CSP - History 1

The U.S. government secretly experimented on its own citizens for over two decades ー and then destroyed the evidence. Project MKULTRA was not a conspiracy theory. It was authorized at the highest l……続きを見る

In the wake of the First World War, Central Europe saw the birth of new republics and hope for democratic renewal. Women and working-class representatives entered parliaments for the first time, and……続きを見る

In The Revolution Has Come Robyn C. Spencer traces the Black Panther Party's organizational evolution in Oakland, California, where hundreds of young people came to political awareness and journeyed……続きを見る

Wenn Geschichte zur Warnung wird Ein hochaktuelles Buch, das die Lehren aus dem Scheitern der Weimarer Republik auf die Herausforderungen unserer Gegenwart überträgt – fundiert, provokant und releva……続きを見る

Ce livre est une étude des dynamiques qui ont entraîné la construction du marché de l’art aux États-Unis entre les années 1800 et 1930. Il s’agit d’une analyse des transformations qui ont permis la ……続きを見る

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In anticipation of victory over the two Boer republics in the South African War (1899–1902), British imperial policymakers formed the South African Constabulary (SAC, 1900–1908) to lead reconstructi……続きを見る

Eating the Enlightenment offers a new perspective on the history of food, looking at writings about cuisine, diet, and food chemistry as a key to larger debates over the state of the nation in Old R……続きを見る

In the garden room, worthy synonym of a poet’s study where blossom flowers of thought and beauty, a young neighbor of the poet awaited his coming. His easy chair stood with bookshelves on the right ……続きを見る

The story of incense is one of the most intriguing in both eastern and western culture. From the first millennium BC to the present day it has been sought after and valued on a par with precious met……続きを見る

Victorine Elizabeth du Pont, the first child of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont and his wife Sophie, was seven years old when her family emigrated to America, where her father established the humble beginn……続きを見る

Andrew Carnegie�s vision of transporting iron ore from his boats on Lake Erie to his Pittsburgh steel mills was realized when he obtained ownership of a series of railroad companies in the region. I……続きを見る

Erie�s rail link to Philadelphia was achieved in 1864 with the completion of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, which later became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. By 1869, railroad lines from Bu……続きを見る

Chartered in 1856, the East Broad Top Railroad began operating in 1873 through scenic Huntingdon County in south-central Pennsylvania. This well-managed narrow-gauge railroad connected the isolated ……続きを見る

Pittsburgh Streamlined Trolleys covers the history of the trolley car system that once had the third largest fleet of Presidents' Conference Committee trolley cars in North America. Pittsburgh Railw……続きを見る

The Johnstown flood on May 31, 1889, virtually demolished the horsecar lines of the Johnstown Passenger Railway Company, resulting in the system being rebuilt with electric trolley cars. Johnstown T……続きを見る

When the first electric trolley car entered service in Erie in 1889, it revolutionized public transportation in the region. Within a few years, Erie became a major trolley hub linking the eastern an……続きを見る

The first street railway opened in New Orleans in 1835. Over the years various methods of powering the streetcars including horses, stream locomotives, overhead cable system, and fireless locomotive……続きを見る

In 1881, a narrow-gauge railroad was built in southwestern New York, from Attica to Arcade. It was later rebuilt to standard gauge to connect with what became the Pennsylvania Railroad. Concerned th……続きを見る

A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historians C-SPAN's yearlong history series, First Ladies: Influence and Image, featu……続きを見る

Some presidents have been larger than life but none of them have been larger than death. Brian Lamb has visited the gravesites of every American president, living and dead, in order to put together ……続きを見る

There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of translations of the Tao te Ching, the root sacred text of Taoism, one of the three traditional religions of China. This one, written by an ex-missionary who app……続きを見る

Islam and Christianity in Medieval Anatolia offers a comparative approach to understanding the spread of Islam and Muslim culture in medieval Anatolia. It aims to reassess work in the field since th……続きを見る

A History of Gold Dredging in Idaho tells the story of a revolution in placer miningーand its subsequent impact on the state of Idahoーfrom its inception in the early 1880s until its demise in the e……続きを見る

Hitchcock and Contemporary Art introduces readers to the fascinating and diverse range of artistic practices devoted to Alfred Hitchcock's films. His works have the capacity to activate sophisticate……続きを見る

*2017 San Diego Book Awards Winner in History* *2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in General Non-Fiction* "a top recommendation" Midwest Book Review "ambitious...Purdy fills her book w……続きを見る

A.C.S. Peacock is Lecturer in Middle Eastern History at the University of St Andrews, and holds a PhD in Oriental Studies from Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is the author of Early Seljuq History: ……続きを見る

Son of the famous Thomas Mann, homosexual, drug-addicted, and forced to flee from his fatherland, the gifted writer Klaus Mann’s comparatively short life was as artistically productive as it was dev……続きを見る

From a Christian, Greek- and Armenian-speaking land to a predominantly Muslim and Turkish speaking one, the Islamisation of medieval Anatolia would lay the groundwork for the emergence of the Ottoma……続きを見る

The Industrial Accident Investigation Techniques Manual - This publication is intended for personnel involved in safety, management, safety committee members, university students, and others involve……続きを見る