En plena marcha victoriosa de su regimiento de infantería por territorio de Francia, en 1944, el soldado Leroy Stewart no pensaba en la gloria ni en la muerte.
La América Indígena decimonónica desde nueve miradas y perspectivas viene a sumarse a una historiografía latinoamericanista que busca encontrar en lo comparativo procesos que afectaron a aquellos países que cuentan con un alto porcentaje de población indígena en sus territorios.
Humanity lives inside 4 unyielding constraints, the speed of light, conservation of mass-energy, inefficiency in conversion of heat to work, and the law of demand.
A map, written in code and hidden in the gospel of Matthew, reveals a truth so explosive it could rock the foundations of Christianity-or lead to its rebirth.
Turkey has leapt to international prominence as an economic and political powerhouse under its elected Muslim government, and is looked on by many as a model for other Muslim countries in the wake of the Arab Spring.
Many Americans wish to believe that the United States, founded in religious tolerance, has gradually and naturally established a secular public sphere that is equally tolerant of all religions--or none.
The unheralded contribution of women to Egypt's Islamist movement-and how they talk about women's rights in Islamic termsIn the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere.
The Histories of Herodotus is one of the first accounts of the rise of the Persian Empire, as well as the events and causes of the Greco-Persian Wars between the Achaemenid Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC.
Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practiceOver the past decade alone, religious communities around the world have demanded state recognition, exemption, accommodation, or protection.
In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
Estos textos buscan reflexionar acerca de algunas representaciones, discursos y prácticas que construyen la Patagonia, al abordar la relación entre cultura-naturaleza como reflexión política, la religiosidad de migrantes latinoamericanos, la producción de territorialidad a partir de la cartografía colonial, y el desierto y política pública.
El valle Calchaquí fue el escenario de un largo proceso de resistencia indígena a los continuos intentos de penetración española que buscaban su dominio y el control de la mano de obra indígena durante los siglos XVI y XVII.
Este libro se inscribe en una problemática emergente y recientemente visibilizada por los Estados y las Agencias de Cooperación Internacional: la violencia sexual contra los hombres en el marco de las confrontaciones armadas y las guerras en el mundo.
Written with ';a cinematic sense of urgency and realism' (Evan Osnos, National Book Awardwinning author), this is the first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their divided high command hammered out a winning strategy at the tipping point of World War II.
Dive deep into the vast expanse of intellectual thought with "e;Aristotle's Complete Works,"e; a comprehensive eBook that brings together the works of Aristotle, one of the most revered philosophers in history.
Algunos temas empíricos de investigación no han recibido hasta el momento un abordaje sistemático por parte de las ciencias histórico-sociales en Argentina.
Resultado del trabajo de investigación para la tesina de grado de la carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la UBA durante el período julio de 2006 y julio de 2008, este trabajo analiza los procesos de migración a la televisión digital terrestre (TDT) en Estados Unidos, Europa, Latinoamérica y, especialmente, en Argentina.
*; A pivotal year of World War II through German eyes *; The campaigns of the German army, air force, and navy described by a master storyteller *; Covers the aftermath of Stalingrad, Kursk, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, the U-boat war, and air battles After a crushing loss at Stalingrad, the German war machine regrouped in early 1943 to stave off total defeat, but it could not stem the rising Allied tide.
A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION"e;As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II.
In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence - the dynamic figure behind James Bond's fictional chief, 'M'.
