SUI - History 1

During his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln expressed hope that the "better angels of our nature" would prevail as war loomed. He was wrong. The better angels did not, but for many Americans……続きを見る

Although much is known about the political stance of the military at large during the Civil War, the political party affiliations of individual soldiers have received little attention. Drawing on ar……続きを見る

L’histoire récente consacre le passage de la censure étatique directe à des formes intériorisées d’autocensure. Le sujet n’en reste pas moins d’actualité, y compris dans les démocraties occidentales……続きを見る

In Millenarian Dreams and Racial Nightmares, John H. Matsui argues that the political ideology and racial views of American Protestants during the Civil War mirrored their religious optimism or pess……続きを見る

In a sweeping reinterpretation of the history of disfranchisement, Steve Suitts illuminates how a century of political conflicts in Alabama came to shape both some of America’s best achievements in ……続きを見る

Beethoven’s seventy-two settings of traditional Irish airs constitute his most prolific output in any genre. The arrangements were commissioned in the early nineteenth century by the Scottish editor……続きを見る


 → Grand entretien avec Umberto Eco : « La France a subi un choc qu’elle n’a pas digéré » Umberto Eco évoque son amour de la littérature française et sa fascination pour le Moyen Âge qui, d’après l……続きを見る

This booklet introduces the classic text by Kōtoku Shūsui that launched Japan's first anarchist movement in late Meiji era Japan. In 1907, Kōtoku, one of Japan's foremost socialists of the time, lai……続きを見る

On connaît le George Orwell de 1984 et de La Ferme des animaux, on connaît moins le George Orwell reporter qui vécut l’impérialisme britannique en Birmanie, s’engagea dans la guerre d’Espagne en 193……続きを見る

Entre Renaissance et Révolution, la vie de Jésus n’a cessé d’être réécrite par les théologiens européens. Ses contours chronologiques, sa signification ont été interprétés à la lueur de leurs engage……続きを見る

Selected among Foreign Affairs's "Best of Books 2024" China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Wes……続きを見る

“A fascinating and beautifully written love letter to water. I was enchanted by this book." ーRebecca Skloot, bestselling author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks We swim in freezing Arctic wa……続きを見る

An original history of music in the lives of American soldiers. Since the Civil War, music has coursed through the United States military. Soldiers have sung while marching, listened to phonographs ……続きを見る

This book focuses on injustices that have taken place to deaf people and the sign language community in Finland from 1900. For decades, memories and stories about past injustices have been passed do……続きを見る

There has been much discussion about the origin of marketing and marketing thought, and whether it was truly American in origin. Nevertheless, it is true that US marketing management thought was ver……続きを見る

Notre-Dame de Paris, le Mont Saint-Michel, Carcassonne, etc. : Viollet-le-Duc, le grand restaurateur du XIX e. Souvent décrié pour ses restaurations perçues comme arbitraires, Viollet-le-Duc apparai……続きを見る

Seeks to introduce an "affective turn" to the study of China's political modernization process. Affective Betrayal uses "affect" as an analytical category to explicate the fragility and fragmentatio……続きを見る

“The most revealing book ever published on Mao, perhaps on any dictator in history.”ーProfessor Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University From 1954 until Mao Zedong's death twenty-two years later, Dr. L……続きを見る

第二次世界大戰期間的香港故事大都環繞英軍抗敵及在一九四一年聖誕日戰敗的事蹟，但華籍游擊隊在日治時期協助戰俘逃生和營救盟軍飛行員對重挫日軍銳氣所起的重要作用，卻鮮有人提及。這個被忽略的環節正是《東江縱……続きを見る

"This stuff is more than just fancy pranks. It's Americana. Never has nonsense been taken so seriously...This book is a fascinating, appetite- whetting glimpse for the, if you'll pardon the expressi……続きを見る

Si le religieux n’est pas censé aujourd’hui interférer avec le politique, dans l’Europe moderne, la religion - le christianisme - était structurante et commandait à tout et tous. Trois principes ont……続きを見る

In 'De schipbreuk van de "Berlin" 21 Februari 1907' schetst Jean-Louis Pisuisse een indringend en gedetailleerd verslag van de dramatische gebeurtenis waarbij het schip 'Berlin' verging. Het boek co……続きを見る

Le christianisme aura bientôt deux mille ans. Matrice de la civilisation européenne, religion présente sur tous les continents, il a façonné au fil des siècles l'organisation sociale, le calendrier ……続きを見る

Where Mountainy Men have Sown gives a first-hand account of the fight for freedom in West Cork from 1916–21. It chronicles the social and military aspects of the War of Independence and describes th……続きを見る

"Her life was a bridge from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, from the time-hallowed beauty and rigidity of a samurai household to the disorienting, forward-looking freedoms of the West." ーJ……続きを見る

A skilled observer and noted scholar of Chinese culture, TsuenHsuin Tsien has contributed profoundly to the West's understanding of the East and vice versa. Having spent six decades as a professor a……続きを見る

If the Way of the warrior is the soul of Japan, their magnificent swords were the tools utilized to form the nation and forge their spirit. You’ll find an abundance of information in this special tw……続きを見る

If the Way of the warrior is the soul of Japan, their magnificent swords were the tools utilized to form the nation and forge their spirit. You’ll find an abundance of information in this special tw……続きを見る

If the Way of the warrior is the soul of Japan, their magnificent swords were the tools utilized to form the nation and forge their spirit. You'll find an abundance of information in this special tw……続きを見る

Hong Kong’s story in the Second World War has been predominantly told as a story of the British forces and their defeat on Christmas Day 1941. But there is another story: the Chinese guerrilla force……続きを見る