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Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations

Edited by Frank Costigliola, Michael J. Hogan ...

A longtime classic in its first and second editions, Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations, 3rd edition presents substantially revised and new essays on traditional themes such as national security, corporatism, borderlands history, and international relations theory. The book also highlights such innovative conceptual approaches and analytical methods as computational analysis, ... Read more

$38.99 CAD

A longtime classic in its first and second editions, Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations, 3rd edition presents substantially revised and new essays on traditional themes such as national security, corporatism, borderlands history, and international relations theory. The book also highlights such innovative conceptual approaches and analytical methods as computational analysis,
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L’ameublement de l’hôtel de Pitsembourg au milieu du 17e siècle

( Edition intégrale )

by Robert D'Awans ...

Series series Oeuvres de Robert D'Awans
Les Archives de l’Etat à Anvers possèdent de nombreux documents des plus précieux pour celui qui désirerait faire l’histoire de la Commanderie de Pitsembourg. Parmi ces documents, j’ai trouvé différents inventaires des meubles garnissant la maison de Malines; ils sont datés des années 1656, 1664, 1676 et 1677. Le plus complet, et par là même le plus intéressant, est celui de 1656. C’est ce dernier ... Read more

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Les Archives de l’Etat à Anvers possèdent de nombreux documents des plus précieux pour celui qui désirerait faire l’histoire de la Commanderie de Pitsembourg. Parmi ces documents, j’ai trouvé différents inventaires des meubles garnissant la maison de Malines; ils sont datés des années 1656, 1664, 1676 et 1677. Le plus complet, et par là même le plus intéressant, est celui de 1656. C’est ce dernier
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Geschönte Geschichte

Fälschung und Fabelei seit der Antike

by Alexander Demandt ...

Fake News sind eine Erfindung moderner Autokraten und irrlichternder US-Präsidenten? Keineswegs! Schon in der Antike wurden Geschichte und Tatsachen zurechtgebogen und geklittert, um das eigene Weltbild zu untermauern, Gegner zu diffamieren oder sich selbst zu legitimieren. Vom Perserreich bis zu den römischen Kaisern, von Homer bis in die christliche Spätantike spannt Alexander Demandt, der ... Read more

$58.68 CAD

Fake News sind eine Erfindung moderner Autokraten und irrlichternder US-Präsidenten? Keineswegs! Schon in der Antike wurden Geschichte und Tatsachen zurechtgebogen und geklittert, um das eigene Weltbild zu untermauern, Gegner zu diffamieren oder sich selbst zu legitimieren. Vom Perserreich bis zu den römischen Kaisern, von Homer bis in die christliche Spätantike spannt Alexander Demandt, der
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Rethinking Diodorus’ Library of History

Historiographical Theory and Praxis

by Andrzej Dudziński ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Ancient History
The book offers a reassessment of Diodorus Siculus' historiographical principles and their application in the Bibliotheke Historike, approached through systematic analysis of the text rather than assumptions about its author as a passive compiler.Readers will gain a rigorous re-evaluation of how Diodorus conceived, organised and executed his universal history, including its genre, programme, ... Read more

$91.99 CAD

The book offers a reassessment of Diodorus Siculus' historiographical principles and their application in the Bibliotheke Historike, approached through systematic analysis of the text rather than assumptions about its author as a passive compiler.Readers will gain a rigorous re-evaluation of how Diodorus conceived, organised and executed his universal history, including its genre, programme,
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Byzantine Historical Writing

by James Howard-Johnston ...

In this collection of essays, James Howard-Johnston evaluates historical sources from across the entire existence of the Byzantine empire. Byzantium was peculiarly well endowed for the writing of history, given a relatively high degree of literacy, a large governing class running a centralised state and its associated church, and its inheritance of the historical habit developed independently in ... Read more

$77.99 CAD

In this collection of essays, James Howard-Johnston evaluates historical sources from across the entire existence of the Byzantine empire. Byzantium was peculiarly well endowed for the writing of history, given a relatively high degree of literacy, a large governing class running a centralised state and its associated church, and its inheritance of the historical habit developed independently in
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Appian

by Luke Pitcher ...

