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Most explanations for the bumpy post-independence trajectory of many countries in Africa and the Middle East presuppose the existence of an objective, universal development format, modelled on weste……続きを見る

Søofficer C. F. Wandel beskriver sine undersøgelser og oplevelser i forbindelse med en ekspedition til Grønlands østkyst i årene 1879 og 1880. Bogen udkom første gang i 1881, da store dele af Grønla……続きを見る

In 1781, the captain of the British slave ship Zong made a calculated, cold-blooded decision. Running low on drinking water due to navigational errors, he ordered 133 enslaved Africans to be thrown ……続きを見る

Latin American Economic History: An Introduction to Daily Life, Debt, and Development guides readers through significant features and developments in the region’s economic history from independence ……続きを見る

Over the past 70 years, American and Soviet scientists have used the animal world for testing. Despite losses, these animals have taught the scientists a tremendous amount more than could have been ……続きを見る

This Palgrave Pivot examines a key area of the Korean Wave or Hallyu, which stands for the global popularity of South Korean popular culture that started in the 1990s. While K-dramas (Korean dramas)……続きを見る

The 'Industrial Revolution' was a pivotal point in British history that occurred between the mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries and led to far reaching transformations of society. With the ……続きを見る

The weeks of bloody maneuvering and fighting along the Delaware River at Fort Mercer, Fort Mifflin, and Gloucester receive but scant attention in the literature of the American Revolution. The same ……続きを見る

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world’s first genuinely global order From Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of Eur……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study of why states sometimes ignore, oppose, or undermine elements of the nuclear nonproliferation regimeーeven as they formally support it. Anchored by the Treaty on ……続きを見る

In der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts erlebte Bremen eine beispiellose seewirtschaftliche Blüte. Die Studie geht den kulturellen Folgen dieser Entwicklung nach und verbindet ethnologische Method……続きを見る

The Japanese experience of war from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century presents a stunning example of the meteoric rise and shattering fall of a great power. As Japan modernized and be……続きを見る

Following the defeat of the Paris Commune in May 1871, thousands of Commune militants fled France to avoid imprisonment, deportation, or death. As a result, and due in large part to Britain's libera……続きを見る

This book presents the history of Erasmus, an European humanist; and his essay against war. "With Erasmus a new period opens. Two things broadly distinguish him, as a scholar, from the men before an……続きを見る

This book treats of the Influence of the Greek Mind on Modern Life. “The vital power of the Greek spirit was indeed not fully disclosed until, after suffering a partial eclipse in the Macedonian age……続きを見る

This book presents the general history of Venezuela, from its conquest, settlement and colonial period to the modern days; and the natural features of the country. Venezuela is a republic of South A……続きを見る

This book explores the political and ideological developments that resulted in the establishment of two separate states on the island of Ireland: the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. It examin……続きを見る

In Chaos and Cosmos, Heidi Scott integrates literary readings with contemporary ecological methods to investigate two essential and contrasting paradigms of nature that scientific ecology continues ……続きを見る

Carlton McCarthy, a former artilleryman with the Richmond Howitzers, noted after the war that historians would only write about big battles and campaigns, not how the common soldier fried his bacon ……続きを見る

This book focuses on a biographical and cultural rendering of Adlai E. Stevenson's alliance with a segment of the intellectual community, with primary attention to the years from 1940 to his death i……続きを見る

This text provides an unparalleled social, political and cultural history of Germany from the end of the Second World War to the contemporary moment. As well as carefully balancing the histories of ……続きを見る

A comprehensive and thought-provoking work of cultural criticism investigating one of the most polarizing words in the English language. Few words in the English language are as misunderstood as “li……続きを見る

Seeraub ist ein aktuelles Thema, dessen Wurzeln bis in die frühe Menschheitsgeschichte zurückreichen. Doch so vertraut die Piraten uns auch scheinen, so widersprüchlich und schillernd sind die Freib……続きを見る

Following Argentina's military operation to take possession of the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government launched a major naval operation to return t……続きを見る

Details the Belt and Road global infrastructure development initiative as the most important instrument for China's leadership under Xi Jinping to create an alternative global economic and geopoliti……続きを見る

Enlightenment studies are currently in a state of flux, with unresolved arguments among its adherents about its dates, its locations, and the contents of the 'movement'. This book cuts the Gordian k……続きを見る

The Mormon military experience is unique in American history. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) is the only denomination to field military units for its own support and purpose r……続きを見る

This book is not claiming Melanchthon rediscovered the gospel. That honor belongs to his friend and mentor, Martin Luther. Nevertheless, Dr. Lowell C. Green argues that Melanchthon helped Luther in ……続きを見る

A highly illustrated history of the US Navy's nuclear submarine program, from the postwar years to the 2020 Columbia-class SSBNs. James C. Goodall covers the origins, design and development of the U……続きを見る

The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg A……続きを見る