Bertrand Taithe is Professor of Cultural History at The University of Manchester
56 Ebooks de Bertrand Taithe
Bertrand Taithe: Killer Trail
The Killer Trail tells the tale of one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European ‘scramble for Africa’, a real life story of insane violence in the heart of an exotic …
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€13.50
Bertrand Taithe: Killer Trail
The Killer Trail tells the tale of one of the most notorious atrocities to take place during the European ‘scramble for Africa’, a real life story of insane violence in the heart of an exotic …
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€13.50
Bertrand Taithe & Dr Bertrand Taithe: Citizenship and Wars
The early years of democracy in France were marked by a society divided by civil war, class war and violent conflict. Citizenship and Wars explores the concept of citizenship in a time of social and …
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€27.67
Bertrand Taithe & Bertrand Taithe: Citizenship and Wars
The early years of democracy in France were marked by a society divided by civil war, class war and violent conflict. Citizenship and Wars explores the concept of citizenship in a time of social and …
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€47.72
Bertrand Taithe & Bertrand Taithe: Citizenship and Wars
The early years of democracy in France were marked by a society divided by civil war, class war and violent conflict. Citizenship and Wars explores the concept of citizenship in a time of social and …
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€47.72
Max Jones & Berny Sebe: Decolonising Imperial Heroes
The heroes of the British and French empires stood at the vanguard of the vibrant cultures of imperialism that emerged in Europe in the second-half of the nineteenth century. Their stories are well …
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€53.13
Max Jones & Berny Sebe: Decolonising Imperial Heroes
The heroes of the British and French empires stood at the vanguard of the vibrant cultures of imperialism that emerged in Europe in the second-half of the nineteenth century. Their stories are well …
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€53.19
Pedro Ramos Pinto & Bertrand Taithe: The Impact of History?
Driven by the increasing importance of discussions around »impact» and its meaning and implications for history, The Impact of History? brings together established and new voices to raise relevant …
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€60.28
Pedro Ramos Pinto & Bertrand Taithe: The Impact of History?
Driven by the increasing importance of discussions around »impact» and its meaning and implications for history, The Impact of History? brings together established and new voices to raise relevant …
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€60.28
Francesca Piana & Joanne Laycock: Aid to Armenia
Interventions on behalf of Armenia and Armenians have come to be identified by scholars and practitioners alike as defining moments in the history of humanitarianism. This volume reassesses these …
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€134.99
Wendy Ugolini: Experiencing war as the ‘enemy other’
Italy’s declaration of war on Britain in June 1940 had devastating consequences for Italian immigrant families living in Scotland signalling their traumatic construction as the ‘enemy other’. Through …
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€36.99
Claire Gorrara: French crime fiction and the Second World War
This study explores France’s preoccupation with memories of the Second World War through an examination of popular culture and one of its more enduring forms, crime fiction. It examines what such pop …
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€29.99
Chris Pearson: Mobilizing nature
Mobilizing nature traces the environmental history of war and militarisation in France, from the creation of Châlons Camp in 1857 to military environmentalist policies in the twentieth century. It of …
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€29.99
Penny Summerfield & Corinna Peniston-Bird: Contesting home defence
Contesting home defence is a new history of the Home Guard, a novel national defence force of the Second World War composed of civilians who served as part-time soldiers: it questions accounts of the …
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€27.99
Chris Millington: From victory to Vichy
The most up-to-date and comprehensive English-language study of its kind, From victory to Vichy explores the political mobilisation of the two largest French veterans’ associations during the interwa …
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€33.99
Spiros Tsoutsoumpis: A history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War
A history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War discusses one of the most troubled and fascinating aspects of modern Greek and European history: the anti-axis resistance. It is a pioneering …
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€42.99
Mary Venner: Donors, technical assistance and public administration in Kosovo
This book looks beyond the apparently united and generally self-congratulatory statements of The United Nations, other major multinational organisations and many large bilateral aid donors to examine …
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€129.99
Trudi Tate & Kate Kennedy: The silent morning
This is the first book to study the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918. It contains 14 new essays from scholars working in literature, music, art history and military history. The …
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€33.99
Jean-Hervé Bradol & Marc Le Pape: Humanitarian aid, genocide and mass killings
Throughout the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) faced challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and in its neighbours. This …
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€32.99
Rebecca Gill: Calculating compassion
Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. Commencing with the Franco-Prussian war of 1870–71, it …
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€129.99
Laura Ugolini: Civvies
The history of the First World War continues to attract enormous interest. However, most attention remains concentrated on combatants, creating a misleading picture of wartime Britain: one might be …
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€49.99
Heike Wieters: The NGO CARE and food aid from America, 1945–80
This book provides a historical account of the NGO CARE as one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide from 1945 to 1980. Readers interested in international relations and humanitarian hunger …
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€49.99
Carol Acton & Jane Potter: Working in a world of hurt
Working in a world of hurt fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war. It focuses not on soldiers, but on the men and women who fought to save them in casualty …
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€129.99
Lindsey Dodd: French children under the Allied bombs, 1940–45
Provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57, 000 French civilians. Using oral history and archival research, it provides an …
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€129.99
Rhodri Hayward: Resisting history
How can historians make sense of visions, hauntings and demonic possession? Do miraculous events have any place in a world governed by cause and effect? In Resisting history, Rhodri Hayward examines …
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€26.99
Emma Newlands: Civilians into soldiers
Civilians into soldiers is an examination of body cultures in the British Army during the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of official records and servicemen’s personal testimonies, it explores …
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€134.99
Eric James & Tim Jacoby: The military-humanitarian complex in Afghanistan
Violent conflict brings together two seemingly disparate groups: humanitarians and soldiers. This mixes and convolutes agendas, blurring lines that are often perceived to be sacrosanct. Delving …
