Afro - History 1

Certain individuals achieved cultural influence that transcended their specific artistic or creative fields, becoming symbols of broader social transformations and shaping how entire generations exp……続きを見る

From the legendary founding on the Tiber's banks to the final collapse of imperial authority, Rome's trajectory shaped the Western world for millennia. This comprehensive history examines how a smal……続きを見る

Certain battles transcended immediate military outcomes to reshape strategic calculations, alter political landscapes, and demonstrate innovations that transformed warfare itself. These decisive eng……続きを見る

The line between pirate and privateer was often a matter of political convenience rather than legal clarity. This exploration examines maritime raiding as both criminal enterprise and state policy, ……続きを見る

Ancient warfare was won not through brute force alone, but through strategic thinking, tactical innovation, and the ability to adapt to terrain, technology, and opponent behavior. This comprehensive……続きを見る

Human resilience under extreme conditions reveals both individual determination and the social structures that enable survival. This comprehensive examination explores how people endured catastrophi……続きを見る

The Golden Age of Piracy wasn't simply lawless adventureーit emerged from the fractures of imperial expansion, where sailors, escaped slaves, and dispossessed colonists created autonomous communitie……続きを見る

History remembers Mesopotamia for its kings and ziggurats, but the real story lies in the hands of scribes, farmers, brewers, and merchants who invented the foundations of modern life. This book tra……続きを見る

The Industrial Revolution was not merely technological progressーit was a fundamental restructuring of how people lived, worked, and understood their place in society. This book examines how mechani……続きを見る

The Body and the Senses in Greek Tragedy is the first book to approach the corporeality of Greek drama in terms of its capacity to involve audiences in the construction of meaning, not only on an af……続きを見る

This book presents an extensive study of women’s involvement in agricultural activities at the family level in rural Bangladesh, with a particular emphasis on their participation in decision-making.……続きを見る

La ricorrenza del centocinquantesimo anno dalla fondazione dello Stato italiano offre spunto per andare alla ricerca dei processi storico-linguistici che si compirono o furono avviati con l’Unità d’……続きを見る

Recent developments in the natural and social sciences have brought great benefits to humanity, both in terms of our material wellbeing and our intellectual and conceptual capacities. Yet, despite a……続きを見る

From Central District Seattle to Harlem to Holly Springs, Black people have built a dynamic network of cities and towns where Black culture is maintained, created, and defended. But imagineーwhat if……続きを見る

European portrayals of Aboriginal people and their objects have long had political implications. This book explores ‘ethnographic’ objects from Western Australia now in British and Irish museums, an……続きを見る

Rêves d’enfant. ー Le régiment des généraux. ー L’instruction des officiers. ー Autrefois. ー Le décret de la Convention : Tout officier doit savoir lire et écrire. ー Aujourd’hui. ー Progrès réalis……続きを見る

In this engrossing read, Tulla Froyen gives us a glimpse into a bygone-and often misunderstood-era of American social and political activism against the predatory liquor traffic. Steeped in primary ……続きを見る

This is a book about urban complexity – how it evolves and how it gets destroyed. It explores the structures of interdependency which underpin cities, where the many different “parts” (people, stree……続きを見る

En los últimos años, ha surgido un creciente interés por el estudio de la presencia afrodescendiente en Chile. Es evidente que la abolición de la esclavitud no marcó el fin de las problemáticas asoc……続きを見る

Come si è arrivati dal latino all’italiano? Quali forze, quali eventi hanno creato le condizioni perché si verificasse questo passaggio di lingue, dagli ultimi secoli dell’Impero romano ai tempi del……続きを見る

**Shortlisted by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) for Best Edited Multi-Author Scholarly Volume PIASA's 2024 Anna M. Cienciala Award for Best-Edit……続きを見る

The book is devoted to Shostakovich's most controversial symphony, composed at the height of Stalin's Purges. It rescued Shostakovich from official disfavour and deeply moved audiences. The critics ……続きを見る

When Zandria Robinson returned home to interview African Americans in Memphis, she was often greeted with some version of the caution “I hope you know this ain’t Chicago.” In this important new work……続きを見る

In 2003, the occupation of a state-owned building in Rome led to the emergence of a new extreme-right youth movement: CasaPound Italia (CPI). Its members described themselves as 'Fascists of the Thi……続きを見る

**Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize Citizenship is invaluable, yet our status as citizens is always at riskーeven for those born on US soil.** Over the last two centuries, the US governm……続きを見る

EVEN the wind, my boon companionーfor are we not both born roamers?ーseems to blow chunks of old memories through the moonlit, tossing pines that are sighing to-night outside this wayside inn. It’s ……続きを見る

I will write you that which no man has written before. I will tell you the truth as I found it. I will tell you of the aspirations of rough but brave men in distant lands and on the ships of distant……続きを見る

IN those old days of my youth an atmosphere of romance gathered from old novels and dreams still sparkled in my head. I am going to tell of the adventures that followed directly on my boyhood, when ……続きを見る

 Decades before the term "serial killer" was coined, H.H. Holmes murdered dozens of people in his now-infamous Chicago "Murder Castle." In his autobiography, Holmes struggled to define himself in t……続きを見る

Aldous Huxley decried "the horrors of modern 'pleasure,'" or the proliferation of mass produced, widely accessible entertainment that could degrade or dull the mind. He and his contemporaries, inclu……続きを見る