This volume presents the first comprehensive study in English of the Roman History by Appian of Alexandria. Appian was an Egyptian Greek and Roman citizen, who wrote his history of Rome in twenty-four books, covering the period from the foundation of the city to Trajan's wars, in the middle of the second century CE. Luke Pitcher explains and analyses what it is known about Appian's life, the ... Read more

$102.99 CAD

This volume presents the first comprehensive study in English of the Roman History by Appian of Alexandria. Appian was an Egyptian Greek and Roman citizen, who wrote his history of Rome in twenty-four books, covering the period from the foundation of the city to Trajan's wars, in the middle of the second century CE. Luke Pitcher explains and analyses what it is known about Appian's life, the
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O negócio da minha fazenda

fiscalidade e administração fazendária no Brasil colonial

by Marcos Guimarães Sanches ...

Series Book 4 - Coleção PPGH Uni-Rio
O Negócio da Minha Fazenda: Fiscalidade e Administração Fazendária no Brasil Colonial, de Marcos Guimarães Sanches nasce de uma pesquisa sobre administração de bens no Brasil Colônia. Trata-se de uma contribuição do mais alto nível para todos os que buscam compreender a organização e o funcionamento da sociedade colonial brasileira do modo mais abrangente: economia, política e sociedade. A ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

O Negócio da Minha Fazenda: Fiscalidade e Administração Fazendária no Brasil Colonial, de Marcos Guimarães Sanches nasce de uma pesquisa sobre administração de bens no Brasil Colônia. Trata-se de uma contribuição do mais alto nível para todos os que buscam compreender a organização e o funcionamento da sociedade colonial brasileira do modo mais abrangente: economia, política e sociedade. A
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Shirley Chisholm

by Hourly History ...

Shirley Chisholm was a force to be reckoned with. Emerging from the humble beginnings of a working-class family in Brooklyn, New York, she carved a path that few dared to tread. With her family barely scraping by, Chisholm witnessed first-hand the trials of living paycheck to paycheck and facing adversity at every turn. Yet it was this very struggle that forged her into the powerhouse she would ... Read more

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Shirley Chisholm was a force to be reckoned with. Emerging from the humble beginnings of a working-class family in Brooklyn, New York, she carved a path that few dared to tread. With her family barely scraping by, Chisholm witnessed first-hand the trials of living paycheck to paycheck and facing adversity at every turn. Yet it was this very struggle that forged her into the powerhouse she would
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Haile Selassie: A Life from Beginning to End

by Hourly History ...

The last ruler of the House of Solomon, Haile Selassie, was not only the final Emperor of Ethiopia but also the link to a bygone past. In the days of Haile Selassie, absolute rule was given as an unquestioned divine right. Even though Selassie in many ways was a moderate progressive, he was still an autocratic ruler. It was when Menelik II perished in 1913 that a young Haile Selassie struggled to ... Read more

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The last ruler of the House of Solomon, Haile Selassie, was not only the final Emperor of Ethiopia but also the link to a bygone past. In the days of Haile Selassie, absolute rule was given as an unquestioned divine right. Even though Selassie in many ways was a moderate progressive, he was still an autocratic ruler. It was when Menelik II perished in 1913 that a young Haile Selassie struggled to
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Mau-Mau Warrior

by Professor Abiodun Alao ...

Series Book 108 - Warrior
The Mau-Mau uprising (1952-60) remains a controversial conflict, waged by warriors about whom many myths have been formed, but little truth has been written. Condemned by history as a brutal rag-tag force engaged in oath-taking, cannibalism and witchcraft, the military activities of the Mau-Mau have long been overlooked. Although their skill, organization and unique motivation forced the British ... Read more

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The Mau-Mau uprising (1952-60) remains a controversial conflict, waged by warriors about whom many myths have been formed, but little truth has been written. Condemned by history as a brutal rag-tag force engaged in oath-taking, cannibalism and witchcraft, the military activities of the Mau-Mau have long been overlooked. Although their skill, organization and unique motivation forced the British
... Read more
O Homem Que Sabia Demais E Falou!

by João-francisco Rogowski ...

