wired - History 76

This volume challenges previous views of social organization focused on elites by offering innovative perspectives on 'power from below.' Using a variety of archaeological, anthropological, and hist……続きを見る

In Audre’s Footsteps amplifies the resistive and generative experiences of women of color educators, artists, activists, and scholars in Berlin and the U.S. who consider themselves friends in the st……続きを見る

“Louis le Grand, King of France and Navarre, has deserted pleasure to follow pietyーand times are changed, monsieur.” The speaker, Louis de Sancerre, of Languedoc, descendant of a famous constable o……続きを見る

THE IRISH TOP 10 BESTSELLER A gripping investigation into one of Irish history's greatest mysteries, Great Hatred reveals the true story behind one of the most significant political assassinations t……続きを見る

Though often overlooked in conventional accounts, women with myriad backgrounds and countless talents have made an impact on Polish and Polish American history. John J. Bukowczyk gathers articles fr……続きを見る

In "Pathfinders of the West," Agnes C. Laut explores the intricate narratives of pioneers and explorers who ventured into the uncharted territories of the American West. Through a vibrant and engagi……続きを見る

The Russian Empire had a problem. While they had established successful colonies in their territory of Alaska, life in the settlements was anything but civilized. The settlers of the Russian-America……続きを見る

WINNER J.J. Talman Award, Ontario Historical Society (2022) NOMINATED Toronto Heritage Book Award (2022) Undressed Toronto looks at the life of the swimming hole and considers how Toronto turned boy……続きを見る

From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA’s most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet, illustrated with full-col……続きを見る

During the Second World War, the British government established the Special Operations Executive (SOE) for the purpose of coordinating ‘all action, by way of subversion and sabotage, against the ene……続きを見る

The nineteenth century witnessed a series of revolutions in the production and circulation of images. From lithographs and engraved reproductions of paintings to daguerreotypes, stereoscopic views, ……続きを見る

This intimate kaleidoscopic journal takes the reader through the cycles of faith and doubt that typify the author's spiritual journey from his childhood and youth in Puerto Rico to his retirement ye……続きを見る

This is the tale old Proteus by the sea Erst told of Orpheus and Eurydice. Virgil at Parthenope overheard, And has resung it, if not word by word. Orpheus had been espoused but one short hour, And w……続きを見る

Le Musée de la Seconde Guerre mondiale de Gdańsk incarne l’un des conflits les plus importants et dramatiques ayant ébranlé la culture européenne de la mémoire et de l’histoire publique au cours des……続きを見る

In diesem Band werden verschiedene Möglichkeiten vorgestellt, soziologische Forschung und Theoriebildung zu betreiben, wie sie um 1900 in Deutschland entwickelt worden sind. Dabei stehen die Werke v……続きを見る

Wie die großen Flüsse die menschliche Zivilisation geprägt haben Flüsse haben, mehr als jede Straße oder Technologie, den Lauf unserer Zivilisation geprägt. Sie haben Entdeckern neue Wege eröffnet, ……続きを見る

Das braune Erbe der reichsten deutschen Unternehmerdynastien – und wie sie heute damit umgehen. Die Quandts, die Flicks, die von Fincks, die Porsche-Piëchs, die Oetkers und die Reimanns zählen zu de……続きを見る

**Von 0 auf Platz 1 der New-York-Times-Bestseller-Liste: Clint Smith mit dem Buch der Stunde Eines der 10 besten Sachbücher des Jahres 2021 - New York Times Nominiert für den National Book Award for……続きを見る

Some geologists imagine that the order of creation is registered in the rocks which compose the external crust of the earth, and that they can there clearly read a progressive development of organic……続きを見る

At the earnest entreaty of some of my much respected friends, I have added to the former Discourse a Relation of such things as were credibly reported at Plymouth, in New England, in September last ……続きを見る

In giving an account of the battle of Wilson’s Creek, or Oak Hills, which though not the largest, has passed into history, as one of the hardest and best fought battles of the American Civil War, it……続きを見る

A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British ……続きを見る

Los quince capítulos de Desde otros Caribes: fronteras, poéticas e identidades ponen en escena a "otros Caribes" en un performance dialógico y transdisciplinario que permite su discusión como actore……続きを見る

The essays that comprise Elusive Archives raise a common question: how do we study material culture when the objects of study are transient, evanescent, dispersed or subjective? Such things resist t……続きを見る

Le gesta e le imprese dei normanni, il loro lento viaggio alla conquista dell’Italia meridionale in un racconto storico divertito che scorre agile e veloce, coinvolgente come un romanzo, appassionan……続きを見る

The character and object of this book is set forth on its title page. It is a manual designed principally for the practical assistance of students in elementary woodwork in the Lewis Institute. The ……続きを見る

Wireless telegraphy, that marvelous art which has made possible the instantaneous transmission of intelligence between widely distant parts having no apparent physical connection save that of the ea……続きを見る

The world's first independent black republic, Haiti was forged in the fire of history's only successful slave revolution. Yet more than two hundred years later, the full promise of that revolution –……続きを見る

A Great Cloud of Witnesses presents oral history memories of the early 20****th century in a Midwestern community. In the 1980s, the Cedar Rapids Public Library and Junior League of Cedar Rapids int……続きを見る

Weniger als 25 Jahre geben Forscher:innen ihm noch, dann wird es so weit sein: Bis 2050 wird das Eis der Arktis abschmelzen, und unser Planet, den Generationen nur mit von ewigem Eis bedeckten Polka……続きを見る