Jeremy Black

Wybór ten - jak każdy wybór - stanowi odzwierciedlenie poglądów redaktora naukowego dzieła i kierowanego przezeń zespołu. Inni historycy mogliby wskazać bitwy, ich zdaniem bardziej znaczące w dziejach świata. Wszelkie tego rodzaju rankingi w historii są pouczającym intelektualnym dyskursem, pod warunkiem że będziemy pamiętać o ich umownym...

Placing eighteenth-century warfare in a truly global context, Jeremy Black challenges conventional accounts and offers a reappraisal of debates in Western and Asian history. This concise, up-to-date survey assumes little prior knowledge and provides cutting-edge historical insights into a crucial period of world history. 'The book demonstrates...

Jeremy Black has written a vigorous and fascinating narrative of a group of rather desolate offshore islands and their remarkable impact on the rest of the world. From the earliest pre-history to the present day, this stirring account describes the astonishingly varied stages through which the British Isles have passed to achieve their present...

Jeremy Black`s publication is interesting, informative and thought provoking...The text represents excellent value for money and I will have no hesitation recommending it. - Alfred Regan, South Devon College. The thematic structure is valuable. Up-to-date and concise histories of key areas. - Dr Terry Wyke, Manchester Metropolitan University...

Jeremy Black i examines how a form of courtly negotiation and information-gathering in the early modern period developed through increasing globalization into a world-shaping force in twenty-first-century politics....