Addressing all those interested in the history of American science and concerned with its future, a leading scholar of public policy explains how and why the Office of Naval Research became the first federal agency to support a wide range of scientific work in universities.
The recent discovery of fragments from such novels as Iolaos, Phoinikika, Sesonchosis, and Metiochos and Parthenope has dramatically increased the library catalogue of ancient novels, calling for a fresh survey of the field.
Well after the process of codification had begun elsewhere in nineteenth-century Europe, ancient Roman law remained in use in Germany, expounded by brilliant scholars and applied in both urban and rural courts.
Alan Houston introduces a new level of rigor into contemporary debates over republicanism by providing the first complete account of the range, structure, and influence of the political writings of Algernon Sidney (1623-1683).
A case study in American philanthropy, this book describes the beginnings of the Center for Hellenic Studies, a research institute established in 1961 in Washington, D.
Recent controversies about Ronald Reagan's visit to the Bitburg military cemetery and revelations about Kurt Waldheim's past underscored the political problems inherent in Germany's military traditions and in the relationship of the army to National Socialism.
With world-leading industrial strength, China has achieved remarkable results in the information industry and digital infrastructure, becoming a global leader in digital transformation.
These volumes, the fourth and fifth, complete the series of biographical sketches of students at Princeton University (the College of New Jersey in colonial times).
From Pulitzer Prizewinning historian Jill Lepore, a history of American origin storiesIn The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin storiesfrom John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural addressto show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print.
Since the beginning of the current era of imperialism in the late nineteenth century, there has been a striking contrast between bourgeois political thought in Germany and the West.
The untold story of West Berlin, the island city deep inside the Soviet bloc that withstood the decades-long confrontation between the USSR and the WestLocated more than one hundred miles behind the Iron Curtain, West Berlin served as a stage on which the confrontation between nuclear-armed superpowers played out across nearly five decades.
Surveying the population and revenue of six Palestinian cities-Jerusalem, Hebron, Gaza, Ramie, Nabulus, and Safed-in the sixteenth-century, Amnon Cohen and Bernard Lewis consider the numbers, composition, and distribution of the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish population, and discuss the different headings of revenue, the manner of assessment and collection, the yield, and the destination of the money collected.
Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly 'Jenny June' presents a reflective biographical tribute that documents the public work, ideas, and influence of a pioneering woman in journalism and organized civic activity.
The letters of Horace Walpole Volume 1 presents a chronological collection of private correspondence that captures social atmosphere, political discussion, and cultural taste through lively written exchange.
Folk-Tales of Napoleon gathers imaginative narratives that reinterpret the figure of Napoleon Bonaparte through legend, memory, and cultural storytelling.
The world's great sermons Volume 1: Basil to Calvin gathers influential Christian sermons spanning from the early Church to the Reformation, presenting a sweeping view of spiritual thought and religious expression.
Love affairs of the courts of Europe presents a vivid exploration of romantic entanglements within European royal circles, revealing how personal relationships shaped political destiny and public perception.
Civilization and beyond: Learning from history examines the broad movement of human societies through cycles of growth, dominance, decline, and transformation.
Although most historians have sought the roots of atheism in the history of "e;free thought,"e; Alan Charles Kors contends that attacks on the existence of God were generated above all by the vitality and controversies of orthodox theistic culture itself.
The remarkable story of how Frederick Douglass went from condemning the Constitution as a proslavery pact to celebrating it as a ';glorious liberty document' that promises freedom to everyoneThe speeches and writings of Frederick Douglass contain some of the most probing examinations ever of the role that slavery played in America's founding.
The story of the philippines presents a sweeping account of the archipelago's political upheavals, colonial transitions, and enduring struggle for self determination.
Überlieferung wird Geschichte – dieser programmatische Titel verweist auf das zentrale Anliegen des vorliegenden Sammelbandes: die Auseinandersetzung mit archivalischer Überlieferung als Grundlage historischer Erkenntnis.
Korea's fight for freedom chronicles the valiant push against foreign domination, centering on a pivotal 1919 uprising that embodied peaceful defiance.
This volume is concerned with the effort of Alexander Hamilton (designated as "e;Number 7"e; in the dispatches of a British secret agent) as Secretary of the Treasury, aided by powerful support in the Senate and House of Representatives, to guide American foreign policy toward a closer connection with Great Britain.
In Paris during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the practice of adopting children was strongly discouraged by cultural, religious, and legal authorities on the grounds that it disrupted family blood lines.
"Les captifs africains et les comptoirs de la traite" porte sur les conditions d’existence des captifs entre leur débarquement sur les côtes des Amériques espagnoles et leur vente aux particuliers.
The remarkable story of how Frederick Douglass went from condemning the Constitution as a proslavery pact to celebrating it as a ';glorious liberty document' that promises freedom to everyoneThe speeches and writings of Frederick Douglass contain some of the most probing examinations ever of the role that slavery played in America's founding.
From Pulitzer Prizewinning historian Jill Lepore, a history of American origin storiesIn The Story of America, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore investigates American origin storiesfrom John Smith's account of the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to Barack Obama's 2009 inaugural addressto show how American democracy is bound up with the history of print.
History of the American clock business for the past sixty years, and life of Chauncey Jerome delivers a firsthand chronicle of the United States clock-making evolution, spotlighting Connecticut's rise from rudimentary wooden mechanisms to sophisticated brass masterpieces over six decades of ingenuity and grit.
From Subject to Citizen offers an original account of the Second Empire (1852-1870) as a turning point in modern French political culture: a period in which thinkers of all political persuasions combined forces to create the participatory democracy alive in France today.
