Ruth - History 1

How Spanish and Portuguese colonialism shaped our conception of whiteness A landmark treatment of a pivotal historical question, Reckoning with Race in New Worlds reveals how the empires of Spain an……続きを見る

In the year 2000, the presidents of Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia agreed to construct the Interoceanic Highway as part of the Initiative for the Integration of the Regional Infrastructure of South Ameri……続きを見る

Why has shame recently displaced guilt as a dominant emotional reference in the West? After the Holocaust, survivors often reported feeling guilty for living when so many others had died, and in the……続きを見る

The recent discovery that as a young man Charles Dickens lived only a few doors from a major London workhouse made headlines worldwide, and the campaign to save the workhouse from demolition caught ……続きを見る

The application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to issues in history is among the most exciting developments in both digital and spatial humanities. Describing a wide variety of applications……続きを見る

This richly illustrated book presents the art, architecture, and material culture of a little-known Byzantine dynasty, the Laskarids of Nicaea (1204–1261), uncovering their multiple contributions to……続きを見る

An unforgettable account of defiance against political terror by one of South Africa's pioneering anti-apartheid activists An invaluable testimonial of the excesses of the apartheid system, 117 Days……続きを見る

Angel Oak is estimated to be more than 400 years old. The story of the live oak begins with the "purchase" of Johns Island from the Cussoe Indians by a representative of Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper in……続きを見る

During the first half of the twentieth century, Los Angeles grew into a sprawling metropolis. As suburbs developed, demonstration homes and housing exhibitions brought innovative architectural and i……続きを見る

C'est une vie, c'est une claque, c'est inoubliable. Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle C'était la mort et non le sexe, le secret dont les grandes personnes parlaient en chuchotant, et sur lequel on aurait ……続きを見る

Dès son titre, le livre annonce les pertes de cette vie. Ce qu'elle n'a pas perdu en chemin, c'est la conviction que rien n'est plus évident que de défendre ses droits. C'est en cela que réside le t……続きを見る

Verteidigen, was wirklich zählt »Demokratie und Freiheit stehen auf dem Fundament gemeinsamer kultureller Werte und historischer Erinnerungen«, heißt es im Grundsatzprogramm der AfD. Doch von gemein……続きを見る

**New York Times Bestseller What modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped).** Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demag……続きを見る

During the nineteenth century, the transpacific world underwent profound transformation, due to the transition from sail to steam navigation that was accompanied by a concomitant reconfiguration of ……続きを見る

一本研究民族文化的日本簡史 堪稱「日本國民性格說明書」 優雅與禮序×武士道與紀律 露絲．潘乃徳剖析溫柔與殘酷並存的日本文化 【從戰時觀察到文化理論的深度解讀】 《菊與刀》是美國文化人類學者露絲．潘乃徳於二……続きを見る

By: Ruth H. Shields, Pub. 1965, Reprinted 2005, 182 pages, E-BOOK, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-581-2. Orange County was created in 1752 from Granville, Johnston and Bladen Counties with Granville havin……続きを見る

This open access book provides a unique and incisive analysis of the shifting dynamics in the international order, exploring a threefold fragmentationーof power centres, geopolitical arenas, and glo……続きを見る

Based on the hugely popular blog, magazine, and Instagram account of the same name, The Bible of British Taste explores the meaning of traditional British style. Rejecting the pristine and predictab……続きを見る

In The High Cost of Dying, Ruth Harmer delivers a groundbreaking and unflinching examination of the funeral industry in mid-20th-century America. First published during a period when death was a sub……続きを見る

Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with wha……続きを見る

Door haar dagboek – het meest gelezen boek over de Tweede Wereldoorlog – werd Anne Frank (1929-1945) een begrip. Deze nieuwe biografie werpt een nieuw licht op haar leven én haar naleven. Ruth Frank……続きを見る

Why did Aztecs throw bloody corpses down the face of their pyramids? Why are pyramids ubiquitous? When did the social system we call patriarchy begin? How do we know? One of the oldest written words……続きを見る

BLACK AS HELL, STRONG AS DEATH, SWEET AS LOVE: A Coffee Travel Guide, is the first and only book to trace coffee consumption from its origins in prehistory to becoming the world's second-most-valuab……続きを見る

This open access book is an innovative history of community health practitioners’ responses to the seemingly intractable problem of men (and on rare occasions, women) sexually abusing children withi……続きを見る

Though few people have heard of A.D. Smith (1811–65), this nineteenth-century knight-errant left his mark on some of the key events of his times in several states, personifying the nineteenth-centur……続きを見る

Slavery and the University is the first edited collection of scholarly essays devoted solely to the histories and legacies of this subject on North American campuses and in their Atlantic contexts. ……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

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title In eighteenth-century America, no centralized system of welfare existed to assist people who found themselves without food, medical care,……続きを見る

The Middle Ages are often viewed as a repository of tradition, yet what we think of as traditional marriage was far from the only available alternative to the single state in medieval Europe. Many p……続きを見る

This book addresses Naples’ relationship with Italy, since the introduction of direct mayoral election in 1993 and as articulated in cultural production. It deploys theoretical frameworks pertaining……続きを見る