Social and cultural history

ENGTelling October examines the rich and accretive processes by which the new Soviet regime sought to construct the events of 1917 as a major revolutionary event, indeed a foundation event, for the new Communist state.

Die Schulerbewegung gestaltete als Teil der 68er-Revolte Schulpolitik, Demokratie und Gesellschaft entscheidend mit.

Das zweiteilige Buch behandelt die Konflikte der britische Monarchin Elisabeth I.

ENGWhat does it mean to live in the modern world?

The earliest painting by Rembrandt whose owner is documented depicts the prophet Balaam, on his way to blessing Israel.

This dictionary contains nearly 1500 entries and constitutes a core of essential knowledge on Chinese culture in a systematized and modernized form.

English-born Francis Asbury was one of the most important religious leaders in American history.

When Tom Gosset's Race: The History of an Idea in America appeared more than a generation ago, it explored the impact of race theory on literature in a way that anticipated the entire current scholarly discourse on the subject.

The Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition brings together new research and perspectives on popular media phenomena, as well as shining a spotlight on texts that are less well known or studied.

This dictionary contains nearly 1500 entries and constitutes a core of essential knowledge on Chinese culture in a systematized and modernized form.

This book presents a theory of the morality of human relations deeply drawn from widespread spiritual traditions, offering an account of the full range of sociality that comprises our moral life.

This volume assembles texts dedicated to the linguistic and educational aspects of missionary and colonial enterprises, taking into account all continents and with an extended diachronic perspective (15th-20th centuries).

The Handbook of Japanese Media and Popular Culture in Transition brings together new research and perspectives on popular media phenomena, as well as shining a spotlight on texts that are less well known or studied.

This book is about the making of intellectual property law in Vietnam across colonial and socialist space and time from 1864 to 1994.

What does it mean to reckon with a legacy of white supremacy?

This volume assembles texts dedicated to the linguistic and educational aspects of missionary and colonial enterprises, taking into account all continents and with an extended diachronic perspective (15th-20th centuries).

This book presents a theory of the morality of human relations deeply drawn from widespread spiritual traditions, offering an account of the full range of sociality that comprises our moral life.

Every age has had its rebels: socialists, peace activists, sexual reformers, fundamentalists, and more.

Every age has had its rebels: socialists, peace activists, sexual reformers, fundamentalists, and more.

The earliest painting by Rembrandt whose owner is documented depicts the prophet Balaam, on his way to blessing Israel.

What does it mean to reckon with a legacy of white supremacy?

Growing up, I felt disconnected from my African roots since there was virtually nothing in literature, mainstream media, or the entertainment industry that referenced the rich history and culture that exists there.

Tras la caida de Troya, Eneas huye de una ciudad reducida a humo y cenizas, obedeciendo el mandato divino: fundar un nuevo imperio lejos de su patria.

This comparative study of elite formation and social mobility in Central and Eastern Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries focuses on Bohemia and Transylvania as representatives of different administrative systems - Cisleithanian and Transleithanian - within the Habsburg Monarchy.

Kussen macht glucklich - und gesunder!

Tras la caida de Troya, los vencedores parten hacia sus hogares cargados de tesoros, pero su impiedad provoca la ira de los dioses.

La obra que tiene el lector en sus manos es el resultado de varios anos de pesquisas y seguimientos a uno de los caudillos de la mitad del siglo XIX, cuya vida ha sido analizada principalmente por autores del occidente colombiano.

Una imagen de la Bogota de hace anos que se revive a traves de un Almirante que solia vender libros.

Sentenciado por el oraculo de Delfos a cometer crimenes atroces contra su propia sangre, Edipo es abandonado por sus padres y criado por los reyes de Corinto.

This comparative study of elite formation and social mobility in Central and Eastern Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries focuses on Bohemia and Transylvania as representatives of different administrative systems - Cisleithanian and Transleithanian - within the Habsburg Monarchy.

Hijo de la musa Caliope, Orfeo recibe la lira del mismisimo Apolo, convirtiendose en el musico mas prodigioso de la antiguedad.

Was verbindet Geschmack mit der Nation?

Ob qualmende Schornsteine oder Vogel in grunen Landschaften: Welche Bilder wir mit "e;Umwelt"e; verbinden, ist das Ergebnis gesellschaftlicher Aushandlung - und visueller Inszenierung.

Bajo el rostro sereno de Apolo, dios de la luz y la musica, late una pasion indomable que amenaza con desbordarse.

En la Edad de Oro, el titan Crono gobierna sobre dioses y mortales, pero vive atormentado por una profecia: sera destronado por su propio hijo, igual que su padre Urano.

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In Nordrhein-Westfalen begeistert Handball die Menschen.

Dedalo, el gran arquitecto de Atenas, es celebre por sus obras prodigiosas: edificios que desafian el tiempo, ingenios asombrosos y estatuas que parecen cobrar vida.

Japan is widely regarded as having a unique culture and a strong national identity.

Games and Theatre in Shakespeare's England brings together theories of play and game with theatre and performance to produce new understandings of the history and design of early modern English drama.

This pioneering collection of nine original essays carves out a new conceptual path in the field by theorizing the ways in which the language of games and warfare inform and illuminate each other in the early modern cultural imagination.

Do narratives make nations, and if so, did networks make this happen?

This book offers a panorama of movement, mobility, and exchange in the early modern world.

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the international phenomenon of enlightened paternalist capitalism and social engineering in the golden age of capitalism in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France.

The significance of the media and communications revolution occasioned by printmaking was profound.

This book examines ephemeral exhibitions from 1750 to 1918.

The Gulag remains one of the key symbols of twentieth-century mass political violence.