History

This collection of primary source material chronicles the Civil War experiences of North Carolinians from the secession crisis to the Confederate surrender at Bennett Place.

Between November 1945 and October 1946, the InternationalMilitary Tribunal in Nuremberg tried some of the most notoriouspolitical and military figures of Nazi Germany.

Superpower detente during the Nixon-Ford Administration led to the formation of an East-West regime aimed at conflict control and systemic stability.

In the fight for equality, early feminists often cited the infantilization of women and men of color as a method used to keep them out of power.

Hermann Langbein was allowed to know and see extraordinary things forbidden to other Auschwitz inmates.

History of the revolt of the Netherlands Volume 4 introduces the gradual rise of resistance against foreign domination and reflects on how shifting political pressures and growing dissatisfaction encouraged collective action.

The Casablanca Connection examines France’s colonial policy in Morocco from the Popular Front to the end of the Vichy regime in North Africa, relating it to overall French imperial policy and placing it in a European and world context.

Aaron McDuffie Moore (18631923) was born in rural Columbus County in eastern North Carolina at the close of the Civil War.

This classic of Japanese cultural studies explains the famous Japanese tea ceremony or cha-no-yu with great scholarship and clarity.

This volume of essays is the first to focus on the Colored Conventions movement, the nineteenth centurys longest campaign for Black civil rights.

The indolence of the Filipino examines the perceived laziness of Filipinos and situates it within the broader context of colonial oppression and social constraints.

In this affecting and innovative global historystarting with the European children who fled the perils of World War II and ending with the Central American children who arrive every day at the U.

Between November 1945 and October 1946, the InternationalMilitary Tribunal in Nuremberg tried some of the most notoriouspolitical and military figures of Nazi Germany.

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.

Memoirs of James Robert Hope Scott Volume II presents an introspective examination of religious debate, legal conscience, and institutional tension within a period of intense spiritual questioning.

The rise of the Dutch Republic Volume 32 recounts a moment defined by political strain and mounting military pressure as the monarchy's authority grows increasingly difficult for the provinces to accept.

Bona Dea, also known as Fauna, was a very important goddess of female initiations in Rome, and several features of hers were shared by similar goddesses in ancient Italy.

In 1891, thousands of Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the states coal companies, eventually engulfing five mountain communities in a rebellion against government authority.

This collection of killer cocktails is the perfect sidekick for slaying your soirees, enlivening a murder mystery party, or sipping solo with a twisty book or movie.

This is the astonishing tale of two episodes in the life of Colonel J P Cross, jungle fighter and linguist extraordinaire.

The treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th february, 1992 is a foundational legal document that established the European Union and set the framework for deeper European integration.

First published in 1969, The Field of Cloth of Gold is a study of a central event in the history of England and France.

For more than a century, the term Main Street has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life.

World's best histories Volume 7 France presents a detailed account of French history during a pivotal period marked by the establishment of the Consulate and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Deborah Levenson-Estrada provides the first comprehensive analysis of how urban labor unions took shape in Guatemala under conditions of state terrorism.

While Jewish Palestine has been at the focus of scholarly interest, Greek Palestine has not yet received similar attention.

The Casablanca Connection examines France’s colonial policy in Morocco from the Popular Front to the end of the Vichy regime in North Africa, relating it to overall French imperial policy and placing it in a European and world context.

In 1918 Lord Leverhulme bought the island of Lewis with ambitious plans to massively expand its fishing industry and increase its population.

In 1891, thousands of Tennessee miners rose up against the use of convict labor by the states coal companies, eventually engulfing five mountain communities in a rebellion against government authority.

This classic of Japanese cultural studies explains the famous Japanese tea ceremony or cha-no-yu with great scholarship and clarity.

This volume of essays is the first to focus on the Colored Conventions movement, the nineteenth centurys longest campaign for Black civil rights.

"e;The first full-length monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western languagea standard work.

First published in 1935, Mauryan Public Finance by M.

The rise of the Dutch Republic Volume 9 provides a broad and detailed examination of how the Netherlands transitioned from a divided region controlled by oppressive forces into a confident and self-reliant republic.

"e;The first full-length monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western languagea standard work.

The Roman and the Teuton reflects on the moral tensions embedded in the clashes between declining authority and emerging identities, using the idea of wandering children drawn toward a corrupted garden to explore how innocence confronts the seductions of power.

In the spring of 1798, a French army crossed into Switzerland and shattered a political order five centuries in the making.

The fascinating story of sophistication in the United States, from the founding to the presentIs there such a thing as ';American sophistication'or is it a contradiction in terms?

Forty centuries of ink is an extensive historical study that traces the development and cultural importance of ink from antiquity to the modern age.

Revising the standard narrative of European-Indian relations in America, Juliana Barr reconstructs a world in which Indians were the dominant power and Europeans were the ones forced to accommodate, resist, and persevere.

The growing globalization of world business, culture and communicationand Japan's increasingly important role as a leader in that worldmakes understanding Japanese culture critical for business people, diplomats, students, educators and anyone else with an interest in Japan.

Before 1850, all legal executions in the South were performed before crowds that could number in the thousands; the last legal public execution was in 1936.

Just four months after Richard Nixons resignation, New York Times reporter Seymour Hersh unearthed a new case of government abuse of power: the CIA had launched a domestic spying program of Orwellian proportions against American dissidents during the Vietnam War.

Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and James Madison, Father of the Constitution, were two of the most important Founders of the United States as well as the closest of political allies.

Chado the Way of Tea: A Japanese Tea Master's Almanac is a translation of the Japanese classic Sado-saijiki, first published in 1960.

When a Civil War substitute broker told business associates that Men is cheep here to Day, he exposed an unsettling contradiction at the heart of the Unions war effort.

More than a generation after the rise of womens history alongside the feminist movement, it is still difficult, observes Catherine Brekus, to locate women in histories of American religion.

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For at least two centuries, the Souths economy, politics, religion, race relations, fiction, music, foodways and more have figured prominently in nearly all facets of American life.

The history of Roman literature presents a structured exploration of how literary expression developed within Roman society as practical traditions gradually gave way to artistic ambition.