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The religious beliefs of America’s founding fathers have been a popular and contentious subject for recent generations of American readers. In The Founders and the Bible, historian Carl J. Richard c……続きを見る

The entanglements of information and materiality in our media environment, that new information and communication technologies make increasingly mobile and locative, changes the mediations between s……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - and. Länder - Neuzeit, Absolutismus, Industrialisierung, Note: 1,0, Universität Wien (Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschicht……続きを見る

In what ways do the actions and economic behavior of today's multinational corporations resemble the functioning and processes of the old command economics of the Soviet Union? By ignoring questions……続きを見る

Central Birmingham History Tour provides unique insight into the illustrious history of the heart of England’s second city. Local author Eric Armstrong guides us through the streets of this West Mid……続きを見る

Birmingham’s War: Voices of the Second World War is a collection of 100 accounts by local young men and women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War. They have been collected by ……続きを見る

Qu'est-ce qu'est défini comme le Printemps arabe? Quels en ont été ses protagonistes? Quelles raisons et quelles conséquences? Mais surtout, le droit international a-t-il joué un rôle fondamental en……続きを見る

Revised Third Edition. Eric Aitchison's long and in-depth study is basically his way to reconcile the conventional model of ancient history with the 'Ages in Chaos' series of Velikovsky. He has been……続きを見る

As the nineteenth century progressed, shorter working weeks brought more leisure time and improved opportunities to promote and take part in sport and entertainment. By 1900 two professional footbal……続きを見る

This very rare series of Japanese paintings depicts everyday artisans in feudal Japan. Extensive commentary provides insight into the historical and cultural context of the scenes. More than three c……続きを見る

An argument settler--and starter--for Civil War buffs who want to know which side had the better soldiers: Armies South, Armies North definitively compares the military forces of both sides. Civil W……続きを見る

George Henry Gordon, who moved to Framingham, Massachusetts, at the age of five, attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where his attitudes toward the country were shaped alongside classm……続きを見る

American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith is the companion volume to an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that celebrates the bold and radical experiment to test a wh……続きを見る

In 1796, Daniel Shehy of Tipperary was the first Irish man to settle in Youngstown. In the early nineteenth century, the Ulster Irish moved into the region. Later, massive waves of Irish refugees fr……続きを見る

During the early 1800s, about two dozen men of African descent lived in Hawai�i. The most noteworthy was Anthony D. Allen, a businessman who had traveled around the world before making Hawai�i his h……続きを見る

A 1.48-square-mile piece of unincorporated Los Angeles County when it was annexed by the City of Los Angeles in 1922, tiny Sawtelle has lived very large in the hearts and minds of Japanese Americans……続きを見る

The African American community of Wichita is as old as the city itself, dating back to early pioneers, cowboys, and business figures. Once relatively integrated, Wichita became more segregated as th……続きを見る

L'unique synthèse sur le sujet, revue et augmentée à la lumière d'une décennie de recherches neuves sur les XIXe et XXe siècles notamment, ainsi que des récentes crises et réformes qui ont boulevers……続きを見る

This timely book provides a balanced and deeply knowledgeable introduction to Cuba since Christopher Columbus’s first arrival in 1492. With decades of experience studying and reporting on the island……続きを見る

Recollections is the result of many meetings with the twenty-eight veterans interviewed, and many hours of editing. The veterans’ names appear in the Contents section of the book. Their stories and ……続きを見る

Immediately after the armistice was signed in November, 1918, an American journalist asked Paul von Hindenburg who won the war against Germany. He was the chief of the German General Staff, co-archi……続きを見る

This is a concise guide that provides descriptions of some of Boston’s most important tourist sites. 続きを見る

DE L’ESPRIT DU TEMPS, ET DES RÉFORMES POLITIQUES. L’HOMME n’est pas une simple production de la nature, et ne lui appartient pas dans le même sens que la plante et l’animal ; mais l’homme n’est pas ……続きを見る

The iconic images of Uncle Sam and Marilyn Monroe, or the "fireside chats" of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr.: these are the words, images, and sounds that populate ……続きを見る

Now in paperback! Military Book Club® Main Selection History Book Club® Featured Alternate * The battle that transformed a group of common soldiers into the modern-day Marine Corps Miracle at Bellea……続きを見る

This book addresses the ambiguities of the growing use of private security contractors and provides guidance as to how our expectations about regulating this expanding ‘service’ industry will have t……続きを見る

L'ouvrage de référence sur la vie quotidienne des civils français pendant la Grande Guerre. En août 1914, l'existence de millions d'hommes et de femmes a basculé avec l'ordre de mobilisation général……続きを見る

Charles le Téméraire : romancero historique, écrit par l'écrivain et philosophe suisse romand Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821 – 1881). Charles de Valois-Bourgogne, dit Charles le Hardi ou Charles le Trav……続きを見る

La synthèse de référence. Mamelle économique et militaire de la France, la paysannerie a subi de plein fouet les tragédies du XXe siècle. Le choc des deux guerres mondiales a précipité une mutation ……続きを見る

Resultado de extensa pesquisa documental, Caio Prado Júnior – uma biografia política, de Luiz Bernardo Pericás, ilumina a trajetória de um dos maiores intérpretes da realidade brasileira. Figura emb……続きを見る