This newest volume in the War and Society series questions the foundations of classical social theory while investigating local and international conflict through the critical and cross-cultural lens of social theory, history and anthropology.
History of Greek and Roman Warfare, Volume 2: Rome from the Late Republic to the Late Empire
Second volume of a systematic account of the various themes underlying the warfare of the Roman world from the Late Republic to the sixth-century empire of Justinian and his successors. It reflects recent developments resulting from new evidence and fresh analyses emphasising social, economic, political and economic approaches.
History of Greek and Roman Warfare, Volume 1: Greece, the Hellenistic World and the Rise of Rome
First volume of a systematic account of the various themes underlying the warfare of the Greek world from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period and of Early and Middle Republican Rome. It reflects recent developments resulting from new evidence and fresh analyses emphasising social, economic, political and economic approaches.
Joseph Conrad grew up in the Polish Ukraine, a large, fertile plain between Poland and Russia. It was a divided nation, with four languages, four religions, and a number of different social classes. A fraction of the Polish-speaking inhabitants, including Conrad's family, belonged to the szlachta, a hereditary class in the aristocracy on the social hierarchy, combining qualities of gentry and nobility. They had political power, despite their impoverished state.
This handbook compiled in full accord with the requirements of the existing syllabus and curriculum of social studies of Great Britain for pedagogical universities and faculties of foreign languages is intended to provide the students with the most updated information and analysis of the versatile aspects of the contemporary British social scene which experienced major changes of the beginning of the 21st century.
