F.F - History 94

La chute de Robespierre et la fin de la Terreur font entrer la Révolution dans une nouvelle ère, en rupture avec l'idéologie jacobine. Au fil des luttes politiques est renouvelé le projet de sortir ……続きを見る

“Imagine a book with the narrative force and the behind-the-scenes revelations of Barbarians at the Gate. Now imagine that what’s at stake isn’t just which rich investment banker gets richer, but ra……続きを見る

Dans L’art d’être juste (1995), Martha Nussbaum invitait à ce qu’on confronte l’imagination littéraire à l’économie. Cette invitation semble avoir été entendue. Dans Le capital au XXIe siècle (2013)……続きを見る

From the United Nations Security Council, through community organizing that changed the paradigm of municipal redevelopment, to the revolutionary post–Watergate Congress and his role spearheading ne……続きを見る

This book presents a fresh perspective on eleventh- and twelfth-century Irish architecture, and a critical assessment of the value of describing it, and indeed contemporary European architecture in ……続きを見る

This volume is based on the assumption that Iran will soon obtain nuclear weapons, and Jacquelyn K. Davis and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr. develop alternative models for assessing the challenges of a n……続きを見る

The New Hollywood boom of the late 1960s and 1970s is celebrated as a time when maverick directors bucked the system. Against the backdrop of counterculture sensibilities and the prominence of auteu……続きを見る

The St. Croix–born, Harlem-based Hubert Harrison (1883–1927) was a brilliant writer, orator, educator, critic, and activist who combined class consciousness and anti-white-supremacist race conscious……続きを見る

Chinese Esoteric Buddhism is generally held to have been established as a distinct and institutionalized Buddhist school in eighth-century China by “the Three Great Masters of Kaiyuan”: Śubhākarasiṃ……続きを見る

The remarkable success of twentieth-century Hong Kong was driven by electricity. The British colony’s stunning export-driven economic growth, its status as a Cold War capitalist dynamo, its energeti……続きを見る

Revised and Expanded Second Edition. This lively narrative tells the story of Japan’s experience with imperialism and colonialism, looking first at Japan’s responses to Western threats in the ninete……続きを見る

Clive 'Killer' Caldwell was a natural and brilliant pilot, a superb shot, and a born leader. He saw action against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ever fighter p……続きを見る

The Root and the Branch examines the relationship between the early labor movement and the crusade to abolish slavery between the early national period and the Civil War. Tracing the parallel rise o……続きを見る

A spectacular example of collective protest, the Great Strike of 1877--actually a sequence of related actions--was America's first national strike and the first major strike against the railroad ind……続きを見る

"Paul has provided a vital piece to our understanding of modern liberalism’s origins." ーRonald J. Pestritto, Author of America Transformed: The Rise and Legacy of American Progressivism Today’s pol……続きを見る

You’ve heard all about the ‘brilliant men’ of ancient myth, but what about the scheming and scandalous women who were so often lost in their shadow? Bad Girls of Ancient Greece contains profiles of ……続きを見る

«ÜberLebenswege leistet einen wichtigen wissenschaftlich fundierten, sehr gut lesbaren Beitrag zur Geschichte der Deutschen Heimerziehung. Eindrücklich und lebensnah wird verdeutlicht, wie normativ ……続きを見る

Frommer’s comprehensive guide to New England fans across this quintessentially American region to show readers how to explore quaint villages, historic sites dating to the country’s earliest days, a……続きを見る

Alistair Moffat tells the extraordinary story of the Highlands in the most detailed book ever written about this remarkable part of Scotland. This is the story of the Highlands and Islands of Scotla……続きを見る

If this doesn’t move you, I suggest you check your pulse.' –John Kay, frontman of Steppenwolf (born in East Prussia in 1944) Told by the children who survived, these stories could well be the last e……続きを見る

當資本主義缺乏任何可以制約的枷鎖，將會膨脹到什麼程度？ 不受監督的執政者、不合法的司法體制、不以民為主的國家…… 洞察最赤裸的社會現實，從地方參議員到羅斯福總統 【揭開地獄蓋子的美國新聞人】【扒糞運動先……続きを見る

El viejo nombre de Trafalgar, «la punta de occidente», sigue resonando hoy en día más allá de las cartas náuticas, topónimo impreso en la memoria colectiva de tres naciones europeas merced al encarn……続きを見る

Stories from survivors of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness’s epochal weather disaster On July 4, 1999, in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), a bizarre confluence of meteorol……続きを見る

In the years between 31 BC and AD 500 the Romans carved out a mighty empire stretching from Britain to the deserts of North Africa. The men who spearheaded this expansion were the centurions, the to……続きを見る

Between the reigns of Augustus and Septimius Severus, the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire frequently saw brutal fighting, most notably during the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the suppression o……続きを見る

The period from 1200 BC onwards saw vast changes in every aspect of life on both the Greek mainland and islands as monarchies disappeared and were replaced by aristocratic rule and a new form of com……続きを見る

After the recapture of Constantinople, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos was determined to bring glory back to the Byzantine Empire. To achieve this, he established an Imperial Fleet and raised new r……続きを見る

The Akwa-Cross People of Nigeria: History, Heritage, and Culture is the first comprehensive book on Akwa-Cross contemporary historical analysis, and its historical reconstruction. The Akwa-Cross peo……続きを見る

This eBook edition of "Notes on the State of Virginia" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Notes on the State of Virginia" is the only f……続きを見る

"Notes on the State of Virginia" is the only full-length book which Jefferson published during his lifetime. Widely considered the most important American book published before 1800, this book is bo……続きを見る