This unique work – the fruit of many decades' research and experience – throws new light on the supersensible history and karma of the Michaelic movement since Rudolf Steiner's death.
This book represents the first comprehensive historical treatment of sociology in Russia from the mid-nineteenth century through the pre-revolutionary and Soviet eras to the present day.
This book concludes The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia, an authoritative account of the Soviet Union's industrial transformation between 1929 and 1939.
This edited collection invites the reader to enter the diverse worlds of Australia's migrant and minority communities through the latest research on the contemporary printed press, spanning the mid-nineteenth century to our current day.
An exciting collection of dangerous adventures and groundbreaking exploration, The Best Adventure and Exploration Stories Ever Told compiles the works of authors from all over the world and from the very distant past to recent eras.
The first book to trace the evolution of Russian politics from the Bolsheviks to PutinWhen the Soviet Union collapsed, many hoped that Russia's centuries-long history of autocratic rule might finally end.
The first chronicle of Stalin's inner political and social circle-from a leading Soviet historianStalin was the unchallenged dictator of the Soviet Union for so long that most historians have dismissed the officials surrounding him as mere yes-men and political window dressing.
In a fascinating "e;urban biography,"e; Michael Hamm tells the story of one of Europe's most diverse cities and its distinctive mix of Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, and Jewish inhabitants.
A major history of the shtetl's golden ageThe shtetl was home to two-thirds of East Europe's Jews in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, yet it has long been one of the most neglected and misunderstood chapters of the Jewish experience.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History, the National Book Award for Nonfiction, the George Bancroft Prize, and the Francis Parkman Prize, this absorbing volume explores the complexities of the Soviet-American relationship between the November Revolution of 1917 and Russia's final departure in March 1918 from the ranks of the warring powers.
Between 1945 and 1953, while the Soviet Union confronted postwar reconstruction and Cold War crises, its unchallenged leader Joseph Stalin carved out time to study scientific disputes and dictate academic solutions.
In this sweeping study, Julie Hessler traces the invention and evolution of socialist trade, the progressive constriction of private trade, and the development of consumer habits from the 1917 revolution to Stalin's death in 1953.
Richard Stites views the struggle for liberation of Russian women in the context of both nineteenth-century European feminism and twentieth-century communism.
Essays from the award-winning Dostoevsky biographer In this book, acclaimed Dostoevsky biographer Joseph Frank explores some of the most important aspects of nineteenth and twentieth century Russian culture, literature, and history.
A comprehensive history of the Sino-Russian border, one of the longest and most important land borders in the worldThe Sino-Russian border, once the world's longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires.
This masterwork of interpretative history begins with a bold declaration: "e;The Modern Age is the Jewish Age, and the twentieth century, in particular, is the Jewish Century.
Using Australian history as a case study, this collection explores the ways national identities still resonate in historical scholarship and reexamines key moments in Australian history through a transnational lens, raising important questions about the unique context of Australia's national narrative.
Seeking to rebuild the Russian film industry after its post-Soviet collapse, directors and producers sparked a revival of nationalist and patriotic sentiment by applying Hollywood techniques to themes drawn from Russian history.
Bei einem Empfang der Hudson's Bay Company in Fort Reliance treffen Soldaten, Häuptlinge der Indianer und Forschungsreisende wie Paulina Barnett mit ihrer Dienerin Madge aufeinander.
Dieses eBook: "Erinnerungen einer alten Schwarzwälderin (Heimatroman)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
A compelling history of atheism in American public lifeA much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation's moral fabric, barred from holding public office, and branded as irreligious misfits in a nation chosen by God.
Die Anthologie 'Rasputin' versammelt eine facettenreiche Auswahl literarischer Werke des bedeutenden Autors Klabund, bürgerlich Alfred Henschke, dessen Schreiben durch die intensive Auseinandersetzung mit historischen und kulturellen Umbrüchen der frühen 20.
In diesen 1997–2012 gehaltenen Vorträgen spannt der Autor einen weiten Bogen über sein zentrales Thema: die Begegnung mit dem Ätherischen bereits wirksam erscheinenden Christus.
Esta obra da una visión general del sistema colonial español en el continente y traza la línea del proceso de independencia de la región centroamericana.
Los libros histórico-geográficos suelen ser comúnmente de dos tipos: o se centran en un hecho local, puntual, abordado como una singularidad muy específica, o bien, analizan procesos amplios para explicarlos desde la universalidad.
The purpose of putting this book in your hands is to communicate to you the value and strength that must sustain you through this period of transition in which we find ourselves, as well as to reveal something of the solid and healthy foundation on which it is built the future of the Incoming Age.
Cuando los argentinos nos interrogamos sobre cuáles serían los motivos de nuestra ya prolongada declinación como país, encontramos explicaciones basadas en políticas educativas desactualizadas o mal aplicadas, adopción de teorías económicas contrarias a nuestros intereses o aplicadas con falta de idoneidad, influencias culturales ajenas a nuestras raíces, u otros innumerables orígenes.
La mayoría de los países de América Latina, el Caribe y otras regiones del mundo como África, Asia y Oceanía, cuando poseen una con‐ figuración montañosa por lo general se encuentran bajo la influencia de la geodinámica externa.
This book is an insider's account of the search for missing American servicemen who became trapped in the Soviet Union and the US government's efforts to free them or discover their fates.
Using Australian history as a case study, this collection explores the ways national identities still resonate in historical scholarship and reexamines key moments in Australian history through a transnational lens, raising important questions about the unique context of Australia's national narrative.
"El 23 de septiembre de 1604, llegó a Santafé la expedición fundadora de la Compañía de Jesús y el día 27 se hizo entrega de la real cédula a la Chancillería Real, mediante la que se autorizaba su fundación en la Nueva Granada.
"El 23 de septiembre de 1604, llegó a Santafé la expedición fundadora de la Compañía de Jesús y el día 27 se hizo entrega de la real cédula a la Chancillería Real, mediante la que se autorizaba su fundación en la Nueva Granada.
