History

No professional group in the United States benefited more from World War II than the scientific community.

The eighteenth century is often described as the age of reason.

The Evolution of the International Monetary System, 1945-88 (originally published in 1977, reissuing the fourth edition of 1988) provides essential background on the international monetary arrangements operated by the central banks and treasuries of non-communist countries since World War II.

Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.

Eleanor Agnes Lee, Robert E.

During the late eighteenth century, Portugal and Spain sent joint mapping expeditions to draw a nearly 10,000-mile border between Brazil and Spanish South America.

Between 1873 and 1935, reformers in Chicago used the power of music to unify the diverse peoples of the metropolis.

In the early years of the Cold War, the United States mounted expansive public diplomacy programs in the Global South, including initiatives with the recently partitioned states of India and Pakistan.

This book explores the process by which constitutional indeterminacies involving reapportionment were resolved through the political process and examines how the current House arrived at its 435-seat limit.

For hundreds of years, American artisanship and American authorship were entangled practices rather than distinct disciplines.

In the first English-language biography of one of the most important figures in postwar German history, Alfred C.

This book examines China's diplomacy under President Xi Jinping through focused studies of its key neighboring countries.

First published in 1967, Battle for the Free Mind by Rev.

This original work caps years of thought by Leonard Krieger about the crisis of the discipline of history.

Between the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars and the outbreak of the First World War, Europe underwent a transformation unparalleled in its history.

An award-winning biography of one of the Confederacy's most colorful and controversial generals.

The appetite of tyranny including letters to an old garibaldian examines the nature of power, authority, and moral responsibility in times of political unrest and global conflict.

Hazards of the Job explores the roots of modern environmentalism in the early-twentieth-century United States.

You have to take the children away.

Every day, in courtrooms around the United States, thousands of criminal defendants are represented by public defenders lawyers provided by the government for those who cannot afford private counsel.

To discover how women constructed their own mythology of the West, Kolodny examines the evidence of three generations of womens writing about the frontier.

A visit to the United States in 1841 presents a detailed account of travel, observation, and social inquiry during a period of intense national debate over slavery and human rights.

By focusing on male leaders of the abolitionist movement, historians have often overlooked the great grassroots army of women who also fought to eliminate slavery.

Life and death of john of Barneveld, advocate of Holland: With a view of the primary causes and movements of the thirty years' war Volume II 1614-23 offers an examination of political struggle, shifting alliances, and the pressures placed on a developing republic during a period of profound instability.

In a precarious world even our most basic assumptions are subject to challenge and change.

During the seventeen-year Pinochet dictatorship, more than three thousand Chileans were murdered or disappeared without a trace.

Early Modern English Foodways: A Critical Sourcebook is the first anthology of food-related writing in Renaissance England.

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) occupy a uniquely strategic position at the mouth of the Bay of Bengal, forming one of the most strategically located island chains in the world.

This book examines China's diplomacy under President Xi Jinping through focused studies of its key neighboring countries.

In the decades before the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, enjoyed recognition as the center of scientific activity in the South.

Als Forum für aktuelle universitätshistorische Diskurse nimmt der aktuelle Band des Jahrbuchs die jüngste Tendenz der Forschung auf und behandelt den Themenschwerpunkt der transnationalen Universitätsgeschichte.

In this book, James Lewis demonstrates the centrality of Americanideas about and concern for the union of the states in thepolicymaking of the early republic.

According to Edgar Cayce, Atlantis fell in stages after its people misused powers they no longer had the wisdom to control.

The march of Portola and the discovery of the Bay of San Francisco recounts an expedition that reshaped the history of California through a determined effort to secure new territory and strengthen a distant colony.

By focusing on male leaders of the abolitionist movement, historians have often overlooked the great grassroots army of women who also fought to eliminate slavery.

Hazards of the Job explores the roots of modern environmentalism in the early-twentieth-century United States.

Oxford offers an impressionistic exploration of the city and its university, presenting a view shaped by shifting eras and the continuous layering of experience that defines its identity.

History of the Donner Party: A tragedy of the Sierra explores how determination is reshaped when ambition confronts the unforgiving force of the natural world.

You have to take the children away.

The rise of the Dutch Republic Volume 12 opens during a period marked by sharp unrest, driven by dissatisfaction with foreign authority and the imposition of strict religious rules.

Every day, in courtrooms around the United States, thousands of criminal defendants are represented by public defenders lawyers provided by the government for those who cannot afford private counsel.

To discover how women constructed their own mythology of the West, Kolodny examines the evidence of three generations of womens writing about the frontier.

The United States of America Part 1 1783-1830 examines the early development of the nation following independence, focusing on how diverse states navigated the tension between local autonomy and collective governance.

The rise of the Dutch Republic Volume 11 begins in a climate of rising instability, shaped by mounting anger over foreign dominance and increasingly rigid religious controls.

In this in-depth and detailed history, Timothy J.

Without any exaggeration, sovereignty is the fundamental concept that structures the entire understanding of international relations in the modern world.

The Berlin Wall is arguably the most prominent symbol of the Cold War era.

Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the United States, which imprisons more people than any other nation on Earth.

Country life in Canada fifty years ago presents a reflective portrait of early rural living, capturing how daily routines, labor, and community shaped personal growth and collective identity.

In early America, the notion that settlers ought to receive undeveloped land for free was enormously popular among the rural poor and social reformers.