Misa - History 1

The unique history and development of FastLane, the central nervous system of the National Science Foundation. Since 2000, the National Science Foundation has depended upon its pioneering FastLane e……続きを見る

Accounts of the early events of the computing industryーthe Turing machine, the massive Colossus, the ENIAC computerーare well-told tales, and equally well known is the later emergence of Silicon Va……続きを見る

Now updated ー A comprehensive, 500-year history of technology in society. Historian Thomas J. Misa's sweeping history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years reve……続きを見る

Mahabharata with 100,000 verses, and many prose passages, adding up to a phenomenal total of 1.8 million words is the biggest known Epic. Originally, based on a real story that took place 5000 years……続きを見る

The origin of these Studies dates from many years back. As a youth I was faced, as Others are, by the problem of sex. Living partly in an Australian city where the ways of life were plainly seen, pa……続きを見る

A Moszádot napjainkban a világ legjobb és egyben legrejtélyesebb titkosszolgálatai között tartják számon. Ez a könyv bemutatja az &uum……続きを見る

Perhaps the most spectacular reaction to court-ordered busing in the 1970s occurred in Boston, where there was intense and protracted protest. Ron Formisano explores the sources of white opposition ……続きを見る

For the People offers a new interpretation of populist political movements from the Revolution to the eve of the Civil War and roots them in the disconnect between the theory of rule by the people a……続きを見る

Albuquerque, founded by Spanish colonists in 1706, seems an unusual place for Jewish immigrants to settle. Yet long before New Mexico statehood in 1912, Jewish settlers had made their homes in the h……続きを見る

San Pedro was incorporated into the City of Los Angeles in 1909, and grew into one of the world�s strategic international ports. The dredging and backfilling of berths and canals have been mirrored ……続きを見る

The career of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) affords an extraordinary glimpse into the intellectual ferment of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Britain. As a popular poet, practicing physic……続きを見る

In today’s world of unequal globalization, Bangladesh has drawn international attention for the spate of factory disasters that have taken the lives of numerous garment workers, mostly young women. ……続きを見る

It is impossible to understand completely any human being or any single act of his behavior, just as it is impossible to understand completely why a particular wild rose bloomed under a particular h……続きを見る

In Imagining a Nation, Ruramisai Charumbira analyzes competing narratives of the founding of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe constructed by political and cultural nationalists both black and white since occupatio……続きを見る

Compreender o processo pelo qual novas nações se formam é uma tarefa que exige pesquisa exaustiva, uma boa dose de argúcia e uma disposição persistente para não se contentar com as versões consagrad……続きを見る

Di fronte ai tanti avvenimenti che, attraverso i media, ci frastornano ogni giorno e a volte ci disorientano, siamo assai spesso portati a formulare dei giudizi superficiali o a schierarci, guidati ……続きを見る

Dispossession of fertile, mineral-rich land is correctly repeated as the root cause of the economic precarity of Black people in South Africa. Colonial wars are rightly foregrounded but in a way tha……続きを見る

Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no sin……続きを見る

Women in Print is a collection of essays in two related volumes which considers the diversity of roles occupied by women in the design, authorship, production, distribution and consumption of printe……続きを見る

Despite the many jokes and stereotypes about New Jersey and its residents, in reality the state is a wildly diverse place, home to a vast variety of landscapes, cultures, and people. There is no sin……続きを見る

Si bien las campañas de Sir Arthur Wellesley desde Portugal fueron decisivas para lograr la derrota napoleónica en la Guerra de Independencia española, la zona oriental de la península tuvo también ……続きを見る

Väldigt onödiga böcker Varje år registreras runt 15 000 nya böcker i Sverige. I bibliotekens samlingar finns ytterligare några miljoner titlar. Alla kan inte vara nödvändiga att läsa. Några av dem m……続きを見る

L’Iran è un paese misterioso, ha una cultura straordinaria ed è percorso da contraddizioni profonde. Questa volta abbiamo deciso di raccontarlo tramite una raccolta di saggi accompagnati da fotograf……続きを見る

In today’s world of unequal globalization, Bangladesh has drawn international attention for the spate of factory disasters that have taken the lives of numerous garment workers, mostly young women. ……続きを見る

50 años han transcurrido desde aquel fatídico 11 de septiembre de 1973, en el que el golpe militar liderado por Augusto Pinochet derrocó el Gobierno democrático y socialista de Salvador Allende, ins……続きを見る

Der Band beleuchtet die Hintergründe des libyschen Machtkampfes und versucht, Antworten auf die brennendsten Fragen zu geben: Wie kam es dazu, dass ein ursprünglich revolutionäres, antikolonialistis……続きを見る

When one thinks of Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition, memories of bright lights, cotton candy, the rush of people, and the excitement of rides spring to mind. But when the lights go down and th……続きを見る

A hard-hitting analysis of how the disparity between wealth and poverty undermines the common good. The growing gap between the most affluent Americans and the rest of society is changing the countr……続きを見る

The Green Movement protests that erupted in Iran in 2009 amid allegations of election fraud shook the Islamic Republic to its core. For the first time in decades, the adoption of serious liberal ref……続きを見る

Labor and Love in Guatemala re-envisions the histories of labor and ethnic formation in Spanish America. Taking cues from gender studies and the "new" cultural history, the book transforms perspecti……続きを見る