著者:MK Raghavendra
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2025年09月17日
This book analyzes the representations of the subjects of Hindi cinema as a way of gaining insights into the hegemony of the upper-caste Hindu male in narratives of nationhood.
Given that Hindi cine……続きを見る
From the Oghuz Tribes to the Abolition of the Caliphate: The Story of the Ottomans
〓 Ten days that shaped centuries. One empire that ruled three continents. This is not just a bookーit's the epic s……続きを見る
This open access Palgrave Pivot explores four major aspects of globalization: foreign trade, capital and information flows, and the movement of people. The book examines how the state socialist coun……続きを見る
著者:MK Raghavendra
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2025年02月11日
The book is the first ever attempt to examine various sociocultural aspects of contemporary India, ranging from caste and hierarchy and the religious or political conflict resulting from it to liter……続きを見る
My Experiments with Truth' recounts Gandhiji's journey from being Mohandas to becoming the Mahatma and also recollects the various incidents that lead him to develop the ideology of Ahimsa. Starting……続きを見る
The Battle of Tsushima was the most decisive naval engagement in the century that elapsed since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Although these two battles are often compared, the Battle of Tsushima……続きを見る
著者:Adam Kirsch
出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
発売日: 2016年10月04日
An accessible introduction to the classics of Jewish literature, from the Bible to modern times, by "one of America’s finest literary critics" (Wall Street Journal).
Jews have long embraced their id……続きを見る
When it comes to thinking about war and warriors, first there was Achilles, and then the rest followed. The choice of the term warrior is an important one for this discussion. While there has been e……続きを見る
著者:Tim Kane
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2021年12月21日
An insightful, persuasive, and honest defense of immigration as central to the United States' economic power and national security. America was built by immigrants, yet there has long been strong po……続きを見る
著者:David Fromkin
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2007年12月18日
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some……続きを見る
Among the greatest intellectual heroes of modern times, Raphael Lemkin lived an extraordinary life of struggle and hardship, yet altered international law and redefined the world’s understanding of ……続きを見る
The cult of the Christ Child flourished in late medieval Europe across lay and religious, as well as geographic and cultural boundaries. Depictions of Christ's boyhood are found throughout popular c……続きを見る
著者:MK Raghavendra
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2021年07月16日
This volume examines the idea of India as it emerges in the writing of its anglophone elite, post-2000. Drawing on a variety of genres, including fiction, histories, non-fiction assessments – econom……続きを見る
著者:Allan Temko
出版社: New Word City, Inc.
発売日: 2017年03月22日
An Imperial colony on America's West Coast was Russia's aim. But, Pulitzer-Prize winner Allan Temko writes in this essay, the stakes were higher than they realized.
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This volume encompasses a wide range of empirical research on a variety of topics that are related by their focus on the importance of attitudes, culture, and perceptions. The significance of public……続きを見る
著者:Abraham Kaplan
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2017年08月16日
The greatest accomplishment of Western civilization is arguably the achievement of individual liberty through limits on the power of the state. In the war-torn twentieth century, we rarely hear that……続きを見る
Montgomery and Berks Counties have been central to the car industry for decades, employing residents of the cities and surrounding small towns. Pottstown first came to be known as the cruising capit……続きを見る
著者:Adam Krakowski
出版社: The History Press
発売日: 2016年05月16日
Vermont became the nation's second dry state in 1853. But some locals refused to comply, and inept law enforcement led to ineffective consequences. What was intended to increase wholesomeness forced……続きを見る
As the US Navy recovered from the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the aircraft carrier earned a place alongside the battleship, and the Navy grew its air force. Pilots were needed as fast as Ame……続きを見る
For military cartoonists the absurdity of war inspires a laugh-or-cry response and provides an endless source of un-funny amusement. Cartoons by hundreds of artists-at-arms from more than a dozen co……続きを見る
Widely regarded as one of the greatest television series of all time, The Sopranos is also considered one of the most significant achievements in contemporary American culture. IThe series spearhead……続きを見る
Forging Southeastern Identities explores the many ways archaeologists and ethnohistorians define and trace the origins of Native Americans’ collective social identity.
Forging Southeastern Identitie……続きを見る
Nicknamed the International Express, the New York City Transit Authority 7 subway line runs through a highly diverse series of ethnic and immigrant neighborhoods in Queens. People from Andean South ……続きを見る
The South Brunswick Islands--Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Sunset Beach--are man-made barrier islands formed when the North Carolina section of the Intracoastal Waterway was constructed betwee……続きを見る
Oakdale Cotton Mills, in continuous operation in rural Jamestown since 1865, began as Logan Manufacturing Company immediately after the Civil War. Its primary backer, Cyrus P. Mendenhall, was a desc……続きを見る
In this book, Catherine M. Keesling lends new insight into the origins of civic honorific portraits that emerged at the end of the fifth century BC in ancient Greece. Surveying the subjects, motives……続きを見る
The war in Afghanistan is over, but the memories will live as long as its veterans. This is their story.
'Riveting. Evocative. Spine Chilling. Taste the bullets and the fear. Kiley writes like a dre……続きを見る
The last two decades have seen a slow but steady increase in nuclear armed states, and in the seemingly less constrained policy goals of some of the newer "rogue" states in the international system.……続きを見る
The twentieth century, perhaps more than any other, was shaped by war and conflict. In particular, the two world wars have had a profound influence on the development of world history, especially in……続きを見る
The US National Library of Medicine, on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, has been a center of information innovation since its beginnings in the early 19th cent……続きを見る