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€129.99
Silvia Salvatici: A history of humanitarianism, 1755–1989
The book traces the history of international humanitarianism from the anti-slavery movement to the end of the cold war. It is based on an extensive survey of the international literature and is …
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€35.99
Neville Wylie & James Crossland: The Red Cross Movement
For over 150 years, the Red Cross has brought succour to the world’s needy, from sick and wounded soldiers on the battlefield, to political detainees, to those suffering the effects of natural …
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€139.99
Duy Lap Nguyen: The unimagined community
The unimagined community proposes a reexamination of the Vietnam War from a perspective that has been largely excluded from historical accounts of the conflict, that of the South Vietnamese. …
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€129.99
Jonathan Benthall: Islamic charities and Islamic humanism in troubled times
This book is the fruit of twenty years’ reflection on Islamic charities, both practically and as a key to understand the crisis in contemporary Islam. On the one hand Islam is undervalued as a moral …
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€35.99
Ian Burney: Poison, detection and the Victorian imagination
This fascinating book looks at the phenomenon of murder and poisoning in the nineteenth century. Focusing on the case of William Palmer, a medical doctor who in 1856 was convicted of murder by poison …
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€28.99
Alexis Heraclides & Ada Dialla: Humanitarian intervention in the long nineteenth century
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice …
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€0.00
Juliette Pattinson: Behind enemy lines
Behind enemy lines is an examination of gender relations in wartime using the Special Operations Executive as a case study. Drawing on personal testimonies, in particular oral history and autobiograp …
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€26.99
Juliano Fiori & Fernando Espada: Amidst the Debris
For many liberal commentators at the turn of the 1990s, the collapse of the Soviet Union represented a final victory for Western reason and capitalist democracy. But, in recent years, liberal norms a …
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€20.99
Silvia Salvatici: History of Humanitarianism, 1755 1989
The book traces the history of international humanitarianism from the anti-slavery movement to the end of the cold war. It is based on an extensive survey of the international literature and is …
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€28.25
Heike Wieters: Ngo Care and Food Aid from America, 1945 80
This book provides a historical account of the NGO CARE as one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide from 1945 to 1980. Readers interested in international relations and humanitarian hunger …
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€38.74
Joanne Laycock & Francesca Piana: Aid to Armenia
Interventions on behalf of Armenia and Armenians have come to be identified by scholars and practitioners alike as defining moments in the history of humanitarianism. This volume reassesses these …
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€106.93
Ian Burney: Poison, Detection and the Victorian Imagination
This fascinating book looks at the phenomenon of murder and poisoning in the nineteenth century. Focusing on the case of William Palmer, a medical doctor who in 1856 was convicted of murder by …
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€22.41
Ada Dialla & Alexis Heraclides: Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice …
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€3.75
Vanja Kovacic: Reconstructing lives
This book attempts to establish a more holistic approach to the rehabilitation of war-injured civilians, one that adjusts to the patients’ long-term needs. Kovacic not only offers an insight into the …
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€144.99
Michael Howard: The Franco-Prussian War
In 1870 the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conflicts in European history. It transformed not only the states-system …
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€25.11
Michael Howard: The Franco-Prussian War
In 1870 the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck ordered the Prussian Army to invade France, inciting one of the most dramatic conflicts in European history. It transformed not only the states-system …
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€24.90
Spiros Tsoutsoumpis: history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War
A history of the Greek resistance in the Second World War discusses one of the most troubled and fascinating aspects of modern Greek and European history: the anti-axis resistance. It is a pioneering …
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€31.40
Mary Venner: Donors, Technical Assistance and Public Administration in Kosovo
The reconstruction of Kosovo after 1999 was one of the largest and most ambitious international interventions in a post-conflict country. The United Nations, other major multinational organisations …
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€105.77
Kate Kennedy & Trudi Tate: silent morning
This is the first book to study the cultural impact of the Armistice of 11 November 1918. It contains 14 new essays from scholars working in literature, music, art history and military history. The …
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€25.11
Jean-Herve Bradol & Marc Le Pape: Humanitarian Aid, Genocide and Mass Killings
Throughout the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to face the challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and its …
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€31.40
Rebecca Gill: Calculating compassion
Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. Commencing with the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, it …
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€100.65
Laura Ugolini: Civvies
Civvies explores the experiences of middle-class men on the English home front during the First World War. Although the conflict continues to attract enormous interest, most attention remains focused …
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€38.94
Duy Lap Nguyen: Unimagined Community
The unimagined community proposes a reexamination of the Vietnam War from a perspective that has been largely excluded from historical accounts of the conflict, that of the South Vietnamese. …
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€25.12
Carol Acton & Jane Potter: Working in a world of hurt
Working in a world of hurt fills a significant gap in the studies of the psychological trauma wrought by war. It focuses not on soldiers, but on the men and women who fought to save them in casualty …
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€100.49
Lindsey Dodd: French children under the Allied bombs, 1940-45
Children under the Allied bombs in France provides a unique perspective on the Allied bombing of France during the Second World War which killed around 57, 000 French civilians. Using oral history as …
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€106.70
Jonathan Benthall: Islamic charities and Islamic humanism in troubled times
This book is the fruit of twenty years» reflection on Islamic charities, both in practical terms and as a key to understand the crisis in contemporary Islam. On the one hand Islam is undervalued as …
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€28.61
Rhodri Hayward: Resisting history
How can historians make sense of visions, hauntings and demonic possession? Do miraculous events have any place in a world governed by cause and effect? In Resisting history, Rhodri Hayward examines …
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€20.08
Emma Newlands: Civilians into soldiers
Civilians into soldiers is an examination of body cultures in the British Army during the Second World War. Drawing on a wealth of official records and servicemen’s personal testimonies, it explores …
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€100.53
