General and world history

Both traditions recognize and draw theological and historical lessons from some of the same narrative sources, but this is the first comparative resource to provide interdisciplinary coverage of the history and textual sources associated with prophets and prophecy.

From America's fight for independence to the Paris Commune - an exotic collection of fanatics, adventurers, poets and thinkers are brought vividly to life.

"eine wertvolle Lektüre für Schüler und Studierende.

Few recent phenomena have proved as emblematic of our era, and as little understood, as globalization.

A Poisoned Chalice tells the story of a long-forgotten criminal case: the poisoning of the communion wine in Zurich's main cathedral in 1776.

Este libro analiza el proceso de formación de una tradición teatral republicana en el periodo 1931-1936.

Why did the Armenian genocide erupt in Turkey in 1915, only seven years after the Armenian minority achieved civil equality for the first time in the history of the Ottoman Empire?

Scholar and pastor Matthew Barrett retraces the historical and biblical roots of the doctrine that Scripture alone is the final and decisive authority for God's people.

During World War II, Hollywood studios supported the war effort by making patriotic movies designed to raise the nation's morale.

This book examines the meat provision system of Rio de Janeiro from the 1850s to the 1930s.

The book examines trends in American literature and sheds new light on the legal history of race relations during the Progressive Era.

For centuries, Persian was the language of power and learning across Central, South, and West Asia, and Persians received a particular basic education through which they understood and engaged with the world.

As the American Theological Library Association (ATLA) celebrates the important milestone of its 60th anniversary this year, the editors have brought together in a single-volume anthology some of the best contributions to this field.

This book, first published in 1984, analyses the background to the revolution in Grenada and details the course of its progress, examining the reasons why it faltered and failed.

Charles Wesley's Journal is crucial to an understanding of the beginnings of the Wesleyan/Methodist movement.

Wilhelm Worringer's landmark study in the interpretation of modern art, first published in 1908, has seldom been out of print.

Die komparatistische Studie unternimmt es erstmalig, Geselligkeit als soziale und diskursive Praxis zu bestimmen, indem sie die sozialen Konstellationen und kommunikativen Verfahren beschreibt, die gesellige Situationen kennzeichnen.

This reader brings together 35 seminal articles that reflect the museum world's ongoing conversation with itself and the public about what it means to be a museum-one that is relevant and responsive to its constituents and always examining and reexamining its operations, policies, collections, and programs.

A sweeping history of Islam and the West from the seventh century to todayEurope and the Islamic World sheds much-needed light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cultures and on the richness of their inextricably intertwined histories, refuting once and for all the misguided notion of a "e;clash of civilizations"e; between the Muslim world and Europe.

This volume, a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost U.

The Czech Legion was not just a single military unit, but a volunteer army that fielded up to 100,000 troops on the Allied side on all three main fronts of the war.

In an engaging and accessible style, Martin J.

During the long period when the world was divided between East and West and the Cold War threatened to turn hot with devastating consequences, the Non-Aligned Movement was one of the few institutions that consistently sought other outcomes not in its own interest, but that of all humanity.

Covering the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the celebrated defeat of Antony and Cleopatra at the hands of Augustus, this authoritative Companion explores the world that Alexander created but did not live to see.

The articles selected for this volume explore emergent issues in the contemporary relationship between Islam and science and present studies of eight major voices in the discourse.

In order to systematize regional studies, the authors view the southern United States as an integrated system of economic, political, social, and educational institutions.

From yaks and vultures to whales and platypuses, animals have played central roles in the history of British imperial control.

Monsoon rains, winds, and currents have shaped patterns of production and exchange in the Indian Ocean world (IOW) for centuries.

For some in our society, diversity is a threat.

By exploring the concept of the "e;tender gaze"e; in German film, theater, and literature, this volume's contributors illustrate how perspective-taking in works of art fosters empathy and prosocial behaviors.

Economic Trends in Soviet Russia (1930) examines the economic position of the USSR a decade after the Revolution.

The super-heavy tanks of World War II are heirs to the siege machine tradition a means of breaking the deadlock of ground combat.

It is often taken for granted that modernity emerged in Europe and diffused from there across the world.

Doubtful and dangerous examines the pivotal influence of the succession question on the politics, religion and culture of the post-Armada years of Queen Elizabeth's reign.

Andrew Pickens (17391817), the hard-fighting South Carolina militia commander of the American Revolution, was the hero of many victories against British and Loyalist forces.

The pursuit of German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic has long been considered one of the most exciting stories of World War II.

Kuwait, unlike most of its neighbours, has a well-established national identity and a long history as a nation, dating back to the eighteenth century.

Die Studie geht der Frage nach, welche Prinzipien die Modusverwendung in der frühneuzeitlichen Kanzleisprache steuern.

A masterpiece of World War II heroism, this book catches the spirit and tone of an incredible fighting ship, the USS Aaron Ward, a destroyer-turned-minelayer on the radar picket lines in the Pacific.

Village China Under Socialism and Reform offers a comprehensive account of rural life after the communist revolution, detailing villager involvement in political campaigns since the 1950s, agricultural production under the collective system, family farming and non-agricultural economy in the reform, and everyday life in the family and community.

Each summer, a 'perpetual fair' plagued eighteenth-century London, a city in transition overrun by a burgeoning population.

Neo-Calvinism critically advances Reformed orthodoxy for the sake of modern life.

On his second expedition to the Pacific, in the years 1772-5, Captain James Cook made a voyage which, in the annals of exploration, is unsurpassed for grandeur of design and execution and for variety of experience.