General and world history

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Based on recollections of patients, interviews with participants in the government programs, available literature and statistics, and records of the Northern Affairs Program, Grygier examines the programs for the Inuit in all parts of Canada.

The county of Tripoli in what is now North Lebanon is arguably the most neglected of the so-called 'crusader states' established in the Middle East at the beginning of the twelfth century.

Placing Eastern Europe in a global context, this provides new perspectives on the political, economic, and cultural transformations of the late twentieth century.

This book is the first comprehensive study of the setting up and early development of the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS), or the alliance's environmental programme.

This 2002 book presents the account of two nineteenth-century Brazilian women struggle to lead a life on their own terms.

By investigating the major changes in world history during the past five hundred years, Woodruff explains to what extent world forces have been responsible for shaping both the past and the present.

"e;None of that people should be spared, not even the babe in its cradle.

The USS Bullhead was the last American naval vessel lost in World War II.

One of the "e;10 Must-Read Histories of the Palestine-Israel Conflict"e; Ian Black, Literary Hub, on the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration The new edition of the acclaimed text that explores the issues continuing to define the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Numerous instances of competing, sometimes incompatible narratives of controversial events are found throughout history.

Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of The debate on the English Reformation combines a discussion of successive historical approaches to the English Reformation with a critical review of recent debates in the area, offering a major contribution to modern historiography as well as to Reformation studies.

This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the role played by law(s) in the British Empire.

Experiences of captivity in Japanese-occupied Asia varied enormously.

This book provides original essays that suggest ways to engage students in the classroom with the cultural factors of American literature.

Knapp 30 Jahre benötigten die Grünen, um in Deutschland Wahlen gewinnen und sogar einen Ministerpräsidenten stellen zu können.

Zwielichtige Machenschaften wie Drogenhandel und Geldwäsche, Mordkomplotte, illegale Interventionen und Folter: Seit ihrer Gründung vor sechzig Jahren steht die CIA für viele dubiose Vorgänge beginnend mit dem Kalten Krieg bis zum heutigen »War on Terror«.

This book, focusing on the history of religious and political thinking in early modern Russia, demonstrates that Russia’s path toward enlightenment began long before Peter the Great’s opening to the West.

A comprehensive account of how British race patriotism shaped the defense partnership between Britain and the dominions before the Great War.

Southeast Asia consists of the countries of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

This book provides a concise historical outline of religion in Poland up until its entry into the European Union in 2004, together with a longer presentation of contemporary religious issues.

For nearly 130 years, the Greeks, the Bulgarians, and the Yugoslavs have fought over the question of who has the historical and demographic rights to use the name "e;Macedonia.

Organic farming is a major global movement that is changing land-use and consumer habits around the world.

Studying education and learning in the formative period of Islam is not immediately easy, since the sources for this are relatively late and frequently project backwards to the earlier period the assumptions and conditions of their own day.

World War II dominates world history today as it dominated world attention over 60 years ago.

Anticorruption in History is a timely and urgent book: corruption is widely seen today as a major problem we face as a global society, undermining trust in government and financial institutions, economic efficiency, the principle of equality before the law and human wellbeing in general.

Counterfactual history of the Jewish past inviting readers to explore how the course of Jewish history might have been different.

This book addresses the intersection between gender and colonialism primarily in German colonialism.

The book addresses for the first time the dynamics associated with the modernization of mathematics in China from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century from a transcultural global historical perspective.

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

"e;Award-winning author Alan Rems brilliantly tells of the campaigns in the South Pacific, a region long overlooked, offering both the big picture and the foxhole view"e; - Military Officer "e;A fitting tribute to the men who fought and died in an often overlooked theater of World War II.

Winston Churchill called it "e;the Beast.

In April 1945 the American 71st Infantry Division exacted the final vestiges of life from the Reich's 6th SS Mountain Division in central Germany.

A powerful and unique study of the realities and long-term impact of occupation, "e;Mussolini's Greek Island"e; reveals the Italian dictator's imperial vision, the mechanisms of Italian occupation and its tragic consequences.

The air battle for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war.

American Indian Education/indigenous education is still faltering today and is not producing significant differences in results where school practices follow those for the dominant culture.

Collaboration among contemporary Native American communities and local public schools is vital for nurturing Native languages.

In the form of a sociological pilgrimage, this book approaches some topics essential to understanding the role of science in Latin America, juxtaposing several approaches and exploring three main lines: First, the production and use of knowledge in these countries, viewed from a historical and sociological point of view; second, the reciprocal construction of scientific and public problems, presented through significant cases such as Latin American Chagas Disease; and third, the past and present asymmetries affecting the relationships between centers and peripheries in scientific research.