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75 years after the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a group of international scholars offers new perspectives on this event and ……続きを見る

Since the Enlightenment, the definition of terms such as humanity, citizenship and rights has fluctuated and these ideas continue to have relevance for contemporary discussions of globalization from……続きを見る

It is often assumed that cosmopolitan thinkers since the Renaissance have simply adopted and refined concepts from classical antiquity. This study argues that modern European cosmopolitanism should ……続きを見る

Violence and democracy may seem fundamentally incompatible, but the two have often been intimately and inextricably linked. In Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists, Eiko Maruko Siniawer argues that violen……続きを見る

Soviet Samizdat traces the emergence and development of samizdat, one of the most significant and distinctive phenomena of the late Soviet era, as an uncensored system for making and sharing texts. ……続きを見る

In Waste**, Eiko Maruko Siniawer innovatively explores the many ways in which the Japanese have thought about wasteーin terms of time, stuff, money, possessions, and resourcesーfrom the immediate af……続きを見る

In Gwinnett County’s two hundred years, the area has been western, southern, rural, suburban, and now increasingly urban. Its stories include the displacement of Native peoples, white settlement, le……続きを見る

From sleepy fishing village to samurai capital to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer takes readers through Tokyo's rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven ……続きを見る

This curated and contextualized primary source collection examines the history of Asian Americans from precolonial times to the present day. From their integral role in the expansion of transcontine……続きを見る

A Time to Sow offers a glimpse into the unofficial Jewish life in 1980s Leningrad, shaped by numerous long-term refusals from authorities to grant exit visas to Jews seeking to migrate to Israel. Th……続きを見る

A Time to Sow offers a glimpse into the unofficial Jewish life in 1980s Leningrad, shaped by numerous long-term refusals from authorities to grant exit visas to Jews seeking to migrate to Israel. Th……続きを見る

The story of the Slovak and Bulgarian aces and how they fought alongside Germany in Messerschmitts. In 1939, Slovakia signed a protection agreement with the German Reich and joined the attack on Pol……続きを見る

Nuorisolehden legendaariset viisi vuosikymmentä. Päätoimittaja Jyrki Hämäläisen Suosikki esitteli uusimmat musiikin ja nuorisomuodin ilmiöt tuoreeltaan, nosti yhden tähtipölyyn ja syöksi toisen unho……続きを見る

Includes over 100 maps of the actions, engagements and battles of the entire Peninsular War. Whilst writing his magisterial The History of The Peninsular War, Sir Charles Oman gathered material that……続きを見る

In his compelling Inaugural Lecture on The Study of History, Charles William Chadwick Oman presents a meticulous exploration of historiography, advocating for rigorous standards in the writing and i……続きを見る

The first scientific-iconological survey ever on the most traditional and most topicalized genre in Japanese arts, Fuji Painting, from its origin in antiquity in the 9th century, through the Middle ……続きを見る

On a frigid February evening in 1805, Amos Babcock brutally murdered Mercy Hall. Believing that he was being instructed by God, Babcock stabbed and disembowelled his own sister, before dumping her l……続きを見る

The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical f……続きを見る

Rise of the War Machines: The Birth of Precision Bombing in World War II examines the rise of autonomy in air warfare from the inception of powered flight through the first phase of the Combined Bom……続きを見る

Shortlisted, Arthur Ellis Best Non-Fiction Crime Book Award In 1869, in the woods just outside of the bustling port city of Saint John, a group of teenaged berry pickers discovered several badly dec……続きを見る

The ideals of America's Founding Fathers confront the fears of modern populism. George Washington wanted Americans to welcome people of "all nations and religions." Television commentators like Tuck……続きを見る

Testimone diretto delle imponenti manifestazioni avvenute a margine del G8 di Genova, nel 2001, Giulietto Chiesa, incaricato di seguire l’evento per conto de “La Stampa”, restituisce in queste pagin……続きを見る

"These fascinating and valuable studies supplement Sir Charles Oman's major works about the Napoleonic Wars ーWellington's Army and the majestic seven-volume History of the Peninsular War. The subje……続きを見る

Zsolt Komáromy’s Figures of Memory: From the Muses to Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics affects a rapprochement between memory studies and eighteenth-century British aesthetics. It argues that t……続きを見る

One glaring lacuna in studies of Haitian Vodou is the scarcity of works exploring the connection between the religion and its main roots, traditional Yoruba religion. Discussions of Vodou very often……続きを見る

This book offers a refreshing new analysis of the role of workers both in Tito’s Yugoslavia and in the subsequent Serbian revolution against Miloševic in October 2000. The authors argue that Tito an……続きを見る

This book investigates the economic, strategic, and political importance of forests in early modern and modern Europe and shows how struggles over this vital natural resource both shaped and reflect……続きを見る

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter is the absorbing, painstakingly researched story of Ida Lewis and the fearless rescues she made at Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island. Born in 1842, Ida b……続きを見る

Winner, Canadian Authors Award for Canadian History, Jeanne Clarke Memorial Local History Award, and Prince Edward Island Book Award for Non-Fiction Is it possible to reach back in time and solve an……続きを見る

Exile was a potent form of punishment and a catalyst for change in colonial Asia between the seventeenth and early twentieth centuries. Vast networks of forced migration supplied laborers to emergin……続きを見る