Tam Ha - History 3

The Intellectual as a Detective: From Leonardo Sciascia to Roberto Saviano offers a fresh perspective on both Italian crime fiction and the role of the intellectual in Italian society. By analyzing ……続きを見る

How could authors not write about the effects of a civil war that tore their nation in two, that divided and destroyed families and friends? They had to tell the story, though they were carefully sc……続きを見る

José de Acosta’s De procuranda Indorum salute: A Call for Evangelical Reforms in Colonial Peru contextualizes and analyzes the deployment of Catholic missionary forces in the Andes. Its exhaustive a……続きを見る

Volery and Venery in the French Wars of Religion is the first book-length study to provide an analysis of literary and cultural texts through the lens of people’s perspectives on hunting in the cont……続きを見る

The only up-to-date and comprehensive text and reader of Algerian literature available in English, Algerian Literature: A Reader’s Guide and Anthology offers the reader a historical and critical ove……続きを見る

This book is the result of decades-long academic research and 25 years of emergence in the myth of the American dream. In reality, a small minority of ultra-rich corporations have complete control o……続きを見る

Through an exploration of subjects such as Gandhi impersonators, performance artists, and ritual participants, Mimetic Desires makes an intervention toward understanding the phenomenon of impersonat……続きを見る

In May 1999, the Kargil insurgency was still being viewed as a routine affair. No one quite understood the magnitude of the situation. However, it soon emerged that infiltrators had captured high-al……続きを見る

Mitt emellan Italien och Nordafrika ligger ön Malta. Dess strategiska läge i Medelhavet kom att leda till en av andra världskrigets största belägringar. I "Malta. Kriget i Medelhavet 1940-1942" skri……続きを見る

Den nionde april 2010 är det sjuttio år sedan Nazityskland invaderade Norge. Det ledde till att Skandinavien drogs in i andra världskriget. I "Den nionde april" rullas de dramatiska händelserna upp,……続きを見る

¿Qué historias vienen a la mente al pensar en las mujeres en Paraguay? ¿Dónde han estado, qué hacían, qué roles desempeñaron a lo largo de la historia del Paraguay? Con esta obra esperamos incentiva……続きを見る

For years the legendary John Seigenthaler hosted A Word on Words on Nashville's public television station, WNPT. During the show’s four-decade run (1972 to 2013), he interviewed some of the most int……続きを見る

An essential contribution to contemporary Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) scholarship, Moʻolelo: The Foundation of Hawaiian Knowledge elevates our understanding of the importance of language and narr……続きを見る

This vivid New York Times bestseller about 1950s America from a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist is “an engrossing sail across a pivotal decade” (Time). Joe McCarthy. Marilyn Monroe. The H-bomb. Oz……続きを見る

A Pulitzer Prize winner’s in-depth look at four media-business giants: CBS-TV, Time magazine, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. In this fascinating New York Times bestseller, the autho……続きを見る

In Griechenland erinnert man sich bis heute an die deutsche Besatzung der Jahre 1941–1944, im deutschen Gedächtnis hingegen ist dieses Kriegsgeschehen vergessen oder wird beschwiegen. Die Asymmetrie……続きを見る

A city wrapped by the Gulf of Mexico's beaches, Mobile has a history as rich as the azalea-saturated soil on which it rests. Recipient of the All-American City distinction, Mobile is home to the ori……続きを見る

Never Forgotten, Never Could Be is a seminal anthology that presents a kaleidoscopic view of the struggle for freedom and the resilience of the human spirit through the prism of African American lit……続きを見る

This unique collection of "LIVING TO TELL THE HORRID TALES: True Life Stories of Fomer Slaves, Testimonies, Novels & Historical Documents" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital stan……続きを見る

How did a serial killer from the 19th century almost get away with murder? At the end of the 19th century, Martha Needle became known as 'The Black Widow' of the Richmond poisoning case after secret……続きを見る

This unique collection of "SLAVERY: Hundreds of Documented Testimonies of Former Slaves, Influential Memoirs, Records on Living Conditions and Customs in the South & History of Abolitionist Movement……続きを見る

Taking the Chains Off - Testimonies and Narratives of Former Slaves is an essential anthology that brings together the voices of those who lived through the darkest chapters of American history. Thi……続きを見る

In this groundbreaking study of Francophone Jewish poetry of the Shoah, Gary D. Mole engages with an extensive corpus of poetry by more than forty poets, all of whom were active after the war in Fra……続きを見る

The Planning Moment elaborates the myriad ways that plans and planning practices pervade recent global history. The book’s twenty-seven case studies draw attention to the centrality of planning in c……続きを見る

'Never Forgotten, Never Could Be' is a profound anthology that captures the essences of struggles, resilience, and emancipation through the voices of eminent historical figures and activists. Rangin……続きを見る

They are as diverse as America. Young and old. Of color and white. Urban and rural. Immigrants and native born. They are students and teachers. Athletes and artists. Lawyers, doctors, politicians, f……続きを見る

Intelligence agencies spend huge sums of money to collect and analyze vast quantities of national security data for their political leaders. How well is this intelligence analyzed, how often is it a……続きを見る

World Cinema: A Critical Introduction is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to film industries across the globe. From the 1980s onwards, new technologies and increased globalization have radically……続きを見る

The essential resource on military and political strategy and the making of the modern world The New Makers of Modern Strategy is the next generation of the definitive work on strategy and the key f……続きを見る

Through the prism of one turn-of-the-century factory-city, Tamara Hareven and Randolph Langenbach have captured the historic experience of millions of Americans. We hear for the first time the eloqu……続きを見る