This book analyzes how Second World War heritage is being reframed in the memorial museums of the post-socialist, post-conflict states of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia.
This textbook introduces readers to the academic scholarship on the history of childhood and youth in sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the colonial and postcolonial eras.
This book presents research on geographical naming on land and sea from a wide range of standpoints on: theory and concepts, case studies and education.
This book explores one of the most notorious aspects of the German system of oppression in wartime Poland: the only purpose-built camp for children under the age of 16 years in German-occupied Europe.
This book is designed to help instructors effectively incorporate images and other aspects of material culture into their pedagogy in an engaging and relatable manner.
Focusing on the ancient, medieval, and early-modern eras, this collection considers the beginnings of Sino-Japanese Relations in the Ancient East Asian World, focusing on changes of the East Asian international system.
The second edition of this influential book addresses how the experiences and claims of non-European 'others' have been rendered invisible to the standard narratives and analytical frameworks of sociological understandings of modernity.
Aimed at an international readership, this book offers a representative collection of essays by the German philosopher, Georg Picht (1913-1982), who was a specialist in Greek philosophy, practical philosophy and philosophy of religion.
El present volum inclou una selecció d'assaigs ja publicats de Jordi Bilbeny, que ara, amb una nova visió de conjunt, esdevenen un relat únic i revelador sobre la intervenció dels estats catalans en la descoberta i conquesta del Nou Món en un període que abraça de l'any 1475 fins al 1516.
In the articles collected here Nancy Struever explores the basic assumption that rhetoric is not simply a bag of persuasive tricks, but functions, necessarily, as a mode of inquiry investigating not simply the mechanics of production and reception of discourse, but the psychological factors of reason and passion engaged by the assertion, modification, and contest of beliefs and dispositions of the civil communities.
In the articles collected here Nancy Struever explores the basic assumption that rhetoric is not simply a bag of persuasive tricks, but functions, necessarily, as a mode of inquiry investigating not simply the mechanics of production and reception of discourse, but the psychological factors of reason and passion engaged by the assertion, modification, and contest of beliefs and dispositions of the civil communities.
This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on "e;existential risks.
This volume traces the origins and evolution of the idea of human extinction, from the ancient Presocratics through contemporary work on "e;existential risks.
Aquest volum respon a un títol tan ampli i suggerent com Història Contemporània d'Amèrica amb una anàlisi exhaustiva de l'evolució històrica del continent americà, des de l'època de les independències nacionals fins al final del segle XX, en què s'inclouen tant els trets comuns com els específics dels dos hemisferis continentals.
Although the immense importance for the Renaissance of Greek emigres to fifteenth-century Italy has long been recognized, much basic research on the phenomenon remains to be done.
Although the immense importance for the Renaissance of Greek emigres to fifteenth-century Italy has long been recognized, much basic research on the phenomenon remains to be done.
A través del análisis de la obra de Ernesto Restrepo Tirado, esta investigación se enfoca en entender cómo se escribió la historia prehispánica en Colombia a finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX.
Los ensayos que integran el libro que el lector tiene ahora entre sus manos se plantean como objetivo contribuir a desentrañar las relaciones existentes entre demonología cristiana y cultura folklórica en un escenario específico –España y el mundo ibérico– y, en un período determinado, los siglos de la primera modernidad.
Mutaciones de la piedra aborda los monumentos conmemorativos y procesos de monumentalización en el país como un objeto de estudio a partir de una triple perspectiva: teórica, historiográfica y legislativa.
The papers in this second selection of articles by Professor Colish focus on thinkers of the patristic age, and relate to her three monographic studies in this area published over the last two decades.
The papers in this second selection of articles by Professor Colish focus on thinkers of the patristic age, and relate to her three monographic studies in this area published over the last two decades.
Peacebuilding and reconciliation between groups and entire nations that share a violent past are among the toughest, yet most important, challenges for modern societies.
En Puerto San Julián, provincia de Santa Cruz (República Argentina) se puede visitar el Museo Temático Nao Victoria, réplica en escala real de una de las embarcaciones que componían la flota de Magallanes que anduvo por estas tierras en 1520, y la única que logró regresar a Sevilla al término de la circunnavegación, tres años después de haber zarpado y con solo 18 sobrevivientes de los 265 que formaron parte de la aventura.
This book explores the rich history of the keyword from its earliest manifestations (long before it appeared anywhere in Google Trends or library cataloging textbooks) in order to illustrate its implicit and explicit mediation of human cognition and communication processes.
Este libro recoge las historias de vida de mujeres y de hombres palestina(o)s y que vivieron la Nakba, la catástrofe de 1948, historias contadas por ellos mismos.
Peacebuilding and reconciliation between groups and entire nations that share a violent past are among the toughest, yet most important, challenges for modern societies.
Produced in honor of White's eightieth birthday, Re-Figuring Hayden White testifies to the lasting importance of White's innovative work, which firmly reintegrates historical studies with literature and the humanities.
Essential essays from "e;one of the most prolific, provocative, and pre-eminent historians working in the field of Mexican and Latin-American history today"e; (Susan Deans-Smith, author of Bureaucrats, Planters, and Workers).
The "e;Arab Spring"e; was heralded and publicly embraced by foreign leaders of many countries that define themselves by their own historic revolutions.
In Mies Contra Le Corbusier, Gevork Hartoonian embarks on a captivating exploration of the architectural ideologies embodied in the works of Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier.
From the late nineteenth century until World War II, competing spheres of professional identity and practice redrew the field of history, establishing fundamental differences between the roles of university historians, archivists, staff at historical societies, history teachers, and others.
