wired - History 80

This dissertation is over 50 years old. Written painstakingly by hand at a time when there were no computers or the Internet, Carol Winteringham takes you through a thorough first-hand analysis of u……続きを見る

Bringing a fresh perspective to an understudied area, this book offers a critical, source-based examination and assessment of the roles of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (KPG) a……続きを見る

The purpose of this volume is to discuss the concept of citizenshipーin terms of its origins, its meanings, and its contemporary place and relevance in American democracy, and within a global contex……続きを見る

This book examines the development of an Afro-American subculture in eighteenth-century New England. Piersen concerns himself not with the machinery of slave control or the political and social disa……続きを見る

A short entertaining guide to Victorian medicine. Dr. Watson, fearing that progress will take mankind so far that it will forget everything about its past, writes a manual... 続きを見る

The conquest and colonization of the Americas resulted in all kinds of exchanges, including the transmission of diseases and the sharing of medicines to treat them. In this book, Kelly Wisecup exami……続きを見る

First published in 1624, Edward Winslow's Good News from New England chronicles the early experience of the Plimoth colonists, or Pilgrims, in the New World. For several years Winslow acted as the P……続きを見る

Connected Empires, Connected Worlds: Essays in Honour of John Darwin contains diverse essays on the expansion, experience, and decline of empires. The volume is offered in honour of John Darwin’s co……続きを見る

Between 1861 and 1865, approximately 200,000 women were widowed by the deaths of Civil War soldiers. They recorded their experiences in diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and pension applications. In Lov……続きを見る

How immigrants helped rebuild a cityーand redefined what it means to be American Among the most consequential pieces of Great Society legislation, the Immigration Act of 1965 opened the nation's doo……続きを見る

Taking on what one former U.S. ambassador called “the last ghost of the Vietnam War,” this book examines the far-reaching impact of Agent Orange, the most infamous of the dioxin-contaminated herbici……続きを見る

Am 19. Juni 1938 wurde der Metzgergehilfe Bernhard Strauß in Bad Ems in Vorbeugehaft genommen und über Frankfurt mit der Begründung »Arbeitsscheu« im KZ Sachsenhausen bei Berlin verbracht. Erst sieb……続きを見る

Circum-navegar é preciso! Essa é a mensagem principal da obra A Terra é azul e Redonda, livro que narra as principais viagens marítimas ao redor da Terra. Com uma linguagem objetiva e cativante, o a……続きを見る

Freedom Without Restrictions illustrates the rich history of african americans from slavery to current events. All while highlighting achievements and giving hope for a better future. It teaches the……続きを見る

The story centers around Casanova's real-life imprisonment and subsequent escape. Although there are some fictional elements, much of the story contains actual events in his life Including his stori……続きを見る

A troop train slowly passing through Winchester Station. Heads out of every window. One great shout by hundreds of eager young lads, "Are we downhearted?" And then, not waiting for those of us on th……続きを見る

The war in South Africa has been fruitful of A many results which will leave their mark upon the national life and character, and in which we may wholly rejoice. Amongst them none are more admirable……続きを見る

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In September, 1793, Major William Fitch obtained a letter of service to raise a regiment, which, after being numbered, became the 83rd, its formation bearing date 28th September, 1793, and of which ……続きを見る

En 1895, l'Alcazar Royal donne une revue de Luc Malpertuis et Théo Hannon intitulée Bruxelles au vol. Un acteur y incarne « Fuller Boom » et chante un couplet sur les récentes illuminations de la Vi……続きを見る

*Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize* In late eighteenth-century London, a group of extraordinary people gathered around a dining table once a week. The host was Joseph Johnson, publisher and b……続きを見る

A Times History Book of the Year The voyage of the Mayflower is one of the seminal events in world history. But the story did not end with her arrival on the frozen coast of New England in 1620. In ……続きを見る

In May 2003 journalist Rory McCarthy went to Iraq to cover what was claimed to be the triumphant rebuilding of the country after the American invasion. Two years later he left a place teetering on t……続きを見る

‘I have put my genius into my life but only my talent into my work’. So said Oscar Wilde of his remarkable life – a life more complex, more erotic, more troubled and more triumphant than any of his ……続きを見る

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire by Will Hermes - Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever 'A must-read for any music fan' (Boston Globe) Crime was everywhere, the government was broke and th……続きを見る

‘Clever and entertaining.’ Sunday Times ‘Elegantly written and full of surprises.’ Daily Telegraph ‘Always entertaining and often eye-opening.’ Financial Times Old ideas that were mocked or ignored ……続きを見る

'A brilliant, unlikely book' Spectator How can we celebrate, challenge and change our remarkable world? In 2012, the world arrived in London for the Olympics...and Ann Morgan went out to meet it. Sh……続きを見る

Acknowledged as a masterpiece of materialist criticism, this book delves into the complex ways economic reality shapes the imagination. Surveying two hundred years of history and English literature ……続きを見る

Colin Wilson is the bete-noir of the Oxbridge literary establishment. He never went to university, let alone Oxbridge, yet wrote The Outsider, a brilliant account of the pain of being alive today, w……続きを見る

This is a book on the Russian Revolution with a difference. It unites the formal history and the individual memoir by telling the story of 1917 in the words of eyewitnesses who say history in the ma……続きを見る