MB - History 7

AN old house, crumbling half away, all barnacled and lichen-grown, Of saddest, mellowest, softest grey,ーwith a grand history of its ownー Grand with the work and strife and tears of more than half ……続きを見る

There was a gap of thirty-eight years, almost to a day, between my departure from England (1870), a five-weeks-old young bride, and my return thither (1908), an old woman. And for about seven-eighth……続きを見る

Amongst the hundreds and thousands of pretty and cosy little villa houses that cluster round our Melbourne city, The Nest, at St. Kilda is one that seldom escapes the notice of the passer-by. It sta……続きを見る

Abraham Lincoln’s Republican Party was the first party built on opposition to slavery to win on the national stageーbut its victory was rooted in the earlier efforts of under-appreciated antislavery……続きを見る

Moderne Strafrechtsgeschichte als Teil der juristischen Zeitgeschichte befasst sich mit der Rechtsentwicklung in unserer Rechtsepoche, d.h. im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Unter Berücksichtigung der all……続きを見る

Britain's towns and cities were famously transformed in the nineteenth century by the coming of the railways, turning their fortunes around and giving urban dwellers new opportunities to travel acro……続きを見る

Established by the Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862, America’s land-grant universities have had far-reaching influences on the United States and the world. Service as Mandate, Alan I Marcus’s ……続きを見る

Twelve hundred years ago a Chinese historian stated that "on the eastern frontier of the land of Japan there is a barrier of great mountains, beyond which is the land of the Hairy Men." These were t……続きを見る

Often hidden away or incorporated into other architectural features, icehouses are a largely forgotten part of our heritage. As winters warmed through the nineteenth century, and supplies of natural……続きを見る

Se suele considerar la represión como una consecuencia de la Guerra Civil y de la violencia engendrada por el conflicto en uno y otro bando. Pero Santiago Vega Sombría nos ofrece ahora una nueva y m……続きを見る

This little book offers a guide to how Satan tries to attack the Christian in different ways, at different times and under different conditions. Christians have to be ready to wrestle, war and withs……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwr……続きを見る

In January 1682, William Culliford, a loyal and experienced officer in the King's customs service, began an extraordinary journey under Treasury orders to investigate the integrity and efficiency of……続きを見る

Using insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the history of sexuality, Holmberg explores the ambiguity that drives male bonding. Personal interviews with Mamet and with the actors wh……続きを見る

Williams' classic edition of Hoare's classic translation is here augmented with almost 200 new annotations concerning quotations, language, geography, history, and customs alluded to in the text. 続きを見る

“Enough with speculation about our digital future. Infinite Reality is the straight dope on what is and isn’t happening to us right now, from two of the only scientists working on the boundaries bet……続きを見る

In contrast to every other book about the conflict Andrew Lambert's ground-breaking study The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy against Russia, 1853-1856 is neither an operational history of the a……続きを見る

Reforming the Church before Modernity considers the question of ecclesial reform from late antiquity to the 17th century, and tackles this complex question from primarily cultural perspectives, rath……続きを見る

Media technologies have played a central role in shaping ideas about home life over the last two centuries. Changing Media, Homes and Households explores the complex relationship between home, house……続きを見る

Using the borderscapes concept, this book offers an approach to border studies that expresses the multilevel complexity of borders, from the geopolitical to social practice and cultural production a……続きを見る

'The Damned Fraternitie': Constructing Gypsy Identity in Early Modern England, 1500–1700 examines the construction of gypsy identity in England between the early sixteenth century and the end of the……続きを見る

Colorado Women is the first full-length chronicle of the lives, roles, and contributions of women in Colorado from prehistory through the modern day. A national leader in women's rights, Colorado wa……続きを見る

Based on travel writings, religious history and popular literature, Jews in the Early Modern English Imagination explores the encounter between English travellers and the Jews. While literary and re……続きを見る

No written source is entirely without literary artifice, but the letters sent from Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine in the high middle ages come closest to recording the real feelings of those who li……続きを見る

John Armstrong's 2000-line poem The Art of Preserving Health was among the most popular works of eighteenth-century literature and medicine. It was among the first to popularize Scottish medical ide……続きを見る

Ünlü yazar Paul Imbert 1909 yılında yazdığı bu eserinde Osmanlı'nın son dönemlerinin panoramik bir görüntüsünü sergiliyor. Batının Osmanlı ve Türklere kayıtsız kalmadığını, hele mesele kişisel çıkar……続きを見る

Emir Timur, yalnız Türk-İslam dünyasının büyük hükümdarlarından biri olmakla kalmayıp, tarihin kaydettiği en büyük cihangirlerden biridir.. Timur, 1336'da Maveraünnehir'de Semerkand'la Belh arasında……続きを見る

Bu hayatta kalanların inşa ettikleri bir şehrin öyküsüdür. Büyük bir felakette sıklıkla olduğu gibi hayatta kalanlar etnik olarak tek bir halk değildi, çok sayıda halkların birleşmesiydi. Onlar yaşa……続きを見る

To Canadians of this century the name of Henry Alline is almost unknown. This biography introduces him to the general reader. Through the story of his life it also recreates the early settlement of ……続きを見る