20th Century 4

European Heritage, Dialogue and Digital Practices focuses on the intersection of heritage, dialogue and digital culture in the context of Europe. Responding to the increased emphasis on the potentia……続きを見る

As of 1975, the decades long insurgency in Angola appeared to be short of its conclusion. However, with no less than three major insurgent movements fighting for supremacy, the war went on and then ……続きを見る

When released into independence from Great Britain in 1948, the stunningly beautiful island of Ceylon, renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, was expected to become a sort of ‘South Asian Singapore.' However, s……続きを見る

Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, remains a military powerhouse of that continent until our days. Nowadays involved in the war in neighboring Somalia, Ethiopia was also invol……続きを見る

In this lucid and theoretically sophisticated book, G. John Ikenberry focuses on the oil price shocks of 1973–74 and 1979, which placed extraordinary new burdens on governments worldwide and particu……続きを見る

Concentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare, and one that is important to the modern global consciousness and identity. Although the most fam……続きを見る

In the next decade China's actions on the world stage will affect us all. A new superpower, with the largest population and GDP on the globe, there are now fears that China is becoming more assertiv……続きを見る

The French philosopher Simone Weil (1909-1943), a contemporary of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, remains in every way a thinker for our times. She was an outsider, in multiple senses, defy……続きを見る

Socialism was man's most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine claiming to ground itself in “science.” Each failure to create societies of abundance or give birth to “the New Man” i……続きを見る

It has been more than one hundred years since the RMS Titanic sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean. The disaster has captivated history buffs and non-history buffs alike, and it is easy to……続きを見る

How America's global financial power was created and shaped through its special relationship with Britain The rise of global finance in the latter half of the twentieth century has long been underst……続きを見る

Scholars have recently begun to study collections of Byzantine historical excerpts as autonomous pieces of literature. This book focuses on a series of minor collections that have received little or……続きを見る

The amazing experiences of a young rock band who finds themselves chosen to open a lounge showroom at Caesars Palace. In 1966, a few months after Caesars opened its doors, rock and roll did not exis……続きを見る

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Bidenーfilled with lessons for today In this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world’s most inf……続きを見る

In this masterful account, a historian of science surveys the molecular biology revolution, its origin and continuing impact. Since the 1930s, a molecular vision has been transforming biology. Miche……続きを見る

This book provides a comparative and transnational examination of the complex and multifaceted experiences of anti-labour mobilisation, from the bitter social conflicts of the pre-war period, throug……続きを見る

This collection of twelve essays reviews the history of welfare in Britain over the past 150 years. It focuses on the ideas that have shaped the development of British social policy, and on the thin……続きを見る

Professor Stölzl, Präsident der Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar: „[…] es gibt staatlich bezahlte Institute, wie z.B. die Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur und […] es gibt viel……続きを見る

The Essential Roosevelt Collection serves as a commemorative anthology that encapsulates the dynamic interplay of political thought and historical analysis from the perspectives of Theodore Roosevel……続きを見る

The distinction between basic and applied research was central to twentieth-century science and policymaking, and if this framework has been contested in recent years, it nonetheless remains ubiquit……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Rasputin" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Aus dem Buch. "Nein, nein, man konnte ihm nichts nachsagen. Da……続きを見る

Unserem Lehrer Robert Sutterlütti wollen wir mit diesem Büchlein ein Denkmal setzen. Eine Hommage zu seinem zehnjährigen Todestag. Auf dass die Erinnerung bleibt. Eine hochspannende Geschichte aus V……続きを見る

Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people……続きを見る

Брошура в стислій та популярній формі розповідає про події Української революції 1917–1921 років – процеси державного будівництва, творення української політичної нації, відродження української наук……続きを見る

This edited volume analyses European socialist countries’ strategy of engagement with the West and the European Economic Community in the long 1970s. The book focuses on a time when the socialist re……続きを見る

U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific is the famous first-hand account of the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Seawolf a.k.a. the Wolf which patrolled the Pacific during World War 2 and had o……続きを見る

How do children cope when their world is transformed by war? This book draws on memory narratives to construct an historical anthropology of childhood in Second World Britain, focusing on objects an……続きを見る

La lucha por abolir ominoso principio de los treinta: “capitanes extranjeros ganan en dólares, copilotos mexicanos ganan en pesos” y otras injusticias son narradas en la Historia social de ASPA de M……続きを見る

'A compassionate, wide-ranging study.' Terry Eagleton, The Guardian Despite 21st-century fears of a modern 'epidemic' of loneliness, its history has been sorely neglected. A Biography of Loneliness ……続きを見る

Los jóvenes pilotos que por razones generacionales no participaron en esta historia tienden a olvidar ーbajo el manto protector de ASPAー las condiciones en que se gestó la bonanza que ahora disfrut……続きを見る