'Empathy is the currency of all music and Joe Mulhall does a great job of explaining how that quality has been used to generate solidarity for the struggle and sympathy for those who suffer injustice' Billy BraggWhile the global history of the dictatorships, oppression, racism and state violence over the last century is well known - the role that music played in people's lives during these times is less understood.
As the 20th century dawned, the German Empire stood as a powerful force in Europe-an industrial giant, a military powerhouse, and a symbol of imperial ambition.
This book presents a historical synthesis of colonial relations between Brazil and Portugal, illuminating the projects that the statesmen of the period formulated for the rich Portuguese territory in America-at first as a colonial domain, then as a potential independent country.
The American Crisis - Thomas Paine - The American Crisis, or simply The Crisis, is a pamphlet series by eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution.
In einer Zeit tiefgreifender Umwälzungen und politischer Intrigen steht eine Frau im Zentrum der Macht, deren Einfluss das Schicksal einer Dynastie entscheidend prägt.
The Venetian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) was Europe's most celebrated artist from the end of the ancien regime to the early years of the Restoration, an era when the traditional relationship between patrons and artists changed drastically.
Tauchen Sie ein in die tiefgründige Weisheit des Taoismus und entdecken Sie, wie die jahrtausendealten Lehren von Yin und Yang das Geheimnis eines harmonischen Lebens enthüllen können.