History: specific events and topics

Romanesque Sculpture in Italy (1954) is a comprehensive analysis of the resurgence of sculpture in Italy.

This title was originally published in 1975.

Life and Literature in the Roman Republic delves into the dynamic interplay between the societal environment and the literary evolution of early Rome.

The third volume in Studies in Rhetoric & Religion, Preaching Politics traces the surprising and lasting influence of one of American history's most fascinating and enigmatic figures--George Whitefield.

The question of economic justice for Black Americans continues to be the subject of contentious political debate.

This groundbreaking book is a history of the Black Baptist experience in Canada.

'Enthralling and enlightening .

Möbel, Porzellan, Bilder, Bücher, Münzen, Gläser - Albert Maier, der bekannte Fernsehexperte für Antiquitäten, kennt die Fundstücke, kann ihre Echtheit und ihren Wert einschätzen und sie dem Leser verständlich erklären.

Kidnapped.

Die Studie von Moritz Herrmann befasst sich mit dem "Quilombo von Palmares" – einer Gemeinschaft aufständischer Sklaven im kolonialen Brasilien – und deren kontinuierlicher Präsenz in Geschichte und Gedächtnis.

This title was originally published in 1959.

This title was originally published in 1959.

Michael Meranze uses Philadelphia as a case study to analyze the relationship between penal reform and liberalism in early America.

This title compiles influential essays by Alfred Kroeber, written in the last decade of his life, reflecting his deep exploration of human culture, civilization, and history through an anthropological lens.

In Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico, historians and anthropologists explain how evolving notions of the meaning and practice of manhood have shaped Mexican history.

This book reexamines the emergence of Urdu as a literary and poetic language in the 18th century, at the time called Rekhtah, highlighting its engagement with diverse regional cultures and communities in South Asia.

This title was originally published in 1966.

Mountaineering in the Alps (1971) examines the two centuries of alpineering where mountaineering as we know it today was first invented and developed.

This title was originally published in 1966.

Frank Roney: Irish Rebel and California Labor Leader, edited by Ira B.

Vacant lots aren't really vacant: a surprising number of plants and animals live in the left-over spaces in our cities.

This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical insights into the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, into life and politics in the aftermath of these events.

Vacant lots aren't really vacant: a surprising number of plants and animals live in the left-over spaces in our cities.

Helen Barrett Montgomery was a prominent member of the women's ecumenical movement of the early twentieth century.

Frank Roney: Irish Rebel and California Labor Leader, edited by Ira B.

This title was originally published in 1966.

Between Hitler and Churchill exposes an unknown facet in the World War II history: the attempt of a senior official in the Polish government-in-exile to collude with the Third Reich and a successful British intelligence operation which thwarted this move in its infancy.

The Ilahita Arapesh: Dimensions of Unity delves into the social and religious structures of Ilahita, a uniquely large and complex village in New Guineas Torricelli Mountains.

The Ilahita Arapesh: Dimensions of Unity delves into the social and religious structures of Ilahita, a uniquely large and complex village in New Guineas Torricelli Mountains.

The largest Protestant denomination in the United States is in the midst of a serious identity crisis; many Baptists are revisiting or turning away from the tradition, leaving others to become increasingly uncertain that the denomination can remain viable.

A timely, detailed, and inspiring book that helps maintain the intellectual legacy of Shirley Chisholm.

In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers-work rarely acknowledged.

Beyond the immeasurable political and economic changes it brought, colonial expansion exerted a powerful effect on Portuguese culture.

When Pueblo Indians say, "e;The first white man our people saw was a black man,"e; they are referring to Esteban, who came to New Mexico in 1539.