This volume examines the major themes and events in British colonial history in the light of recent historical research, to provide an introduction to the topic. The book sets the Empire within a broad historical context, explaining its evolution and considering its impact on British society.[...]

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. In this innovative new study, Frank McDonough provides a clear account of opposition and resistance towards the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945 and presents the historical debate surrounding this important aspect of the his[...]

Sophie Scholl was a member of an underground, non-violent protest movement against Hitler's rule in Nazi Germany called the White Rose (die Weie Rose). Based at Munich University and consisting of a philosophy professor and his students, it conducted an anonymous leaflet campaign from 1942 to 1943. [...]

A concise introduction to the early years of the Nazi party in Germany, unusual in that it argues that the roots of its early success lay primarily in the personality and appeal of Hitler himself rather than in economic crisis and the failure of the Weimar Republic.[...]