In this riveting book, Steven Zaloga describes how American foot soldiers faced down Hitler's elite armored spearheadthe Hitler Youth Panzer Divisionin the snowy Ardennes forest during one of World War II's biggest battles, the Battle of the Bulge.
From the wreck of the USS Alligator to the mystery of the marooned dolphins, It Happened in the Florida Keys looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of this island chain.
Cities were the core of a changing economy and culture that penetrated the rural hinterland and remade the South in the decades following the Civil War.
Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Cultural Studies - Canada, grade: A (87,5%), Bishop's University Lennoxville (Canada Quebec: Bishop's University Lennoxville), language: English, abstract: Political and social conflicts culminate in rebellions when institutions do not succeed in resolving these conflicts.
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject History of Europe - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: A, University of St Andrews, course: The Church in the Middle Ages (CHIS 609), language: English, abstract: The twentieth century has witnessed the spread of the so called moral influence theory among Christian believers.
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject History - Asia, grade: B+ (2), The American Central University (Department of History), course: The Historian's Craft, language: English, abstract: The Soviet Union, by the time of its creation, was the first modern state that had to confront the rising issue of nationalism.
Grace Hirst - A Settler's Life in New Plymouth is an important family and social history based on a treasure-trove of letters sent to her family in England over nearly 50 years.
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject History of Europe - Middle Ages, Early Modern Age, grade: 1,5, University of Wales, Aberystwyth (History Department), course: Politics and Political Culture in Norman an Angevin Englang, language: English, abstract: Williams Rufus, the second Norman king in England, did not strike a chord with his contemporary chroniclers and writers of history.
Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject History - Asia, grade: B+ (2), The American Central University (Department of History), course: Colloquium in 19.
This literary-historical study seeks to dismantle the prevailing notion that Germany, in the period following the Second World War, exhibited an "e;inability to mourn,"e; arguing that in fact this period experienced a surge of affect.
A cultural history of the American faith in alien life, from the Puritans to Heaven's GateOver the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion.
La colonisation, telle qu'elle a ete organisee par la Conference de Berlin (1884-1885), etait-elle une forme d'esclavagisme au meme titre que la traite transatlantique exercee sur des peuples noirs d'Afrique par des marchands d'esclaves venus d'Occident (1600-1848) ?
Cities were the core of a changing economy and culture that penetrated the rural hinterland and remade the South in the decades following the Civil War.
Interrogating the notion of medical knowledge and public health practices in colonial India, this volume explores the complex encounters between Western medical systems and indigenous healing traditions during British rule.
In 1760 the world was still lit by fire and muscle, and had been, in its essentials, for thousands of years — poor, slow, dark, and bounded by the annual gift of the sun.
Interrogating the notion of medical knowledge and public health practices in colonial India, this volume explores the complex encounters between Western medical systems and indigenous healing traditions during British rule.
Tragedies of the White Slave presents a raw and disturbing account of the exploitation of vulnerable girls, drawing attention to the mechanisms of deception, coercion, and institutional failure that sustain human trafficking.
