著者:Ulrich Krotz
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2016年05月31日
In this book, Ulrich Krotz draws from two theoretical approaches--social constructivism and historical institutionalism--to reframe our understanding of how international relationships evolve. While……続きを見る
Not many people would claim to be saints, or alternatively, consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities. Some are unquestionably worse than others, but few have been held in greater inf……続きを見る
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Although popular culture depicts the Chateu Vert pageant as being the moment Henry fell in love with Anne, it is not clear when the king did notice her. What is clear, is that from 1522 onw……続きを見る
The extraordinary drama of Malta's WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were there.
In March and April 1942, more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterr……続きを見る
This history attempts to give a true account of the Irish and may read very differently from long established and accepted school or other standard history books. Read how the Irish twice came peril……続きを見る
A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author……続きを見る
O ano de 1672 foi um dos mais negros da história da Holanda, e um dos acontecimentos mais trágicos desse ano foi o linchamento público dos irmãos de Witt no dia 20 de ago……続きを見る
Ammianus Marcellinus (325/330–after 391) was a fourth-century Roman historian. He wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from Antiquity (the last was written by Procopius). His wor……続きを見る
There are few more heart-stopping moments in life than when the spade you are working with strikes a solid object. You scrape back the soil and there, unmistakably, is the bright glint of gold. Over……続きを見る
著者:Richard W. Unger
出版社: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
発売日: 2013年05月22日
The beer of todayーbrewed from malted grain and hops, manufactured by large and often multinational corporations, frequently associated with young adults, sports, and drunkennessーis largely the res……続きを見る
Deborah Manley’s selection of extracts reveals how generations of writers have viewed the landscapes of Malta and Gozo, the people of the islands, the splendours of Valletta and its famous harbour, ……続きを見る
Nearly a decade in the making, award-winning author Dianne Ebertt Beeaffs transcending new book, Spirit Stones, explores the enduring lessons of Europes prehistoric monoliths, stone circles and buri……続きを見る
The most powerful army of its time is faced with insurgent attacks and revolts on the borders of their lands. A celebrated general proceeds to crush it and in the process makes a name for himself as……続きを見る
Lord Byron’s Grand Tour is recorded as impressions in his own letters and journals, more methodically in the diary of his travelling companion John Cam Hobhouse, and reflected poetically in the firs……続きを見る
著者:Guus Hartendorf
出版社: Grafisch Centrum Cornegge
発売日: 2013年03月27日
'Eén koers, één strijd, de vrijheid' is ontleend aan één van de teksten die op het Monument der Gevallenen op Plein 1945 in IJmuiden staan.
Na de bevrijding in 1945 is een aantal gesneuvelde Velsens……続きを見る
著者:Stephen Garton
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2013年09月05日
A history of sexuality runs the risk of confirming popular fears that academics are capable of ruining even the most simple of pleasures. This book, however, is written in the hope that histories of……続きを見る
著者:Max Hastings
出版社: Pan Macmillan
発売日: 2012年04月19日
‘As a military historian Max Hastings has few equals.’ – Times Literary Supplement
One of the greatest military feats during the Second World War was the transformation of the German force's activit……続きを見る
This book was originally composed as a lecture to some Jewish working-men at the East end of London. The subject was, to the author, naturally an interesting one no less from a national than from a ……続きを見る
The prequel to the American Revolution. This struggle for political and religious freedom inspired America's Founding Fathers. Schiller tells the tale with a novelist's insight into character. Accor……続きを見る
著者:Tom Holland
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2009年05月05日
A grand narrative history of the re-emergence of Europe following the collapse of the Roman Empire. At the approach of the first millennium, the Christians of Europe did not seem likely candidates f……続きを見る
It was 1733 when the poet and philosopher Voltaire met Emilie du Châtelet, a beguilingーand marriedーaristocrat who would one day popularize Newton’s arcane ideas and pave the way for Einstein’s the……続きを見る
In light of cultural crises such as the Danish cartoon controversy and the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in Paris, Christopher Caldwell’s incisive perspective has never been more t……続きを見る
著者:Arthur Herman
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2008年04月29日
In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how ……続きを見る
Published in memory of Ivy L. McClelland, a pioneer-scholar of Spain’s eighteenth century, this volume of original essays contains, besides an Introduction to her career and internationally influent……続きを見る
Em 1880, Manuel Pinheiro Chagas resolveu publicar um livro onde a história de Portugal fosse exposta de uma forma que facilitasse a sua apreensão, mesmo pelo mais humilde dos seus contemporâneos. In……続きを見る
著者:Miranda Carter
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年03月23日
In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together……続きを見る
De-Centering Cold War History challenges the Cold War master narratives that focus on super-power politics by shifting our analytical perspective to include local-level experiences and regional init……続きを見る
著者:Simon Serfaty
出版社: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
発売日: 2013年05月23日
The commencement of war in Iraq in 2003 was met with a variety of reactions around the globe. In Architects of Delusion, Simon Serfaty presents a historical analysis of how and why the decision to w……続きを見る
In recent years, organized crime has become endemic in the countries of southeast Europe giving rise to an urgent debate on what needs to be done to fight it. This collection of essays contributes d……続きを見る