General and world history

Vom Wesen des KriegesDer Krieg hat seine eigene kulturelle Welt hervorgebracht: Trotz aller technischen Entwicklungen im Lauf der Geschichte ist sein Wesen gleich geblieben.

A fascinating account of the trade patterns and consumption practices that arose following European colonisation of the Atlantic world.

The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating pioneering research in the field of transnational history.

Many churches are involved in short-term mission trips.

Busvine's introductory account of the evolutionary histories of insects and mites leads on to a fascinating study of human reactions to ectoparasites.

The care of the needy and the sick is delivered by various groups including immediate family, the wider community, religious organisations and the State funded institutions.

The first systematic analysis of American proconsular leadership from the Spanish-American War to the present.

Apart from Elizabeth I, Henry VIII is the most powerful English king in the 16th century.

Writing Local History Today guides local historians through the process of researching, writing, and publishing their work.

This book is a full-length study of the rights of indigenous peoples in international law, focusing in particular on instruments of human rights.

Eine sorgfältig recherchierte Studie, die durch die Einbeziehung der biografischen und intellektuellen Entwicklungsgeschichte von Althaus zeigt, dass sein Antisemitismus eine lange und theoretisch ausgereifte Vorgeschichte hat - weit vor der NS-Machtübernahme.

In 1917 revolutionary fervour swept through Russia, ending centuries of imperial rule and instigating political and social changes that would lead to the formation of the Soviet Union.

Between 1500 and 1900 there was a constant growth in the numbers of large cities and networks of smaller towns throughout the Pacific world in which traders and primary producers did business.

A thorough history of the Winter War, the uneven Russo-Finnish conflict that began shortly after the start of World War II.

Though some believe that the Indian treaties of the 1870s achieved a unity of purpose between the Canadian government and First Nations, in From Treaties to Reserves D.

Despite growing popular and policy interest in 'new' slavery, with contemporary abolitionists calling for action to free an estimated 40 million 'modern slaves', interdisciplinary and theoretical dialogue has been largely missing from scholarship on 'modern slavery'.

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

A world-renowned economist offers cogent and powerful reflections on one of the great avoidable economic catastrophes of the modern era The economic crisis in Greece is a potential international disaster and one of the most extraordinary monetary and political dramas of our time.

"e;The Korean missions movement is perhaps the most significant story of the Church in the world over the past one hundred years.

The trial of former SS lieutenant and Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie was France's first trial for crimes against humanity.

Von Ötzi über Hannibal bis zur Christianisierung – die Geschichte der Alpen in der Antike von dem großen Historiker und Bestseller-Autor Ralf-Peter MärtinMeist wird Hannibal genannt, wenn es um die frühe Geschichte der Alpen geht.

Henry Roe Cloud was the first Native American to graduate from Yale.

Greeks, Romans and Barbarians (1988) explores a number of themes that bind the regional cultural developments of mainland Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.

This book considers how languages, peoples and cultures in the Near East interacted over the millennium between Alexander and Muhammad.

Located on the southern-most tip of the Balkan peninsula in Europe's southeast, Greece is a small country of some 11 million people.

The gripping story of an explosive turning point in the history of modern IndiaOn the night of June 25, 1975, Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India, suspending constitutional rights and rounding up her political opponents in midnight raids across the country.

Our country and the world is changing fast, and a knowledge of history helps us understand the hows, whats, and whys of modern civilization.

An indispensable guide for all United Methodists-especially pastors, lay leaders, church council members, confirmation and new member candidates and their instructors, and seminarians-this book is presented in a practical, down-to-earth manner for easy use by both individuals and classes, clergy and lay.

A través del diálogo entre la historia económica y urbana y la historia cortesana, las contribuciones reunidas en este volumen pretenden profundizar en el conocimiento de las relaciones materiales y económicas que mantuvieron las ciudades y las cortes cristianas de la Península Ibérica, entre los siglos XIV y XV.

Bei der Recherche über einen Berliner Mordfall aus dem Jahr 1938 stößt Eva Züchner hinter der Kriminalstory auf eine ganz andere Geschichte.

Irene Levin Berman was born, raised, and educated in Norway.

For one hundred and forty years, The Statesman's Yearbook has been relied upon to provide accurate and comprehensive information on the current political, economic and social status of every country in the world.

The most flamboyant, consistently dishonest racketeer was Supervisor of Internal Revenue John McDonald, whose organization defrauded the federal government of millions of dollars.

The last volume of Prit Buttar's best-selling series on the Eastern Front in World War I in paperback.

In this entertaining history of the Yangtze Patrol, Tolley gives a lively presentation of the Chinese political situation over the past century and describes the bombing of the Panay, the siege of Shanghai, the battle of Wanhsien, and the Nanking incident.

During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, US Navy dive bomber pilot Wade McClusky proved himself to be one of the greatest pilots and combat leaders in American history, but his story has never been told until now.

Traditional Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Chippewa) knowledge, like the knowledge systems of indigenous peoples around the world, has long been collected and presented by researchers who were not a part of the culture they observed.

How the Treaty of Versailles is still influencing current events—with a new Foreword by Sir Harold Evans and a new Introduction by the authorFor more than half a century, it has been widely recognized that the Treaty of Versailles created the circumstances that led inevitably to World War II.

This volume compiles and annotates for the first time the complete correspondence of the eighteenth-century British author Charlotte Lennox, best known for her novel The Female Quixote.

Fear is ubiquitous but slippery.

Exploring the history of art in China from its earliest incarnations to the present day, this comprehensive volume includes two dozen newly-commissioned essays spanning the theories, genres, and media central to Chinese art and theory throughout its history.

Born in 1878 to a wealthy Ukrainian family, Angelica Balabanoff broke ties with her parents and left for Europe to become one of the leading female socialists of the early 20th century.

Examines the creation and dissemination of the legends about Constantine''s victory in 312 at the battle of the Milvian Bridge.

Crusades covers seven hundred years from the First Crusade (1095-1102) to the fall of Malta (1798) and draws together scholars working on theatres of war, their home fronts and settlements from the Baltic to Africa and from Spain to the Near East and on theology, law, literature, art, numismatics and economic, social, political and military history.