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Antiquarian, lawyer, and cat lover Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637) was a “prince” of the Republic of Letters and the most gifted French intellectual in the generation between Montaigne and Desc……続きを見る

World history continues to evolve as one of the most popular and widely discussed approaches to the study of history. The second edition of World History: The Basics offers an updated introduction o……続きを見る

Conservators as first responders in a world where our cultural heritage is increasingly at risk Conservation can be understood as a form of knowing; conservators extract meaning about the past from ……続きを見る

In "Electricity: The Force Behind Everything," JN Nartey crafts a sweeping narrative that reveals electricity as the fundamental "connective tissue" of our universe. He argues that we don't just use……続きを見る

Deep maps are finely detailed, multimedia depictions of a place and the people, buildings, objects, flora, and fauna that exist within it and which are inseparable from the activities of everyday li……続きを見る

Africa: Landscapes of Time and Memory A Geographic Journey Through the Continent of Origins By J.N. Nartey From the tectonic pulse of the Great Rift Valley to the whispering dunes of the Sahara, Afr……続きを見る

Considering studying history at university? Wondering whether a history degree will get you a good job, and what you might earn? Want to know what it’s actually like to study history at degree level……続きを見る

Weaving together literary and scholarly insights, History and Its Objects will prove indispensable reading for historians and cultural historians, as well as anthropologists and archeologists worldw……続きを見る

For readers of Annette Gordon-Reed and Nikole Hannah-Jones, the shocking untold story of the British royal family’s centuries-long investment in slavery and continued profiting off its legacyーfrom ……続きを見る

African Festivals and Customs: A Comprehensive Cultural Exploration Africa is a continent rich in tradition, where festivals are more than just celebrationsーthey are living expressions of history, ……続きを見る

From the mythical founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus to the fall of Constantinople nearly two millennia later, "The Chronicles of Ancient Rome" is an epic and sweeping account of one of the most ……続きを見る

This volume draws on the recently discovered and extraordinarily rich scrapbook compiled by prosecuting solicitor Francis Hobler about the 1840 murder of Lord William Russell to consider public enga……続きを見る

This book takes a global historical perspective to trace the rise of human rights and their global impact from the 18th century to the present. This fully updated volume examines the complex relatio……続きを見る

The ten essays published in this volume were written over the space of a decade, but they were conceived from the start as a coherent whole, presenting Peiresc's study of discrete languages and lite……続きを見る

This study, first published in 1980, argues that higher education for women was accepted by the end of the nineteenth-century, and higher education was becoming a desirable preparation for teachers ……続きを見る

Herodotus and Imperial Greek Literature is the first monograph devoted to the reception of Herodotus among Imperial Greek writers. Using a broad reception model and focused largely on texts outside ……続きを見る

Were the most serious philosophers of the millennium 200 A.D. to 1200 A.D. just confused mystics? This book shows otherwise. John Martin rehabilitates Neoplatonism, founded by Plotinus and brought i……続きを見る

Throughout the sixteenth century, political and intellectual developments in Britain and The Netherlands were closely intertwined. At different times religious refugees from one or other country fou……続きを見る

The American Revolution in New Jersey lasted eight long years, during which many were caught in the middle of a vicious civil war. Residents living in an active war zone took stands that varied from……続きを見る

This book is intended as a survivor's guide to turn-of-the-century and millennial furor. It offers data about events and relevant cultural traditions in the past and a framework within which to cons……続きを見る

A leading scholar of Jewish history’s bracing and challenging case for the role of the historian today Why do we study history? What is the role of the historian in the contemporary world? These que……続きを見る

Книга про патріотизм і відданість, про самопожертву й ризик, про боротьбу за справедливість і можливість стати на захист країни навіть тоді, коли ти ー всього лише тендітна жінка Військова драма, за……続きを見る

This book is a comparative analysis of the medieval Sunni historiography of the caliphate of Uthman b. Affan and the revolt against him. By comparing treatments of Uthman in pietistic literature and……続きを見る

This seminal new study explores how and why historians and writers from the Middle Ages to the present day have constructed different accounts of this well-loved figure. N. J Higham offers an in-dep……続きを見る

Indigenous peoples have our own ways of defining oral history. For many, oral sources are shaped and disseminated in multiple forms that are more culturally textured than just standard interview rec……続きを見る

Illuminating the experiences of immigrants to Australia in the late twentieth century, this book uses oral history to explore how identity and belonging are shaped through migration. Between the 195……続きを見る

Focusing on why neoliberalism gained such a unique strong hold in the United States, philosopher Bruce N. Waller in this book traces the source back to the country’s origins and the entwined core va……続きを見る

World Past to World Present: A Sketch of Global History provides an unusually brief and present-focused treatment of human history beginning with the advent of agriculture and ending with considerab……続きを見る

This book explores the subject of genocide through key debates and case studies. It analyses the dynamics of genocide – the processes and mechanisms of acts committed with the intention of destroyin……続きを見る

Bede's Ecclesiastical History is the most important single source for early medieval English history. Without it, we would be able to say very little about the conversion of the English to Christian……続きを見る