Cambridge Concise Histories
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'Cambridge University Press are to be congratulated . . . These books provide a superb introduction for the general reader or a traveller preparing for a visit.' Contemporary Review
This series of illustrated 'concise histories' of selected individual countries can be used as historical introductions for the general reader (including tourists and business travellers) and as textbooks. All are readable but authoritative surveys of the country's history by professional historians. The books cover social, economic and cultural as well as political history.
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A Concise History of Australia
- 3rd Edition
- Hardback (ISBN-13: 9780521516082)
- Publication date: August 2009
- Subject: Australian history
The third edition of this book recounts the key factors - social, economic and political - that have shaped modern-day Australia.
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- £80.00
A Concise History of Australia
- 3rd Edition
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521735933)
- Publication date: August 2009
- Subject: Australian history
The third edition of this book recounts the key factors - social, economic and political - that have shaped modern-day Australia.
- In stock
- £24.99
A Concise History of Austria
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521478861)
- Publication date: January 2007
- Subject: European history after 1450
Steven Beller traces the remarkable career of Austria from German borderland to successful Alpine republic.
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- £17.99
A Concise History of Bolivia
- 2nd Edition
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521183727)
- Publication date: April 2011
- Subject: Latin American history
This new edition brings the history of Bolivian society up to the present day.
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- £17.99
A Concise History of Brazil
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521565264)
- Publication date: July 1999
- Subject: Regional history after 1500
A comprehensive and readable account of 500 years of Brazilian history.
- Available
- £19.99
A Concise History of Britain, 1707–1975
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521367028)
- Publication date: April 1993
- Subject: British history after 1450
A concise, illustrated history of Great Britain over the past three centuries which explains the political and social trends that have shaped modern Britain.
- Available
- £25.99
A Concise History of Bulgaria
- 2nd Edition
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521616379)
- Publication date: November 2005
- Subject: European history: general interest
Second edition of the history of Bulgaria, now including the period 1995 to 2004.
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- £18.99
A Concise History of Canada
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521744430)
- Publication date: September 2012
- Subject: Regional and world history: general interest
This book traces Canada's history from the arrival of the Aboriginal peoples, through European conquest, to its prosperous present.
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- £18.99
A Concise History of Finland
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521539890)
- Publication date: July 2006
- Subject: European history: general interest
An up-to-date political, social and economic history of Finland from medieval times to the present.
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- £17.99
A Concise History of France
- 2nd Edition
- Paperback (ISBN-13: 9780521606561)
- Publication date: July 2005
- Subject: European history: general interest
A clear and up-to-date guide to French history from the Middle Ages to the present.
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- £18.99