Books by Jeremy Black and Complete Book Reviews
Jeremy Black, Author Yale University Press $50 (432p) ISBN 978-0-300-10386-1
In this ambitious study, British historian Black reminds an academic and general readership that ""Britannia rules the waves"" was not only a touchstone of national identity but also a statement of economic policy. Examining the British Empire from...
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Jeremy Black, Author . Random $26 (236p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6737-4
Cool British resolve defeats heavy-handed Gallic bluster in this probing study of the famous battle. University of Exeter military historian Black gives a lucid, if sometimes disjointed, narrative of the 1815 Waterloo campaign, set within a canny...
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Jeremy Black. Yale Univ., $40 (480p) ISBN 978-0-300-16795-5
Building on his work Maps and History, Black traces the accretion of information throughout the centuries, particularly in the West, with some reference to the Far East, particularly China. Beginning with cartography in the Middle Ages, he stresses...
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Ian Crofton and Jeremy Black. Pegasus, $26.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-68177-436-7
In this remarkable book, Crofton (Walking the Border), former editor-in-chief of the Guinness Encyclopedia, and Black (The Holocaust: History and Memory), professor of history at Exeter University, adopt a macrohistorical perspective as they view...
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Jeremy Black. Indiana Univ., $28 trade paper (276p) ISBN 978-0-253-02999-7
In this text intended for American audiences, Black (The Holocaust: History and Memory), a professor of history at the University of Exeter, narrates the history of Britain since 1945 as it looks in the harsh light of Britain’s 2016 vote to leave...
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Jeremy Black. Rowman & Littlefield, $36 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4422-7611-6
Black (Counterinsurgency: A Global History), a British military historian, considers James Bond’s various print and screen incarnations and the villains he has fought over the years from a historical perspective. Introduced to the public in the 1953
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Jeremy Black. Rowman & Littlefield, $24.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-538161-46-3
Historian Black (A Brief History of Portugal) aims to provide in this sloppy study “a history of England both from the perspective of the Holmes stories and so as to help in their elucidation.” The author explores the economics behind rebuilding...
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