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There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's Very Short I……続きを見る

Many people think of history as merely "the past"ーor at most, information about the past. But the real work of a historian is to listen to the voices of those who have gone before and humbly rememb……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "EDWARD GIBBON Premium Collection: Historiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Edward Gi……続きを見る

New History is a historical narrative by Zosimus. The author was a Greek historian known for condemning Constantine's rejection of the traditional polytheistic religion. 続きを見る

This "courageous and thought-provoking book" examines how the Holocaust came to hold its unique place in American memory ( Foreign Affairs). Prize–winning historian Peter Novick explores in absorbin……続きを見る

This Element analyses the autobiographies of historians from a global perspective and looks at all eras, from antiquity to the present day. It includes twenty autobiographies: Caesar's and Lucian of……続きを見る

The authorised life story of the king who gave up his throne for love, by one of our most distinguished biographers. In this masterly authorized biography, Philip Ziegler reveals the complex persona……続きを見る

A fresh translation of The New Science, with detailed footnotes that will help both the scholar and the new reader navigate Vico’s masterpiece†‹ The New Science is the major work of Italian philosop……続きを見る

Exploring the developments that have occurred in the practice of oral history since digital audio and video became viable, this book explores various groundbreaking projects in the history of digita……続きを見る

Death and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving ……続きを見る

　　《反思史学与史学反思》是著名历史人类学家王明珂的新作，其内容是《华夏边缘》《羌在汉藏之间》《英雄祖先与弟兄民族》《游牧者的抉择》等著作的知识论基础。作者通过人类生态、本相／表相、认同／记忆、文本……続きを見る

**An award-winning Cambridge history professor “makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve” (The Wall Street Journal)ーthat the West is, and always has been, truly global. “Those a……続きを見る

This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history.It answers the ‘why,’ ‘how,’ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader thro……続きを見る

This sixth and final volume in John Pocock's acclaimed sequence of works on Barbarism and Religion examines Volumes II and III of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, carrying Gibbo……続きを見る

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families • From the author of The Romanovs A ……続きを見る

余英時先生史學研究縱横三千年 每部作品都為史學界設定了新的議題，立下了新的標竿 也為中國歷史開拓出廣闊而精彩的視野 余英時先生一生勤於著述，出版書目超過六十部，論文多達四百餘篇，篇篇擲地有聲。在長達七……続きを見る

For the past ten years, Nancy MacKay’s Curating Oral Histories (2006) has been the one-stop shop for librarians, curators, program administrators, and project managers who are involved in turning an……続きを見る

First published in 1957, this essential classic work bridged the gap between analytical and theoretical biology, thus setting the insights of the former in a context which more sensitively reflects ……続きを見る

La Bruyère a travaillé pendant dix-sept ans avant de publier ce recueil de 420 « remarques », sous forme de maximes, de réflexions et de portraits, présenté comme une simple continuation des Caractè……続きを見る

It is the aim of this volume to investigate how academic practices of Memory Studies are being applied, adapted, and transformed in the countries of East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. ……続きを見る

This collection of essays offers new perspectives from Japan on Nobel Prize–winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. It analyses the Japanese-born British author from the vantage point of his birthplace, show……続きを見る

In the 1940s and 1950s, hundreds of art documentaries were produced, many of them being highly personal, poetic, reflexive and experimental films that offer a thrilling cinematic experience. With th……続きを見る

This edition does not include illustrations. Acclaimed science writer Heather Pringle uncovers the true story of the scientists and archaeologists Heinrich Himmler deployed to find proof for his the……続きを見る

In the space of barely fifteen years, the history of masculinity has become an important dimension of social and cultural history. John Tosh has been in the forefront of the field since the beginnin……続きを見る

This book explores a key aspect of journalism history from a sociological perspective: the rise of the periodical press. With a focus not on the economic and technological causes of this revolution ……続きを見る

Das Narrenschiff von Sebastian Brant ist ein bedeutendes Werk der deutschen Literatur des frühen 16. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch ist eine allegorische Satire, die die menschlichen Schwächen und Dummheite……続きを見る

China’s past and present have been in a continuous dialogue throughout history, one that is heavily influenced by time and language: the temporal orientation and the linguistic apparatus used to exp……続きを見る

What did we know about birds a thousand years ago, and how has our understanding developed? ‘A History of Ornithology’ offers a complete history of birdwatching in Britain, a classic for every natur……続きを見る

This book explores the ways in which the emergence of the ‘new’ daily mass press of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries represented a hugely significant period in histories of both the……続きを見る

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Emotions are complex mental states that resist reduction. They are visceral reactions but also beliefs about the world. They are spontaneous ou……続きを見る