A millennium and a half after the end of the period of its unquestioned dominance, Rome remains a significant presence in western culture. This book explores what the empire meant to its subjects. The idea of Rome has long outlived the physical empire that gave it form, and now holds sway over vastly more people and a far greater geographical area than the Romans ever ruled. It continues to sha…
This book focuses on the ways in which the British settler colonies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa treated indigenous peoples in relation to political rights, commencing with the imperial policies of the 1830s and ending with the national political settlements in place by 1910. Drawing on a wide range of sources, its comparative approach provides an insight into the historic…
A People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought 'from below'. Until now, the vast majority of historical accounts have focussed on the conflict between the Allied and Axis powers for imperialist mastery. Donny Gluckstein shows that in fact between 1939 and 1945 two distinct wars were fought – one ‘from above’ and one ‘from below’. Using…
Gegenstand des Buches ist die Darstellung Otto Bauers als führende Gestalt des Austromarxismus und der SDAP, sowie die kritisch-analytische Lesart seiner philosophisch-historischen, wirtschaftlichen, soziologischen und sozialpolitischen Theorien, die vor dem Hintergrund der damaligen Diskussion in der II. und der III. Internationale, der politischen Ereignisse in der SDAP, der internationalen …