The year 1688 is a turning point in English culture, and one from which can be dated numerous distinctively 'modern' notions of truth, property and political order.
This book reveals how the 19th Century modernisation of Bogota led to a transformation in the social role of plants - showing how this city located in the high altitudes of the tropical Andes turned into a 'floristic island' formed by native, introduce, wild and cultivated plants.
En la actualidad, cuando la globalizacion ha llegado a su apogeo y las fronteras nacionales parecen debilitadas, cuando miles de personas arriesgan todo por cruzar a otros territorios y otras dan su vida por su pais en medio de guerras, reflexionar sobre la nacion y su formacion como institucion no solo resulta pertinente, sino que es urgente.
Einige literaturwissenschaftliche Begriffe und Konzepte haben ihre Kontur erst allmählich im Laufe von Austauschbewegungen zwischen Ost und West gewonnen.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, ein künstlerisches Genie der Renaissance, arbeitete im Spannungsfeld zwischen kreativer Freiheit und den ambitionierten Plänen der mächtigsten Mäzene seiner Zeit: den Päpsten.
Raised in the rural Appalachian town of Erwin, Tennessee, John David Goodin was a tank commander in one of the most notorious and prestigious regiments in World War II, the 3rd Armored "e;Spearhead"e; Division, the 32nd Armored Regiment.
Raised in the rural Appalachian town of Erwin, Tennessee, John David Goodin was a tank commander in one of the most notorious and prestigious regiments in World War II, the 3rd Armored "e;Spearhead"e; Division, the 32nd Armored Regiment.
The Decline of Neutrality (1971) examines the impartial, disinterested neutrality as it was codified in the Hague Convention in 1907 and the changes the concept underwent from the beginning of World War I in 1914 up to Pearl Habor, December 1941.
Noor Inayat Khan, descendante d’un sultan hindou, élevée en banlieue parisienne, puis vivant à Londres, fut rattrapée par les aléas de l’histoire au moment où sa carrière littéraire commençait à s’affirmer.
This edited volume provides a comprehensive exploration of the Persian Gulf, covering historical naming and trade relationships, political and military strategies, and the impact of tribal systems on regional security.
This volume is an edited collection of primary sources which throw light on the interplay between zoology and visual culture in nineteenth-century Britain.
El proposito fundamental de este libro es reconstruir la historia de San Basilio de Palenque como un homenaje a los antiguos cimarrones que tuvieron la capacidad de escapar de la vida en esclavitud.
Two Summers offers a fresh, revealing and highly personal look at the culture of Grand Prix racing as it was during the 1954 and 1955 championships, with individual portraits of the twelve races in which the Mercedes-Benz W 196 R participated.
Als eine der herausragenden, aber weithin unbekannten Gestalten der Reformation prägte Ambrosius Blarer von Giersberg den religiösen Wandel Südwestdeutschlands wie kaum ein anderer seiner Zeit.
Introducing Yugoslavia (1954) looks at the racial and historic chequer-board of 1950s Yugoslavia, providing a fascinating insight into the social and cultural aspects of a land that few Westerners visited at the time.
An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's greatest unsung power players, from the bestselling author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE'Supremely enjoyable .
In the book, Yousry Al -Fakhrani narrates some of our contemporary social life crises, and we did not drown in these sorrows and depression, when we abandoned "simple details".
In this allegorical novel of the Holocaust, Polish author Bogdan Rutha presents a tale in which the protagonist, a young Pole, is drawn into the nightmare world that is the Jewish ghetto in the city of N.
