CK - Modern 2

No other cinematic genre more sharply illustrates the contradictions of American society - notions about social class, politics, and socio-economic ideology - than the war film. This book examines t……続きを見る

Based on an exploration of both pre-Nazi and Nazi theory and practice, Pete Kakel challenges the dominant narrative of the murder of European Jewry, illuminating the Holocaust's decidedly imperial-c……続きを見る

Historians commonly point to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act as the inception of a new chapter in the story of American immigration. This wide-ranging interdisciplinary volume brings togeth……続きを見る

This fascinating study delves into the lives of six Tudor women celebrated for their reputed wickedness. Collected here are accounts of Anne Boleyn, Katherine Howard, Anne Seymour, Lettice Dudley, a……続きを見る

This book provides evidence that Labour in Trinidad and Tobago played a vital role in undermining British colonialism and advocating for federation and self-government. Furthermore, there is emphasi……続きを見る

A fresh biography of Mary Tudor which challenges conventional views of her as a weeping hysteric and love-struck romantic, providing instead the portrait of a queen who drew on two sources of author……続きを見る

This book examines the underground Liberation News Service and the commune Montague Farm to trace the evolution of the New Left after 1968. In the process, it extends the chronological breadth of th……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

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

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

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

The Middle East in Modern World History examines how global trends over the last 200 years have shaped the Middle East and how these trends were affected by the region’s development. Covering a key ……続きを見る

Brexit is likely to lead to the largest shift in Britain's economic orientation in living memory. Some have argued that leaving the EU will enable Britain to revive markets in Commonwealth countries……続きを見る

Britain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy ……続きを見る

Award-winning author and artist Michael Kluckner takes another look at a city where the only thing that doesn't seem to change is the rapid pace of development. The original Vanishing Vancouver, pub……続きを見る

Benjamin Disraeli and William Ewart Gladstone are without doubt the two most iconic figures of nineteenth century British politics. Their distinctly different personalities and policies led to 28 ye……続きを見る

Democracy and Political Culture: Studies in Modern British History attempts to give a total picture of the political-social culture of Great Britain in the twentieth century. To do so it chooses a n……続きを見る

China is undergoing the biggest and fastest societal and economic change in human history. Driving this dizzying transformation is the idea of the 'Chinese Dream', the promise that in the new China,……続きを見る

'The present state of the old world is running up like parchment in the fire.' So declaimed Gerrard Winstanley, charismatic leader of radical religious group the Diggers, in mid-seventeenth century ……続きを見る

How corrupt is the West? Europe and North America's formal self-perception is one of high standards in public life. And yet, corruption is receiving ever greater attention in the European, American ……続きを見る

This volume recounts the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, exploring how they were fought, how they have been remembered, and what they mean for us today. The battle of Isandlwana on 22 Janua……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