History and Archaeology

Roman Stoicism, first published in 1911, offers an authoritative introduction to this fascinating chapter in the history of Western philosophy, which throughout the 20th century has been rediscovered and rehabilitated among philosophers, theologians and intellectual historians.

Discover how the Oval Office s occupants have made and make history Which one was the tallest?

The final decades of the Ottoman Empire and the period of the French mandate in Syria and Lebanon coincided with a critical period of transformation in agricultural technologies and administration.

As many as 15,000 covered bridges were built in North America over the past 200 years.

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A provocative look at the evolution of Americas political soul through the lives of six political figures who abandoned the left and joined the rightthoughtfulengagingpolitical history at a very high leveland the pages fly by (The New Republic).

La première édition de ce livre, en 1997, se présentait comme le prolongement intellectuel du travail de deuil qu’appelaient le génocide des Tutsi et les massacres d’opposants hutu perpétrés au Rwanda en 1994, mais aussi les massacres commis au Burundi en 1993.

This book takes on a global perspective to unravel the complex relationship between Imperial Germany and its diaspora.

An in-depth biography of a charismatic labor leader, anarchist, and early opponent of Italian fascism.

Focusing on the concepts of time and the life cycle, this collection of articles examines Jewish life in the Talmudic period through the lens of Jewish law and custom of the time.

This book examines the phenomenon of intelligentsia as political discourse, civic action, and embodied practice, focusing especially on the political agendas and personal choices confronting intellectuals in modern Russia.

Ninety miles from Florida, the island of Cuba has since long before the Castro revolution focused its attention upon, and drawn the attention of, the United States.

Seventies Spotting Days: Chasing the Westerns is a full-colour photographic album, depicting the final few years of the Class 52 Westerns from 1974 to the latter 1970s.

Soils, invaluable indicators of the nature and history of the physical and human landscape, have strongly influenced the cultural record left to archaeologists.

This book excavates the depths of creative purpose and meaning-making and the extent to which artist autonomy and authenticity in art is a struggle against psychological conditioning, controlling cultural institutions and markets, key to which is representation.

In Reconstructing the Household, Peter Bardaglio examines the connections between race, gender, sexuality, and the law in the nineteenth-century South.

Between the two world wars, thousands of European antifascists were pushed to act by the political circumstances of the time.

The Roman army is remarkable for its detailed organisation and professional structure.

Over the course of the past two decades, Tony Abou-Ganim has earned his reputation as one of the leaders in the craft cocktail movement.

Russia is often portrayed as a regressive, even lawless country, and yet the Russian state has played a major role in shaping and experimenting with law as an instrument of power.

The Kakais are a Kurdish-speaking indigenous population belonging to the Yarsan religion, originating from the Zagros Mountains in present-day Northern Iraq.

This book, originally published in 1972, offers a stimulating account of the Christian tradition of historiography as it is reflected in works of literature and history.

An examination of the links between radicalism in Victorian England, and the Risorgimento movement in Italy.

This biography of Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons (871-899), combines a sensitive reading of the primary sources with a careful evaluation of the most recent scholarly research on the history and archaeology of ninth-century England.

A fascinating biography of Bulgaria's tragic monarch, Boris III, based on private correspondence and extensive interviews with members of the Bulgarian royal family.

Identity, Oppression, and Diversity in Archaeology documents how racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, and ableism affect the demographics of archaeology and discusses how knowledge that archaeologists produce is shaped by the discipline's demographic homogeneity.

In an age of increasingly fragmented migration, consumption, and globalisation, how do diasporic individuals navigate their ethnic identities?

In April 1945, when the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was surrendered and handed over to the British Army, Canadian forces arrived on scene to provide support, to bear witness, and to document the crimes.

This book provides a new perspective for examining the Native policies of the late nineteenth century.

This book, first published in 1979, is an analysis of the wartime Ministry of Information, responsible for the maintenance of public morale.

This book is an exposition of how political, cultural, historical, and economic structures and processes shape the nature and character of curriculum landscapes globally.

An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern timesThe world's first great empires established by the ancient Persians, Chinese, and Romans are well known, but not the empires that emerged on their margins in response to them over the course of 2,500 years.

This is the first in-depth and analytical biography of an Asian woman scientist-Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal (1897-1984).

"e;Scholars now have Warnicke to use as their chief one volume study of Mary"e;Julian Goodare, University of EdinburghIn this biography of one of the most intriguing figures of early modern European history, Retha Warnicke, widely regarded as a leading historian on Tudor queenship, offers a fresh interpretation of the life of Mary Stuart, popularly known as Mary Queen of Scots.

German Jewry between Hope and Despair,1871-1933, provides important interpretations of this tumultuous and conflict-ridden period and invites readers to partake in the ongoing debate over modern Jewish identities and cultures.

The recent tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico and resultant ethical consequences for the engineering profession are introduced and discussed.

Il ne faut pas avoir peur des émotions collectives, ces formidables moteurs de l’histoire.

The 'long' fourteenth century perhaps can be seen as Thessalonica's heyday.

English Literature in the 1960s soon threw off its post-war weariness and the tepid influences of the previous decade.

A case study and dramatic retelling of young girls on trial for arson at a reform schoolIn 1931 sixteen poor, white girls-all teenaged inmates at Samarcand Manor, officially named the State Home and Industrial School for Girls, in Samarcand, North Carolina-were accused of burning down two campus buildings in protest against living conditions.

One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground state in the fight for voting rights.

Easy to read, and highly topical, Messages writes a history of mass communication in Europe and its outreaches, as a search for the origins of media forms from print and stage, to photography, film and broadcasting.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

English Historical Documents is the most ambitious, impressive and comprehensive collection of documents on English history ever published.

This collection is the first of its kind, bringing together Holocaust educational researchers as well as school and museum educators from across the globe, to discuss the potentials of Holocaust education in relation to primary school children.

The Routledge Handbook of Esports offers the first fully comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of esports, one of the fastest growing sectors of the contemporary sports and entertainment industries.

Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East.