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China’s past and present have been in a continuous dialogue throughout history, one that is heavily influenced by time and language: the temporal orientation and the linguistic apparatus used to exp……続きを見る

New History is a historical narrative by Zosimus. The author was a Greek historian known for condemning Constantine's rejection of the traditional polytheistic religion. 続きを見る

What did we know about birds a thousand years ago, and how has our understanding developed? ‘A History of Ornithology’ offers a complete history of birdwatching in Britain, a classic for every natur……続きを見る

This book explores the ways in which the emergence of the ‘new’ daily mass press of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries represented a hugely significant period in histories of both the……続きを見る

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Emotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are visceral reactions but also beliefs about the world. They are spontaneous ou……続きを見る

When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, there were no 'white' people there; nor, according to colonial records, would there be for another sixty years. Historical debate about the origi……続きを見る

Jaan Valsiner has made numerous contributions to the development of psychology over the last 40 years. He is internationally recognized as a leader and innovator within both developmental psychology……続きを見る

Der Zufall hatte dem Staufer Friedrich auf den Thron verholfen: Der Sohn König Konrads III. war bei dessen plötzlichem Tod zu jung, und so fiel die Wahl auf den Herzog von Schwaben, der als Kaiser B……続きを見る

La Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias es un libro escrito en 1552 por el fraile dominico español Bartolomé de las Casas, el principal defensor de los indios en América, en el que den……続きを見る

Wir haben das 20. Jahrhundert verlassen, aber es hat uns nicht verlassen. Während es immer weniger Zeitzeugen und Überlebende des Zweiten Weltkriegs und des Holocaust gibt, sind wir mehr als sechzig……続きを見る

The Weimar era in Germany is often characterized as a time of significant change. Such periods of rupture transform the way people envision the past, present, and future. This book traces the concep……続きを見る

En este estudio, el prestigioso historiador Peter Burke analiza, con una visión de largo recorrido de extraordinaria erudición, la contribución que exiliados y expatriados han hecho a la historia in……続きを見る

In eight case studies by leading scholars in history, archaeology, business, economics, geography, and political science, the authors showcase the “natural experiment” or “comparative method”ーwell-……続きを見る

Now available as an ebook. Men dominate history because they write it. This book offers a reappraisal which aims to re-establish women's importance at the centre of the worldwide history of revoluti……続きを見る

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains ……続きを見る

In this landmark volume, Samuel Hollander presents a fresh and compelling history of moral philosophy from Locke to John Stuart Mill, showing that a ‘moral sense’ can actually be considered compatib……続きを見る

In Utilitarianism in the Early American Republic James E. Crimmins provides a fresh perspective on the history of antebellum American political thought. Based on a broad-ranging study of the dissemi……続きを見る

This penetrating analysis of eight classic nineteenth-century thinkers explains how historians use literary techniques to write sophisticated historical works. Since its initial publication in 1973,……続きを見る

Un des évènements les plus graves de l’histoire de France, dont les conséquences ont failli changer non-seulement la face de notre pays, mais de la chrétienté tout entière, l’envahissement du pays d……続きを見る

A concise yet comprehensive account of the roles and influences of gender over the millennia, featuring new and updated content throughout Gender in History: Global Perspectives, Third Edition, expl……続きを見る

In his hugely influential book Discipline and Punish, Foucault used the example of Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon prison as a means of representing the transition from the early modern monarchy to the ……続きを見る

First published in 1912, "History of English Literature" by Andrew Lang is a massive book that covers English literature from Anglo-Saxon literature all the way through to authors like Anthony Troll……続きを見る

The History of Philosophical and Formal Logic introduces ideas and thinkers central to the development of philosophical and formal logic. From its Aristotelian origins to the present-day arguments, ……続きを見る

This first comprehensive account of the utilitarians' historical thought intellectually resituates their conceptions of philosophy and politics, at a time when the past acquired new significances as……続きを見る

Designed to contribute to a greater understanding of the religious foundations of seventeenth century political writing, this study offers a detailed exploration of the significance of the figure an……続きを見る

Eusebius's 'The Ecclesiastical History' is a significant work that provides a comprehensive account of the early Christian Church, spanning from the time of Jesus Christ to the fourth century AD. Wr……続きを見る

This title was first published in 2000. This work identifies the differences between the Russian intellectual approach to reading Plato and that of other European countries. This study offers a comp……続きを見る

The chroniclers of medieval Rus were monks, who celebrated the divine services of the Byzantine church throughout every day. This study is the first to analyze how these rituals shaped their writing……続きを見る

What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War? What if Germany had won the Second? How would England look if there had been no Cromwell? What would the world be like if Communism had never c……続きを見る

The idea of progress from the Enlightenment to postmodernism is still very much with us. In intellectual discourse, journals, popular magazines, and radio and talk shows, the debate between those wh……続きを見る