!" 49. Kaplonski, C. (2004) "Democracy comes to Mongolia" 50. Humphrey, C. (1993) "Avagi Khad: Theft and Social Trust in Post-Communist Mongolia" 51. Sneath, D. (2002) "Producer Groups and the Decollectivisation of the Mongolian Pastoral Economy".
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A significant aspect of this work is the emphasis on source materials, including some translated from Mongolian and other languages for the first time. The source materials and other articles are all fully contextualized and situated by introductory material by the volume's editors. This is the first work in English to bring together significant articles in Mongolian studies in one place, which will be widely welcomed by scholars and researchers in this field. This essential reference in two volumes includes works by noted scholars including Charles Bawden, Igor de Rachewiltz, David Morgan, Owen Lattimore and Caroline Humphrey. It also includes excerpts from translations of source documents, such as the works of Rashid al-Din, The Secret History of the Mongols and the Yuan Shih. In addition, more recent historical periods are covered, with material such as Batmonh's speech that heralded Mongolia's versions of glasnost and perestroika, as well as Baabar's Buu Mart, a key work associated with the Democratic Revolution of 1990.
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• Introduction
• 1. The origins of Rus'
• 2. What happened to the Rus' land?
• 3. The Lithuanian solution
• 4. The rise of Muscovy
• 5. The making of the Ruthenian nation
• 6. Was there a reunification?
• 7. The invention of Russia
• 8. Ruthenia, little Russia, Ukraine
• Conclusions.
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This book documents developments in the countries of eastern Europe, including the rise of authoritarian tendencies in Russia and Belarus, as well as the victory of the democratic 'Orange Revolution' in Ukraine, and poses important questions about the origins of the East Slavic nations and the essential similarities or differences between their cultures. It traces the origins of the modern Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian nations by focusing on pre-modern forms of group identity among the Eastern Slavs. It also challenges attempts to 'nationalize' the Rus' past on behalf of existing national projects, laying the groundwork for understanding of the pre-modern history of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The book covers the period from the Christianization of Kyivan Rus' in the tenth century to the reign of Peter I and his eighteenth-century successors, by which time the idea of nationalism had begun to influence the thinking of East Slavic elites.
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• Origins: Scotland to 1100 / Katherine Forsyth.
• The emergence of a nation state, 1100-1300 / Keith Stringer.
• Survival and revival: late Medieval Scotland / Michael Brown and Steve Boardman.
• Renaissance and Reformation: the sixteenth century / Roger Mason.
• Confidence and perplexity: the seventeenth century941.1 / Jenny Wormald.
• Scotland transformed: the eighteenth century / Richard B. Sher.
• Workshop of empire: the nineteenth century / I.G.C. Hutchison.
• The turbulent century: Scotland since 1900 / Richard Finlay.
• The Scottish Diaspora / David Armitage.
• Scotland's stories / Sally Mapstone.

Scotland has long had a romantic appeal which has tended to be focused on a few over-dramatized personalities or events, notably Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Highland Clearances - the failures and the sad - though more positively, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce have also got in on the act, because of their heroism in resisting English aggression. This has had its own satisfaction, and has certainly been very good for the tourist industry. But, fuelled by the explosion of serious academic studies in the last half-century, there has grown up a keen desire for a better-informed and more satisfying understanding of the Scottish past-and not only in Scotland. The vague use of 'Britain' in books and television series which are in fact about England has begun to provoke adverse comment; there is clearly a growing desire for knowledge about the history of the non-English parts of the British Isles and Eire, already well established in Ireland and becoming increasingly obvious as far as Scotland and Wales are concerned. This book brings together a series of studies by well-established scholars of Scottish history, from Roman times until the present day, and makes the fruits of their research accessible to students and the general reader alike. It offers the opportunity to go beyond the old myths, legends, and romance to the much more rewarding knowledge of why Scotland was a remarkably successful, thriving, and important kingdom, of international renown.
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