History / Modern History

This collection sheds light on different aspects of the history of the Kurds in Syria during the Ottoman period.

Drawing on extensive archival research, Stalin’s Failed Alliance presents an inside look at Soviet foreign policy making.

Featuring a community of Spanish labour migrants in France who were born at the time of Spain’s civil war and came of age during General Francisco Ferdinand’s dictatorship, Untold Stories reveals how legacies of authoritarianism circulate in the lives of older adults.

This gorgeously illustrated graphic novel draws on archival sources and survivor testimonies to shed light on the 1945 massacre in Tivari.

Writing and Rewriting the Reich offers a comprehensive history of German women journalists throughout the Nazi era.

Generations of Empire rethinks modern Mediterranean history through changing generational dynamics and representations of youth.

This book sheds light on Irish republican prisoners during the Northern Irish Troubles and the ways in which they shaped the peace process from within the internment camps and prisons.

Colonial Geography explores how spatial thinking shaped the creation and government of the German imperial colony of East Africa.

Revolutionary Aftereffects looks at the legacies of the 1917 Revolution in Russia today through a variety of disciplinary lenses.

In this powerful book, three graphic novelists tell the stories of Holocaust survivors, bringing their testimonies to life and seamlessly connecting the past with the present.

A love story packed with gay history, this dual biography of a sexologist and his student sheds light on the early gay rights movement and the racist and imperial concepts that are embedded in queer politics.

Imperial Engineers traces the history of what was once the preeminent engineering school of the British Empire, from its foundation to its final crises and closure.

This collection addresses the impact of the end of the First World War and challenges the positive vision of a new world order that emerged from the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

German Social Democracy through British Eyes uses diplomatic reports sent from Germany to Britain to document the rise of social democracy as well as efforts to repress it.

This edited collection explores memories and experiences of genocide, civilian casualties, and other atrocities that occurred after the Second World War.

In this revised and updated third edition, one of Canada's leading historians covers the history of the Canadian military to the present day.