Bøger af Robin W. Winks

The definitive history of the African-Canadian experience, this third edition includes a foreword by George Elliott Clarke, E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. Clarke's contribution adds a necessary critical lens through which twenty-first-century readers should view Winks's research.

This is a compact, accessible, general history of the greater European world in the first half of the last century. It features close study of politics, society, culture, and gender issues. The book also includes an analysis of the two great wars that dominated the period, and discussion of the world that they made.

Europe in a Wider World, 1350-1650 is a compact history of the continent during a time when it did not yet dominate the world. The text discusses the major events of the period, and also seeks to restore interconnections lost by scholars who divided the period up into "The Renaissance" and "The Reformation."

'Europe, 1648-1815' surveys the political, economic, social, and cultural events of the period, from the rise of absolutism to the campaigns of Napoleon, from the creation of a European empire in the Americas to the controversies of the Enlightenment. It contains numerous illustrations, selections from primary sources, and an updated bibliography.

Examines the tumultuous history of Europe from the end of World War II. This book covers the Cold War, decolonization, and major developments in the arts and sciences, as well as Europe's reaction to the events of September 11, 2001, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is useful for undergraduate courses on the history of Europe since 1945.

A concise overview of the growth of Mediterranean civilizations from Paleolithic times through the rise of Muhammad in the 7th century. The book surveys ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome, and examines life in various Roman provinces. It ends with a discussion of the rise of Christianity.