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The apparently accelerating arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union and the precarious political conditions existing in many parts of the world have given rise to new anxiety about ……続きを見る

A Times Political Book of the Year 2022 A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war’s echoing legacy. Elliot Ackerman lef……続きを見る

Jeff Strickland tells the powerful story of Nicholas Kelly, the enslaved craftsman who led the Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion, the largest slave revolt in the history of the antebellum America……続きを見る

Analyses the roots of power, patriarchy, ecological destruction and capitalist dynamics, of anti-apartheid resistance and of on-going movements against inequality and injustice in contemporary South……続きを見る

In 1994, the first non-racial elections in South Africa brought Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress to office; elections since have confirmed the ANC's hold, both popular and legitimate……続きを見る

Many have viewed Kaiser Wilhelm II as having personally ruled Germany, dominating its politics, and choreographing its ambitious leap to global power. But how accurate is this picture? As The Kaiser……続きを見る

Penjelasan tentang Perang Krimea secara Ringkas dan Padat Semasa Eropah perlahan-lahan bangkit semula daripada kesan buruk akibat Perang Napoleion yang mengambil masa beberapa dekad, dunia mengorak ……続きを見る

The beginning the sixteenth century brought growing pressure within the Western Church for Reformation. The popes could not hold Western Christendom together and there was confusion about Church ref……続きを見る

Penjelasan tentang Perang Krimea secara Ringkas dan Padat Semasa Eropah perlahan-lahan bangkit semula daripada kesan buruk akibat Perang Napoleion yang mengambil masa beberapa dekad, dunia mengorak ……続きを見る

In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weak……続きを見る

An innovative framework for advancing human rights Human rights are among our most pressing issues today, yet rights promoters have reached an impasse in their effort to achieve rights for all. Huma……続きを見る

Around the World in a Homemade Boat with Kids Our lifestyle has given us freedom of spirit, a feeling of accomplishment, and independence This book is not a travel guide, nor is it only a tale of sa……続きを見る

Die Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten im Januar 1933 ist ein Schlüsselereignis der Weltgeschichte. Die rasche Konsolidierung der Macht durch Hitler und die Beseitigung der Demokratie praktisch……続きを見る

Heroines in History: A Thousand Faces moves beyond stories of individual heroines, taking a thematic, synthesising and global in scope approach to challenge previous understandings of heroines in hi……続きを見る

Uno sguardo conciso sulla Guerra di Crimea In quei decenni di lento recupero, in cui l'Europa si stava gradualmente rialzando dagli effetti devastanti delle guerre napoleoniche, il mondo stava facen……続きを見る

Uno sguardo conciso sulla Guerra di Crimea In quei decenni di lento recupero, in cui l'Europa si stava gradualmente rialzando dagli effetti devastanti delle guerre napoleoniche, il mondo stava facen……続きを見る

Comprehensive and analytical, A History of the Arab–Israeli Conflict presents a balanced and impartial overview of this centuries-old struggle. Taking a clear and chronological approach to this comp……続きを見る

Die Chronik einer Katastrophe Intrigen, Machtkämpfe, Terror: Packend schildert Ralf Zerback in historischer Nahsicht drei turbulente deutsche Jahre, die das Ende der Demokratie markieren. Mit einem ……続きを見る

Hierarchies at Home traces the experiences of Cuban domestic workers from the abolition of slavery through the 1959 revolution. Domestic service – childcare, cleaning, chauffeuring for private homes……続きを見る

Whose fault are financial crises, and who is responsible for stopping them, or repairing the damage? Impunity and Capitalism develops a new approach to the history of capitalism and inequality by us……続きを見る

This book discusses the issues underlying contemporary Holocaust fiction. Using Gillian Rose’s theory of Holocaust piety, it argues that, rather than enhancing our understanding of the Holocaust, co……続きを見る

'The definitive account of the history of poverty finance' - Susanne Soederberg Finance, mobile and digital technologies - or 'fintech' - are being heralded in the world of development by the likes ……続きを見る

In February 2003, Patrick Cockburn secretly crossed the Tigris river from Syria into Iraq just before the US/British invasion, and has covered the war ever since. In The Occupation, he provides a vi……続きを見る

In diesen Texten geht es um eine doppelte Ermutigung. Dazu müssen wir uns zunächst in den November des Wendejahres 1989 zurückbegeben: In Meerane wurde ein kleines Wochenblatt, das Meeraner Blatt, g……続きを見る

Libel and Lampoon shows how English satire and the law mutually shaped each other during the long eighteenth century. Following the lapse of prepublication licensing in 1695, the authorities quickly……続きを見る

Addressing questions about what it means to be ‘British’ or ‘Irish’ in the twenty-first century, this book focuses its attention on twentieth-century Northern Ireland and demonstrates how the fragme……続きを見る

Near the end of his life, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) created three colossal candelabra mainly from fragments of sculpture excavated near the Villa Hadriana in Tivoli, two of which are now ……続きを見る

Marine royale et marine de commerce françaises ne furent sans doute jamais aussi fortes qu’en 1789. La France maritime, et particulièrement la France des ports, est alors le moteur de la croissance ……続きを見る

This book analyses how and why we are living at a critical moment in the history of human life on earth and explores how we find grounds for the hopes that will enable us to address the challenges a……続きを見る

The Popish Plot: A Study in the History of the Reign of Charles II is a historical work that focuses on the events of the Popish Plot, a conspiracy alleged to have been planned by Jesuit priests and……続きを見る