Misa - History 1

The book offers bright glimpses of the yet undiscovered nooks of the private life of the great Swami Vivekananda, and the period of training through which the much lamented Sister Nivedita had to pa……続きを見る

This volume retraces Carl Lutz’s diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest, Hungary, through the lens of Jewish eyewitness testimonies. Together with his wife, Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser, the direc……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

Despite the increasing volume of scholarship that shows children as political actors, prior to this book, a cohesive framework was lacking that would more fully examine and express children’s relati……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

Au Moyen Âge vivre, c’est se battre et survivre, triompher d’obstacles constamment présents et incessamment renouvelés : tourbillon de violence et d’agressivité pratiquant une impitoyable sélection ……続きを見る

L'épopée vise donc à un but, qu'il soit purement narratif, ou qu'il se double d'une valeur morale. La marche du temps est ressentie comme la force qui nous en rapproche ; le récit est fortement marq……続きを見る

Epicuro fundó la escuela filosófica conocida como "Epicureísmo”, que nos dejaría importantes lecciones que podrían aplicarse a los tiempos actuales. Su filosofía se centraba en la búsqueda de la fel……続きを見る

Durante la edad antigua serían erigidas una serie de obras maestras que acabarían siendo elementos icónicos del mundo. Estas obras arquitectónicas fueron admiradas en su tiempo por su belleza, magni……続きを見る

"जो सभ्यता अपने संघर्षों को भूल जाती है, वह अपनी गलतियों की पुनरावृत्ति और आत्म-विनाश के दुश्चक्र में फंसने को अभिशप्त होती है। स्वतंत्रता की लड़ाई, आधिपत्य तथा अत्याचारों के खिलाफ प्रतिरोध अक्सर सा……続きを見る

"A civilization that forgets its struggles is condemned to repeat its mistakes and spiral into a self-destructive cycle. The battles for freedom and the resistance against occupation and atrocities ……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

Robert Vipper (1859–1954) war vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg Professor für Universalgeschichte an der Moskauer Universität und hatte sich ebenfalls als Geschichtstheoretiker und Geschichtsdidaktiker einen……続きを見る

The immense outpouring of archaeological discoveries this past century has shed new light on ancient East Asia, and China in particular. Yet in concert with this development another, more troubling,……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

Desenterré esta historia en diciembre de 1984, cuando la dictadura militar me envió a la Cuarta Región en calidad de relegado político. Poco antes, había sido deportado a la ciudad de Vicuña, ……続きを見る

Is Christianity compatible with the martial arts and the samurai code of Bushido? The Reverend Takemi Sasamori, Methodist minister and founding pastor of the Komaba Eden Church in Tokyo, Japan, and ……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

This book sheds new light on the general equilibrium theory of Léon Walras (1834–1910) from a historical perspective. Walras's construction of general equilibrium theory marked the dawn of modern ec……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

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

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

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Gateway to Opportunity: How One Public School Helped Shape an Entire Nation is like a Who's Who in American history. Its chapters deliver lessons and anecdotes from the storied history of the Boston……続きを見る

NJSAA Edited Works Award Winner (2023) 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……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

Vedas are the most ancient scriptures known to us today. They are not just religious texts but are storehouses of vast knowledge, both worldly as well as spiritual. However, these voluminous texts a……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

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