ＴＡＬＩ - Modern 1

When delegates from forty-four nations gathered at Bretton Woods in 1944, they built a monetary order around a single currencyーthe United States dollar. It was a decision shaped by wartime necessit……続きを見る

The Industrial Revolution reshaped not only economies but the very fabric of human life. Steam to Steel traces this extraordinary transformation from the first steam engines and textile mills to the……続きを見る

Economic systems do not fail quietly. They collapse through cascading institutional breakdownsーcurrency crises, sovereign defaults, banking failures, and the sudden evaporation of public confidence……続きを見る

Before armies crossed borders, currencies did. For more than a century, the most decisive battles in world history were fought not on battlefields but in central banks, treasury departments, and tra……続きを見る

From Sputnik's beep to Armstrong's footprint, the space race turned rocketry into proxy warfare between superpowers racing lunar supremacy. This book traces milestonesーGagarin's Vostok orbit, Shepa……続きを見る

Are you fascinated by tales of ancient gods, goddesses, villains and heroes? Do you want to learn more about the enchanting history of Ireland and its people? Explore Ireland's Rich History & Mythol……続きを見る

This book explores the process by which the French Basque country acquired a folkloric regional identity in the long nineteenth century. It argues that, despite its origins in pre-modern customs, th……続きを見る

La Fierté de l'Armée russe. Parmi les adversaires de l'armée napoléonienne, les soldats du tsar ont été les plus coriaces. Ne disait-on pas à l'époque : " Il ne suffit pas de tuer un Russe, il faut ……続きを見る

The clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse when, on a summer’s day in 1560, a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arna……続きを見る

This book is the first archive-based account of the charged debates around race in the women's movement in England during the 'second wave' period. Examining both the white and the Black women's mov……続きを見る

In seinem neuen großen Roman erzählt Catalin Dorian Florescu die abenteuerliche Lebens- und Familiengeschichte des Jacob Obertin, aufgespannt zwischen Lothringen und dem rumänischen Banat. Es ist ei……続きを見る

Born in La Paz in 1792, Andrés de Santa Cruz lived through the turbulent times that led to independence across Latin America. He fought to shape the newly established republics, and between 1836 and……続きを見る

In "The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa," Paul Barron Watson meticulously chronicles the transformative period of Sweden's emergence as a sovereign state under the leadership of Gustavus Vasa……続きを見る

Since the Enlightenment, supernatural beliefs and practices have largely been derided as ignorant and un-modern - even anti-modern - and cities, being the ultimate symbol of progress and rationality……続きを見る

Libanon maga a testet öltött Biblia. Az országot járva számos bibliai helyszín elevenedik meg a szemünk előtt, de épületek, mozaikok formájában nyomot hagytak rajta a későbbi korok kultúrái is. A pa……続きを見る