EMILY - History 1

Weaving together literary and archaeological evidence, Emily Hauser illuminates the rich, intriguing lives of the real women behind Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Achilles. Agamemnon. Odysseus. Hector. ……続きを見る

Foundations in the United States have long exerted considerable power over education and scholarly production. Although today’s titans of philanthropy proclaim more loudly their desire to transform ……続きを見る

This book explores the impact of right-wing political ideology on crime, the criminal justice system, and attitudes towards punishment in Britain. Grounded in a rigorous analysis of repeated cross-s……続きを見る

In December 1788, in the northern Peruvian city of Trujillo, fifty-one-year-old Spanish Bishop Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón stood surrounded by twenty-four large wooden crates, each numbered and……続きを見る

A study of the production and movement of prints in colonial South America. Printed images have had a central place in art-historical studies of colonial Spanish America, but scholars have typically……続きを見る

Step back into the formative years of American history with Colonial America: A Deep Dive into the Founding of a Nation. This comprehensive exploration of the colonial period illuminates the events,……続きを見る

Discover the Surprising History of Ordinary Things "Emily magically weaves a vibrant history of simple everyday objects we often take for granted. The Story Behind will surprise and delight..." ─Dea……続きを見る

De opkomst van China als wereldmacht en de strijd van China met Amerika dwingen ons om ons te verdiepen in het gigantische land. Maar wie zijn de Chinezen? Volgens president Xi Jinping zijn dat Mand……続きを見る

"All's Well" is an ancient novel written by means of Emily Sarah Holt, a prolific English writer of the 19th century. Set against the backdrop of the English Civil War, the tale follows the protagon……続きを見る

Emily Sarah Holt historical fiction book "The Well inside the Desert" is ready inside the 17th century, right within the midst of the English Civil War. The tale follows the lives of the Denzell fam……続きを見る

"The King's Daughters" by Emily Sarah Holt is a captivating historical fiction novel that immerses readers in the rich tapestry of medieval England's royal court. Holt's novel, a compelling blend of……続きを見る

In the ancient Greece of Pericles and Plato, the polis, or city-state, reigned supreme, but by the time of Alexander, nearly half of the mainland Greek city-states had surrendered part of their auto……続きを見る

LGBT activism is often imagined as a self-contained struggle, inspired by but set apart from other social movements. Lavender and Red recounts a far different story: a history of queer radicals who ……続きを見る

The first history of childhood play and imagination in pre-war Australia This groundbreaking book is a history of the childhood imagination in Australia between 1890 and the outbreak of the Second W……続きを見る

No Straight Path tells the stories of ten successful female historians who came of age in an era when it was unusual for women to pursue careers in academia, especially in the field of history. Thes……続きを見る

Remembering the woman known as Pocahontas and the myths surrounding her down to the present day This collection of essays is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on the woman known as Pocahont……続きを見る

Missionary Diplomacy illuminates the crucial place of religion in nineteenth-century American diplomacy. From the 1810s through the 1920s, Protestant missionaries positioned themselves as key expert……続きを見る

In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that mot……続きを見る

Winner of the George Louis Beer Prize Black France, White Europe illuminates the deeply entangled history of European integration and African decolonization. Emily Marker maps the horizons of belong……続きを見る

It has long been established that the crisis of 1066 generated a florescence of historical writing in the first half of the twelfth century. Emily A. Winkler presents a new perspective on previously……続きを見る

In The Sublime in Modern Philosophy: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Nature, Emily Brady takes a fresh look at the sublime and shows why it endures as a meaningful concept in contemporary philosophy. In a r……続きを見る

The term neighborhood has been reduced to a word for a convenient geographical locator. In fact, most cities claim to be compiled of neighborhoods, but this strays far from the term's original meani……続きを見る

"Conflict and Conquest: The Wars That Defined History" is an exploration of the battles that shaped civilizations and altered the course of humanity. From ancient skirmishes to modern conflicts, thi……続きを見る

Simple things made well. ‘We want this book to be a well-thumbed friend that feels safe and comforting and from which you know you can always make something delicious that feels like home. Our love ……続きを見る

Born into one of the wealthiest families in Philadelphia and raised and educated in that vital center of eighteenth-century American Quakerism, Anne Emlen Mifflin was a progressive force in early Am……続きを見る

Imaging Animal Industry focuses on the visual culture of the American meat industry between 1890 and 1960. It describes how, during that period, photographs and other images helped to shape public p……続きを見る

Despite the velocity and scale of the cumulative changes of immigrant integration and receptivity infrastructures in fast growing regions of the United States, less research has focused on the new a……続きを見る

Fiction, poetry, prose, and illustration by fourteen Tsunami Books clerks and fourteen significant others. A retrospective, a showcase, and a thank you to the people who, for twenty-seven years, hav……続きを見る

A “gripping and scrupulously reported” (The Washington Post) investigation into the battle over identity in China, chronicling the state oppression of those who fail to conform to Xi Jinping’s defin……続きを見る

Finalist, Weber-Clements Prize Luminaries of the Harlem RenaissanceーLangston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Wallace Thurman, and Arna Bontemps, among othersーare associated with, well . . . Harlem. But the s……続きを見る