O HOMEM QUE SABIA DEMAIS E FALOU – 2ª EDIÇÃO Uma história real de coragem, justiça e memória. Você gosta de histórias reais, emocionantes e inspiradoras? Então conheça "O Homem que Sabia Demais e Falou: Uma História de Coragem e Luta pela Justiça", do jurista e escritor Dr. João-Francisco Rogowski — agora em sua 2ª edição, revista, ampliada e ricamente ilustrada. Mais que uma narrativa, é um ... Read more

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O HOMEM QUE SABIA DEMAIS E FALOU – 2ª EDIÇÃO Uma história real de coragem, justiça e memória. Você gosta de histórias reais, emocionantes e inspiradoras? Então conheça "O Homem que Sabia Demais e Falou: Uma História de Coragem e Luta pela Justiça", do jurista e escritor Dr. João-Francisco Rogowski — agora em sua 2ª edição, revista, ampliada e ricamente ilustrada. Mais que uma narrativa, é um
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Firsts

by Elaine Henderson ...

Series series Collins Gem
A highly entertaining, illustrated guide to a whole range of firsts, from the worlds of history, science, transport, society, the arts and sport, now in ebook format.Over 300 fascinating firsts from the worlds of science, transport, the arts, society and many others are included in this handy-sized illustrated guide.Do you know when the first fire brigade was established? Or which were the first ... Read more

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A highly entertaining, illustrated guide to a whole range of firsts, from the worlds of history, science, transport, society, the arts and sport, now in ebook format.Over 300 fascinating firsts from the worlds of science, transport, the arts, society and many others are included in this handy-sized illustrated guide.Do you know when the first fire brigade was established? Or which were the first
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Reckoning with Pinochet

The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989–2006

by Steve J. Stern, Walter D. Mignolo, Irene Silverblatt, Sonia Saldívar-Hull ...

Series Book 3 - Latin America Otherwise
Reckoning with Pinochet is the first comprehensive account of how Chile came to terms with General Augusto Pinochet’s legacy of human rights atrocities. An icon among Latin America’s “dirty war” dictators, Pinochet had ruled with extreme violence while building a loyal social base. Hero to some and criminal to others, the general cast a long shadow over Chile’s future. Steve J. Stern recounts the ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

Reckoning with Pinochet is the first comprehensive account of how Chile came to terms with General Augusto Pinochet’s legacy of human rights atrocities. An icon among Latin America’s “dirty war” dictators, Pinochet had ruled with extreme violence while building a loyal social base. Hero to some and criminal to others, the general cast a long shadow over Chile’s future. Steve J. Stern recounts the
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ประวัติความเป็นมา ของ ประเทศ ทั่วโลกใน แต่ละ ไทย

History of Each Country around the World in Thai

by Nam Nguyen ...

ประวัติความเป็นมา ของ แต่ละ ประเทศ ทั่วโลกใน เป้าหมาย ของไทย คือการเติม ใจของคุณ ที่มีความรู้ ทางประวัติศาสตร์ที่ เรียบง่ายกับ ebook นี้ ebookคือการ ใช้งานง่ายและ ความสดชื่นและ มีการประกันเพื่อ เป็น ที่น่าตื่นเต้น คุณสามารถอ่าน ebook นี้ โดยไม่มีความรู้ ใด ๆ ก่อน ของ เหตุการณ์ที่ผ่านมา ebook นี้ เป็นทรัพยากรที่ดี ในการเริ่มต้น บางส่วนของ ความรู้ทางประวัติศาสตร์ ของคุณด้วย การรวมกันของ 267 ประเทศ ... Read more

$14.08 CAD

ประวัติความเป็นมา ของ แต่ละ ประเทศ ทั่วโลกใน เป้าหมาย ของไทย คือการเติม ใจของคุณ ที่มีความรู้ ทางประวัติศาสตร์ที่ เรียบง่ายกับ ebook นี้ ebookคือการ ใช้งานง่ายและ ความสดชื่นและ มีการประกันเพื่อ เป็น ที่น่าตื่นเต้น คุณสามารถอ่าน ebook นี้ โดยไม่มีความรู้ ใด ๆ ก่อน ของ เหตุการณ์ที่ผ่านมา ebook นี้ เป็นทรัพยากรที่ดี ในการเริ่มต้น บางส่วนของ ความรู้ทางประวัติศาสตร์ ของคุณด้วย การรวมกันของ 267 ประเทศ
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Ajalugu igas riigis üle maailma eesti

History of Each Country around the World in Estonian

by Nam Nguyen ...

