AYA - History 3

This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century. The essays, manifes……続きを見る

Travels in Arabia Bayard Taylor, american poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author (1825-1878) This ebook presents «Travels in Arabia», from Bayard Taylor. A dynamic table of contents en……続きを見る

The Story of Kennett Bayard Taylor, american poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author (1825-1878) This ebook presents «The Story of Kennett», from Bayard Taylor. A dynamic table of conte……続きを見る

Northern Travel Bayard Taylor, american poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author (1825-1878) This ebook presents «Northern Travel», from Bayard Taylor. A dynamic table of contents enable……続きを見る

Beauty and the Beast Bayard Taylor, american poet, literary critic, translator, and travel author (1825-1878) This ebook presents «Beauty and the Beast», from Bayard Taylor. A dynamic table of conte……続きを見る

Talented historian Maya Jasonoff offers an alternative history of the British Empire. It is not about conquest – but rather a collection of startling and fascinating personal accounts of cross-cultu……続きを見る

The history of Algerian Jews has thus far been viewed from the perspective of communities on the northern coast, who became, to some extent, beneficiaries of colonialism. But to the south, in the Sa……続きを見る

Roman Britain is vividly portrayed in this fascinating and authentically detailed story about a year in the life of an ordinary woman and her family. The year is AD 133. Hadrian is Emperor of Rome a……続きを見る

Crieff, the Capital of Strathearn, lies in the heart of picturesque Perthshire. Located on the southern slopes of the rugged Grampians, its leafy lanes and tranquil riverside walkways conceal much o……続きを見る

Samuel Roth is known to most literary scholars as a bold literary "pirate" for issuing unauthorized editions of modernist sensations, including Ulysses and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. In the absence of……続きを見る

Stories from Islamic History picks out twelve popular tales from Islamic history. These stories cover most of the landmark events in the history of Islam, starting from the struggle between Ali and ……続きを見る

Alcott in 1862 served as a nurse in Georgetown, D.C during the Civil War. She wrote home what she observed there. Those harrowing and sometimes humorous letters compiled make up Hospital Sketches. 続きを見る

**NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • This groundbreaking book offers the first global history of the loyalist exodus to Canada, the Caribbean, Sierra Leone, India, and beyond. At the end of……続きを見る

In this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers the extraordinary stories of collectors who lived on the frontiers of the British Empire in India and Egypt, tracing their exploits to tell an intima……続きを見る

This study is an effort to reveal how patriarchy is embedded in different societal and state structures, including the economy, juvenile penal justice system, popular culture, economic sphere, ethni……続きを見る

dit L'Empereur des Camelots A Madame Hayard ーComment, une biographie? Non mais, Madame!... Vous n'y songez pas, si Hayard nous entendait, il s'écrierait: ーUne biographie?... Pourquoi pas une statu……続きを見る

When Christianity was imposed on Native peoples in the Andes, visual images played a fundamental role, yet few scholars have written about this significant aspect. Object and Apparition proposes tha……続きを見る

Experiences of Japanese American Women during and after World War II: Living in Internment Camps and Rebuilding Life Afterwards examines the experiences of Japanese American women who were in intern……続きを見る

This book introduces a multilayered approach to the study of democracy, combining specific knowledge of Japan with theoretical insights from the literature on democratization. It examines different ……続きを見る

Beginning from the premise that psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book takes an unusual transdis……続きを見る

During the period 1965 to 1990 East Asia was the world’s fastest growing region. Economic Development in Pacific Asia provides illuminating, non-technical perspectives on key facets of the region’s ……続きを見る

This is Volume V of selected works of Frances A. Yates. Astraea looks at the Imperial theme in the sixteenth century and includes Charles V and the idea of Empire to the Tudor Imperial Reform and th……続きを見る

First published in 1999. This is volume VII of ten of the collected works of Frances Yates. This book is a strictly historical study, not an enquiry into ‘the occult’ in general, which I am certainl……続きを見る

The nineteenth century was, for many societies, a period of coming to grips with the growing, and seemingly unstoppable, domination of the world by the “Great Powers” of Europe. The Ottoman Empire w……続きを見る

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Le peu de passé des jeunes Etats ferait croire qu’on en connaît convenablement l’Histoire. Erreur. Celle de la RD Congo est accablée de mythes accumulés et dupliqués par copier-coller. Au point que,……続きを見る

COMING HOME. Three young men stood together on a wharf one bright October day, awaiting the arrival of an ocean steamer with an impatience which found a vent in lively skirmishes with a small lad, w……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Weltgeschichte - Frühgeschichte, Antike, Note: 2+, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Institut für Altertumswissenschaften), Vera……続きを見る

During the American Civil War in 1862-1863 Louisa May Alcott, best known as the author of Little Women, spent six weeks as a volunteer nurse in the Union Hospital at Georgetown in Washington D.C. Sh……続きを見る

This early work by Louisa May Alcott was originally published in 1863 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. Alcott, watched men go off to war from her home town and……続きを見る