Ru - History 80

This updated edition of Witness, which includes a new Afterword with an address by Steven Spielberg, commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the liberation of Europe from th……続きを見る

This is a true story of discovery and discoverers in what was the northern frontier region of Mexico in the years before the Mexican War. In 1826, when the story begins, the region was claimed by bo……続きを見る

Although it never had a plantation-based economy, the Río de la Plata region, comprising present-day Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, has a long but neglected history of slave trading and slavery. ……続きを見る

**The Instant New York Times Besteller National Bestseller "[The] authors’ finest work to date." ー**Wall Street Journal The explosive true saga of the legendary figure Daniel Boone and the bloody s……続きを見る

The years intervening since the abolition of American slavery leave a majority of our people ignorant of its workings, and of matters connected with it, except as they are gleaned from the pages of ……続きを見る

Una corsa a perdifiato a colpi di dollari, sondaggi, endorsement, alla conquista della Casa Bianca. Un ex Vice Presidente, un socialista ebreo, un miliardario newyorkese, una ex professoressa di Har……続きを見る

This book tells the fascinating story of Roman Britain, beginning with the late pre-Roman Iron Age and ending with the province's independence from Roman rule in AD 409. Incorporating for the first ……続きを見る

Taking an inter-disciplinary approach, Spruyt explains the political organization of three non-European international societies from early modernity to the late nineteenth century. The Ottoman, Safa……続きを見る

Dans son ouvrage intitulé "Nouvelle relation de l'itinéraire de Napoléon, de Fontainebleau à l'Île d'Elbe", Friedrich Ludwig Truchsess de Waldburg offre une analyse approfondie du voyage de Napoléon……続きを見る

The Social Context of Technology explores non-ferrous metalworking in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze and Iron Ages (c. 2500 BC to 1st century AD). Bronze-working dominates the evidence, thoug……続きを見る

De Verenigde Staten van Europa. Het idee bestaat al eeuwen; generaties hebben ervoor en ertegen gestreden, maar het blijft onverminderd actueel. `Europa. Best belangrijk. Kunnen we nog zonder, of mo……続きを見る

In 1939 trouwden Barend Boers en Mimi Dwinger. Het feest kreeg een zeer donkere rand, want behalve het bruidspaar zou bijna niemand van de aanwezigen de oorlog overleven. In dit boek komen zij opnie……続きを見る

Een goede opleiding is cruciaal, maar voor de meeste jongeren niet te betalen. De afgelopen twee eeuwen heeft niet alleen de overheid, maar hebben ook burgers allerlei oplossingen voor dit probleem ……続きを見る

This award-winning book provides a unique window on how America began to intervene in world affairs. In exploring what might be called the prehistory of Dollar Diplomacy, Cyrus Veeser brings togethe……続きを見る

Haruo Shirane's critically acclaimed Traditional Japanese Literature: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600, contains key examples of both high and low styles of poetry, drama, prose fiction, and essays.……続きを見る

Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals……続きを見る

Culture of Encounters documents the fascinating exchange between the Persian-speaking Islamic elite of the Mughal Empire and traditional Sanskrit scholars, which engendered a dynamic idea of Mughal ……続きを見る

A major work on the history and culture of Southwest Indians, The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southwest tells a remarkable story of cultural continuity in the face of migration, displa……続きを見る

The Tales of the Heike is one of the most influential works in Japanese literature and culture, remaining even today a crucial source for fiction, drama, and popular media. Originally written in the……続きを見る

Historians go to great lengths to avoid confronting discontinuity, searching for explanations as to why such events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and the introdu……続きを見る

While America is not alone in its ambivalence toward sex and its depictions, the preferences of the nation swing sharply between toleration and censure. This pattern has grown even more pronounced s……続きを見る

By revisiting the past hundred years of shared Palestinian and Jewish-Israeli history, Baruch Kimmerling reveals surprising relations of influence between a stateless indigenous society and the sett……続きを見る

Obra que pretende mostrar a grandes rasgos el papel que desempeñó la conjugación de las variables que constituyen el gobierno, la sociedad y su cultura, la economía, la tecnología y los vínculos con……続きを見る

Compilación que reúne cuatro ensayos que analizan desde distintos enfoques (económico, político, social y cultural), los procesos y acontecimientos más importantes que tuvieron lugar en el año de 19……続きを見る

Het afgelopen parlementaire jaar was voor de Eerste Kamer zowel een verkiezings- als jubileumjaar. In haar tweehonderdjarige bestaan heeft de Eerste Kamer zelden meer van zich doen spreken dan de af……続きを見る

Dominar "las cuatro partes del mundo" siempre fue la ambición de la monarquía católica. En los albores de los tiempos modernos los nuevos amos del planeta transformaron no sólo los modos de vida, la……続きを見る

An original methodological framework for approaching the archived web, both as a source and as an object of study in its own right. As life continues to move online, the web becomes increasingly imp……続きを見る

Serge Gruzinski nos ofrece un logrado trabajo de inmersión en algunas de las más relevantes expresiones del sincretismo cultural, con el propósito de trazar la naturaleza de este complejo imaginario……続きを見る

Para ordenar la historia de la gran megalópolis en que se ha convertido la ciudad de México, el autor ha elegido el camino inverso al que tradicionalmente adopta el historiador: en lugar de partir d……続きを見る

North Korea has posed a threat to stability in Northeast Asia for decades. Since Kim Jong-un assumed power, this threat has both increased and broadened. Since 2011, the small, isolated nation has d……続きを見る