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In 1807, Britain and the United States passed legislation limiting and ultimately prohibiting the transoceanic slave trade. As world powers negotiated anti-slave-trade treaties thereafter, British, ……続きを見る

"In the Beginning was Napoleon"--"Napoleon and no end": Inspiration Bonaparte explores German responses to Bonaparte in literature, philosophy, painting, science, education, music, and film from his……続きを見る

This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Live-in servants were a distinctive element of early modern society. They we……続きを見る

This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century. This is the first book to survey the experience of servants in rural Europe ……続きを見る

In 1807, Britain and the United States passed legislation limiting and ultimately prohibiting the transoceanic slave trade. As world powers negotiated anti-slave-trade treaties thereafter, British, ……続きを見る

Conceptualizado como una contribución a la continua construcción de la identidad del Códice mendocino, el presente volumen está organizado en torno a tres ejes: el análisis material, la interpretaci……続きを見る

This book presents a recently discovered inscription from Aphrodisias in western Turkey, probably of the third century AD, which throws unusual light on the history of the Jewish diaspora, on the ba……続きを見る

I 50 år var Sønderjylland under tysk herredømme efter nederlaget i 1864. Men tilhørsforholdet til Danmark blev i den grad bevaret på trods af den tyske stats forsøg på at dæmme op for danskheden i d……続きを見る

I 50 år var Sønderjylland under tysk herredømme efter nederlaget i 1864. Men tilhørsforholdet til Danmark blev i den grad bevaret på trods af den tyske stats forsøg på at dæmme op for danskheden i d……続きを見る

At a time when issues of gender and sexuality are as prominent as they have ever been, Gender, Sex and the Shaping of Modern Europe provides an authoritative exploration of the history of these deep……続きを見る

On February 23, 1945, U.S. Marines claimed victory in the battle of Iwo Jima, one of the most important battles in the Pacific islands during World War II. Instrumental to this defeat of Japanese fo……続きを見る

Replica of 1879 edition by the Hakluyt Society, London. This edition comes with a map available as a free download. Johann (Hans) Schiltberger (1380 – c. 1440) was a German traveller and writer. The……続きを見る

Why would Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241), the most powerful and rapacious Icelander of his generation, dedicate so much time and effort to producing the Edda, a text that is widely recognized as th……続きを見る

This significant volume is the first to use primary research evidence to examine tourism, ageing and the implications of an ageing population for the visitor economy. Adopting a multidisciplinary ap……続きを見る

Mange af de højtider vi fejrer i dag, kan spores tilbage til hedenske traditioner, herunder jul og nytår, sommersolhverv, pinse og fastelavn. "Årets højtider" følger årets mærkedage og beskriver de ……続きを見る

This WWII history sheds light on Belgian resistance and fighting from the battle against Nazi invasion through its occupation and liberation. When the Nazis invaded neutral Belgium in May of 1940, t……続きを見る

**'Sad and funny, this is a wonderful book. I didn't want it to end' WOMAN'S WEEKLY 'An enthralling saga, set in Sweden, about the lives of two boys before, during and after the war ... impossible t……続きを見る

Utilizing remarkable images from the Manning Brothers Historical Collection, the Michigan Opera Theatre Archives, and several additional collections, Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon have captured……続きを見る

"Un livre bouleversant de fierté et de rage". The New York Times Comment une telle histoire a-t-elle pu être oubliée ? Alors que les nazis imposaient leur loi et persécutaient les Juifs d'Europe de ……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE 2022 EUDORA WELTY PRIZE Internationally known as a writer, Eudora Welty has as well been spotlighted as a talented photographer. The prevalent idea remains that Welty simply took snaps……続きを見る

Throughout medieval Europe, male and female religious communities attached to churches, abbeys, and schools participated in devotional music making outside of the chanted liturgy. Newly collating ov……続きを見る

Quakers were one of the early settler colonist groups to invade northeastern North America. William Penn set out to develop a “Holy Experiment,” or utopian colony, in what is now Pennsylvania. Here,……続きを見る

In his most thrilling and personal book, Tim Flannery writes a love letter to his homeland, drawing on three decades of extensive travel, research and field work to reveal its unique nature. Flanner……続きを見る

This is the story of one man's fight against a multibillion dollar colossus. A man who stood up for what was right, whatever the cost. The brilliant young forensic pathologist had no idea that the b……続きを見る

**'An ambitious and engrossing investigation of the moral legacies which stubbornly refuse to pass' Brendan Simms As the western world struggles with its legacies of racism and colonialism, what can……続きを見る

This is the remarkable true story of a young man's initiation in the Himalayas. David Manners was trekking in Nepal when he stumbled upon the mountain home of a jhankri, or Nepalese shaman. The jhan……続きを見る

Like their modern counterparts, the 'first ladies' of Rome were moulded to meet the political requirements of their emperors, be they fathers, husbands, brothers or lovers. But the women proved to b……続きを見る

In dieser Master-Arbeit werden 30 Jahre nach der deutsch-deutschen Wiedervereinigung Ursachen für das Spendenverhalten der Ostdeutschen gesucht und gefunden. Welche Motivation benennen DDR-Sozialisi……続きを見る

Das erste Buch über die organisierte Kriminalität der mächtigsten Mafia Europas Momentan steht sie im Rampenlicht, obwohl sie lieber im Dunkeln arbeitet: Der bisher größte Prozess gegen die 'Ndrangh……続きを見る

Sind Sie neugierig auf ferne Zeiten und fremde Kulturen? Wollen Sie wissen, ob es noch andere Arten zu denken gibt als unsere? Ich auch. Deshalb erforsche ich seit vierzehn Jahren die Geschichte der……続きを見る