Kennedy - History 1

This comprehensive textbook synthesizes the latest research on Scotland from 1560 to 1745, exploring political, social, cultural, religious, and economic themes through sixteen accessible essays tha……続きを見る

For more than a century, textbooks, universities, encyclopedias, and institutions confidently declared that civilization began in Mesopotamia around 3500 BC. The story was simple and settled: primit……続きを見る

Before it was Oklahoma, it was the Territories. A place of forced migration, contested land, lawlessness, and survival. A place shaped as much by policy as by peopleーand just as often by forces no ……続きを見る

À l'occasion des 250 ans des États-Unis, Walter Isaacson nous emmène dans une plongée fascinante aux sources du « rêve américain », cette promesse d'égalité deschances et d'épanouissement pour tous ……続きを見る

Long before Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, computer technology shaped how people worked, how markets operated, and how businesses became big. After World War II, military officials and their partners……続きを見る

In the wake of the Civil War, Constance Fenimore Woolson became one of the first northern observers to linger in the defeated states from Virginia to Florida. Born in New Hampshire in 1840 and raise……続きを見る

When women are erased from history, what are we left with? Between 1912 and 1922, Ireland experienced sweeping social and political change, including the Easter Rising, World War I, the Irish Civil ……続きを見る

The History of Steam Navigation is a comprehensive and meticulously researched chronicle that traces the evolution and impact of steam-powered vessels from their earliest conceptual beginnings to th……続きを見る

This book presents an innovative theoretical framework for exploring the intellectual culture of ancient Greece in the period 450–350 BC. The bewildering questions and surprising opportunities posed……続きを見る

America's Fight for Freedom – 4 Classic Revolutionary Tales draws readers into the turbulent era of the American Revolution through a diverse array of literary styles encompassing drama, romance, an……続きを見る

Millions of Africans, Asians, and other peoples were the subjects of colonial rule by overseas empires through the mid-twentieth century. By the end of the century, however, nearly all of these peop……続きを見る

Since the doors of the first subway train opened in 1904, New Yorkers and tourists alike have been fascinated, amused, amazed, repelled and bewildered by the world-within-a-world that lies beneath t……続きを見る

An authoritative assessment of the early American republic through the lens of gender What does it mean to study early American history through gender? The essays in this collection, written by the ……続きを見る

'This history of the Waterhouse dynasty is a cut above the field of racing books that burst from the barriers this time of year' - Sydney Morning Herald Drama, glamour, scandal, success - and very h……続きを見る

Alfonso X 'the Learned' of Castile (1252-1284) was praised in his lifetime as a king who devoted himself to discovering all worldly and divine knowledge. He commissioned chronicles and law codes and……続きを見る

In 'The Classics of Egyptian Literature and Historical Sources' by E. A. Wallis Budge, readers are presented with a comprehensive collection of translated texts from ancient Egyptian literature and ……続きを見る

In 'President's Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to Trump (1789-2017),' readers are offered a profound glimpse into the evolving landscape of American rhetoric and political commitment. This anth……続きを見る

In this innovative analysis of German elementary education, Katharine Kennedy uses textbooks, curricula, and pedagogical texts to trace continuities and changes in the lessons taught in the elementa……続きを見る

Warren Commission Report is the result of the investigation regarding the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. The U.S. Congress passed Senate Joint Resolution 137 authorizing t……続きを見る

The eighteen essays in this volume explore Constance Fenimore Woolson’s prodigious range in period and genre as well as place, from the Great Lakes to the defeated South and across storied Europe to……続きを見る

The Great Irish Famine claimed the lives of one million people, mainly from the lower classes. More than a million others fled the stricken land between 1845 and 1851. In recent decades, its history……続きを見る

This volume tells the little-known story of the Dominican Familyーpriests, sisters, brothers, contemplative nuns, and lay peopleーand integrates it into the history of the United States. Starting af……続きを見る

The late-eighteenth-century 'age of revolutions' has long been identified as a key moment in the gendering of modern democratic politics, one which opened up new debates on the 'rights of women' whi……続きを見る

The Netherlands is known among foreigners today for its cheese and its windmills, its Golden Age paintings and its experimentation in social policies such as cannabis and euthanasia. Yet the histori……続きを見る

Joseph Alexander Altsheler's 'The French and Indian War: Complete Series' delves into the tumultuous conflict that shaped North American history. Through a meticulous blend of historical accuracy an……続きを見る

In 'The Greatest Works of Joseph Alexander Altsheler', readers are taken on a journey through the world of historical fiction, adventure, and romance. Altsheler's literary style is characterized by ……続きを見る

UNTIL VERY RECENTLY, Robert E. Lee was widely considered one of the greatest Americans, admired worldwide as a major and positive historical figure. That is certified by statements of at least five ……続きを見る

From a preeminent scholar of Islamic history, the authoritative history of caliphates from their beginnings in the 7th century to the modern day In Caliphate, Islamic historian Hugh Kennedy dissects……続きを見る

About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchi……続きを見る

This volume spans 1914–1939 to provide a concise interpretation of the role the United States played in the origins of the Second World War. It synthesizes recent scholarship about interwar internat……続きを見る