Nat. - 20th Century 1

An engrossing and encyclopedic narrative of the year in which the outcome of World War Two hung in the balance The year opened with the Axis powers inflicting a series of disasters on the newly form……続きを見る

Trophy films seized from the German film archive at the end of the Second World War were widely screened in Soviet cinemas. This monograph is the first dedicated study of these films, investigating ……続きを見る

During the Cold War, the CIA ran one of the most ambitious and disturbing programs in American intelligence history ー a two-decade effort to crack the code of the human mind. Agents dosed unsuspect……続きを見る

Der in zwei Bänden angelegte Roman erzählt von einer adeligen Gesellschaft, die sich von ihren strengen Regeln verabschiedet und sich einer Gesellschaftsschicht öffnet, deren Erfolg auf Begabung, In……続きを見る

Es ist ein wunderbarer Frühlingsmorgen, als Oberst von Welten mit seiner Nichte Lobelia und einem ortskundigen Führer in die Masulschlucht oberhalb von Meran wandern. Und doch nimmt dieser schöne Mo……続きを見る

Im zweiten Band über die Geschicke der Bewohner des kleinen, beschaulichen Dorfes Ellerndörp entwickelt die Geschichte um die junge Erika zwischen dem hart arbeitendem, früh verwaisten Dorfbewohner ……続きを見る

Hübsche, kurze und humorvolle, aber auch nachdenklich stimmende Erzählungen voller Gefühl und mit viel Sinn für besondere Stimmungen und Situationen: Rosen unterm Schnee. – Frühlings-Orakel. – Die g……続きを見る

History says the modern world was built by genius, industry, and the steady climb of human invention. This book opens with a darker possibility: the age of silicon, lasers, advanced materials, and h……続きを見る

"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here," declared Martin Luther King, Jr. He had come to that city of racist terror convinced that massive protest could topple Jim Crow. But the insurgency fa……続きを見る

Offers a panoramic view of New York City in the 1920s, uncovering hidden histories from within entertainment, politics, arts, technology, and the law. Hidden Histories of Jazz Age New York offers a ……続きを見る

Die NoPegida-Proteste organisierten sich vielerorts als Reaktion auf Pegida, die »Patriotischen Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes«. Wurde Pegida als Ausdruck von Ressentiments gegenüb……続きを見る

Pegida hat den politischen Diskurs verändert – soviel steht vier Jahre nach Beginn der Proteste fest. Doch die Deutungen zu den Ursachen und Folgen der »Patriotischen Europäer gegen die Islamisierun……続きを見る

**A sophisticated look at Pakistanーone of the most overlooked, yet vastly consequential, countries of modern times “Lieven’s eye for detail, command of subcontinental history and old-fashioned shoe……続きを見る

The panoramic story of the 1980s, exploring the triumphs and failures of the decade that shaped the 21st century more than any other, from a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter who witnessed the transfo……続きを見る

International Conference Held at Washington for the Purpose of Fixing a Prime Meridian and a Universal Day. October, 1884. Protocols of the Proceedings is a comprehensive historical record documenti……続きを見る

Return-Loads Bureaus to Save Waste in Transportation is a comprehensive treatise authored by the Committee on Elimination of Waste in Transportation of the Federated American Engineering Societies. ……続きを見る

Return Loads' to Increase Transport Resources by Avoiding Waste of Empty Vehicle Running is a comprehensive treatise focused on the optimization of transport logistics, particularly within the conte……続きを見る

A charged biography of a notorious Nazi art plunderer and his career in the postwar art world'Ć'Äπ "[Petropoulos] brings Lohse into sharper focus, as a personality and axis point from which to expl……続きを見る

The P-47 Thunderbolt, originally designed as a high-altitude interceptor, became the principal US fighter–bomber of World War II. First adapted to the ground attack role by units of the Twelfth Air ……続きを見る

Creating and Governing Cultural Heritage in the European Union: The European Heritage Label provides an interdisciplinary examination of the ways in which European cultural heritage is created, comm……続きを見る

In 1979, Jonathan Dimbleby wrote a seminal book on the plight of the Palestinian people from the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 onwards. It chronicled their struggles and their dreams of a ……続きを見る

Since 1997, FORUM is an integral part of the journal landscape of European Studies. In addition to facts of contemporary history, it offers deep insights into the history of ideas, reflects current ……続きを見る

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is arguably the most important written document of the civil rights protest era and a widely read modern literary classic. Personally addressed……続きを見る

For most historians, the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw the hostilities of the Civil War and the dashed hopes of Reconstruction give way to the nationalizing forces of cultural re……続きを見る

Gerade wegen der Abkühlung des sowjetisch-amerikanischen Verhältnisses entwickelten sich die Beziehungen zwischen ost- und westdeutschen Instituten für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik in den 1970er un……続きを見る

Since the discovery of abundant oil resources in the 1920s, Venezuela has had an economically privileged position among the nations of Latin America, which has led to its being treated by economic a……続きを見る

Pacific Colony, a Southern California institution established to care for the “feebleminded,” justified the incarceration, sterilization, and forced mutilation of some of the most vulnerable members……続きを見る

The twin crises of immigration and mass migration brought new urgency to the balance of power between progressive, humanitarian groups and their populist opponents. In the United States and many Eur……続きを見る

Voici l'histoire d'un exploit. Comment, dans la France des années 70, un ministre en exercice du gouvernement français a été liquidé, à l'issue d'un règlement de comptes dans son propre camp politiq……続きを見る

Il volume racconta quasi ottant’anni di vita della sinistra nell’Italia repubblicana illustrando le radici politico-ideologiche e i complessi sviluppi dei movimenti e dei partiti che hanno cercato d……続きを見る