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This book rethinks the characterization of two highly contrastive forms of ancient literary tradition - epic and novel - and re-frames their function as dynamic points of reference in the history of……続きを見る

Professor Alice Roberts travels two thousand miles by train in search of a greater understanding of the Roman Empire for Channel 4's popular TV series The Roman Empire by Train with Alice Roberts. T……続きを見る

An illuminating and comprehensive interrogation of the impacts of corruption on state structures and institutions in Africa from two expert African scholars. Focusing on a variety of institutions an……続きを見る

The various words for “divorce” in Japaneseー*rien, enkiri, fūfu wakare, rikonー*reflect how the socially constructed institutions of marriage and family, along with their dissolutions, have been un……続きを見る

An inspiring call to action that links today's climate crisis to Earth's evolution throughout history. Our Time is a true story. Alasdair Skelton takes readers through time, from the formation of th……続きを見る

Die Oktoberrevolution 1917 in Russland war nicht das Ergebnis eines Putschs einer hochdisziplinierten und autoritär geführten Partei, wie es viele Jahrzehnte in der Geschichtswissenschaft dargestell……続きを見る

Die Oktoberrevolution 1917 in Russland prägte nicht nur die Geschichte Europas, sondern veränderte die ganze Welt. Das erste Jahr der Herrschaft der Bolschewiki ist Gegenstand der umfangreichen Unte……続きを見る

The Ottoman Empire's vast bureaucracy was not solely the domain of Muslim officials. Empire of Officials uncovers the overlooked role of Christians and Jews in the imperial administration, revealing……続きを見る

This book presents a cultural history of Latin America as seen through a symbolic good and a practice – the book, and the act of publication – two elements that have had an irrefutable power in shap……続きを見る

A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 1700-1918 proposes a new language for studying and conceptualizing the spaces, societies, and institutions that existed on the territory of today's Northe……続きを見る

The Mau-Mau uprising (1952-60) remains a controversial conflict, waged by warriors about whom many myths have been formed, but little truth has been written. Condemned by history as a brutal rag-tag……続きを見る

Between 2007 and 2011, the Belgian School at Athens undertook excavations on the Kefali or Buff o hill, east of the village of Sissi, on the north coast of Crete, only a few kilometres east of Malia……続きを見る

Since 2004, the violent conflict between Thai Buddhists and Malay Muslims has caused more than 7,500 deaths and 13,000 injuries in the southern border provinces of Thailand. This will be the first c……続きを見る

In Shaken Authority**, Christian P. Sorace examines the political mechanisms at work in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and the broader ideological energies that drove them.** Sorace ta……続きを見る

In Practicing Democracy, eleven historians challenge conventional narratives of democratization in the early United States, offering new perspectives on the period between the ratification of the Co……続きを見る

Bordeaux, années 1980. Un couple émigré en France de Trás-os-Montes reçoit une offre qu'il ne peut refuser ! Retourner dans à son pays d’origine ! Le Portugal. José, le fils aîné, divisé entre deux ……続きを見る

**Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography A double portrait of two of America’s most influential writers that reveals the surprising connections between themーand their unca……続きを見る

*** Winner of the2019 Flaiano Prize in the category Italian Studies *** In Fellini's Eternal Rome, Alessandro Carrera explores the co-existence and conflict of paganism and Christianity in the works……続きを見る

The deportation of 1,755 Jews from the islands of Rhodes and Cos in July 1944, shortly after the last deportation from Hungary, was the last transport to leave Greece for Auschwitz and brought to a ……続きを見る

History has never been as present in our daily lives as it is today. Through any number of media outlets, tens of millions of people are in daily contact with historical discourses and practices. Be……続きを見る

How chartered company-states spearheaded European expansion and helped create the world’s first genuinely global order From Spanish conquistadors to British colonialists, the prevailing story of Eur……続きを見る

The emergence of modernity has typically focused on Western male actors and privileged politics and economy over culture. The contributors to this volume successfully unsettle such perspectives by e……続きを見る

This book is about the human mind in ancient philosophy, with a focus on sense perception, a subject that Richard Sorabji has previously treated more in articles than in books. But it finishes with ……続きを見る

A panoramic history of the arrival of the Stuarts, and how the reign of King James I saw England reach new corners of the globe **'**A majestic, brilliant account of the birth of an empire. Spectacu……続きを見る

“We are a much-lectured people,” wrote Robert Spence Watson in 1897. Beginning at mid-century, cities and towns across England used the popular lecture for purposes ranging from serious education t……続きを見る

Now in compact e-guide form, t****his volume provides a comprehensive guide to three major theatres of combat; the battles for the Atlantic, the war in the Mediterranean and the contest in the India……続きを見る

A concise overview of the Hundred Years War, the longest-running and the most significant conflict in western Europe in the later Middle Ages. There can be no doubt that military conflict between Fr……続きを見る

The Gulf War of 1991 heralded a new type of warfare that was characterised by astonishing speed and high technology with remarkably low numbers of casualties amongst the coalition forces. Just under……続きを見る

An illustrated overview of the Hundred Years War, the longest-running and the most significant conflict in western Europe in the later Middle Ages. There can be no doubt that military conflict betwe……続きを見る

Bringing together the work of nine leading historians, and superbly illustrated with contemporary photography and colour maps, The Second World War gives readers a comprehensive understanding of all……続きを見る