Social and cultural history

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Scholars of second-wave feminism often center their research on northern thought and political activity and usually overlook the vibrant pockets of activism that existed elsewhere.

The First Amendment ideal of an independent press allows American journalists to present critical perspectives on government policies and actions; but are the media independent of government in practice?

L'autore, dopo una ricerca durata un decennio e ancora continuata, presenta i primi tre (Parte I) di otto volumi sulla storia del comune di Greve in Chianti nel Medioevo, dalle prime notizie risalenti al VIII secolo sino al 1555 quando si concluse la guerra tra Firenze e Siena.

Explores the cultural and intellectual impact of 18th-century European travel through first-hand accounts, including letters, diaries, poems, and art.

Dieses eBook: "Jüdisches Leben in Wort und Bild" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Post-World War II Oregon was a place of optimism and growth, a spectacular natural region from ocean to high desert that seemingly provided opportunity in abundance.

This compelling study of a previously overlooked vice industry explores the larger structural forces that led to the growth of prostitution in Japan, the Pacific region, and the North American West at the turn of the twentieth century.

Stop Being Manipulated by the Animal Foods IndustryStop the meat industry from eating into your wallet.

A groundbreaking reexamination of the Holocaust and how Germans understood their genocidal project: "e;Insightful [and] chilling.

This volume offers a comprehensive account of how the Nazis conducted the Holocaust throughout the scattered towns and villages of Poland and the Soviet Union.

American Indian business is booming.

"e;A unique and inherently fascinating history that brings a particular aspect of the role of women in law enforcement up out of obscurity.

'A rich history Harding writes with energy and insight, wearing a tremendous amount of learning lightly' - Rana Mitter, Financial Times This rich and enjoyable book by the acclaimed author of Japan Story explores the many ways in which Asia has influenced Europe and North America over centuries of tangled, dynamic encountersFrom the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away.

The industrial expansion of the twentieth century brought with it a profound shift away from traditional agricultural modes and practices in the American South.

In 1884, twenty-three-year-old Corabelle Fellows left her family in Washington, DC, and journeyed out West to teach Native children in Nebraska and Dakota Territory.

Über dreißig Jahre nach dem Mauerfall fragt der Sammelband, der die Ergebnisse einer 2019 von der Richard-Schöne-Gesellschaft für Museumsgeschichte in der Kunsthalle Rostock veranstalteten interdisziplinären Tagung präsentiert, erstmals grundlegender nach der Rolle der Institution Museum in der DDR.

A groundbreaking history of Europe's "e;new lefts,"e; from the antifascist 1920s to the anti-establishment 1960sIn the 1960s, the radical youth of Western Europe's New Left rebelled against the democratic welfare state and their parents' antiquated politics of reform.

Die Figur des Antichrist ist auch Echokammer der Heiligkeit, aus der kollektive wie individuelle Ableitungen und Legitimationen für gewalttätiges Handeln gezogen werden und wurden.

Sport hat seit dem Ende des 19.

"Fall – Porträt – Diagnose" umreißt das Unterfangen, Fallgeschichte, Medizingeschichte und die Geschichte des Porträts als Wissens- und Darstellungsformen miteinander in Beziehung zu setzen.

Traditionen leben von der Dialektik der Wiederholung, die das Gleiche stets anders inszeniert.

Das stille Nebeneinander von Zeit- und Umweltgeschichte hat sich in den letzten Jahren in Richtung eines beredten Austauschs bis hin zu punktueller Kooperation gewandelt.

Die Begriffe 'Zentrum' und 'Peripherie' sind im Diskurs von Macht und Herrschaft wesentlich.

Am Beispiel ausgewählter Trostschriften des brandenburg-preußischen Oberzeremonienmeisters Johann von Besser widmet sich Mathias Palms Studie der paradigmatischen Ausprägung des Dialogischen in der Literatur der Frühen Neuzeit.

Unter Aufgabe der strikten Entgegensetzung von 'Personalität' und 'Transpersonalität' von Herrschaft und des Postulats einer vorwiegend personal geprägten vormodernen Herrschaft zeigen die hier vereinten Beiträge an zahlreichen Fallbeispielen aus Asien, Ägypten und Europa das Neben- und Miteinander personaler und transpersonaler Aspekte auf.

People have always been xenophobic, but an explicit philosophical and scientific view of human racial difference only began to emerge during the modern period.

The motorcycle can lay claim as the most influential form of mobility becoming the embodiment of liberation and rebellion; never more so than in the 50s and 60s with the era of rockers, ton-up boys, the 59 Club and cafe racing.

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Durchaus unterschiedlich empfinden und beurteilen Navid Kermani und Natan Sznaider die Lage der Dinge nach dem 7.

*A Waterstones Best Book of 2023**A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week**A New York Times Editor's Pick*'Terrific' SARAH DUNANT'Lively and intriguing .

A uniquely personal account of the life and enduring legacy of the Renaissance libraryWith the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe's cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics.

A monumental history of Asia Minor from the Stone Age to the Roman EmpireIn this critically acclaimed book, Christian Marek masterfully provides the first comprehensive history of Asia Minor from prehistory to the Roman imperial period.

Träume gelten schon seit der Antike als Quelle der Inspiration.

Was ist vom wirkmächtigen, bis in die Antike zurückreichenden Ideal einer stoischen Lebensführung heute noch geblieben?

From the first steam trains to the high-speed bullet trains of today, Rise of the Railway tells the hidden stories of railway history the inspired engineering, technical ingenuity, and sheer determination that forged the world s railways.

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The Jews among the Greeks and Romans is a lucid historical inquiry into Jewish life within the classical Mediterranean, tracing encounters among Hebrew tradition, Hellenistic culture, and Roman imperial power.

An anthology of original essays that examine white supremacy around the globe through the lens of anthropologyWhite supremacy, an entrenched global system that emerged alongside European colonialism, is based on presumed biological and cultural differences, racist practices, the hypervaluation of whiteness, and the devaluation of nonwhites.

Die Studie entzaubert den Mythos vom "interesselosen Wohlgefallen" am Schönen, auf den sich ästhetische Theorien bis heute beziehen.

Este libro múltiple de Javier Moscarella es, en el fondo, y en la superficie, una novela, aunque tenga la forma de un texto histórico.

A groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal lifeIn small villages, bustling cities, and crowded ghettos across early modern Europe, Jewish women were increasingly active participants in the daily life of their communities, managing homes and professions, leading institutions and sororities, and crafting objects and texts of exquisite beauty.

The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Argo meets Spotlight, as New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent questions about what happens when foreign meddling in elections goes unpunishedArgo meets Spotlight, as New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent questions about what happens when foreign meddling in our elections goes unpunished and what gets remembered when the political price for treason is victory.

Juxtaposing the world-building of afrofuturism and the world-negating of afropessimism to show how both movements have offered us critical resources of hope.

A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von HumboldtThe Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important anthropological museums, housing more than a half million objects collected from around the globe.

Struggles over land and water have determined much of New Mexico's long history.

'The Complete History of Women's Suffrage - All 6 Volumes in One Edition' serves as a monumental compendium that captures the intricate tapestry of the suffrage movement in all its fervent complexity and diversity.

"e;Daniel Bedrosian has done a wonderful job of a seemingly impossible task of reconstructing this history-finding everybody who's been a part of, involved with, or in any way left their fingerprint on what has become the P-Funk.