Sako - History 1

The familiar shape of western cities is changing dramatically. For long times the urban core was taken for granted as the focal point for international contacts and day-to-day activities in the regi……続きを見る

First published in 2006. A stimulating new analysis of the dramatic systemic changes of the Russian state, principles of the governance and its foreign policy orientation. It reviews the extent of c……続きを見る

Stories of war and conflict form the backbone of much of the Western literary canon, portraying a certain image of heroism, stoicism, and survival in the face of violence. War and Imagination challe……続きを見る

LA HAINE DE L’OCCIDENT Hier, modèle ; aujourd’hui, repoussoir. L’Occident est le perdant du nouvel ordre international, qui s’organise. Son influence s’amenuise, ses valeurs sont défiées, son passé ……続きを見る

Theater of the Void explores contemporary German theater in the aftermath of the technology of the atomic bomb. Informed by threats of total annihilationーwhether through nuclear technology or, more……続きを見る

The first in-depth study of racial integration at West Point after the Civil War Race, Politics, and Reconstruction tells the story of racial integration at the United States Military Academy after ……続きを見る

The Age of Youth tackles the complicated relationship between youth, national security, and education from World War I to World War II. It reveals how the United States created a time-specific polit……続きを見る

Le courage et la clairvoyance : à ces deux vertus, la Revue Des Deux Mondes consacre son numéro de mars 2023, à la faveur d’abord, d’un entretien exclusif de l’écrivain algérien, Boualem Sansal, acc……続きを見る

Friendly Connections: Philadelphia Quakers and Japan since the Late Nineteenth Century discloses the history of relations among members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, of Philadelph……続きを見る

A l'occasion de la panthéonisation, le 21 février 2024, de Missak et Mélinée Manouchian, la première biographie croisée de ce couple de héros, symbole d'une population immigrée engagée dans la Résis……続きを見る

Die zeithistorische Auseinandersetzung mit Antisemitismus und Rassismus hat auch in Deutschland eine bis in die Nachkriegszeit zurückreichende, lange sehr randständige, dann zunehmend gewichtigere T……続きを見る

For more than five hundred years the life and work of John of Damascus (c. 655-c.745) have been the subject of a very extensive literature, scholarly and popular, in which it is often difficult to g……続きを見る

Sujuvasti kerrottu tositarina suomalaispojan ajasta saksalaisten keskitysleirillä. Aarne Kovala selvisi hengissä pakoyrityksistä, kuolemanmarssista ja aivan sodan loppuhetkien pommituksista. Järkytt……続きを見る

Miten koirilla tehdään bisnestä ja kuka käärii rahat? Suomessa on noin 800 000 koiraa - enemmän kuin koskaan aiemmin - ja koira-alan liikevaihto liikkuu jo sadoissa miljoonissa. Kasvattaako suosio j……続きを見る

Always in the shadow of their more famous urban neighbors, small towns are consistently overlooked in historical research, especially in Europe. This book investigates the ramifications of that tend……続きを見る

Originally published in 1932, Sakolski's book is the first general history of land speculation in the American colonies and the United States. It begins with the Pre-Revolutionary War Ohio Companies……続きを見る

Vidas que se entrecruzan bajo el peso de más de cien años de historia de Japón. La Historia ha dejado una impronta indeleble en la familia que protagoniza esta saga: sus vidas accidentadas recorren ……続きを見る

The essays in this collection make up the first study of “dropping out” of late state socialism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. From Leningrad intellectuals and Berlin squatters to Bosnian M……続きを見る

As a result of the Aigun (1858) and Beijing Treaties (1860) Russia had become a participant in international relations of Northeast Asia, but historiography has underestimated the presence of Russia……続きを見る

In the mountains of the Northern Pakistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan School and schooling are both symbolic of wider ranging cultural and political battles over morals, modernity, development, gend……続きを見る

Empathy and the Historical Understanding of the Human Past is a comprehensive consideration of the role of empathy in historical knowledge, informed by the literature on empathy in fields including ……続きを見る

In the early twentieth century, public health reformers approached the task of ameliorating unsanitary conditions and preventing epidemic diseases with optimism. Using exhibits, they believed they c……続きを見る

Argues for an important transformation in the construction of the self among Japanese converts to Roman Catholicism. In many parts of the world, the Roman Catholic Church in the twenty-first century……続きを見る

An eyewitness and harrowing account of the brutal life in a Soviet labour camp. An unwavering determination to survive against the odds. The heroic sacrifice and bravery of the Polish Resistance and……続きを見る

A stimulating new analysis of the dramatic systemic changes of the Russian state, principles of the governance and its foreign policy orientation. It reviews the extent of changes in Russian approac……続きを見る

In his "Memoirs of my musical life" the following passage occurs: "I had planned to devote all my energies to the compilation of a full treatise on orchestration. To this end I made several rough co……続きを見る

PUBLIC HISTORY PROVIDES A BACKGROUND IN THE HISTORY, PRINCIPLES, AND PRACTICES OF THE FIELD OF PUBLIC HISTORY Public History: An Introduction from Theory to Application is the first text of its kind……続きを見る

This edited volume presents the latest multidisciplinary research that delves into developments related to contemporary Okinawa (a.k.a Ryukyu Islands), and also engages with contemporary debates on ……続きを見る

African Sacred Spaces: Culture, History, and Change is a collection of carefully and analytically written essays on different aspects of African sacred spaces. The interaction between the past and p……続きを見る

This volume reflects on what happens when the idea and practice of universal human rights cross the cultural borders between different communities of knowledge. Although such rights are usually pres……続きを見る