General and world history

Jahrtausende bevor die Menschheit die Metallurgie entwickelte, war ein völlig anderes Material die absolute technologische Grundlage für den zivilisatorischen Fortschritt: Obsidian.

Identifying the theological background for the later classical exposition of pragmatism by William James illuminates a method that can shift the parameters of contemporary philosophy of religion discourse and contribute to the development of novel solutions to perennial problems.

During the second half of the twentieth century, the American military chaplaincy underwent a profound transformation.

Der Liberalismus veränderte sich im letzten Drittel des 20.

Bürgerbriefe an Politikerinnen und Politiker sind im 20.

This book recenters the agrarian question within contemporary capitalism, examining social differentiation in rural societies through a rigorous historical-comparative lens.

Iran is home to one of the largest Middle Eastern Jewish communities outside of Israel, numbering around 10,000 people today.

Species acclimatization the organized introduction of organisms to a new region is much maligned in the present day.

Significant numbers of the people enslaved throughout world history have been children.

Significant numbers of the people enslaved throughout world history have been children.

Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India, 1780-1913: A Critical Anthology makes accessible for the first time the entire range of poems written in English on the subcontinent from their beginnings in 1780 to the watershed moment in 1913 when Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Kansas was in a unique position.

This history of the African AIDS epidemic is a much-needed, accessibly written historical account of the most serious epidemiological catastrophe of modern times.

Susan Nye Hutchison (1790-1867) was one of many teachers to venture south across the Mason-Dixon Line in the Second Great Awakening.

This is a history of precious-metals extractivism as lived in Cerro de San Pedro, a small gold- and silver-mining district in Mexico.

Longlisted for the American Library in Paris book award 2026A Shortlist 'Must Read' non-fiction bookA glorious fusion of history and art, A Vast Horizon tells the story of Pablo Picasso and his free-spirited friends, including Lee Miller and Man Ray, in the tumultuous years around the Second World War.

This is an edited volume of music histories—of peoples, places, and institutions—that refuses to shy away from the geopolitical realities of a global musicology.

This is an edited volume of music histories—of peoples, places, and institutions—that refuses to shy away from the geopolitical realities of a global musicology.

Starting in the 1970s, Palestinian theater flourished as part of a Palestinian cultural spring.

This is a history of precious-metals extractivism as lived in Cerro de San Pedro, a small gold- and silver-mining district in Mexico.

Species acclimatization the organized introduction of organisms to a new region is much maligned in the present day.

Susan Nye Hutchison (1790-1867) was one of many teachers to venture south across the Mason-Dixon Line in the Second Great Awakening.

During the second half of the twentieth century, the American military chaplaincy underwent a profound transformation.

Who are "e;the people,"e; and how have they shaped the rise and fall of governments?

Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps is the true story of the notorious samurai corps formed in 1863 to arrest or kill the enemies of the Tokugawa Shogun.

On February 6, 1945, Robert Brasillach was executed for treason by a French firing squad.

On February 6, 1945, Robert Brasillach was executed for treason by a French firing squad.

Latin American Conservatism and the Rise of the Far Right is a comparative study that focuses on contemporary conservatism in Latin America and its historical development, seeking to identify and analyze dialogues, similarities, and differences between countries in the Global South and North, as well as their interactions with former colonial powers.

Fifty years ago, Christmas 1968, Man first orbited the Moon.

The culture of television in Indonesia began with its establishment in 1962 as a public broadcasting service.

Who are "e;the people,"e; and how have they shaped the rise and fall of governments?

In 1982, North Sea ferry MV Norland transported passengers and vehicles between Hull and Rotterdam.

This book examines merchant networks from the unique perspective of moving backward in time from a specific outcome-the founding of an American commission house in Brazil in the early 1800s-to uncover a century-and-a-half's worth of the transnational networking that led to its existence.

Der Slogan Build Back Better wurde nach der Pandemie zum globalen Leitmotiv – von Washington bis Brüssel, von der UNO bis zum Weltwirtschaftsforum.

Lina und Tom freuen sich riesig auf Ostern – doch am Morgen ist das Osternest spurlos verschwunden.

In the 1920s, radiation wasn't a danger; it was a cure-all.

During the height of 19th-century European imperialism, colonizers in Africa faced a massive logistical nightmare: their imported horses and draft animals were being rapidly decimated by the tsetse fly.

In the 1920s, the cutting-edge technology for recording audio involved massive, heavy steel wires that were incredibly difficult to edit and prone to violently snapping and injuring engineers.

In the late 19th century, natural silk was a luxury reserved exclusively for the ultra-wealthy.

Im Februar 1908, als das Automobil noch als unzuverlässiges, lautes Spielzeug für exzentrische Millionäre galt, starteten sechs Teams am Times Square in New York zu einer Mission, die reiner Selbstmord schien: Ein Rennen von New York nach Paris.

The brilliant pinks and purples that dominated Victorian high fashion came with a devastating ecological price tag.

Generation UndergroundJugendkulturen in der Bundesrepublik – Rebellion, Musik, Rausch und IdentitätWarum schließen sich Jugendliche Jugendkulturen an?

Immer mehr Staaten fordern ihr im Ausland gelagertes Gold zurück – ein stilles, aber deutliches Zeichen geopolitischer Verschiebung.

Three decades before Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone, and over a century before the modern office fax machine beeped into existence, a Scottish clockmaker named Alexander Bain was already transmitting rudimentary images over electrical wires.

In three decades, five American technology companies transformed from garage startups and university projects into institutions that shape how billions of people communicate, shop, learn, work, and form political opinions.

Seit den 1970er-Jahren stützt der Petrodollar die weltweite Dominanz der US-Währung – jede Barrel Öl, in Dollar gehandelt, festigte Amerikas geopolitische Macht.

History universally credits Alexander Graham Bell with the invention of the telephone, but the true mechanical foundation of voice transmission was laid by an obscure, brilliant inventor named Elisha Gray.

Während die USA seit Jahrzehnten vom Status des Dollars als globaler Leitwährung profitieren, formiert sich im Schatten eine machtvolle Gegenbewegung: die BRICS-Staaten.

How did an exclusive, secretive vacation resort built for the wealthiest billionaires in the world directly cause the utter annihilation of an entire working-class American city?

Late imperial Russia's criminal justice system examined through its most prominent public casesIn this book, lawyer and historian Sergei Antonov examines the largest and most prominent criminal cases following the landmark judicial reform of 1864 that introduced the public jury trial.