Meg - History 3

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Chi Omega Chapter of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, is proud to dedicate this history book to Anna Easter Brown, a founding member of the sorority and charter……続きを見る

Originally published in 1987. In this volume, the author unearths the rich sources for the study of colonial history provided by the myriad periodical publications which flourished in the early and ……続きを見る

This book studies the way in which the top leadership in the Soviet Union changed over time from 1917 until the collapse of the country in 1991. Its principal focus is the tension between individual……続きを見る

Streghe, spiritelli, ma anche licantropi, malocchi e templari in un intreccio tra mito, leggenda metropolitana, folklore antico e moderno che partendo da Gaeta e attraverso il basso Lazio raggiunge ……続きを見る

Aigues-Mortes, 17 agosto 1893. La folla inferocita, aizzata ad arte, attacca gli italiani recatisi a svolgere l’infame lavoro estivo nelle locali saline. Dieci operai italiani vengono linciati, cent……続きを見る

Founded in 1824, Ann Arbor got its name originally from Annsarbour in honor of the founders' wives, both of whom were named Ann. The Tree City boasts more than 50,000 trees and is home to the main c……続きを見る

The public relations industry is undergoing a revolution in using data to define promotional programs, to measure influence and to address the needs of clients with more precision than ever. Applyin……続きを見る

Winner of the George Perkins Marsh Prize Winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Prize Winner of the W. Turrentine Jackson Award Winner of the British Association of American Studies Prize “Extraordinary…De……続きを見る

July 1st 1867 is celebrated as Canada's Confederation - the date that Canada became a country. But 1867 was only the beginning. As the country grew from a small dominion to a vast federation encompa……続きを見る

Common military education was the lifeblood of the armies, navies, and air forces of the British Empire. It permeated every aspect of the profession of arms and was an essential ingredient for succe……続きを見る

From the turn of the twentieth century through the late 1950s, Havana was a locus for American movie stars, with glamorous visitors including Errol Flynn, John Wayne, and Marlon Brando. In fact, Hol……続きを見る

'A wonderful introduction to history's most influential scribblers' – Steven Pinker What is truly at stake in politics? Nothing less than how we should live, as individuals and as communities. This ……続きを見る

Essa coletânea pretende comemorar a longevidade do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História Social da UFRJ, que em 2012 completou 30 anos de existência, e destacar seu papel na constante renovação e di……続きを見る

Além das formas acadêmicas mais consolidadas sobre o estudo histórico do corpo, este livro pretende focalizar o "corpo" na história não somente como a "coisa" ou a "realidade" biológica de um sujeit……続きを見る

Sexual violence has been a regular feature of communal conflict in India since independence in 1947. The Partition riots, which saw the brutal victimization of thousands of Hindu, Muslim and Sikh wo……続きを見る

Publicado em 1920, 18 anos depois de Os sertões, de Euclides da Cunha, oferece uma fascinante visão dos diversos episódios que envolvem o beato Antônio Conselheiro, uma das figuras mais controversas……続きを見る

In the years following World War I, women activists in the United States and Europe saw themselves as leaders of a globalizing movement to promote women's rights and international peace. In hopes of……続きを見る

Building upon the work of late twentieth-century scholars in the field of feminist studies, Megan Taylor Shockley provides an in-depth look at feminism in the modern U.S. South. Shockley challenges ……続きを見る

In mid-1943 James Megellas, known as “Maggie” to his fellow paratroopers, joined the 82d Airborne Division, his new “home” for the duration. His first taste of combat was in the rugged mountains out……続きを見る

During the Civil War, cities, houses, forests, and soldiers’ bodies were transformed into “dead heaps of ruins,” novel sights in the southern landscape. How did this happen, and why? And what did Am……続きを見る

This second of two volumes continues the exploration of the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. Seventeen essays written by established and emerging ……続きを見る

Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly te……続きを見る

The Blue, the Gray, and the Green is one of only a handful of books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War. This book explores how natureーdisease, climate, flora and fauna, and……続きを見る

At a time when women were barred from clerical roles, middle-class women made use of the informal power structures of Victorian and Edwardian associationalism in order to actively participate as cit……続きを見る

Plusieurs croient que le 1er juillet 1867 représente la date de la Confédération canadienne, le jour de la création du nouveau pays. Mais le processus ne faisait que s'amorcer en 1867. Du petit domi……続きを見る

During the last nineteen centuries, Christianity has been often assailed, and has successfully resisted every attack. Of these attacks, some have been more violent, but none more serious than that o……続きを見る

Discover a calmer way of life with secrets drawn from cultures around the world. The Serenity Passport is a joyful exploration of the different ways in which we relax and rejuvenate with practical l……続きを見る

Kenya supplies more than 35 percent of the fresh-cut roses and other flowers sold annually in the European Union. This industryーwhich employs at least 90,000 workers, most of whom are womenーis luc……続きを見る

Rituals and Sisterhoods reveals the previously under-studied world of plebeian single women and single-female-headed households in colonial Mexican urban centers. Focusing on the lower echelons of s……続きを見る

Facing danger, despair, back breaking work and heart breaking loss and loneliness, the women who forged a new life in New Zealand in colonial times have never been celebrated, and their stories, wit……続きを見る