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Genocide
Genocide is a topic beset by ambiguities over meaning and double standards. In this stimulating and gripping history, William Rubinstein sets out to clarify the meaning of the term genocide and its historical evolution, and provides a working definition that informs the rest of the book. He makes the important argument that each instance of genocide is best understood within a particular historical framework and provides an original chronology of these distinct frameworks. In the final part of the book he critically examines a number of alleged past and recent genocides: from native Americans, slavery, the Irish famine, homosexuals and gypsies in the Nazi concentration camps, Yugoslavia, Rwanda through to the claims of pro-lifers and anti-abortionists.
Men of Property
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Shadow Pasts
For many intelligent people, the stuff of history does not consist of the kind of dry-as-dust investigations of diplomatic, economic, or political history that most university historians research and write about, but the famous topics of “history’s mysteries”- who was Jack the Ripper? Was there a conspiracy to kill President Kennedy? Did Richard III murder the Princes in the Tower? What are the mysteries of the ancient Pyramids? Not only have a great many books and articles been written on these and similar topics by so-called “amateur historians,” but they have generated societies, conferences, newsletters, and television programmes. Many people who are not academic historians tak...
Hitler
Professor Rubinstein - an expert on Jewish history - stresses the features of Hitler's mental and ideological world-view, directly affecting his career in crucial ways.
Who Were the Rich?
Professor William D. Rubinstein's internationally-acclaimed, standard works of research and reference on Who Were the Rich? Have been revised and the series expanded. New and much expanded landmark volumes will bring the project up to date for all entries up to 1914. / The works comprise a unique and original work which provides comprehensive biographical information on all 884 persons who left personal estates of £100,000 or more in Britain from 1809 to 1914, when these sources begin in a usable form. £100,000 is the equivalent of about £10 million today. / Professor Rubinstein is the leading academic expert on wealth-holding in Britain over the past two centuries.
Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays?
A fascinating look at one of English literature's greatest mysteries.
Who Were the Rich?
Offers comprehensive biographical information on 881 persons who left personal estates of GBP100,000 or more in Britain between 1809, when these sources begin in a usable form, and 1839; GBP100,000 is the equivalent of about GBP8 million today.
The World Hegemon
It was the golden Victorian age - one of prosperity and transformation. Britannia ruled the waves, and through its achievements and influence, it was a leader for political, economic and cultural change. This century clearly saw seismic transformation, but what did this mean to the nation? Just a few decades later, most of what Victorian Britain held dear would be shattered by the aftermath of the Great War. Tracing the political, social and economic cultures of the period, as well as what might have been, Rubinstein seeks to uncover how this fascinating century impacted the British people and their sense of identity. Part of an eventual six-part series covering the history of the British Isles from Roman times to the present day, written by world class historians, its companion volumes include: Conquests, Catastrophe and Recovery: Britain and Ireland 1066-1485 by John Gillingham ('Excellent' - Dan Snow) 9780099563242 From Restoration to Reform: The British Isles 1660-1832 by Jonathan Clark ('Masterful' - Catholic Herald) 9780099563235 Britain Since 1900: A Success Story? by Robert Skidelsky ('An informed and accessible survey' - New Statesman) 9780099572398
The Myth of Rescue
It has long been argued that the Allies did little or nothing to rescue Europe's Jews. Arguing that this has been consistently misinterpreted, The Myth of Rescue states that few Jews who perished could have been saved by any action of the Allies. In his new introduction to the paperback edition, Willliam Rubinstein responds to the controversy caused by his challenging views, and considers further the question of bombing Auschwitz, which remains perhaps the most widely discussed alleged lost opportunity for saving Jews available to the Allies.
