In 'The Pirates Own Book' by Charles Ellms, readers are treated to a comprehensive collection of accounts, anecdotes, and adventures from the world of piracy.
First published in 2000, Dipesh Chakrabarty's influential Provincializing Europe addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries.
In 2002, after an altercation between Muslim vendors and Hindu travelers at a railway station in the Indian state of Gujarat, fifty-nine Hindu pilgrims were burned to death.
The reasons behind Detroit's persistent racialized poverty after World War IIOnce America's "e;arsenal of democracy,"e; Detroit is now the symbol of the American urban crisis.
This book considers in unprecedented detail one of the most confounding questions in American racial practice: when to speak about people in racial terms.
The first major history of photography from coastal East AfricaThe ports of the Swahili coastZanzibar and Mombasa among themhave long been dynamic centers of trade where diverse peoples, ideas, and materials converge.
In 'Deutsche Kultur- und Sittengeschichte' präsentiert Johannes Scherr eine umfangreiche Studie über die kulturelle Entwicklung Deutschlands in drei Bänden.
Beitrag zur Chronik der Stadt Leipzig: eine Reihe fortgesetzter Briefe nebst einem authentischen Bericht über die mündlichen Unterhaltungen des Kaisers Napoleon und das, was sich während seines Aufenthaltes in dem Haus zutrug, worin er vom 14.
Solomon Northup's 'Twelve Years a Slave (Unabridged)' is a harrowing firsthand account of Northup's abduction and subsequent enslavement in the antebellum South.
The Pirates of the High Seas - Know Your Infamous Buccaneers, Their Exploits & Their Real Histories serves as a compelling anthology that dives into the tempestuous lives of pirates, exploring this broad theme through a tapestry of literary styles ranging from historical analysis to swashbuckling narratives.
Dieses eBook: "Das falsche Gewicht - Die Geschichte eines Eichmeisters" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
In the winter of 1939 in the cold snow of no-man's-land, two loners met and began an extraordinary journey together, one that would bind them for the rest of their lives.
In 'The Life Story of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave', Frederick Douglass recounts his harrowing experiences as a slave in America, shedding light on the brutalities and injustices faced by African Americans in the 19th century.
El experimento político de la Guardia Colombiana comenzó con una guerra civil y se cerró con otra, y su parábola de 25 años entregó a los colombianos del siglo XX unas sólidas tradiciones liberales y republicanas que se mantienen hasta nuestros días.
Shortlisted for Debut Food Book of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards 2024Guild of Food Writers 2024 Finalist, Food Book of the Year'A lyrical, amiable and educational celebration of what may be our greatest achievement: the chippy.
In the vein of Notorious RBG, a fun and inspiring biography filled with lessons from the most powerful woman in the world, based on more than a decade's worth of coverage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel from New York Times Berlin correspondent Melissa Eddy.
A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second half of the twentieth century'An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun' SARAH WATERS'A cracking read, and a reminder of what shaped where we are now' VAL MCDERMID 'Riveting; indispensable; and suffused with a humane warmth' ALISON BECHDELFor as long as queer women have existed, they've created gathering grounds where they can be themselves.
La propuesta central de este trabajo fue la de analizar en los discursos del Licenciado Méndez Nieto, en la obra de Alonso de Sandoval, en los testimonios escritos sobre Pedro Claver, y en las cartas de los obispos –en la transición del siglo XVI al XVII–, lo que alude a las mujeres de la época de la Colonia en Cartagena de Indias, además de hacer lo propio con los variados "indicios" que nos remitieron a viejos y nuevos elementos presentes en sus prácticas e intercambios fragmentarios y temporales; elementos que se fueron integrando a sus identidades tanto individuales como colectivas.
The importance of collective behavior in early medieval EuropeBy the fifth and sixth centuries, the bread and circuses and triumphal processions of the Roman Empire had given way to a quieter world.
Esta obra ha mantenido su vigencia pues representa un enorme esfuerzo de sintesis documental y de ordenamiento logico y cronologico, resultado de un proceso de investigacion documental imposible de superar, dada la calidad del material rescatado por Leon Fernandez.
How could a girl born with a genetic defect - who later suffered brain damage leaving her blind, epileptic and physically handicapped, and who lived only eight years - change the world?
El territorio guaraní misionero posee, aún hoy, un rico acervo histórico arqueológico materializado en su paisaje, testimonio de una experiencia singular, que se desarrolló entre los guaraníes y los padres jesuitas de la Compañía de Jesús.
Charata, paradójicamente, en gran medida debe su origen a la obstinación de pobladores pioneros intrusos, los cuales a pesar de no tener garantizada la regularización de su situación, decidieron permanecer en la zona, pues las tierras vírgenes de Charata representaban un rápido progreso material dinamizando con su actividad una incipiente producción local.
