wired - History 74

Uitgeroepen tot beste non-fictieboek van het jaar door The Spectator, New Statesman, History Today en The Financial Times De gezonken verzameling van Ferdinand Columbus vertelt het ongelofelijke ver……続きを見る

In the following pages I have tried to express a sense of the greatness of my subject by simplicity and directness of statement. The limits of the work necessarily prevented any detailed treatment, ……続きを見る

A HOUSE and a barn on an acre of groundーAnd there wasn’t another of either around Save the houses afloat that went flying apast, For the waters had closed all around them at last. There the dancers……続きを見る

In attempting to impart knowledge on any subject, it is not sufficient that the writer should himself be acquainted with that which he professes to teach. Even supposing such to be the case, yet muc……続きを見る

Little Teni and Mavo lived in a dry sandy country far away from here. They lived with their father and mother high up on a rocky cliff. All about them were rocks and sand. They could not play in the……続きを見る

Auf die Frage: warum ist etwas gut, z. B. die Heiligung des Sabbats und die Ehrfurcht vor den Eltern, und warum ist etwas, z. B. Unzucht und Diebstahl, schlecht? antwortet der Christ wohl zuerst: we……続きを見る

'Uproarious . . . [Phillips and Elledge] pair the abundant good humour of this book with a warning about the corrosive effects of conspiracy theories' The Times From the Satanic Panic to the anti-va……続きを見る

The years between 1938 and 1943 witnessed the approval of a massive, detailed set of laws discriminating against the Jews. While there were indeed moments of anti-Semitism in Italy after unification……続きを見る

Catalogo della mostra aperta al Vittoriano di Roma dal 28 gennaio al 21 marzo 2010 Ricordare l'orrore della Shoah è un dovere di tutte le Istituzioni e di ogni cittadino, un impegno necessario affin……続きを見る

IMAGINE yourself the sole owner of a plantation within which lies a city more than twelve square miles in area; a city of palaces and temples and mausoleums; a city of untold treasures, rich in scul……続きを見る

First published in 1872, “The Underground Railroad” is the fascinating first-hand account of hundreds of slaves and their escape to freedom by William Still. Often known as the “Father of the Underg……続きを見る

This book examines the worldview and perceptions of reality that formed the setting for the witch trials held in the Swedish province of Bohuslän in 1669-1672. The first part of the book explores th……続きを見る

The subject of Scatalogic or Stercoraceous Rites and Practices, however repellent it may be under some of its aspects, is none the less deserving of the profoundest consideration,ーif for no other r……続きを見る

Opposite to us was Australia. During the long days of the voyage across the bleak South Indian Ocean it had seemed no more than a vague area on a map, small, as all countries and even continents are……続きを見る

Everybody who has ever been to the coast of these islands has become aware that changes in the outline of the land are continually taking place. In some parts of the east coast of England, such as t……続きを見る

From the Preface by David Freeman, editor of the Finest Hour, the journal of The International Churchill Society. “Fred Glueckstein knows Winston Churchill. As can be seen in the essays that follow,……続きを見る

The extraordinary true story of the Stasi's poetry club: Stasiland and The Lives of Others crossed with Dead Poets Society . 'A magnificent book . . . at once touching, exquisite, devastating and ex……続きを見る

Reckoning with History brings together original essays from a diverse group of historians who consider how writing about the past can engage with the urgent issues of the present. The contributorsー……続きを見る

DISCOVER ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACCOUNTS OF SLAVERY IN NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA One of history’s greatest crimes, the American slave trade led to the suffering of untold numbers of men and wome……続きを見る

Dramatisiert durch Bundesrat Furgler, verteufelt durch die Medien: Die Taten des "Jahrhundertverräters" Jeanmaire stellen sich aus den Akten anders dar, als sie in der kollektiven Erinnerung präsent……続きを見る

Die Schweiz fühlte sich im Kalten Krieg durch das östliche Paktsystem existenziell bedroht. Alle roten (feindlichen) Pfeile auf den schweizerischen Lagekarten kamen aus Osten. Die vorliegende Studie……続きを見る

School teacher Joseph Akeroyd was appointed Inspector General of Victoria's prison system in 1924. He held this role until 1947 becoming the longest serving Inspector General in Victoria's history. ……続きを見る

'Class lines between settlers and labourers had been drawn...What follows is a microhistory of collective revolt.' In 1843, the New Zealand Company settlement of Nelson was rocked by the revolt of i……続きを見る

It was early spring, the maples were but budding, the birds newly come and restless, the sky more gray than blue, and the air still sharp with a tang of frost. Jamestown's streets, however, looked b……続きを見る

The ten centuries which passed between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the discovery of the New World are commonly known as the Middle Ages or the Dark Ages. They were, on the whole, very d……続きを見る

FEDERIGO FIORILLO was born in 1753, at Brunswick, where his father, a Neapolitan, lived as conductor of the opera. It seems that at first Fiorillo was a player of the mandolin, and later on became i……続きを見る

A large collection of Indian tribes inhabiting the Southwest. They first are mentioned in 1598 by the early Spanish explorers in New Mexico. The name “Apache” is derived from the Zuni word “Apachu,”……続きを見る

These conversations and tales are accommodated to the present state of society; which obliges the author to attempt to cure those faults by reason, which ought never to have taken root in the infant……続きを見る

Piccole strisce di carta infilate in bottiglie di limonata conservano il ricordo delle migliaia di colpi di fucile esplosi nel bosco di Ponary, località nei dintorni di Vilnius, a partire dal luglio……続きを見る

De 1940 à 1950, la Belgique est un pays sans roi régnant. À la fin de mai 1940, Léopold III choisit le statut de prisonnier de guerre. Il n’exerce plus les compétences qui incombent au chef de l’Éta……続きを見る