AYA - History 7

Of the thirty volumes in the authoritative Academy edition of Chekhov's collected works, fully twelve are devoted to the writer's letters. This is the first book in English or Russian addressing thi……続きを見る

Several centuries ago, the five nations that would become the HaudenosauneeーMohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Senecaーwere locked in generations-long cycles of bloodshed. When they established ……続きを見る

In an age when fake news has become the norm, historical facts are marshalled into a time line, from Abraham right through to the present timeーall you ever wanted to know about Israel and its amazi……続きを見る

This work constitutes essential reading for all those who are interested in the decline and fall of India’s first civilisation. Students of ancient Indian history and archaeology will find it an ind……続きを見る

Dünya çapında yapılan birçok anket veya istatistik çalışmalarında toplum olarak ya orta ya da son sıralarda yer alırız. Anket konuları ise genellikle insan hakları, demokrasi, ifade hürriyeti ve eği……続きを見る

In 2012, the Communist Party of China (CPC) inaugurated the Xi Jinping era when it elected him to be the General Secretary of the CPC. The following year Xi was elected President of the People’s Rep……続きを見る

A pioneering study of historical developments that have shaped Asia concludes with this volume tracing the impact of ideas and cultures of people on the move across the continent, whether willingly ……続きを見る

Há em todo o material que compõe Raça: trajetórias de um conceito – histórias do discurso racial na América Latina o interesse comum de se pensar o discurso racial tal como ele foi elaborado por div……続きを見る

The speed and scale of urbanisation in India is unprecedented almost anywhere in the world and has tremendous global implications. The religious influence on the urban experience has resonances for ……続きを見る

Dance in Scripture: How Biblical Dancers Can Revolutionize Worship Today examines the dances of seven biblical figures: Miriam, Jephthah's daughter, David, the Shulamite, Judith, Salome, and Jesus. ……続きを見る

Este libro presenta los resultados obtenidos en el desarrollo de la investigación *Expresiones de la violencia,*análisis narrativo de la figura de Laureano Gómez Castro, de la Facultad de Comunicaci……続きを見る

The book 'NMR to MRI' is an edited version of a doctoral thesis titled 'Impact of the Second World on Studies of Magnetic Resonance: 1939-1973' by Dr Jayanta Sthanapati that earned him PhD (Arts) de……続きを見る

Since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Armenia has experienced a reversal from democratization to a Soviet-style authoritarian regime and has been accused of repressive approaches to ……続きを見る

Turkey stands at the crossroads of the Middle East--caught between the West and ISIS, Syria and Russia, and governed by an increasingly forceful leader. Acclaimed writer Kaya Genc has been covering ……続きを見る

The first decade of the twentieth century was the Ottoman Empire's 'imperial twilight'. As the Empire fell away however, the beginnings of a young, vibrant and radical Turkish nationalism took root ……続きを見る

The Diyanet is the 'Presidency of Religious Affairs', the official face of Islam and highest religious authority in Turkey, and is a governmental department established in 1924 after the break-up of……続きを見る

King Alfonso VIII of Castile: Government, Family and War brings together a diverse group of scholars whose work concerns the reign of Alfonso VIII (1158–1215). This was a critical period in the hist……続きを見る

The View from the Deck is a personal account in which the adventures of the CGS C.D. Howe and those who sailed with her during the summer of 1959 were recorded. It is written from jottings recorded ……続きを見る

The civil war between the Sri Lankan state and Tamil militants, which ended in 2009, lasted more than three decades and led to mass migration, mainly to India, Canada, England, and continental Europ……続きを見る

Hospital Sketches (1863) is a compilation of four sketches based on letters Louisa May Alcott sent home during the six weeks she spent as a volunteer nurse for the Union Army during the American Civ……続きを見る

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in Japanese feminism and gender history. This new volume brings to light Japan's feminist public sphere, a discursive space in which academic, journalistic……続きを見る

Meditation has flourished in different parts of the world ever since the foundations of the great civilizations were laid. It played a vital role in the formation of Asian cultures that trace much o……続きを見る

In the early decades of the eighteenth century, Yemen hosted a bustling community of merchants who sailed to the southern Arabian Peninsula from the east and the west, seeking and offering a range o……続きを見る

Before the Great War began, Ireland had already begun to take up arms. Conflict and political unrest was at the forefront of everyone's mind as the country was trying to liberate itself. Newtownards……続きを見る

Ecoprecarity: Vulnerable Lives in Literature and Culture presents an examination of ecoprecarity - the precarious lives that humans lead in the process and event of ecological disaster, and the incr……続きを見る

Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatically according to context and sentiment. Sometimes translated as “personal devotion,” bhakti nonetheles……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • “Unforgettable . . . a book about Putin’s Russia that is unlike any other.”ーPatrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain **From a Mos……続きを見る

A basic feature of the modern US administrative state taken for granted by legal scholars but neglected by political scientists and historians is its strong judiciality. Formal, or court-like, adjud……続きを見る

Hasidism, a Jewish religious movement that originated in Poland in the eighteenth century, today counts over 700,000 adherents, primarily in the U.S., Israel, and the UK. Popular and scholarly inter……続きを見る

Twelve scholars representing a variety of academic fields contribute to this study of slavery in the French Caribbean colonies, which ranges historically from the 1770s to Haiti's declaration of ind……続きを見る