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Tradotto e curato da Luca Bistolfi «Questo libro rimette le cose al loro posto, superando ogni luogo comune circolato in questi due decenni. Credo che ne uscirà un film memorabile». Cristian Mungiu,……続きを見る

Politically and militarily powerful, early modern Scandinavia played an essential role in the development of Central European culture from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. In this volume, Kr……続きを見る

Reisikirjad: Veoautol läbi Lõuna-Eesti, Pühajärvele, Kaluritega Uhtju saarele, Kundast Suursaarele. [...] Mõned reisijad püüavad kaardi järgi jälgida läbisõidetud teed, kaotavad aga sageli orienteer……続きを見る

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of atheism, secularity and non-religion in Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In contrast to scholarship that……続きを見る

Report on the Condition of the South is a title written by Carl Christian Schurz, who was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. Schurz was sent through the Sout……続きを見る

In the years following the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, Serbian social, cultural and political responses to the wars of the 1990s have fallen under intense scrutiny. In Ethnic Conflict and War Crimes……続きを見る

Statehood examines the extending lines of development of nation-state systems in Eastern Europe, in particular considering why certain tendencies in state development found a different expression in……続きを見る

Challenges of Modernity offers a broad account of the social and economic history of Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth century and asks critical questions about the structure and experienc……続きを見る

The First World War led to a radical reshaping of Europe's political borders. Nowhere was this transformation more profound than in East Central Europe, where the collapse of imperial rule led to th……続きを見る

Ankara; Anadolu topraklarının tam ortasında bulunur ve tüm bölgeyi kontrol eder. Ankara tarih boyunca stratejik önemini korumuştur. Ankara’ya sahip olan devletler Anadolu’ya genelde hakim olmuşlardı……続きを見る

Armed with a handful of photos and a cryptic written sketch of the identity of his Great, Great Grandfathers, Charlie Maddaus travels to post-Soviet Latvia to discover the complex fabric of his ance……続きを見る

The region called Livonia (corresponding to modern Estonia and Latvia) emerged out of the rapid transformation caused by the conquest, Christianisation and colonisation on the north-east shore of th……続きを見る

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted eBook of "Black Rebellion: Five Slave Revolts" by Thomas Wentworth Higginson that is adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents……続きを見る

Born in the twilight of the Russian Tsar's Empire, Karlis is raised on the fertile plains of Courland. Though poor, through hard work and good farming sense, the family becomes wealthy, only to lose……続きを見る

Intellectual Horizons offers a pioneering, transnational and comparative treatment of key thematic areas in the intellectual and cultural history of Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth centu……続きを見る

Encompassing five continents and twenty centuries, this book puts ruler personality cults on the crossroads of disciplines rarely, if ever, juxtaposed before: among its authors are historians, lingu……続きを見る

This book describes and analyses two iconic figures in twentieth-century naval history: the German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz and the Russian Admiral Sergei Gorshkov. It examines the men, what they ……続きを見る

Cruise through History - Itinerary XI Ports of the Baltic Sea, the fifth book in storybooks for travelers series, is a delightful romp through one fairytale city after another. These are stories of ……続きを見る

Combines personal accounts with insights from psychology to understand the continuing impact of Holocaust trauma in Lithuania. A Survivor Named Trauma examines the nature of trauma and memory as the……続きを見る

This book focuses on the way in which legal historians and legal scientists used the past to legitimize, challenge, explain and familiarize the socialist legal orders, which were backed by dictatori……続きを見る

Introduction The Polish cause has been the object of much misrepresentation by partisans of the three great empires which were interested in suppressing inconvenient truths. In consequence, the gene……続きを見る

This book analyzes public opinion, caricatures, propaganda, and international relations from 1939 to 1944. The author focuses on the coexistence of public opinion and Nazi propaganda in the Baltic s……続きを見る

Joaquín Martínez de Zúñiga's 'The History of Philippine Islands' is a comprehensive and meticulously researched work that delves into the rich history of the Philippines. Written in a detailed and s……続きを見る

In 'The Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony' by George Francis Dow, readers are transported back to the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where the author explores the daily lives, strugg……続きを見る

This volume analyzes the history of the Lithuanian Metricaーthe chancellery books of the Lithuanian grand dukeーfrom the formation of its books in the mid-fifteenth century until now. It reveals how……続きを見る

This journey to the edge of Europe mixes history, travelogue and oral testimony to spellbinding and revelatory effect. Few countries have suffered more from the convulsions and bloodshed of twentiet……続きを見る

With the Balkans being a small tourist destination, not many know of the horrors that plagued the people living there. The traumas of the Bosnian War (1991-1995) can be seen surfacing through the wa……続きを見る

In 2011 at the age of sixty-nine, Gerard Catherin hung up his chef's whites for the last time to full time on his main passion, his fifteen-year-long dream of finding the elusive diamond pipe in the……続きを見る

Monetisation and Commercialisation in the Baltic Sea, 1050–1450 explores the varied uses of silver and gold in the Baltic Sea zone during the medieval period. Ten original contributions examine coin……続きを見る

Europe endured such incessant political discord throughout the twentieth century that some historians refer to the period's conflicts as the Long War. During the Balkan wars of 1912–1913, regional f……続きを見る