AKO - History 5

Famine and Pestilence in the Late Roman and Early Byzantine Empire presents the first analytical account in English of the history of subsistence crises and epidemic diseases in Late Antiquity. Base……続きを見る

The essays in this volume consider the involvement of business corporations and of individual businessmen in the politics of the 1930s and 1940s: in the move away from the market and also from democ……続きを見る

Heinrich Hansjakobs 'Erinnerungen einer alten Schwarzwälderin: Heimatroman' ist ein fesselndes Werk, das den Leser in die malerische Welt des Schwarzwaldes entführt. Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte……続きを見る

Jakob Wassermanns 'Der Geist des Pilgers: Das Gold von Caxamalca & Witberg' ist eine faszinierende Erzählung, die den Leser auf eine abenteuerliche Reise durch historische und mystische Welten mitni……続きを見る

Jakob Wassermanns Buch 'Alexander in Babylon: Historischer Roman' ist ein Meisterwerk der historischen Belletristik, das die Leser in die Welt des antiken Griechenlands entführt. Der Roman erzählt d……続きを見る

Since the time of William Penn, the Philadelphia neighborhood of Northern Liberties has had a tradition of hard work and innovation. This former Leni-Lenape territory became one of the industrial Ri……続きを見る

James Madison presented his most celebrated and studied political ideas in his contributions to The Federalist, the essays that he, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote in 1787–1788 to secure rati……続きを見る

The third century BC was a particularly troubled period of ancient Greek history, when the Aegean sea became the main stage for power struggles between various royal circles and dynasties, including……続きを見る

First published in French in 1939, and later in English in 1940, this work by the author, analyses and strongly critiques the effect of Nazi propaganda on the psychology of the masses. By bringing t……続きを見る

Treća strana Hladnog rata uglednog povjesničara Tvrtka Jakovine temeljiti je pogled iznutra na Pokret nesvrstanih i način na koji je organizacija s više od stotinu država funkcionirala. U Pokretu su……続きを見る

Winner of the 2019 Omeljan Pritsak Book Prize in Ukrainian Studies. Ukraine's Quest for Identity: Embracing Cultural Hybridity in Literary Imagination, 1991–2011 is the first study that looks at the……続きを見る

Quellenexegese aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Didaktik, Note: 1,7, Universität Bielefeld, Veranstaltung: Einführung in die alte Geschichte, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Sueton, den man……続きを見る

This edited volume presents the latest multidisciplinary research that delves into developments related to contemporary Okinawa (a.k.a Ryukyu Islands), and also engages with contemporary debates on ……続きを見る

Long Island has one of the most vibrant and largest Jewish communities in the nation. After World War II, hundreds of thousands of Jewish soldiers returned from war looking for a life in the suburbs……続きを見る

Death and Digital Media provides a critical overview of how people mourn, commemorate and interact with the dead through digital media. It maps the historical and shifting landscape of digital death……続きを見る

The famous Viking, Ragnar Lodbrok, accomplished many great deeds according to the Viking Sagas associated with him. However, for many, it is his personal life, and the women who loved him that garne……続きを見る

Before that morning, I had only heard of prisons. After all, these had nothing to do with my life. But now, bewildered and numb, I was standing in a small hot room trying to keep from falling down, ……続きを見る

Als Hexenverfolgung bezeichnet man das Aufspüren, Festnehmen, Foltern und Bestrafen (insbesondere die Hinrichtung) von Personen, von denen geglaubt wird, sie praktizierten Zauberei bzw. stünden mit ……続きを見る

In the spring of 1944, Red Army Air Force military correspondent Mikhail Koriakov experienced a profound religious awakening which led to a sudden marked revulsion in his entire opinion of the Sovie……続きを見る

After twenty-five years of independence, there is little doubt that the five Central Asian states will persist as sovereign, independent states. They increasingly differ from each other, and are mak……続きを見る

Japan today defends its controversial whaling expeditions by invoking traditionーbut what was the historical reality? In examining the techniques and impacts of whaling during the Tokugawa period (1……続きを見る

Throughout Africa, artists use hip-hop both to describe their lives and to create shared spaces for uncensored social commentary, feminist challenges to patriarchy, and resistance against state inst……続きを見る

Disenchanted with the mainstream environmental movement, a new, more radical kind of environmental activist emerged in the 1980s. Radical environmentalists used direct action, from blockades and tre……続きを見る

Inhalt des BuchsDas Buch enthält ein kurzes Vorwort, das sich in mehrere thematische Sektionen teilt. Danach kommt die Origo Gentis Langobardorum, die mit seinen sieben Absätzen die Legende des Name……続きを見る

Lo sapevate che mentre i cappellani militari italiani – a cui venne proibito di utilizzare la parola “pace” – benedivano le armi che servivano ad uccidere o intonavano Te Deum di ringraziamento per ……続きを見る

W książce„Bilgamesz władca Unug” Autor oparł się na wersji asyryjskiej (najlepiej zachowanej), uwzględnił zachowane fragmenty innych przekazów, a w tym dla niego najważniejszych, sumeryjskich. Założ……続きを見る

La prima traduzione italiana della biografia definitiva di Michail Bulgakov a firma di Marietta Čudakova, maggiore “esperta bulgakoviana” di tutti i tempi. L’edizione italiana, nella scrupolosa trad……続きを見る

Dans cet essai, Bakounine se met dans la peau d’un patriote suisse déçu de constater que sa patrie obéit à des ordres d’expulsion de dictatures étrangères. Il cite trois exemples dans l’actualité de……続きを見る

How should the countries in the Baltic Sea region and their allies meet the strategic challenges posed by an openly aggressive and expansionist Russia? NATO and the nonaligned states in the region a……続きを見る

**THE NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER “A band of brothers in an American tank . . . Makos drops the reader back into the Pershing’s turret and dials ……続きを見る