Distinguished author and former Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at Oxford, Arthur Stockwin here explores his personal journey from being the son of medical/dental parents in Birmingham, England, to becoming a specialist in the politics and modern history of Japan, while at the same time reflecting on his considerable personal experiences of Japan and assessing its current and possible future condition.
A generation of historians has been captivated by the notorious views on gender found in the mid-sixth century Secret History by the Byzantine historian Procopius of Caesarea.
During the 24-year Indonesian occupation of East Timor, thousands of people died, or were killed, in circumstances that did not allow the required death rituals to be performed.
This collection of essays explores the development of electronic sound recording in Japanese cinema, radio, and popular music to illuminate the interrelationship of aesthetics, technology, and cultural modernity in prewar Japan.
Guided by the romantic compass of Turner, Byron, and Ruskin, Victorian travellers to the Dolomites sketched in the mountainous backdrop of Venice a cultural 'Petit Tour' of global significance.
In putting extraterritoriality into practice in the treaty ports, the British state did not simply withdraw rights from the Chinese state; it inhabited the space made by extraterritoriality by building institutions and engaging in practices which had consequences for the development of the treaty ports, and which need to be at the forefront of any attempt to understand colonialism in China.
During the 24-year Indonesian occupation of East Timor, thousands of people died, or were killed, in circumstances that did not allow the required death rituals to be performed.
Bodily suffering and patient, Christlike attitudes towards that suffering were among the key characteristics of sainthood throughout the medieval period.
Covering the entire European system and its relations with the East and America, this first global history of tolerance in early modern Europe describes how the ideal of tolerance and its realisation transformed both the religious and political life of the modern world.
Es gibt wenige, die wie Georg Markus die Gabe haben, Vergangenes so lebendig werden zu lassen, als ware es eben erst passiert: Er beschreibt den dramatischen Moment, in dem Kronprinz Rudolf um ein Haar Kaiser Franz Joseph erschossen hatte, ebenso fesselnd wie die Entfuhrungen des Industriellen Walter Michael Palmers und des Sohnes von Frank Sinatra.
Zwei junge Frauen aus dem evangelischen Damenstift Fischbeck an der Weser reisen 1719 nach Halle an der Saale, um den beruhmten Theologieprofessor August Hermann Francke zu treffen, dessen Manifest fur eine verinnerlichte Religiositat bei gleichzeitigem Engagement fur Bildung und Erziehung auf landesweite Zustimmung gestoen ist.
A deeply researched history of Floridas strategic and military roles in World War IIThe first book to share the entire history of Floridas involvement in World War II, State of War explores how the war transformed the state into a major hub of military industry and an important training base for ground, naval, and air forces.
Trotz ihrer politischen Randstandigkeit konnte die extreme Rechte in der Bundesrepublik immer wieder an gesellschaftlich breit akzeptierte Vorstellungen anknupfen und dadurch an Einfluss gewinnen.
Als der Zweite Weltkrieg zu Ende ging, lebten etwa eine Million Menschen, die aus der Sowjetunion kamen, hauptsachlich in den westlich besetzten Zonen Deutschlands und Osterreichs.
Eine etwas andere Familiengeschichte: Ausgewahlte Personlichkeiten der Familie von Lenthe aus 800 Jahren werden mit wissenschaftlicher Expertise in den (regional)historischen Kontext gestellt.
Die Geschichte unserer Arbeitswelt ist eine Geschichte der Umbruche: von den ersten dampfbetriebenen Fabriken bis zu den digitalen Netzwerken unserer Gegenwart.
Es scheint, als kenne ich alle Pflanzen dieses Landes, aber niemals ihre Wurzeln Sabres hei en auf Hebraisch Kaktusfruchte, die zwar au en stachelig sind, innen aber mit ihrem su en Fruchtfleisch uberraschen.
Als der Zweite Weltkrieg zu Ende ging, lebten etwa eine Million Menschen, die aus der Sowjetunion kamen, hauptsachlich in den westlich besetzten Zonen Deutschlands und Osterreichs.
A memoir of how the Amazigh people successfully fought for their recognition in MoroccoFor decades after Moroccan independence in 1956, the struggle of the Amazigh people for their indigenous rights and cultural preservation took center stage.
Historical Communities reveals the importance of urban history writing in early modern France, from the 1560s to the 1660s, both for individual towns and the French kingdom.
This volume offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan's disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake.
World War II letters of a New Englander's journey from civilian to elite fighter squadron pilotBefore the Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-214 became known as the Black Sheep squadron led by Pappy Boyington, this air group was already flying missions from Guadalcanal.
