AKO - History 19

Lost in a Quatrain is a relatable, inspiring and thought provoking read on a journey to becoming, a journey of hope and healing. Cathartically written over 18 years, Lost in a Quatrain is a select c……続きを見る

This book examines the ways in which late twentieth-century European cinema deals with the neglected subject of civil war. Exploring a range of films about the Spanish, Irish, former Yugoslavia, and……続きを見る

Anthropologist Jasmina Praprotnik met Helena Zigon while running. Over the course of an icy Slovenian winter, the two marathon runners got together frequently, and Zigon told Praprotnik about her li……続きを見る

East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte, is an edited collection of thirty-one essays that trace the experience of a California community over three centuries, from eighteenth-century Spanish c……続きを見る

The concept of transnationalism has been widely used for many years to describe mobility and cross-border relations in the modern, globalized world. Most uses of the concept of transnationalism negl……続きを見る

Kosta Novakoviq, bashkëpunëtor i ngushtë i Dimitrije Tucoviqit dhe Dushan Popoviqit, një ndër fytyrat e ndritura të lëvizjes punëtore serbe, qëlloi në njërën nga njësitet e ushtrisë serbe që u ngark……続きを見る

Empathy and the Historical Understanding of the Human Past is a comprehensive consideration of the role of empathy in historical knowledge, informed by the literature on empathy in fields including ……続きを見る

«Город Антонеску» ー главная книга жизни авторов, ведь история двух еврейских семей ー это, по большому счету, трагическая, страшная история всех евреев Одессы. Хронологическое изложение событий пер……続きを見る

Today, Americans believe that the early colonists came to the New World in search of religious liberty. What we often forget is that they wanted religious liberty for themselves, not for those who h……続きを見る

A investigation into the thirteenth-century Norwich circumcision case and its meaning for Christians and Jews In 1230, Jews in the English city of Norwich were accused of having seized and circumcis……続きを見る

A CIA analyst's "revealing and utterly engrossing account" of the world of high-stakes foreign intelligence and her role within the campaign to stop top-tier targets inside Al-Qaida (Joby Warrick). ……続きを見る

Part memoir, part history, Russia and the Arabs reveals the past half-century in the Middle East from a viewpoint seldom seen by Westerners. Yevgeny Primakov, formerly the head of the Russian Foreig……続きを見る

Josef von Sternberg’s 1930 film The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel) is among the best known films of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). A significant landmark as one of Germany’s first major sound films,……続きを見る

Durant toute l'Antiquité gréco-romaine deux noms de peuple jouent un rôle prépondérant dans toutes les questions ethniques de la Protohistoire en Russie méridionale : ce sont les Scythes et les Cimm……続きを見る

The fascinating untold story of how Nazi architects and planners envisioned and began to build a model “Aryan” society in Norway during World War II Between 1940 and 1945, German occupiers transform……続きを見る

There is growing interest among scholars and practitioners in how the arts can help rebuild post-conflict societies. This edited collection explores a range of musical practices for social and polit……続きを見る

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In the early twentieth century, public health reformers approached the task of ameliorating unsanitary conditions and preventing epidemic diseases with optimism. Using exhibits, they believed they c……続きを見る

Businesspeople run for and win elected office around the world, with roughly one-third of members of parliament and numerous heads of states coming directly from the private sector. Yet we know litt……続きを見る

The book explores how Churchill was portrayed in the UK press during the Second World War, comparing his depictions in Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, and provincial English newspapers. By using a ……続きを見る

"There is no better way to understand events in the past than by examining the sources ー whether journals, newspaper articles, letters, headlines, novels, artworks, music, papers or polls ー that p……続きを見る

A new live literature experience by award-winning poet Nick Makoha. On a November evening in 1978 after eight years of civil war, Nick Makoha and his mother fled their homeland of Uganda. Many peopl……続きを見る

Οι πολιτικές εξελίξεις στην Κύπρο του 1974, οι διακοινοτικές συγκρούσεις σε συνδυασμό με τις αυξανόμενες οικονομικές ανάγκες για την ευημερία της οικογένειας του, έγιναν πηγή έμπνευσης και δημιουργι……続きを見る

The Era of Great Disasters examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake preparations and regulations, to immediate emergency procedures from the national, prefectural, an……続きを見る

This book is the history of the Eastern Vikings, the Rus and the Varangians, from their earliest mentions in the narrative sources to the late medieval period, when the Eastern Vikings had become st……続きを見る

Der Hexenhammer, zusammengestellt von Heinrich Institoris und Jakob Sprenger, repräsentiert eine der einflussreichsten und gleichzeitig kontroversesten Schriften der frühen Neuzeit. Diese Sammlung b……続きを見る

Ivan Mazepa (1639-1709), hetman of the Zaporozhian Host in what is now Ukraine, is a controversial figure, famous for abandoning his allegiance to Tsar Peter I and joining Charles XII's Swedish army……続きを見る

A Glance into Ilja Kostovski’s Selected Poetry It is a slightly smirking smile that accompanies the voice calling on Muses in Ilja Kostovski’s epic poetry and final book, Sisiphus and I. In this sem……続きを見る

While the archaeological legacies of Greece and Cyprus are often considered to represent some of the highest values of Western civilizationーdemocracy, progress, aesthetic harmony, and rationalismー……続きを見る

Dreißig Jahre nach dem Mauerfall ist es an der Zeit, Bilanz zu ziehen. Was genau lief im Osten ab, als er vom Westen übernommen wurde? Worin unterscheidet sich Ostdeutschland von anderen Regionen in……続きを見る