wired - History 94

Rooted in a period of vigorous exploration and colonialism, The Island Race: Englishness, empire and gender in the eighteenth century is an innovative study of the issues of nation, gender and ident……続きを見る

This volume explores literary and material representations of Jews, Jewishness and Judaism from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Gathering leading scholars from within the field of Jewish Stud……続きを見る

Juana Bormann was one of the most tormenting and evil of the women who worked guarding female prisoners at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. From camp survivors we know that Bormann u……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Weltgeschichte - Frühgeschichte, Antike, Note: 2,0, Technische Universität Dresden (Geschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 'Hic Habitat ……続きを見る

Every age creates a hero to suit its needs. None quite like Andrew Jackson 'Old Hickory," and the Kentucky Twelve. 続きを見る

This unique guide produced by the Department of Defense provides comprehensive information about all aspects of life in Ethiopia, with a special emphasis on geography, history, the economy, society,……続きを見る

These two unique guides produced by the Department of Defense provide comprehensive information about all aspects of life in Haiti, with a special emphasis on geography, history, the economy, societ……続きを見る

Shortlisted, New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction Every summer between 1882 and 1929, naturalist William Francis Ganong travelled through the wilderness of New Brunswick, systematically mapping ……続きを見る

For two hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including The Earl of Oxford, Sir F……続きを見る

Georgia's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History recognizes the women who helped to shape the Peach State. Female teachers, writers, entrepreneurs, and artists f……続きを見る

Letters from a GI to his wife during WWII. (from the intro) “This is a love story of World War II. Every word is true, every person Is real, and every place is real. I pray that it may remind those ……続きを見る

In the first full-length study in any modern language dedicated to the Meteorologica, Malcolm Wilson presents a groundbreaking interpretation of Aristotle's natural philosophy. Divided into two part……続きを見る

"Knowledge is of two kinds," said Samuel Johnson in 1775. "We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Today we think of Wikipedia as the source of all informatio……続きを見る

The sinking of the Canadian Pacific steamship Princess Sophia was Alaska’s worst maritime disaster ー until it nearly happened again. In 1918, the Canadian Pacific steamship Princess Sophia left Ska……続きを見る

Mr. Big is the shocking true story of a murder investigation in Newfoundland and Labrador that forever changed the face of the Canadian justice system. On August 4, 2002, three-year-old twin girls K……続きを見る

American leaders have cooperated with regimes around the world that are, to varying degrees, repressive or corrupt. Such cooperation is said to serve the national interest. But these partnerships al……続きを見る

Moving portraits of fourteen independent women who helped make Ohio what it is today. Ohio's Remarkable Women: Daughters, Wives, Sisters, and Mothers Who Shaped History profiles the lives of the sta……続きを見る

This book presents the compelling histories of fifteen pioneer women, all born before 1900, who traveled Nevada Territory in unstable wagons, on temperamental mules, and in early Motel Ts to leave a……続きを見る

In ‘De vreselijke dood van Willem de Zwijger’ laat Lisa Jardine zien hoe de moord op Willem van Oranje door Balthasar Gerards de eerste politieke moord met een vuurwapen was. Op 10 juli 1584 werd Wi……続きを見る

These unique guides produced by the Department of Defense provide comprehensive information about all aspects of life in Yemen, with a special emphasis on geography, history, the economy, society, s……続きを見る

Die Wiedervereinigung ist ein fast vergessenes Wunder. Dabei kann die Erinnerung an die Meisterleistung der Einheit bei der Bewältigung aktueller Krisen helfen. Das vorliegende eBook enthält einziga……続きを見る

On the early morning of 26 December 1943, Marines poised off the coast of Japanese-held New Britain could barely make out the mile-high bulk of Mount Talawe against a sky growing light with the appr……続きを見る

Imagine you’re a young woman caught up in the ugly reality of war. You meet and fall in love with a young soldier from a foreign country. You marry and your world is upended: when the war ends, you ……続きを見る

Few Canadians realize how close the colony of Nova Scotia came to joining the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Many Nova Scotians were immigrants from New England, including the Planters who, som……続きを見る

Born in 1889, Gertrude Harding spent a boistrous childhood on a Welsford, New Brunswick, farm. She travelled to Hawaii to live with her sister, and, when her sister moved to London in 1912, Harding ……続きを見る

In 1917, the Canadian Corps captured Vimy Ridge in northern France, and a myth grew that Canada -- as a nation -- was born on its slopes. But the cost was tremendous: 10,000 Canadians were killed, w……続きを見る

William Clarke Quantrill was a famous bushwhacker who led an infamous raid on Lawrence, Kansas on August 21, 1863. My e-book looks at Quantrill's late 1864 move into Kentucky, which by then had beco……続きを見る

Prolific inventor Thomas Edison and automobile pioneer Henry Ford shaped the modern world like few others in history. The lives of these close friends intersected at their winter homes in southwest ……続きを見る

Delaware's experience in the Great War was that of an awakening. What had been a pastoral collection of farms and merchants was rapidly transformed into a dynamic, economically thriving society. Fro……続きを見る

The most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available today of Ukraine and its people, now in its fourth edition.   “An interesting and provocative read, which will, one hopes, contribute to th……続きを見る