Als Prinzregent von Bayern lenkte Luitpold über 26 Jahre lang die Geschicke seines Königreichs – und das in einer der turbulentesten Phasen der europäischen Geschichte.
The essays in this collection, written by a pioneering interdisciplinary scholar, deal with the roles of images in the construction of stereotypes and the categories of difference as represented in texts-in high literature, in medical literature, in art-from the last fin-de-siecle to our own.
This edited collection brings together literary scholars and art historians, and maps how satire became a less genre-driven and increasingly visual medium in the seventeenth through the early nineteenth century.
Revolutionary lives of the Red and Black Atlantic brings to light the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of October 1917.
Building on the momentum of the recent "e;historical turn"e; in digital media and Internet studies, this volume explores how digital journalism has developed from a historical perspective.
Native American reservations on the Northern Plains were designed like islands, intended to prevent contact or communication between various Native peoples.
Every great movement of God is preceded by a season of humility and repentance and a time of tearing down walls, of getting honest with God and others about your true spiritual condition.
Von den bescheidenen Anfängen im kleinen Herzogtum Coburg bis hin zur glanzvollen Bühne des britischen Königshofs – Prinz Albert von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha war weit mehr als nur der Gemahl von Königin Victoria.
Native American reservations on the Northern Plains were designed like islands, intended to prevent contact or communication between various Native peoples.
This is a pioneering study of the nineteenth century Hasidic movement as shown through the life of one of the most controversial and influential Hasidic leaders, Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin (1796-1850).
*WINNER OF THE FAVOURITE SCOTTISH NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK 2024* (Scottish Nature Photography Awards)Journey through the unique beauty of Scotland, with 100+ stunning photographs of the magical places and hidden gems.
This book offers an original reading of Carlo Ginzburg's work, tracing his trajectory in the context of Italian micro-history, his debates on the objectivity of historical knowledge, and the connection of his work to the expanded perspectives constructed in recent decades by global history.
The term 'relocation cost' has been coined by Philip Curtin to refer to the increased mortality associated with the migration of people from their childhood disease environments to new ones.
Con este libro, más que exponer lo que es el Caribe como concepto o percepción, lo que se quiere es mostrar que, con relación al espacio Caribe, existen distintas posturas, que van desde el hecho de aceptar su categoría como región de regiones hasta la que plantea que no existe dicha condición; es más, se aduce con respecto a la identidad de sus miembros que, a pesar de contar con algunas características que los hacen afines, dista mucho de conformar una unidad.
English History in Forms of Essays (1927) is an audacious and ambitious history of England in an abbreviated form of entries that both illuminate and provide openings for further research.
Die Freiheit geht durch den MagenMit der Erfindung des Restaurants wandelte sich das Kochen vom bloßen Sattmachen zu einer Kunst – ausgerechnet im Umfeld der Französischen Revolution begannen experimentierfreudige Köpfe, um die hungrigen Gäste zu wetteifern und einander mit köstlichen Kreationen zu übertreffen.
