History and Archaeology

This book provides a current and comprehensive analysis of the context in which Pacific women engage in the private sector, as well as a detailed list of strategies to increase their participation in business.

This publication is an initiative of the Government of Papua New Guinea that provides step-by-step guidance on how to rehabilitate mangroves.

Viet Nam has achieved rapid economic growth in Southeast Asia.

The quarterly Asia Bond Monitor reviews developments in emerging East Asian local currency bond markets.

The Asian Economic Integration Report is an annual review of economic cooperation and integration that covers the 49 members of ADB in Asia and the Pacific.

Asia proved resilient to the effects of the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, but sustaining rapid growth became more difficult afterward.

When the Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in 1966, the Asia and Pacific region was undergoing a process of deep change.

This publication examines the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan---Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community-Driven Development Program, which promotes women's participation and empowerment in the Philippines.

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was the most produced heavy bomber of WW2 with close to 19,000 units built.

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was the most produced heavy bomber of WW2 with close to 19,000 units built.

The iconic images of Uncle Sam and Marilyn Monroe, or the "e;fireside chats"e; of Franklin D.

Entdecken Sie mit mir die Wurzeln unseres modernen Denkens!

Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry.

How have the Jews survived?

In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant continent of "e;free land.

Prehistory covers the period of some 4 million years before the start of written history, when our earliest ancestors, the Australopithecines, existed in Africa.

China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presence, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'.

The Norman Conquest in 1066 was the last time England was successfully invaded, and was one of the most profound turning points in English history, cataclysmically transforming a disparate collection of small nations into a European state.

Le katana, symbole de la culture japonaise et des arts martiaux, n'est pas simplement une simple épée mais un reflet de l'histoire, de la philosophie et du savoir-faire du Japon.

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists.

The Iliad, Homer's epic tale of the abduction of Helen and the decade-long Trojan War, has fascinated mankind for millennia.

For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.

The Reformation transformed Europe, and left an indelible mark on the modern world.

The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement.

The American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and has significance beyond its regional context in the twenty first century.

A 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center reported that Asian Americans are the best-educated, highest-income, and best-assimilated racial group in the United States.

We live in an age of globalization on every conceivable level, but globalization has a deeper history than politicians and pundits often allow, and nothing is more significant to its history than exploration.

This entertaining Very Short Introduction reflects the enduring popularity of archaeology - a subject which appeals as a pastime, career, and academic discipline, encompasses the whole globe, and surveys 2.

As a giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot.

Aristocracies or nobilities dominated the social, economic, and institutional history of all European counties until only a few generations ago.

Today many people take reading for granted, but we remain some way off from attaining literacy for the global human population.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination -- mummies and pyramids, curses and rituals have captured the imagination of generations.

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt der Geishas!

The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours.

Embark on a captivating journey through British history, where the lives of ordinary people intersect with major events.

Defining 'magic' is a maddening task.

Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy.

Compelling and accessible, this Very Short Introduction challenges the perception of borders as passive lines on a map, revealing them instead to be integral forces in the economic, social, political, and environmental processes that shape our lives.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Beautifully-penned story on the harshness of life and how hope survives' - Sun'Absorbing .

Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Durer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are the works, such as the Last Supper fresco, or the monumental marble statue of David.

In this Very Short Introduction Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia.

From New York Times bestselling author Sharon Penman, The Reckoning completes the captivating sequence of novels on the struggle between the independent Welsh Princes and the growing English strength which began with Here be Dragons and continued with Falls the Shadow.