CK - Modern 10

The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg A……続きを見る

From annoying work speak to bureaucratic blunders, a hilarious account of political correctness and pedantry run amok across the pond. Shoppers barred because they don’t fit the bill, motorists targ……続きを見る

“They were of two sorts, first such as were brought over by masters of ships to be sold as servants. Such as we call them my dear,’ says she, ‘but they are more properly called slaves.” ーDaniel Def……続きを見る

July 1, 1863, was a disaster for the Union army’s XI Corps. Shattered in battle north of the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, the battered and embarrassed unit ended the day hunkered at the crest of……続きを見る

Ted Williams capped a storybook baseball career with a storybook ending, hitting a home run in his last at bat in the major leagues. That blast, on a dreary September 28, 1960, at Boston's Fenway Pa……続きを見る

Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change. How do you become a cit……続きを見る

L'Amérique de 1934 est plongée dans la Grande Dépression. Souhaitant réunir un autre type d'informations que celles récoltées par les fonctionnaires de l'administration, le directeur de la FERA (Fed……続きを見る

Le Monde sur le vif de Martha Gellhorn dresse un panorama de l'histoire du xx e siècle, décrite vec une grande exigence littéraire. Un remarquable témoignage sur l'effervescence politique et sociale……続きを見る

In ‘Heksenjacht’ beschrijft Dick Harrison de grote heksenprocessen en hekserijvervolgingen in Europa sinds de oudheid, met extra aandacht voor vervolgingen in West-Europa in de 16e en 17e eeuw. In ‘……続きを見る

Historicus Ned Blackhawk verweeft vijf eeuwen inheemse en niet-inheemse Amerikaanse geschiedenis in ‘De herontdekking van Amerika’. Het boek won in Amerika The National Book Award. In ‘De herontdekk……続きを見る

Den finske baronesse Mathilda Wrede (1864-1928) var pacifist og evangelist. Hun begyndte allerede som helt ung sit arbejde med rehabilitering af fanger og er i Finland kendt som ”Fangernes ven”. I b……続きを見る

Un resumen de los principales aspectos económicos de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX en México. De la mano de la profesora e investigadora Sandra Kuntz Ficker se presenta una síntesis de l……続きを見る

The impulse to seek out new worlds is universal to humanity. Unfurling a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked figures spanning forty centuries and six continents, historian Matthew Loc……続きを見る

Tracking Capital introduces new ways to understand the entanglement of cultural forms and practices in economic, social, and ecological crises and struggles. Building on the fundamental insights of ……続きを見る

Insider Perspective: Authored by veteran war reporters Hollie McKay and Jake Simkin, the book offers an exclusive insider's view of the fall of the U.S. and the rise of the Taliban, presenting uniq……続きを見る

Die größten Verbesserungen der Welt verdanken wir Unbekannten – Zeit, sie kennenzulernen! Wer errang die großen positiven gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen unserer Welt? Nicht die Fürsten, Präsident……続きを見る

This volume explores the extent to which the Revolutionary period (1740–1815) impacted the faculty, students and institutional life of Yale College and how those changes shed insight into the nature……続きを見る

“London men at war against the Boers The turn of the 19th century to 20th was a time of popularity for the military volunteer movement in the British Empire. When the Anglo-Boer War broke out the Ci……続きを見る

Årene 1845-1914 var præget af udvikling og store fremskridt på stort set alle områder frem til første verdenskrigs udbrud – og i Danmark samt de fleste andre lande byggede man på en sikker grundvold……続きを見る

Jo nærmere vi kommer vores egen tid, desto mindre betydning får metalmønten i omsætningen og desto større plads tager pengesedlerne. I denne bog beskriver numismatiker Julius Wilcke det danske møntv……続きを見る

Blackman draws on original material and the work of many earlier researchers to paint a verbal picture of the evolution of a remarkable city. In an easy-to-read style, he highlights some of the cond……続きを見る

Kirchen, Klöster und Burgen gingen in Flammen auf, als die Bauern in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz in den Jahren 1524 bis 1526 gegen ihre geistliche und weltliche Herrschaft aufbegehrten. ……続きを見る

Drawing on wide-ranging archival research, this authoritative new history examines the cultural diplomatic role played by British football in international affairs, British foreign policy, and inter……続きを見る

Male Professionals in Nineteenth-Century Britain is the first statistically-based social, cultural and familial history of a fast-growing and socially prominent section of the Victorian propertied c……続きを見る

" La biographie de Michel Winock marque une étape dans la nécessaire déconstruction de la caricature encore dominante d'un homme d'Etat qui, de héraut de la gauche radicale, se serait mué en assassi……続きを見る

Shaping Modern Shanghai provides a new understanding of colonialism in China through a fresh examination of Shanghai's International Settlement. This was the site of key developments of the Republic……続きを見る

First published in 1987, this is a comprehensive analysis of the rise of the British Press in the eighteenth century, as a component of the understanding of eighteenth century political and social h……続きを見る

Der Forschungsbericht kommentiert die kaum noch überschaubare Literatur zu Medizin und Nationalsozialismus. In knappen Strichen werden die Wege der wissenschaftlichen Annäherung an diesen Themenkomp……続きを見る

Originally published in 1987 Barnaby Rudge is a comprehensive collection of bibliographical resources surrounding Dickens fifth novel Barnaby Rudge. The book addresses what the author terms, a ‘prev……続きを見る

The new book from the bestselling author of The Commando and Mosul. It was Australia's longest war, and also our most secretive. In the craggy mountains, green belts and digital battlefields of Afgh……続きを見る