Ajalugu igas riigis üle maailma, Eesti eesmärk on täita oma meelt lihtne ajalooalaseid teadmisi selle raamatu . Ebook on lihtne kasutada , värskendav ja on garanteeritud olema põnev ! Võite lugeda seda ebook ilma eelteadmisi minevikusündmuste . See ebook on suurepärane vahend , et alustada mõned oma ajalooalaseid teadmisi kombinatsiooniga 267 riigis ja saartel. Mõned muud huvitavat selle raamatu ... Read more

$14.08 CAD

Ajalugu igas riigis üle maailma, Eesti eesmärk on täita oma meelt lihtne ajalooalaseid teadmisi selle raamatu . Ebook on lihtne kasutada , värskendav ja on garanteeritud olema põnev ! Võite lugeda seda ebook ilma eelteadmisi minevikusündmuste . See ebook on suurepärane vahend , et alustada mõned oma ajalooalaseid teadmisi kombinatsiooniga 267 riigis ja saartel. Mõned muud huvitavat selle raamatu
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The City of Auckland

New Zealand, 1840-1920 (Illustrations)

by John Barr ...

This book is the first attempt which has been made to write a connected history of the City of Auckland. Although in years the city is comparatively young, many of the events which have marked its progress have already been forgotten. With the exception, perhaps, of the principal incidents associated with the foundation of the city, and a most interesting account of the state of Auckland in the ... Read more

$2.07 CAD

This book is the first attempt which has been made to write a connected history of the City of Auckland. Although in years the city is comparatively young, many of the events which have marked its progress have already been forgotten. With the exception, perhaps, of the principal incidents associated with the foundation of the city, and a most interesting account of the state of Auckland in the
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The A to Z of the Progressive Era

by Peter C. Holloran, Catherine Cocks, Alan Lessoff ...

Series series The A to Z Guide Series
The Progressive Era, the period in the United States between 1898 and 1917, was a time of great social, political, and industrial change. Following the Spanish-American War of 1898, an event that signaled the emergence of the United States as a great power, the country soon was involved in its first overseas guerrilla war, in the Philippines. Vast changes in communications and transportation, ... Read more

$61.99 CAD

The Progressive Era, the period in the United States between 1898 and 1917, was a time of great social, political, and industrial change. Following the Spanish-American War of 1898, an event that signaled the emergence of the United States as a great power, the country soon was involved in its first overseas guerrilla war, in the Philippines. Vast changes in communications and transportation,
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Historien om varje land runt om i världen på svenska

History of Each Country around the World in Swedish

by Nam Nguyen ...

Historien om varje land i världen på svenska mål är att fylla ditt sinne med enkel historisk kunskap med denna eBok . Den Ebook är lätt att använda , uppfriskande och är garanterat spännande ! Du kan läsa denna bok utan några förkunskaper om tidigare händelser . Denna e-bok är en utmärkt resurs för att starta någon av dina historiska kunskaper med en kombination av 267 länder och öar . Några andra ... Read more

$14.08 CAD

Historien om varje land i världen på svenska mål är att fylla ditt sinne med enkel historisk kunskap med denna eBok . Den Ebook är lätt att använda , uppfriskande och är garanterat spännande ! Du kan läsa denna bok utan några förkunskaper om tidigare händelser . Denna e-bok är en utmärkt resurs för att starta någon av dina historiska kunskaper med en kombination av 267 länder och öar . Några andra
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Die Deutschen und ihre Antike

Eine wechselvolle Beziehung

by Stefan Rebenich ...

200 Jahre Antikensehnsucht und Geschichte der AltertumswissenschaftZugänglich und spannend erzählt Stefan Rebenich pointiert die Entwicklung der deutschen Althistorie, die Weltruhm erlangte, aber auch politisch missbraucht wurde. Anhand zentraler Diskurse und wichtiger Institutionen würdigt er kritisch grandiose Leistungen wie Verfehlungen bedeutender Historiker. Ein einzigartiges Buch über die ... Read more

$54.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

200 Jahre Antikensehnsucht und Geschichte der AltertumswissenschaftZugänglich und spannend erzählt Stefan Rebenich pointiert die Entwicklung der deutschen Althistorie, die Weltruhm erlangte, aber auch politisch missbraucht wurde. Anhand zentraler Diskurse und wichtiger Institutionen würdigt er kritisch grandiose Leistungen wie Verfehlungen bedeutender Historiker. Ein einzigartiges Buch über die
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Latin and Vernacular Poets of the Middle Ages

by Peter Dronke ...

