History: specific events and topics

The stories of the Black men and women who combated racial prejudice in Washington, DC, with sports and musicIn the Nation's Capital, music and sports have played a central role in the lives of African Americans, often serving as a barometer of social conflict and social progress-for sports clubs and ball games, jam sessions and concerts, offered entertainment, enlightenment, and encouragement.

This book studies a striking example of intensely negotiated colonial scientific practice: the case of botanical practice in Korea during the Japanese colonisation from 1910 to 1945.

Industrial Design in Britain (1976) describes the industrial design movement in Britain from its origins, when it broke away from the Arts and Crafts in 1915, until 1945 when its vital importance to industry was officially recognised, and the Council of Industrial Design was established with a grant from the Government.

Since its first appearance in 1925, Elizabethan Life in Town and Country (1961) has securely established itself both for the general reader and the student as an accepted authority for the social history of the age.

Church and Manor (1913) examines the unit of English territorial organisation known as the manor.

En La Casa del Obrero Mundial.

Through contributions of money and time, many individuals made a variety of philanthropic enterprises possible.

An illustrated study of the legendary Spitfire and the evolving tactics behind its early defence of Britain's shores.

The South Seas in the Modern World (1942) surveys the economic, social, educational and strategic problems facing the islands of the Pacific dependencies on the eve of the Second World War.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, many individuals were motivated by their religious creeds to give.

Originally published in 1930, the main focus of this book is the study of the man and the homes for children which he founded but against a backdrop of the unparalleled era of social reform, in which children were finally recognized as social assets of incalculable worth.

Indigenomics in action-moving beyond Indian Act economics towards Indigenous economic sovereignty In this groundbreaking new work, Carol Anne Hilton, author of the bestselling Indigenomics, explores the phenomenon of growing Indigenous economic power and sovereignty, achieved despite monumental historic injustices.

Salvage from the Sea (1977) offers a fascinating insight into the interesting but complex and highly specialised profession of marine salvage and its associated disciplines.

In her debut poetry collection, What Had Happened Was, Theri Alyce Pickens investigates the complex structures of Black storytelling.

Als die Komponisten Europa verließenZahlreiche, besonders jüdische Komponisten versuchten, vor dem Nationalsozialismus ins Ausland zu fliehen.

This book uncovers how during the origins of modernity in the nineteenth century the senses were mobilised to sell more, both through the popularisation of objects aimed at the senses (such as panoramas, optical boxes, automatons, music boxes and pianolas), and also through marketing mechanisms (for example, advertising and window dressing).

Malos mexicanos aborda la dramatica historia de los magonistas, migrantes rebeldes que desencadenaron la Revolucion mexicana de 1910 desde los Estados Unidos.

The book probes the lesser-known history of the Great Wars in the India-Myanmar borderland from the perspective of the indigenous people of the area.

This book explores the entanglements among Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth century from a global perspective.

This book explores the entanglements among Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch Republic during the seventeenth century from a global perspective.

From newsletters and magazines to bazaars and dinners to festivals and concerts, charities and philanthropic enterprises competed among one another to obtain financial support for their causes, justify their expenditures and, to borrow a phrase from a recent historical study, "e;monetize compassion.

Germany's legendary Atlantic surface war was fought by Naval Group West.

This volume spans 1914-1939 to provide a concise interpretation of the role the United States played in the origins of the Second World War.

Completed shortly before Hamas carried out its barbaric October massacre,Hate Speech and Academic Freedomtakes up issues that have consequently gained new urgency in the academy worldwide.

Few cities in the world are as famous as Liverpool, the home of the modern world's most celebrated rock group and of a legendary football team.

En 1910 los crímenes de Santana Rodríguez Palafox, Santanón, comenzaban a convertirse en leyenda; esto desencadenó la persecución del bandido en la sierra veracruzana, encabezada por el político y poeta Salvador Díaz Mirón, el Bardo.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, many individuals were motivated by their religious creeds to give.

Over the last 25 years, the "e;Africa Rising"e; discourse has been used to signify hope and promise for the continent, marking a break from previous pessimistic portrayals.

The Evolution of the English House (1933) discusses the popular and native art in domestic English architecture, tracing the changes over the years.

A través de la lectura de 650 cartas personales, el autor nos invita en este curioso libro a conocer la vida íntima de los emigrantes españoles en América.

The South Seas in the Modern World (1942) surveys the economic, social, educational and strategic problems facing the islands of the Pacific dependencies on the eve of the Second World War.

Food and Emotions in Italian Women's Writing discusses the relevance of food imagery in the writing of Italian women over a period of one hundred years, from the 1920s to the present day, while offering new ways to narrate women's history and creativity.

First published in 1981, Europe and the Decline of Spain deals with the slow ebbing of Spanish power, its 'melancholy, long, withdrawing roar' during the 'long seventeenth century' of pre-industrial Europe.

This book provides an in-depth study of depictions of England in the Saga of Icelanders (Islendingasogur), examining their utility as sources for the history of Viking Age Anglo-Scandinavian cultural contact.

Conformity, uniformity, institutionality, exceptionality each of these terms encapsulates an aspect of the common perception of Sparta, both among scholars and in the popular imagination.

A Test of Poetry (1932) is a comparative study of poetry from Homer to the twentieth century.