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Edgecombe County, North Carolina, has a long and intriguing history stretching back to the 1730s, when the first permanent European residents began settling the banks of the Tar River, and beyond, w……続きを見る

A fascinating pictorial history of these North Carolina communities, documenting stories of Rocky Mount and Nash County's development through time. The picturesque beauty and unique history of Rocky……続きを見る

Edgecombe County is a unique combination of beautiful pastoral scenery and strong, interesting people. Communities like Pinetops, Whitakers, Speed, Leggett, and Conetoe provide an excellent insight ……続きを見る

The long-term development of public green spaces such as parks, public gardens, and recreation grounds in London during the twentieth century is a curiously neglected subject, despite the fact that ……続きを見る

Von der Schwierigkeit, geistige Arbeit rechtlich zu sichern Das Copyright ist unter Beschuss. Ob Filesharing oder Google, neue technische Erfindungen und Akteure bringen in Bedrängnis, was einstmals……続きを見る

A stormy, courageous, and incredible memoir of a German immigrant who crossed the Atlantic Ocean together with his two young daughters in 1834 in hope of finding a better life. As this book's title……続きを見る

In early 1817 Tuai, a young Ngare Raumati chief from the Bay of Islands, set off for England. He was one of a number of Māori who, after encountering European explorers, traders and missionaries in ……続きを見る

This book analyses the diverse ways in which women have been represented in the Purāṇic traditions in ancient India – the virtuous wife, mother, daughter, widow, and prostitute – against the socio-r……続きを見る

Originally published in 1982. Trade and Aid outlines the transition of U.S. foreign policy during the Eisenhower administration. In the years leading up to Eisenhower's election, America's predomina……続きを見る

Eighteenth-century British culture was transfixed by the threat of contagion, believing that everyday elements of the surrounding world could transmit deadly maladies from one body to the next. Phys……続きを見る

This book examines the dominant popular culture convention of the superhero, situated within the most significant global event of the last 20 years. Exploring the explosion of the superhero genre po……続きを見る

Four ground-breaking plays that explore the complex relationship between England and India over more than a century, weaving together personal and political narratives. The Waiting Room: Priya Baner……続きを見る

Über das Lesen als Akt der weiblichen Selbstbestimmung. Monika Hinterberger begibt sich auf einen geschichtlichen Streifzug und verfolgt zahlreiche Spuren lesender Frauen zurück bis in die Antike. A……続きを見る

This book explores the relevance of conspiracy theories in the modern social and political history of the Nordic countries. The Nordic countries have traditionally imagined themselves as stable, wea……続きを見る

Focusing on one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century, Angkarn Kallayanapong (1926–2012), this book makes a unique contribution to understandings of non-Western literary modernity. ……続きを見る

Als sich die Wehrmacht gegen Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs aus den von ihr besetzten Ländern zurückzog, hinterließ sie nicht nur Tod und Zerstörung, sondern auch Hunderttausende von Kindern, die deuts……続きを見る

Veronika Groke interrogates the concept of the comunidad indígena (indigenous community) in the context of the history and social life of a Guaraní community in eastern Bolivia. While this instituti……続きを見る

Stalinism in Kazakhstan: History, Memory, and Representation is a multi-disciplinary collection of essays from Central Asian authors. The volume is devoted to violence and socio-economic transformat……続きを見る

Journalisten Jacob Kronika var korrespondent i Berlin under 2. Verdenskrig og boede i byen under hele krigen. Berlins Undergang er hans fantastiske dagbogsoptegnelser fra de sidste dage og måneder i……続きを見る

Most conventional readings of the Cuban Revolution have seemed mesmerised by the personality and role of Fidel Castro, often missing a deeper political understanding of the Revolution's underlying s……続きを見る

This book constitutes a feminist literary analysis of motherhood as presented in selected Indian women’s fictions across a diverse range of geographical, linguistic, class and caste contexts. Situat……続きを見る

Wie verhält Antisemitismus sich zu anderen Formen gruppenbezogenen Hasses? Bisher hat man in der Forschung vor allem die Frage nach den Unterschieden und den Ähnlichkeiten derartiger Feindseligkeite……続きを見る

War das Kaiserreich mit einem Geburtsfehler behaftet, weil es aus einer Serie von Kriegen hervorging? Befand sich die deutsche Politik nach 1871 auf einem nationalen »Sonderweg« oder lassen sich nic……続きを見る

In this extraordinary, prizewinning novel, Monika Maron says farewell to the East Germany where she grew up as the stepchild of an élite communist official not unlike retired Professor Beerenbaum, w……続きを見る

Dieser Band bietet einen Gesamtüberblick der Entwicklung Preußens von den mittelalterlich-territorialen Wurzeln über die Phase der Aufklärung und des Nationalismus bis zu den letzten Krisen und der ……続きを見る

This book offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the precolonial to colonial transition in an urban context, by focusing on the changing distribution, character and role of public spaces and bui……続きを見る

Der Band nimmt lokale Perspektiven des Ersten Weltkriegs, insbesondere der ostmitteleuropäischen Regionen, in den Blick. Die Beiträge berücksichtigen dabei besonders die multiethnische Gemengelage u……続きを見る

Der Band versammelt Lektüren gegenwärtiger und historischer Konstellationen in Theater, Text und Kunst, die Echo als Figur und Phänomen nachspüren. Im antiken Mythos ist die Nymphe Echo zur ohnmächt……続きを見る

This book discusses Theoderic the Great’s years of political activity, which coincided with the advent of a new era and were marked by features of two distinct civilizations. From the political and ……続きを見る

Dieser Band ist das Ergebnis der wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung mit den Problemen unserer Zeit, die durch die Globalisierungsfolgen geprägt ist. Die hier versammelten Texte unterstreichen die……続きを見る