CK - Modern 2

This text has established itself as the best short account of the Chartist movement available. It considers its origins and development, placing the movement within its broad social and economic con……続きを見る

The heyday of the European states system was in the century before the First World War. How the system of five great powers in conscious equilibrium came into being is the central theme of this book. 続きを見る

Military historical case studies provide insight for military planners. Military planners cannot afford to ignore history when planning in today’s complex environment. This thesis analyzes military ……続きを見る

Nach Adam Smith (1728-1790), dem weltbekannten englischen Nationalökonomen, spiegelt sich der Erfolg einer Wirtschaft im Freiraum des Einzelnen wider. 100 Jahre später erklärte der englische Philoso……続きを見る

The Haitian Revolution (1789–1804) was an epochal event that galvanized slaves and terrified planters throughout the Atlantic world. Rather than view this tumultuous period solely as a radical ruptu……続きを見る

We are where we are has become one of the great truisms of the current crisis facing the country. But how did we get here and can an inspection of the roots of our modern failings - of government, s……続きを見る

The Early Republic and the Rise of National Identity, a new title in the six-title series History Through Literature: American Voices, American Themes, provides insights and analysis regarding the h……続きを見る

An essential history of a taste that shaped the world. Spices: for centuries the staple of cuisine, remedies and ritual, they have commanded the highest of prices. To this day, saffron is, per ounce……続きを見る

The Gilded Age and Dawn of the Modern: 1877-1919, a new title in the six-title series History Through Literature: American Voices, American Themes, provides insights and analysis regarding the histo……続きを見る

In War in the Modern World, 1990-2014, Jeremy Black looks at the most modern of conflicts from the perspective that war is a central feature of the modern world. Arguing that understanding non-Weste……続きを見る

Der neue Nazismus kommt metaphysischer daher als der alte. Es beginnt in den 1970er Jahren und verstärkt sich in den 1990ern: militante Fremden- und Minderheitenfeinde reichern ihre Propaganda mit E……続きを見る

This volume continues to explore the life and works of Auguste Comte during his so-called second career. It covers the period from the coup d'état of Louis Napoleon in late 1851 to Comte's death in ……続きを見る

Child Welfare 1872-1989 is the first comprehensive book on the history of social policy and child welfare from the 1870s to the present. It offers a full narrative of the development of social servi……続きを見る

De 1880 à 1940, le mouvement ouvrier juif fut une force généralement décisive dans la vie et l'évolution des communautés juives européennes. Nathan Weinstock, en une vaste fresque, en a restitué la ……続きを見る

The Industrialisation of the Continental Powers is both a broad survey of the process of European industrialisation from the late eighteenth century to the First World War, and also a closely argued……続きを見る

Following on from Foundation, Tudors is the second volume in Peter Ackroyd's astonishing series, The History of England. Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the tr……続きを見る

For over a century, Altoona, Pennsylvania, was a bustling industrial hotbed. The town thrived as a gem of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which constructed some 6,000 steam locomotives. However, like so ……続きを見る

Manchester’s unique Victorian red-brick and sandstone architecture still dominates the twenty-first century skyline, despite modern developments. Manchester’s Victorian history consists of much more……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Neuere Geschichte, Note: 1,3, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Historisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Preußen un……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Neuere Geschichte, Note: 1,0, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Historisches Seminar), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar……続きを見る

Le moment où le destin de la France a basculé, mis en scène et expliqué par l'un de nos plus illustres historiens. 14 juillet 1790 : la fête de la Fédération, au Champ de Mars, célèbre l'union des F……続きを見る

"La" biographie du maréchal Berthier, ombre de Napoléon, cheville ouvrière des stratégies napoléoniennes et grand dignitaire de l'Empire. Davout, Lannes, Murat, Ney, Lefebvre... autant de compagnons……続きを見る

Je vais donc me faire homme puisque ce sont les hommes qui se réservent le droit aux qualités essentielles, décide la célèbre courtisane Ninon de Lenclos ; et elle se prend au mot. Libertine érudite……続きを見る

Le Second Empire fut le règne des courtisanes de haut vol et l'apothéose des demi-mondaines. Si Napoléon III fut moins goujat que son oncle Napoléon Ier, il n'en fut pas moins volage. Dès sa premièr……続きを見る

Napoléon a fait trembler l'Europe et frissonner les femmes. De Désirée à Marie-Louise, en passant oar Pauline, Georgina, eleonore, sans oublier Marie, Fanny, Betzy et toutes les autres, elles sont l……続きを見る

Talleyrand, c'est un pied, une tête et un cœr. Un pied d'infirme qui l'a obligé à porter la soutane, une tête brillante, un cœur de séducteur et d'éternel amoureux. Au vrai, charles Maurice de Talle……続きを見る

Vierge et martyre ou papillon frivole ? Marie-Antoinette est à la fois la plus célèbre et la plus méconnue des reines de France. Avec tendresse et ironie, Michel de Decker brosse un portrait nouveau……続きを見る

A German-American, in South Africa, fighting the British, in an Irish commando, in the Boer army Some years ago Donal McCracken was working on a book of Ireland and the Anglo–Boer War (1899–1902) wh……続きを見る

First published in 1916, this book comprises of a set of notes by G. Lowes Dickinson on his interpretation of the causes of the First World War. Writing during this time, the author admits that a co……続きを見る

"Knowledge is of two kinds," said Samuel Johnson in 1775. "We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Today we think of Wikipedia as the source of all informatio……続きを見る