Kao - History 1

The year 2009 marks the 30th anniversary of normalization of Sino-U.S. relations. Over the past 30 years, the bilateral relations have developed by twists and turns. It is not until recent years tha……続きを見る

Coincided with China’s economic reform and her rapid ascendance to a great power status, the relations between Taiwan and Chinese mainland since 1979 have also seen some encouraging development. How……続きを見る

Presents essays by leading short-story writers on their favorite American short stories and why they like them. It will send readers to the library or bookstore to read - or re-read - the stories se……続きを見る

Despite China's desire to make its rapid ascendance in the 21st century as non provocative as possible, the key to ensure China's peaceful rise lies in two-way integration and engagement. A closely ……続きを見る

This carefully edited collection presents the lives of the most influential explorers of North America: Eric the Red, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Jacqu……続きを見る

O principal objetivo da historiadora neste livro é analisar como se deu a criação da Seção de Etnografia e Arqueologia no Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Brasil (IHGB). Formada pela elite letrad……続きを見る

During the half century from the 1950s to the year 2000, Japan emerged as a major international aid donor. In 1989 it became the largest bilateral air donor in the world. How did Japan emerge as a t……続きを見る

It is a well known fact that Japan spends only a small percentage of her gross national product on defense. What is not well known, however, is the fact that Japan's defense budget ranks among the t……続きを見る

Feast! Throughout human history, and in all parts of the world, feasts have been at the heart of life. The great museums of the world are full of the remains of countless ghostly feasts – dishes tha……続きを見る

Es hätte eine behütete, schöne Kindheit und Jugend sein können im sächsischen Dreiländereck. Doch nach und nach brechen die Schatten der Zeitgeschichte in Ursulas Leben ein: der Nationalsozialismus ……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Geschichte Europa - Deutschland - Nationalsozialismus, II. Weltkrieg, Note: 2,0, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, 19 Quellen im Literaturv……続きを見る

This book explores the origins of western biopolitics in ancient Greek political thought. Ojakangas’s argues that the conception of politics as the regulation of the quantity and quality of populati……続きを見る

A fascinating anthology of narratives from the period 1735-1830, by European women who recount their enslavement in North Africa. The first such collection, it includes an extensive introduction whi……続きを見る

Offering a timely reanalysis of the issue of Japan’s capital punishment policy, this cutting edge volume considers the de facto moratorium periods in Japan’s death penalty system and proposes an alt……続きを見る

European colonization of America occurred as a result of the bravery and discoveries of great navigators, visionaries and adventurers. This carefully edited collection presents the lives of the most……続きを見る

As part of the third system of fortifications built for harbor defense, Fort Clinch was constructed from 1847 to 1867. Serving in three wars, the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War II, t……続きを見る

The traditional view of the Hong Kong colonial economy is that it was dominated by Western companies, notably the great British merchant houses, and that these firms enlisted support from Chinese mi……続きを見る

Finally the Sphinx speaks about the Pyramids message secrets. This will permit to everyone who seeks find the answers about the true meaning of human existence. A vision of what might happen after 2……続きを見る

Amerigo Vespucci is a biography of the famous explorer. 続きを見る

Tarek Cherkaoui reveals how geo-political and ideological legacies of the past, which divide the world into a dichotomy of 'us' against 'them', play a dominant role in reinforcing the ensuing polari……続きを見る

Found in Translation is a rich account of language and shifting cross-cultural relations on a Christian mission in northern Australia during the mid-twentieth century. It explores how translation sh……続きを見る

This book critically explores the emerging architecture of regional security in Africa with particular reference to counterterrorism and counterinsurgency in the Lake Chad Basin Region. In New Archi……続きを見る

Con base en relatos de vida, esta investigación reconstruye históricamente la cotidianidad de dos comunidades de la ciudad de Bogotá (Mochuelo Alto y Mochuelo Bajo) que han convivido con el basurero……続きを見る

I 1794 raser rædselsregimet stadig i Paris, mens folk bliver fængslet og henrettet i flæng i revolutionens navn. Den røde Pimpernel er til sine fjenders store ærgrelse stadig på fri fod, men agent C……続きを見る

This book explores the consequences of the latest political shifts in Central Eastern Europe: the rise of right-wing parties and, among other things, politics becoming more invested in history. Thes……続きを見る

It's 1783 and wealthy Paul Déroulède has offended the young Vicomte de Marny by speaking disrespectfully of his latest infatuation, Adèle de Monterchéri. Déroulède had not intended to get into the q……続きを見る

The Celestial City Baroness Emmuska Orczy - A beautiful young cat burglar is released from prison and flees her former life and criminal family for the Continent where she reinvents herself. Publish……続きを見る

When Gilles de Crohin, Sire de Froidmont, received that sabre-cut upon his wristーa cut, by the way, which had been dealt with such efficacy that it very nearly severed his left hand from his armーh……続きを見る

It has been a difficult task to piece together the fragmentary documents which alone throw a lightーdim and flickering at the bestーupon that mysterious personality known to the historians of the Na……続きを見る

I cannot pretend to say how it all happened. I can but relate what occurred, leaving those of my friends who are versed in psychic matters to find a plausible explanation for the fact that on that h……続きを見る