Many missionary societies established mission schools in the nineteenth century in the British Empire as a means to convert non-Europeans to Christianity.
Exiting war explores a particular 1918-20 'moment' in the British Empire's history, between the First World War's armistices of 1918, and the peace treaties of 1919 and 1920.
The position of India's princely states is a relatively under-studied aspect of the British withdrawal from India and the early years of Indian and Pakistani independence.
This book explores the vital role language plays in shaping how we understand and discuss medicines, making for a more detailed study of pharmaceutical and pharmacological language to more clearly understand the intersection of language, health, and culture.
Der Speyerer Dom ist mehr als ein herausragendes Bauwerk der Romanik – er ist ein Zeugnis europäischer Geschichte, eine architektonische Meisterleistung und ein Symbol für Macht, Glaube und kulturelles Erbe.
First published in 1966, Trouble in Guyana has shown the political development of the colony against the background of clashes between personalities and ideas.
'A fascinating, passionate and political case for art's world-changing power, by a fizzingly good writer' - Robert MacfarlaneIn Acts of Resistance, Amber Massie-Blomfield writes about the artists who have treated the protest site as their canvas and contributed to movements that have transformed history - from the musicians in Auschwitz to the four-year Siege of Sarajevo, from the to ACT UP's 1989 invasion of the New York Stock Exchange, to the Niger Delta and indigenous communities in Bolivia.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Madness, though ostensibly the story of Crownsville, is really about the continued lack of understanding, treatment and care of the mental health of a people, Black people, who need it most' New York TimesIn the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crownsville Hospital, one of the United States' last segregated asylums.
An illustrated account of the clashes between the Luftwaffe's Me 262, the first operational jet fighter, and the USAAF's B-26 Marauder bomber during the final months of the war in Europe.
This is the first systematic study of language conflict in a developing society and of its consequences for the integrational processes of nation building.
This book explores debates about East India Company colonialism that took place on the lecture circuits of Britain, in the meeting houses of Calcutta, and at the Mughal court in Delhi in the late 1830s and 1840s.
This compelling family history spans from the 1890s to the 21st century, weaving personal stories into the broader fabric of German history to reveal a deeply moving account of survival, courage, and resilience.
In addition to being a fundamental concept for planning the water infrastructure which supports extensive agricultural economies across Southeast Asia, knowledge of the Mekong River's hydrological catchments has calibrated the control of land, resources and people.
El traje de caballero es uno de esos símbolos subestimados pero perdurables de la civilización moderna, escribe Christopher Breward al comienzo de este libro, y plantea que durante casi cuatrocientos años, artistas y filósofos lo han señalado como evidencia de la incesante búsqueda humana de la perfección.
From the birth of Berlin's railway network to the time when the bombs of the Second World War and the concrete slabs of the Wall changed the city forever, the Prussian and later German capital counted eight major railway stations.
