History: specific events and topics

"In ihrem Rundtempel auf dem Forum Romanum hüteten die sechs jungfräulichen Priesterinnen der Vesta Tag und Nacht das ewige Feuer sowie weitere Heil(ig)tümer, die Roms Existenz sichern sollten.

Discover the spellbinding history of astrology and divination across the world.

A Mini-Retreat for Moms Searching for God in the ChaosRemember when prayer felt peaceful?

One of the lesser-known stories of the Civil War is the role played by escaped slaves in the Union blockade along the Atlantic coast.

Kaum ein kulturwissenschaftliches Thema wurde im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert umfassender untersucht als die Gabe.

This study focuses on how Russian history textbooks published between 1992 and 2021 dealt with the topic of the Soviet period (1917-1991).

This book redefines feminist discourse by exploring the intersections of decolonial feminisms across various geopolitical contexts, emphasising the integration of local and indigenous narratives that challenge colonial epistemologies.

'A trenchant and invaluable people's history of the bottom of the pyramid in the world's most populous nation' Financial Times What does the life of an ordinary working-class, Muslim woman look and feel like in modern India?

Die Autorin vergleicht die Handlungsmöglichkeiten und Sprechweisen im ländlich geprägten Umfeld der drei Konzentrationslager Bergen-Belsen, Esterwegen und Moringen.

Moral hat in der Moderne einen schweren Stand.

Die Geschichte der Argeaden, der Dynastie Alexanders des Großen, ist schillernd.

This book analyzes and summarizes the narrative motifs of Chinese mythology, before tracing their material and cultural elements using the new classification of Big Tradition and Small Tradition theories of culture from the field of literary anthropology, as well as related interdisciplinary theories from literary anthropology and archaeology.

Between 1940 and 1965, Spain was almost entirely cut off from the intellectual life of western Europe.

Im alltäglichen Denken und in den Medien ist Macht meist negativ besetzt.

This book examines the Kurdish movement in the context of total social movement theory.

The fascinating and wide-ranging history of vanilla, from the sixteenth century to today Vanilla is one of the most expensive of flavorings-so valuable that it was smuggled or stolen by pirates in the early days-and yet it is everywhere.

In this book of poetry, Martin Herskovitz, the son of Holocaust survivors, manifests a language of remembrance that describes not the desolation and destruction, but rather the possibility of grieving, of finding compassion and healing.

ECPA Medallion of ExcellenceWinnerCartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) Annual Map Design CompetitionThe Bible is a Story.

Never in the history of Polish music has there been a period like the one that followed World War II.

Accessible and comprehensive, this book puts forth an innovative perspective on international aid, going beyond top-down attempts to centre local voices and practices.

Accessible and comprehensive, this book puts forth an innovative perspective on international aid, going beyond top-down attempts to centre local voices and practices.

Never in the history of Polish music has there been a period like the one that followed World War II.

By adopting a theoretical approach rooted in the anthropological study of agrarian communities, this book investigates the reach and impact of Roman civilisation while considering the limitations of pre-industrial communication and social organisation.

Originally appearing in the Warsaw daily Der Moment (1926-7), this intimate self-portrait by pioneering Yiddish actress Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (1870 1925) appears here for the first time in English.

A personal depiction of life in Poland set against the Nazi and Soviet takeovers of Europe and their cataclysmic aftermaths.

Historia del diablo explora un aspecto fundamental del imaginario en Occidente.

There is no town in Western Australia which has a richer history and heritage than Fremantle.

First published in 1976, Interwar Britain presents a highly readable and up-to-date account of a crucial period in modern British history.

Uncover the truth among the myths, fictions, and lore of the French Revolution.

From Winchester to Tidewater and Danville to Fairfax, the black teams of Virginia played their form of Negro league baseball for five decades in pastures, parks, and--for a fortunate few--minor league stadiums.

En 1945, Hitler supo que había perdido la guerra y se recluyó en un búnker en Berlín.

Despite increasing attention on unaccompanied Central American youth migration to the United States, little empirical research has examined the crucial role of language in the incorporation process, particularly for Indigenous youth.

The previously overlooked story of how the labor of Black GIs helped win the war and advanced racial integration in the US armed forces.

First published in 1976, Interwar Britain presents a highly readable and up-to-date account of a crucial period in modern British history.

The currents of History run deep and often unseen beneath the everyday ripple of events.

This collection of essays expands upon an emerging topic within and beyond the field of communication studies that challenges students and scholars of the built environment to peer beyond the somewhat typical collection of monuments, museums, and memories often found in essays related to space and place, to consider the role of ruins as lenses upon modernity.

With the widest catchment area of any river in Britain, the Tay drains much of the lower Highlands of Scotland.

Vom Ruhrgebiet war vor 1914 noch kaum die Rede.

This edition does not include LEGO elements.

The Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential political books in the world, despite being over one hundred years old.