Series series Variorum Collected Studies
This volume presents a series of penetrating analyses of particular poems and problems of literary history illustrating the many sides of medieval poetry and the interactions of learned, popular and courtly traditions. The first and longest essay, 'Waltharius-Gaiferos', aims to characterize the diverse treatments of one of the major European heroic themes - in modes that include lay and epic, saga ... Read more

$329.99 CAD

This volume presents a series of penetrating analyses of particular poems and problems of literary history illustrating the many sides of medieval poetry and the interactions of learned, popular and courtly traditions. The first and longest essay, 'Waltharius-Gaiferos', aims to characterize the diverse treatments of one of the major European heroic themes - in modes that include lay and epic, saga
... Read more
Darkened Enlightenment

The Deterioration of Democracy, Human Rights, and Rational Thought in the Twenty-First Century

by Tim Delaney ...

The premise of Darkened Enlightenment is to highlight the fact that there currently exist a number of socio-political forces that have the design, or ultimate consequence, of trying to extinguish the light of reason and rationality.The book presents a critique of modernity and provides a socio-political and cultural analysis of world society in the early twenty-first century. Specifically, this ... Read more

$73.99 CAD

The premise of Darkened Enlightenment is to highlight the fact that there currently exist a number of socio-political forces that have the design, or ultimate consequence, of trying to extinguish the light of reason and rationality.The book presents a critique of modernity and provides a socio-political and cultural analysis of world society in the early twenty-first century. Specifically, this
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La Battaglia di Maratona

by Laura Cremonini ...

Teniamo a precisare che tutti i testi inclusi nella presente opera provengono liberamente da Internet e sono reperibili su Wikipedia. Allora sorge spontanea la domanda: perché acquistarla?La risposta è semplice. Si tratta di un lavoro di assemblamento.In breve un lavoro che pur proveniente dal lavoro di altri si trasforma in un unicum, assumendo una sua veste logica che è quella di descrivere La ... Read more

$1.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Teniamo a precisare che tutti i testi inclusi nella presente opera provengono liberamente da Internet e sono reperibili su Wikipedia. Allora sorge spontanea la domanda: perché acquistarla?La risposta è semplice. Si tratta di un lavoro di assemblamento.In breve un lavoro che pur proveniente dal lavoro di altri si trasforma in un unicum, assumendo una sua veste logica che è quella di descrivere La
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Chronos

The West Confronts Time

by François Hartog ...

Translated by Samuel Ross Gilbert ...

Series series European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
As omnipresent as it is ungraspable, time has always inspired and eluded attempts to comprehend it. For the early Christians, for the twenty-first-century world, how have past and future been woven into the present? In Chronos, a leading French historian ranges from Western antiquity to the Anthropocene, pinpointing the crucial turning points in our relationship to time.François Hartog considers ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

As omnipresent as it is ungraspable, time has always inspired and eluded attempts to comprehend it. For the early Christians, for the twenty-first-century world, how have past and future been woven into the present? In Chronos, a leading French historian ranges from Western antiquity to the Anthropocene, pinpointing the crucial turning points in our relationship to time.François Hartog considers
... Read more
(Un)Doing History

Thinking with the European Middle Ages

by Vanita Seth ...

Against the grain of much contemporary scholarship within medieval studies, this work emphasizes the radical alterity and historical rupture that the Middle Ages represents in European history.Through an engagement with three contentious debates in medieval studies – historiography, race and individuated subjectivity – Vanita Seth’s work employs postcolonial and postmodern theorizing to explore ... Read more

$85.99 CAD

Against the grain of much contemporary scholarship within medieval studies, this work emphasizes the radical alterity and historical rupture that the Middle Ages represents in European history.Through an engagement with three contentious debates in medieval studies – historiography, race and individuated subjectivity – Vanita Seth’s work employs postcolonial and postmodern theorizing to explore
... Read more

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