Social and cultural history

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Geprägt von metaethischen Fragestellungen hat sich die philosophische Diskussion wieder intensiv mit der ontologischen und erkenntnistheoretischen Dimension von Werten befasst und der Phänomenologie zu einer Relecture verholfen.

This major survey of the history and culture of Roman Britain spans the period from the first century BC to the fifth century AD.

Only a renaissance man could have described this glorious city in its heyday.

Die Erfindung der Monarchie: Eine Analyse der politischen Evolution ist eine tiefgreifende Untersuchung, die das Phänomen der Monarchie in der Menschheitsgeschichte von seinen Ursprüngen bis zur modernen Weltordnung durchleuchtet.

A COMPANION TO THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK A COMPANION TOTHE HISTORY OF THE BOOK Edited by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose As a stimulating overview of the multidimensional present state of the field, the Companion has no peer.

This book provides a fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of Britain's development since the end of the Second World War.

From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this Companion is the definitive guide to the literature and culture of the American South.

This book covers the entire historical range of the Sioux, from their emergence as an identifiable group in late prehistory to the year 2000.

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, migration has become a major cause for concern in many European countries, but migrations to, from and within Europe are nothing new, as Klaus Bade reminds us in this timely history.

This book invites readers to join in a fresh and extensive investigation of one of Ancient Greece's greatest inventions: democratic government.

Acclaimed national security columnist and noted cultural critic Fred Kaplan looks past the 1960s to the year that really changed America While conventional accounts focus on the sixties as the era of pivotal change that swept the nation, Fred Kaplan argues that it was 1959 that ushered in the wave of tremendous cultural, political, and scientific shifts that would play out in the decades that followed.

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A Companion to American Technology is a groundbreaking collection of original essays that analyze the hard-to-define phenomenon of technology in America.

Ghosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past.

A Companion to American Cultural History offers a historiographic overview of the scholarship, with special attention to the major studies and debates that have shaped the field, and an assessment of where it is currently headed.

Everything we know about drugs-from acid to epidemics to DARE and salvia-turns out to be wrong Stock up on munchies and line up your water bottles: journalist Ryan Grim will take you on a cross-country tour of illicit drug use in the U.

Thoughtful essays on the history, significance, and pleasures of whiskey Everyone becomes a philosopher with a drink in hand, but Whiskey & Philosophy takes this natural pairing to a new level.

Both timely and topical, this book examines the most important aspects of the relationship between alcohol consumption and health.

The story of Willie Mays's rookie year with the Negro American League's Birmingham Black Barons, the Last Negro World Series, and the making of a baseball legendBaseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays is one of baseball's endearing greats, a tremendously talented and charismatic center fielder who hit 660 career homeruns, collected 3,283 hits, knocked in 1,903 runs, won 12 Gold Glove Awards and appeared in 24 All-Star games.

International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) 2010 Award Finalists in the Culinary History category.

"e;A lot has happened in the financial markets since 1992, when Peter Bernstein wrote his seminal Capital Ideas.

Why modern and contemporary artand art conservationcan't be understood without taking account of the revolutionary impact of plasticsModern and contemporary art wouldn't exist without the invention of plastics.

Religion and politics are never far from the headlines, but their relationship remains complex and often confusing.

Religion and politics are never far from the headlines, but their relationship remains complex and often confusing.

Making England, 796-1042 explores the creation and establishment of the kingdom of England and the significant changes that led to it becoming one of the most successful and sophisticated political structures in the western world by the middle of the eleventh century.

Making England, 796-1042 explores the creation and establishment of the kingdom of England and the significant changes that led to it becoming one of the most successful and sophisticated political structures in the western world by the middle of the eleventh century.

The Atlantic World: Essays on Slavery, Migration, and Imagination brings together ten original essays that explore the many connections between the Old and New Worlds in the early modern period.

The Atlantic World: Essays on Slavery, Migration, and Imagination brings together ten original essays that explore the many connections between the Old and New Worlds in the early modern period.

Britain in the Wider World traces the remarkable transformation of Britain between 1603 and 1800 as it developed into a world power.

Britain in the Wider World traces the remarkable transformation of Britain between 1603 and 1800 as it developed into a world power.

Discover the epic history of human exploration and migration, and the stories of fearless pioneers the world over, with this stunning tour of history - map by map.

The Routledge Handbook of Reenactment Studies provides the first overview of significant concepts within reenactment studies.

The Routledge Handbook of Reenactment Studies provides the first overview of significant concepts within reenactment studies.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Rougon-Macquart Cycle: Complete Collection - ALL 20 Novels In One Volume"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

This Handbook is the key reference for contemporary historical and political approaches to gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

This Handbook is the key reference for contemporary historical and political approaches to gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquityScientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species.

Now in its second edition, The French Revolution: Faith, Desire, and Politics has been updated to include a discussion about how the actions by soldiers and citizen-soldiers shaped the course of the Revolution, as well as the daily lives and concerns of everyday French people.

Now in its second edition, The French Revolution: Faith, Desire, and Politics has been updated to include a discussion about how the actions by soldiers and citizen-soldiers shaped the course of the Revolution, as well as the daily lives and concerns of everyday French people.

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Colonialism in South Asia provides a comprehensive overview of the historiographical specialisation and sophistication of the history of colonialism in South Asia.

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Colonialism in South Asia provides a comprehensive overview of the historiographical specialisation and sophistication of the history of colonialism in South Asia.

European Military Rivalry, 1500-1750: Fierce Pageant examines more than 200 years of international rivalry across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean rim.

European Military Rivalry, 1500-1750: Fierce Pageant examines more than 200 years of international rivalry across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean rim.

Engaging Transculturality is an extensive and comprehensive survey of the rapidly developing field of transcultural studies.

Engaging Transculturality is an extensive and comprehensive survey of the rapidly developing field of transcultural studies.

One of the hallmarks of world history is the ever-increasing ability of humans to cross cultural boundaries.

One of the hallmarks of world history is the ever-increasing ability of humans to cross cultural boundaries.