This book examines the possibilities - and realities - of positive, humanist change and revolution that have burst forth in the first decades of this century.
This engaging collection surveys and clarifies the complex issue of federal and state recognition for Native American tribal nations in the United States.
Hinter dem Namen »East India Company« verbirgt sich eine Monstrosität: eine Firma, die auf eigene Rechnung und mit eigener Armee den ganzen indischen Subkontinent ausplünderte, Schlachten schlug und staatliche Macht an sich riss.
This book delves deep into the lived experiences of the Tibetan diaspora, offering an insightful exploration through the intersecting lenses of politics, psychology, and culture.
In this overview, Michael Burger's pedagogical goal is to provide a brief historical narrative of Western civilization to enable students to engage more fully with primary sources.
An illustrated account of the clashes between RAF Fighter Command's Hurricane and Spitfire and the Luftwaffe's Ju 87 Stuka in the skies over France, the Channel and southern England.
As a WWII tour director for thirty-five years, David Harper has repeatedly heard the same questions from an extremely varied American and British audience: "e;Why did the Germans vote for Hitler?
Lozano se unió oficialmente a la Expedición Botánica el 23 de enero de 1803 como zoólogo agregado, pero su vínculo con el círculo de los ilustrados neogranadinos comenzó en sus años de formación en filosofía en el Colegio del Rosario.
The Ionians and Hellenism (1980) presents an assessment of the art, literature and philosophy of the Asia Minor Greeks - the Ionians - in the eighth to sixth centuries B.
"e;Fifty Years in Chains"e; is an autobiography of a fugitive slave,Charles Ball, where he describes his life as a slave under various masters and his service in the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla of the U.
The word "e;pharmacopoeia"e; has come to have many meanings, although it is commonly understood to be a book describing approved compositions and standards for drugs.
Greeks, Romans and Barbarians (1988) explores a number of themes that bind the regional cultural developments of mainland Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.
Two Years in the Forbidden City is the memoir by Princess Der Ling about her life in the service of Empress Dowager Cixi, where she was the First lady-in-waiting, as well as interpreter for her when she received foreign visitors.
Challenging the conception that only men shaped the Holy Roman Empire, this book provides students and general readers with biographies of preachers, nuns, princesses, businesswomen, artists, scientists, writers, and social movers who exercised agency in the Holy Roman Empire.
This book seeks to reframe debates on the conflicting scientific and spiritual traditions that underpinned the Nazi worldview, showing how despite the multitude of tensions and rivals among its adherents, it provided a coherent conceptual grid and possessed its own philosophical consistency.
The 2024 edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring original research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships.
The first in a series of illustrated books exploring the longest and best-known naval campaign of World War II, focusing on the struggle between Allied naval and air forces and Hitler's U-boats.