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In Old Regime France credit was both a central part of economic exchange and a crucial concept for explaining dynamics of influence and power in all spheres of life. Contemporaries used the term cre……続きを見る

Critics warn that corporate leaders have too much influence over American politics. Mark Mizruchi worries they exert too little. American CEOs have abdicated their civic responsibilities in helping ……続きを見る

In his day, Jack Johnsonーborn in Texas, the son of former slavesーwas the most famous black man on the planet. As the first African American World Heavyweight Champion (1908–1915), he publicly chal……続きを見る

Nos remontamos a los antiguos tiempos, en los que dioses, monstruos y héroes convivían con los hombres entre el hielo, el fuego, los festines y las batallas, y cuyos acontecimientos han quedado reco……続きを見る

Este libro incluye el texto íntegro del Popol Vuh, así como una extensa introducción y comentarios al final de cada capítulo que tienen como objetivo principal la interpretación de los aspectos simb……続きを見る

It is difficult for an inhabitant of our temperate land to realize either the sudden and violent contrasts of the arctic seasons or the wonderful uniformity of the equatorial climate. The lengthenin……続きを見る

Encompassing 27 square miles, Dallas/Fort Worth International is one of the world�s largest and busiest airports, accommodating more than 150,000 passengers each day. The 1974 opening of �D/FW� was ……続きを見る

In the critical period when Islamic law first developed, a new breed of jurists developed a genre of legal theory treatises to explore how the fundamental moral teachings of Islam might operate as a……続きを見る

A book all Americans should read, Slave Nation reveals the key role racism played in the American Revolutionary War, so we can see our past more clearly and build a better future. In 1772, the High ……続きを見る

Essay aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Nationalsozialismus, II. Weltkrieg, Note: 2,3, Universität Potsdam, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Noch immer wird nicht nur in ……続きを見る

"A magnificent book. . . . Bruce Lancaster's text is terse, rapid, lucid, and dramatic . . . filled with the color and excitement of a grim and bloody war." The New York Times. The American Heritage……続きを見る

Between the Civil War and the Great Depression, twin revolutions swept through American business and government. In business, large corporations came to dominate entire sectors and markets. In gover……続きを見る

Compendio de la historia de Irlanda desde la antigüedad hasta el siglo XXI. Este libro es ideal para lectores interesados en informarse de manera general o que deseen complementar sus conocimientos ……続きを見る

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Profundo estudio sobre la presencia de la música arábigo-andaluza en el cante flamenco tanto en aspectos melódicos como en el uso de instrumentos. Más de cien fotografías y grabados antiguos ilustra……続きを見る

This book examines the ascendancy of a minor nineteenth-century Tibetan chieftain Gönpo Namgyel who hailed from Eastern Kham, a frontier region situated between the power centers of Central Tibet an……続きを見る

For several decades, interest in the British Romantics’ theorizations and representations of the world beyond their national borders has been guided by postcolonial and, more recently, transatlantic……続きを見る

This is a definitive new account of Britain's economic evolution from a backwater of Europe in 1270 to the hub of the global economy in 1870. A team of leading economic historians reconstruct Britai……続きを見る

Although the United States plays a leading role in the development of technology, particularly that used by militaries around the world, the U.S. military nonetheless continues to find itself strugg……続きを見る

This engrossing anthology assembles classic New Yorker pieces from a complex era enshrined in the popular imagination as the decade of poodle skirts and Cold War paranoiaーfeaturing contributions fr……続きを見る

A New York Times Bestseller! John Flammang Schrankーa lonely Manhattan saloonkeeperーwas obsessed with the 1912 presidential election and Theodore Roosevelt. The ex-president’s extremism and third-t……続きを見る

It has long been argued that the Allies did little or nothing to rescue Europe's Jews. Arguing that this has been consistently misinterpreted, The Myth of Rescue states that few Jews who perished co……続きを見る

This book represents a much-needed reappraisal of Germany between the wars, examining the political, social and economic aims of the new republic, their failure and how they led to Nazism and eventu……続きを見る

Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, Ruth Rogaski reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the ninetee……続きを見る

In 1967, John Strunk is a newly minted 19 year old Marine with a 10th grade education, little self-esteem and no particular understanding of what he is doing in Vietnam. His memoir is an unvarnished……続きを見る

The United States Marine Corps is one of the most famous military units in the world. The Marine Corps: Three Centuries of Glory tells the story behind one of the most famous military units in the w……続きを見る

It Happened in Arizona features thirty-six episodes from Arizona’s historyーfrom the thirteenth-century creation of the Hohokam’s irrigation canals to the incredible building of the Hoover Dam in th……続きを見る

Fantasy sport has become big business. Recent estimates suggest that there as many as 33 million fantasy sport participants in the US alone, spending $3bn annually, with many millions more around th……続きを見る

Verdi's operas - composed between 1839 and 1893 - portray a striking diversity of female protagonists: warrior women and peacemakers, virgins and courtesans, princesses and slaves, witches and gypsi……続きを見る

The Victorian era produced many famous writers and poets, including Dickens, Thackeray, H.G. Wells and Tennyson. Magazines like The Strand launched famous creations such as Conan Doyles Sherlock Hol……続きを見る