CK - Western Europe 1

From internationally acclaimed historian Timothy W. Ryback, the chilling chronicle of how Adolf Hitler overturned a constitutional democracy in less than eight weeks On September 25, 1930, Adolf Hit……続きを見る

The roots of Henkel, founded in 1876 by Fritz Henkel, lie in the early German Empire. The population’s rising standard of living increased the demand for consumer goods in everyday life, which the c……続きを見る

Une fois encore, comme hier à propos de la famille en Europe ou de la place de l'écriture dans notre civilisation, Jack Goody vient perturber la ronde des historiens emportés par leurs certitudes. À……続きを見る

Le 6 juin 1944, les forces alliées lancèrent la plus grande opération amphibie de l’histoire. Ce qui suivit ne fut pas seulement une bataille, mais un tournant qui modifia le cours de la Seconde Gue……続きを見る

Am 6. Juni 1944 starteten die Alliierten die größte amphibische Invasion der Geschichte. Was folgte, war nicht nur eine Schlacht, sondern ein Wendepunkt, der den Verlauf des Zweiten Weltkriegs verän……続きを見る

The Jewish Orphanage in Leiden was the last one of eight such care homes to open its doors in the Netherlands before the Second World War. After spending almost 39 years in an old and utterly inadeq……続きを見る

The launch of the All for Ireland League in 1910 sent shock waves through Irish nationalism and led to widespread rioting and violence in Cork City and County. It represented the first breakaway fro……続きを見る

The dissolution of the Soviet Union was the most significant geopolitical earthquake of the late 20th century. In "The Red Horizon: The Collapse of the Soviet Empire," we dissect the complex web of ……続きを見る

Nel 1904, Halford John Mackinder, allora direttore della London School of Economics, pubblica un saggio intitolato Il perno geografico della storia, nel quale enuncia per la prima volta la sua teori……続きを見る

Ontdek de verborgen waarheden achter een natie in crisis! In "Het geval België" neemt James M. Beck je mee op een meeslepende reis door de complexe geschiedenis en politiek van België. Dit boek bied……続きを見る

Erleben Sie die dramatische Geschichte einer Stadt, die sich gegen alle Widrigkeiten behauptet! In "Geschichte der Belagerung, Eroberung und Zerstörung Magdeburg's" entführt Otto von Guericke den Le……続きを見る

Ontdek de verborgen schatten van Leiden! Stap in de fascinerende wereld van Leiden met "Korte beschrijving van Leiden: wegwijzer voor vreemdeling en stadgenoot" van Dercksen. Dit meesterwerk neemt j……続きを見る

During discussions for the Government of Ireland Act 1920, Northern Ireland as we know it was created. However, there were discussions of the Irish boundary line, including partitioning the full pro……続きを見る

Nous avons besoin d’histoire car il nous faut du repos. Une halte pour reposer la conscience, pour que demeure la possibilité d’une conscience – non pas seulement le siège d’une pensée, mais d’une r……続きを見る

À travers la biographie de John Patrick Leonard transparaît une histoire des relations franco-irlandaises au XIXe siècle. Professeur d’anglais dans un collège parisien, il mène une vie honorable et ……続きを見る

Die hier gesammelten Aufsätze behandeln sehr verschiedene Aspekte der Beziehungen zwischen Papsttum und Kaiserhof in den 30er Jahren des 17. Jahrhunderts. Auf der Grundlage bisher unbenützter Quelle……続きを見る

Au XVIIIe siècle, la France s'approvisionne abondamment dans les pays du Nord : bois, chanvre et goudron de la Baltique, tonnellerie de Poméranie, pêche de rogue de Norvège, graines de lin de Courla……続きを見る

Western Self-Contempt travels through civilizations since antiquity, examining major political events and the literature of ancient Greece, Rome, France, Britain, and the United States, to study evi……続きを見る

When the Bloomsbury critics Roger Fry and Clive Bell introduced an aesthetically conservative English public to recent Parisian avant-garde painting, they explained its disconcerting imagery by way ……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

Deutungen historischer Ereignisse unterliegen vielfältigen Modifikationen, Anpassungen und Ausblendungen, die ihrerseits Ausdruck veränderter Machtverhältnisse, Wertvorstellungen oder Legitimationsb……続きを見る

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive edition of the Church Histories by John Diakrinomenos and Theodore Lector. It contains the original texts along with translations into English and ……続きを見る

European culture has been greatly influenced by the Christian Church and Greek and Roman culture. However, the peoples of Europe’s remote past, whom the Greeks, Romans, and their medieval heirs call……続きを見る

In the early months of the German occupation during WWII, many of Europe’s major cities witnessed anti-Jewish riots, anti-Semitic incidents, and even pogroms carried out by the local population. Who……続きを見る

We need history because we need rest: a pause to rest our consciousness, so that the possibility of a consciousness may remain – as the seat not only of thought, but of practical reason, affording f……続きを見る

John Hume, Ireland’s greatest peace-maker, is widely recognised as the architect of the Northern Ireland peace process. In John Hume in America, Maurice Fitzpatrick explores how Hume created this fr……続きを見る

The depression of the waters of the Lakes of Neufchatel, Morat, and Bienne, which the Swiss Confederation has been having executed during the last decades, has been a most fortunate event for archae……続きを見る

In A History of Science in Society, Ede and Cormack trace the history of the changing place of science in society and explore the link between the pursuit of knowledge and the desire to make that kn……続きを見る

Das Auswärtige Amt, nach einem preußischen Vorläufer unter Bismarck im Kaiserreich gegründet, ist die wichtigste Institution deutscher Außenpolitik. Zugleich ist es ein traditioneller Karrierehafen ……続きを見る

How empires have used diversity to shape the world order for more than two millennia Empiresーvast states of territories and peoples united by force and ambitionーhave dominated the political landsc……続きを見る