The Struggle for the Pacific (1937) examines the rivalries and postures as various powers European, the US, Japan and China attempted to militarily, politically and economically dominate the Asia Pacific sphere.
A Comprehensive Introduction to American History: Echoes of Liberty offers a thorough and engaging exploration of the United States' past, from its colonial beginnings to its current standing in the 21st century.
First Published in 1972, Youth in a Changing Society examines the 'youth problem', dealing with questions of alienation, drugs, juvenile crime, protest, the social cultural position of young people in Britain, and suggests a new way of thinking which should promote greater understanding of the relationships between the generations.
Co-authors Diane Abbott and Kristoffer Gair present the fresh and daring journey of Sarah "e;Emma"e; Edmonds, the first woman in American history to receive a Civil War pension.
Auf riskanten Wegen verhalf der junge Wiener Anwalt Willy Perl Tausenden Jüdinnen und Juden aus Zentral- und Osteuropa Ende der 1930er Jahre zu einem neuen Leben.
Economic diplomacy is a multifaceted tool that European countries, both individually and collectively through the EU, use to promote their economic interests, enhance their global standing, and address pressing global challenges.
A dramatic history of the Steel Lobsters, Sir Arthur Hesilrige's Regiment of Horse, in the English Civil War the last fully armoured knights in England.
In this valuable resource, over 1,000 annotated sources from Great Britain, France, and Germany offer a historiographical reference for study of the British army at the beginning and in the first battles of World War I.
During the Great War, books and stories for young men were frequently used as unofficial propaganda for recruitment and to sell the war to British youth as a moral crusade.
This volume, grounded in the Diary of a Young Girl and its continued appeal to readers of all ages, sees both promise in the relevance of Anne Franks story in the twentya 'first century, and potential for new ways of teaching her story and those of other genocides and human right violations.
This volume, grounded in the Diary of a Young Girl and its continued appeal to readers of all ages, sees both promise in the relevance of Anne Franks story in the twentya 'first century, and potential for new ways of teaching her story and those of other genocides and human right violations.
Recorrido grafico y narrativo por los anos de la presidencia de Salvador Allende en Chile, desde la perspectiva de John Nitsch, un periodista estadounidense que llego a Chile en 1970 con el encargo de reportar acerca del proceso electoral de aquel ano.
In Disputing Disaster, Perry Anderson picks out from the highly charged historiography on the First World War one leading historian from each of the major powers that survived the conflagration: Fritz Fischer, famous historian of German war guilt; Pierre Renouvin, a disabled serviceman and preeminent authority on the conflict in France; Luigi Albertini, the Italian newspaper tycoon who, unique among scholars of the Great War, played a part in pitching his country into it; Paul W.
In Erosion, Gina Caison traces how American authors and photographers have grappled with soil erosion as a material reality that shapes narratives of identity, belonging, and environment.
