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This open-access book investigates Francophone Caribbean literature by exploring and analyzing French seventeenth-century travel writings. The book argues for a literary re-examination of the repres……続きを見る

從階級革命、改革開放到一黨一人專政 跳脫傳統檔案及編年龐大敘事 劉少奇的無腳床、毛澤東的藏書齋…… 〈義勇軍進行曲〉、〈東方紅〉、〈我的祖國〉 從領袖逸聞到流行「紅歌」逐一解碼　 歸納百年大黨各階段關鍵特……続きを見る

This open access book explores the history of pellagra, a vitamin deficiency disease brought about by a shift in agriculture to maize, and which was first identified in Italy in the 1760s. With a fo……続きを見る

Dancing Motherhood explores how unique factors about the dance profession impact pregnant women and mothers working in it. Ali Duffy introduces the book by laying a foundation of social and cultural……続きを見る

This open access book suggests new ways of reading nineteenth-century African American literature environmentally. Combining insights from ecocriticism, African American studies, and Foucauldian the……続きを見る

Contemporary cultural style boosts transparency and instantaneity. These are values absorbed from our current economic conditions of "disintermediation": cutting out the middleman. Like Uber, but fo……続きを見る

Personaggio centrale della resistenza norvegese, Petter Moen fu arrestato nel febbraio 1944 e imprigionato nel carcere di Oslo, sede della Gestapo, il cui indirizzo è rimasto tristemente famoso: Møl……続きを見る

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Boston Globe An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addictionーa phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunders……続きを見る

This book attempts to delve into the connection between imagination and politics, and examines the many expectations and fears engendered by the Irish home rule debate. More specifically, it assesse……続きを見る

【作者新版序言+新増史證修訂】 《人類大命運》會震撼你！會振奮你！ 更重要的是，它會讓你以未曾思慮過的觀點，深思細想。 ーー 康納曼（Daniel Kahneman），《快思慢想》作者 在《人類大歷史》，作者哈拉瑞展現……続きを見る

Burmese Days is set in 1920s imperial Burma, in the fictional district of Kyauktada, based on Kathar (formerly spelled Katha), a town where Orwell served. It is a thinly-veiled tale from the waning ……続きを見る

This edited collection challenges and re-imagines what is ‘heritage’ in Britain as a globalised, vernacular, cosmopolitan ‘post-nation’. It takes its inspiration from the foundational work of public……続きを見る

Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher, Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than sixty years. Now for readers everywhere who are co……続きを見る

Эта книга - мемуары невероятного человека, который прожил не менее невероятную жизнь! "Все события, люди, эпоха, победы, боль и радость, о которых я рассказываю вам, дорогие мои, в этой книге - исти……続きを見る

Experience the world's most significant battles through bold, easy-to-grasp maps. Includes a foreword by Peter Snow, broadcaster and historian. Covering everything from the battlefields of the ancie……続きを見る

Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage explores the construction of "authenticity" and its consequences in relation to Chinese cultural heritageーthose objects, texts, and intangibl……続きを見る

Globalizing the Soybean asks how the soybean conquered the West and analyzes why and how the crop gained entry into agriculture and industry in regions beyond Asia in the first half of the twentieth……続きを見る

La science peut se réapproprier l'hypothèse atlantide car depuis les années 1880, la théosophie puis le channelling surfent sur le sujet et atteignent des niveaux d'égarement confondants. Dans un pr……続きを見る

**The Christian Science Monitor's #1 Best Book of the Year A witty, informative, and popular travelogue about the Scandinavian countries and how they may not be as happy or as perfect as we assume, ……続きを見る

This open access book includes forty-one chapters about foreign observers’ discourses on Japan. These include a wide range of perspectives from the travelogues of curious visitors to academic theses……続きを見る

Between Brexit, efforts to ‘Make America great again’, and ongoing appeals for patriotic consumption to boost economies, the intersection between national identity, marketing campaigns, and consumer……続きを見る

This open access book sets out the contours of feminist political ecology (FPE) as a major contribution to ongoing debates in the field. As Professor Lyla Mehta says in her Foreword, the book is "fo……続きを見る

This open access book demonstrates that, while occupation has been used to treat the mentally disordered since the early nineteenth century, approaches to its use have varied across different countr……続きを見る

Erotic Medievalisms is about the liberatory potential of sexualities, particularly as they relate to medieval histories and modern pleasures. Each of the texts analyzed within subvert norms rooted i……続きを見る

This open access collection of essays explores the emotional agency of images in the construction of ‘humanitarian crises’ from the nineteenth century to the present. Using the prism of the historie……続きを見る

This is an open access book. The education sector during the Covid-19 Pandemic is currently undergoing a total reformation. The education process at schools and colleges which was carried out face-t……続きを見る

Chechnya, a 6,000-square-mile corner of the northern Caucasus, has struggled under Russian domination for centuries. The region declared its independence in 1991, leading to a brutal war, Russian wi……続きを見る

This open access book explores the organization and evolution of Finland’s Cold War cultural diplomacy (1945-1975) as the basis for a reflection on the country’s foreign relations, the link between ……続きを見る

This open access book explores the role of continuity in political processes and practices during the Age of Revolutions. It argues that the changes that took place in the years around 1800 were ena……続きを見る

Need to Know collects the following previously published non-fiction books: News of Devils, Rogue Royale, Diamonds in the Rough, Tradecraft, Agent of Influence, A Spy Is Born, and Enemy Action. In a……続きを見る