Many a book has been written about the Medici; yet how little has been said about the private lives of the founders of that wonderful family which rose from prosperous middle-class condition to take its place among the sovereign houses of Europe, to seat its daughters on the throne of the Queen-consorts of France, and its sons on the Chair of St.
The purpose of this book is to offer a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the works of the great Greek orators, shedding light on their remarkable speeches and the distinctive styles that defined them.
The 2016 referendum on Brexit represents a watershed moment in the United Kingdom's contemporary history, reflecting new divides and questioning many of the premises on which the country's identity and position in the world had been based for almost half a century.
Originally published in 1964, this collection of documents was the first to show in detail how the structure and conventions of British government had changed since the First World War.
First published in 1988, Modernization Frustrated (now with a new preface by the authors) is a provocative analysis of modern British economic and political history.
The 2016 referendum on Brexit represents a watershed moment in the United Kingdom's contemporary history, reflecting new divides and questioning many of the premises on which the country's identity and position in the world had been based for almost half a century.
First published in 1988, Modernization Frustrated (now with a new preface by the authors) is a provocative analysis of modern British economic and political history.
Originally published in 1964, this collection of documents was the first to show in detail how the structure and conventions of British government had changed since the First World War.
From its invasion of Manchuria through to the Allies’ victory in 1945 the Japanese Imperial Army was guilty of widespread atrocities against its enemies and, in particular, the civilians of occupied countries.
Using a transdisciplinary method combining art history, literary studies, and neuroaesthetics, this book examines the modern urban experience of nineteenth-century Paris through language and images of fragmentation and transformation.
Using a transdisciplinary method combining art history, literary studies, and neuroaesthetics, this book examines the modern urban experience of nineteenth-century Paris through language and images of fragmentation and transformation.
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery had a dynamic personality that often led to difficulties with political or military superiors but made him an immensely effective leader of men.
Since the Venerable Bede wrote his iconic Ecclesiastic History of England in the eighth century, King Penda has been relegated to the role of villain and treated as a barrier to advancement in a battle between new ideas and a new culture.
The Truth about St Kilda is a unique record of the isolated way of life on St Kilda in the early part of the twentieth century, based on seven handwritten notebooks written by the Rev.
Considere par Eisenhower et les Allies comme un front secondaire a contenir et confiner jusqu'a la capitulation generale de l'Allemagne, le front de l'Ouest prit une tout autre dimension pour le general de Gaulle.
Dieses Buch befasst sich mit der Wirkung Richard Wagners und Friedrich Nietzsches auf die Ideologien der radikalen Rechten, die in der einen oder anderen Form Eingang in die Sammlungsbewegung des Nationalsozialismus gefunden haben.
Dieses Buch befasst sich mit der Wirkung Richard Wagners und Friedrich Nietzsches auf die Ideologien der radikalen Rechten, die in der einen oder anderen Form Eingang in die Sammlungsbewegung des Nationalsozialismus gefunden haben.
Tracing the evolution of social thought on leisure in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present day, this book documents an alternative and almost totally ignored discourse of leisure as a field of welfare.
Tracing the evolution of social thought on leisure in Britain from the industrial revolution to the present day, this book documents an alternative and almost totally ignored discourse of leisure as a field of welfare.
Migration ist in aller Munde, und schnell wird vergessen, dass auch viele Deutsche und Osterreicher einst gezwungen waren, ihr Heimatland zu verlassen.
In diesem Band wird erstmals der groe Bestand an renaissancezeitlichen Burgerhausern in Thuringen und angrenzenden Bundeslandern wissenschaftlich aus verschiedenen Perspektiven in den Blick genommen.
