Published in honor of historian Geoffrey Parker, this volume explores the working of European emp...

This book presents a great deal of new primary research on a wide range of aspects of early moder...

This volume, published in honor of historian Geoffrey Parker, explores the working of European em...

The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four c...

'You can read this book as an exciting novel full of pirates, swashbuckling characters, beheading...

The Last Embassy tells the story of the Dutch mission of 1795, bringing to light a dramatic but l...

Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the fa...

Traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the contested and fascinating history ...

'In the typical narrative of modern Sino-European relations, George Macartney's disastrous 1793 m...