wired - History 91

The book discusses how division affect the fabric of cities, and people’s sense of identity and agency, and are reflected in physical features, architecture, and urban planning. The question of divi……続きを見る

Wie het heden én de toekomst wil begrijpen, kan niet om de geschiedenis heen Europa heeft een lange en roerige voorgeschiedenis met zijn buren. Waar de geografische grenzen al sinds mensenheugenis v……続きを見る

This is a history of the Centre William Rappard, the first building designed to house an international organization in Geneva, and its art treasures. For nearly a century, these works of art and dec……続きを見る

En el espíritu de T.E. Lawrence, Wilfred Thesiger pasó cinco años vagando por los desiertos de Arabia, produciendo 'Arenas de Arabia', "un monumento a un pasado desaparecido, un tributo a un pueblo ……続きを見る

The Earliest English Poetry (1971) offers a critical survey of Old English poetry, that is, of the vernacular verse composed in England from the seventh century to the Norman Conquest. It is a studi……続きを見る

King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care (1871) is a key Anglo-Saxon text. Preserved in two manuscripts written during Alfred’s lifetime, it affords data of the highest value for ……続きを見る

This book focuses on the experiences of thousands of Jewish displaced persons (DPs) who lived in refugee camps in Italy between the liberation of the southern regions in 1943 and the early 1950s, wa……続きを見る

Das Buch hat die Aufarbeitung der Gewalt- und Missbrauchserfahrungen in Einrichtungen der Sozialen Arbeit in Deutschland zum Thema. Aus einer interdisziplinären Perspektive geht es um die Frage Zent……続きを見る

This single-volume encyclopedia examines the Grand Canyon in depth, from the native peoples who have survived there for centuries to the explorers who charted its vast expanses and to the challenges……続きを見る

An era that changed America forever is analyzed through the words of those who led, participated in, and opposed the protest movements that made the 1960s a signature epoch in U.S. culture. There is……続きを見る

There are few episodes in American history as interesting and controversial as the Salem Witch Trials. This work provides a revealing analysis of what it was like to live in Massachusetts during tha……続きを見る

This book studies the change in Mediterranean port cities, from the nineteenth century when they flourished as a result of international economic relations and advances in transportation technology,……続きを見る

The studies in this second volume by Martin Rudwick (the first being The New Science of Geology: Studies in the Earth Science in the Age of Reform) focus on the figures of Charles Lyell and Charles ……続きを見る

Con la publicación de esta obra colectiva queremos contribuir a la comprensión de los procesos de configuración de la memoria social en Colombia, a partir de una historia cultural de los monumentos ……続きを見る

Klaus Störtebeker war einer der bekanntesten Piraten der Hansezeit und wird oft als eine der legendärsten Persönlichkeiten der deutschen Pirateriegeschichte bezeichnet. Er lebte im 14. Jahrhundert u……続きを見る

The General Knowledge Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ Quiz) with Answers PDF (General Knowledge MCQ PDF Download): Quiz Questions Chapter 1-15 & Practice Tests with Answers Key (Class 7-12 GK MCQs PD……続きを見る

Carnivorous animals are more humane than humans. They only kill in order to eat. Humans also kill animals to eat, but very often they kill for fun and pleasure, and for the trophy. They like to disp……続きを見る

During World War II, the Japanese blockaded all the harbors along the coast of China and Burma. To get supplies into central China, the Americans, British, and their allies built the Burma Road whic……続きを見る

Texans are fiercely proud of their “Lone Star” flag. It has flown from foxholes, been displayed at military bases around the world, and even been to space. Most Americans don’t even know that the st……続きを見る

A centuries-spanning study of twenty-five pivotal wars that shaped world history, from the Greco-Persian War to the Soviet-Afghan War. Driving and dispersing peoples across the globe, giving birth t……続きを見る

A history of roaring prosperityーand economic cataclysm: "The one account of America in the 1920s against which all others must be measured" ( The Washington Post). Beginning November 11, 1918, whe……続きを見る

A Southern historian combs through Kentucky cookbooks from the mid-nineteenth century through the twentieth to reveal a fascinating cultural narrative. In Kentucky's Cookbook Heritage, John van Will……続きを見る

The New York Times–bestselling history of the first half of the twentieth centuryーfive decades that transformed Americaーfrom the author of Only Yesterday. During the first fifty years of the twent……続きを見る

"Provides a focused explanation of the reasons the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first federal constitution, went lurching toward collapse." ーJack Rakove, Pulitzer Prize winner, The Washi……続きを見る

First published in 1929, The Mystery of the Great Pyramid attempts to unravel the secrets of the Great Pyramid by drawing parallels with the rituals in the Book of the Dead. The conception of the Py……続きを見る

A "wonderfully written account of America in the '30s," the follow-up to Only Yesterday examines Black Tuesday through the end of the Depression ( The New York Times). Wall Street Journal Bestselle……続きを見る

"Combines adventure, mystery, and tragedy . . . a 'Who's Who' of explorers who opened the pathway for an ocean-to-ocean America." ー St. Joseph News-Press (Missouri) The story of the Lewis and Clark……続きを見る

A New York Times–bestselling historian's in-depth portrait of life in America, from the Depression era to the early 1970s: "Magnificent" ( The New York Times). Award-winning historian and biographer……続きを見る

Based on official Spanish expedition diaries, a fascinating account of the daily routes taken and the Indigenous tribes, terrain, and wildlife encountered. Mapping old trails has a romantic allure a……続きを見る

The New York Times bestseller that tells the story of an overheated stock market and the financial disaster that led to the Great Depression of the 1930s. A riveting living history about Black Tuesd……続きを見る