The Birth of Egypt explores the remarkable transformation of the Nile Valley from scattered prehistoric communities into one of the world's first great centralized civilizations.
For a thousand years — from the last Roman emperor to the first printed book — Europe was neither dark nor stagnant nor filthy nor stupid, whatever the word medieval has been made to mean.
An in-depth look at of a vitally important but little-known heavy artillery regiment of the Civil War In early 1864, many heavy artillery regiments in the Civil War were garrisoning the Washington defenses, including the Fifteenth New York.
Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 plunges students into the intellectual and political currents that surged through revolutionary Paris in the summer of 1791.
This book provides a critical analysis of the "e;ambition for truth"e; in criminal proceedings, highlighting how this perspective continues to shape current practices and may, in some cases, contribute to the objectification of defendants and the infringement of human rights.
The Latin inscriptions in the Kelsey Museum are among the best primary sources we have for documenting the lives of the lower classes in the Roman world.
The American Revolution was not only a revolution for liberty and freedom, it was also a revolution of ethics, reshaping what colonial Americans understood as honor and virtue.
American political culture and military necessity were at odds during the War for American Independence, as demonstrated in this interpretation of Continental army administration.
Beneath the rolling hills of Nkar Fondom in Bui Division, North West Cameroon, lies a monument that history tried to forget: Sehm Nkar — a massive trench carved into the earth by the hands of ancestors centuries ago.
"e;A fascinating collection of essays"e; by eminent historians exploring how we teach, remember, and confront the history and legacy of American slavery (Booklist Online).
American political culture and military necessity were at odds during the War for American Independence, as demonstrated in this interpretation of Continental army administration.
Classes and books on the Holocaust often center on the experiences of victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, but rescuers also occupy a prominent space in Holocaust courses and literature even though incidents of rescue were relatively few and rescuers constituted less than 1 percent of the population in Nazi-occupied Europe.
Built using the renowned, hands-on Missouri Method, this textbook prepares readers to write about and communicate with people of different backgrounds, offering real-world examples of how to practice excellent journalism and strategic communication that takes culture into account.
Avoiding the male-authored model of competing orations, French and Italian women of the Renaissance framed their dialogues as informal conversations, as letters with friends that in turn became epistles to a wider audience, and even sometimes as dramas.
During the first fifteen months of the Civil War, the policies and attitudes of Union officers toward emancipation in the western theater were, at best, inconsistent and fraught with internal strains.
CRAZY BLUESMamie Smith and the Three Minutes That Changed American MusicOn August 10, 1920, a vaudeville singer named Mamie Smith stepped in front of a recording horn in a cramped New York studio and sang a song called "e;Crazy Blues.
"e;A fascinating collection of essays"e; by eminent historians exploring how we teach, remember, and confront the history and legacy of American slavery (Booklist Online).
"e;Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information.
This book explores one of the major developments in twentieth-century European history: the gradual emergence of welfare states aimed at providing social security, adequate health care, and equal education for citizens.
Avoiding the male-authored model of competing orations, French and Italian women of the Renaissance framed their dialogues as informal conversations, as letters with friends that in turn became epistles to a wider audience, and even sometimes as dramas.
Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format'A scholarly and highly readable account of the king who traditionally has been overshadowed by the dynasty that he founded.
The central problem is to explain what combination of historical, strategic, political, and domestic factors transformed the Russo-Ukrainian relationship from the dissolution of the Soviet Union to the crisis under examination.
Inspired by a classical education, wealthy Romans populated the glittering interiors of their villas and homes with marble statuettes of ancestors, emperors, gods, and mythological figures.
