The idea of a dialogue - sometimes harmonious, sometimes divisive - between the centre and periphery of the early modern European state stands at the heart of much of John ...

In each of these areas the author detected a modern concern for "producing oneself," which merged with changes in how villagers experienced social inequality.

Originally published in hardcover in 1990.

The Spanish Civil War served as an ideological and physical battleground for visionary Americans wishing to combat the spread of fascism. Harry Fisher was one such idealist who ...