Historiography

Devastated by two decades of war and ravaged by the spread of the plague, large parts of Italy fell quickly into the hands of a group known to history as the Lombards.

By examining all the prevalent varieties of therapy from self-care to religious ritual, this book explores health care practices in China, before modern times.

Since its publication in 1849, Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience has influenced protestors, activists and political thinkers all over the world.

In its retrieval and (re)construction, the past has become interwoven with the images and structure of cinema.

This book summarizes the systematic research on the Neolithic cultures of Taiwan, based on the latest archaeological discoveries, and focusing on the maritime interactions between mainland southeast China, Taiwan, and southeast Asia during (5600-1800 BP).

Originally published in 1987.

This book is a microhistory study of village settlements in early modern Northwest Italy that aims to expand the notion of place to include the process of producing a locality; that is, the production of native local subjects through practices, rituals and other forms of collective action.

El golpe de Estado de 1936 y la revocación del gobierno electo democráticamente buscaron excluir y marginar el pensamiento progresista y republicano que, tras la victoria franquista en la Guerra Civil, hubo de dispersarse expatriado por el mundo.

This book explores (mis)representations of two female claimants to the Tudor throne, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I of England.

9/11 and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq have left many people baffled and concerned.

This volume provides Dilthey's most mature and best formulation of his Critique of Historical Reason.

An engaging and accessible overview of the Enlightenment as a global phenomenon, with updated material and additional online resources.

The unknown story of how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific - and helped turn the course of World War II.

Public opinion had roots in the nineteenth century with the develop- ment of industrialization.

ORIGIN OF THE PROJECT In Spring of 1968 a research project concerning the scholastic philosophy in the Iberian Colonies of America was submitted to the Institute of Latin American Studies in the University of Texas by Dr.

Probably no doctrine has excited as much horror and abuse as atheism.

Seit Februar 1977 arbeiten wir an einem von der Deutschen For­ schungsgemeinschaft geförderten Projekt zur Geschichte sprach­ wissenschaftlicher Theorien und befassen uns insbesondere mit den Stoikern, die in ihrer Dialektik erstmals eine solche Theo­ rie systematisch entwickelt haben.

Originally published in 1991.

Journey back in time and take a walk through the historic streets of the world's greatest cities.

This book highlights the pivotal roles of individuals in England's complex sixteenth-century reformations.

This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of the renewal of academic engagement in the Argentinian dictatorship in the context of the post-2001 crisis.

Identities on the Move interrogates the categories given and adopted by people on the move through a transdisciplinary and global approach that includes social and political sciences and the arts.

This book explores cases of decapitation found in sources on the reign of Alexander the Great.

This book examines the relationship between class and culture in 1930s Britain.

Knowledge Building in Early Modern English Music is a rich, interdisciplinary investigation into the role of music and musical culture in the development of metaphysical thought in late sixteenth-, early seventeenth-century England.

This radical analysis of the role and importance of historiography interprets the philosophy and theory of history on the basis of historicity as a human condition.

Originally published in 1961.

This book presents the first sustained articulation of a Foucauldian uvre.

Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph.

A richly illustrated book exploring the origins of the modern fascination for heritage, comparing preservation in France, Germany and England.

This book investigates the transnational dimensions of European cultural memory and how it contributes to the construction of new non-, supra, and post-national, but also national, memory narratives.

This book is a hands-on study skills guide that explores how film and moving image can be used as sources.

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The foundation of a stable democracy in Spain was built on a settled account: an agreement that both sides were equally guilty of violence, a consensus to avoid contention, and a pact of oblivion as the pathway to peace and democracy.

Scriptural Authority and Biblical Criticism in the Dutch Golden Age explores the hypothesis that in the long seventeenth century humanist-inspired biblical criticism contributed significantly to the decline of ecclesiastical truth claims.

The beginning of World War I saw thousands of army and navy aviators who needed specialized clothing that could not be purchased off-the-shelf.

Filled with fine-scale drawings of British armored vehicles, including:*; Stuart I Light Tank*; Crusader III*; Tank*; Humber Scout Car*; Valentine Bridgelayer*; Cromwell IV Tank Daimler Armored Car*; And dozens more .

Crime does not pay, and politics by assassination pays even less.

This impressive volume is the first attempt to look at the intertwined histories of natural law and the laws of nature in early modern Europe.

This book presents a perspective on the history of theoretical physics over the past two hundreds years.

In the last two decades our empirical knowledge of the Holocaust has been vastly expanded.

Humanity and Nature in Economic Thought: Searching for the Organic Origins of the Economy argues that organic elements seen as incompatible with rational homo economicus have been left out of, or downplayed in, mainstream histories of economic thought.