On 1 July 1916, the Lonsdale Pals Battalion went into action with thousands of other British troops and were massacred. Eight days later, the shattered and traumatised survivors were assigned to undertake another attack across no-mans-land that would...Loe edasi...
Prose that is precise and beautiful as northern light ... this book is an absolute delight MOYA CANNONJoin David Gange on a seabound journey along Atlantic coasts and islands, exploring places and ways of life that have been built on small rowed or...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040639498)
The long eighteenth century is often seen as a time when consumption was driven by novelty, fashion and an expanding world of goods. This book takes an innovative approach to the supply of and demand for consumer goods in this period by exploring the...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Eighteenth-Century Cultures and Societies
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040509647)
The long eighteenth century is often seen as a time when consumption was driven by novelty, fashion and an expanding world of goods. This book takes an innovative approach to the supply of and demand for consumer goods in this period by exploring the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: John Murray Press, ISBN-13: 9781399813464)
Natalie Livingstones deeply researched, unfailingly fascinating book gives the many extraordinary women at or near the centre of the Nuremberg trials their proper, important, and often ignored place in history Salman RushdieA book that is as inte...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040515624)
This Handbook is the first multidisciplinary anthology of research on antiracism in global historical perspective. It demonstrates the importance of a historical lens for understanding the deep lineages of antiracism and reveals the myriad ways-trans...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040630952)
This Handbook is the first multidisciplinary anthology of research on antiracism in global historical perspective. It demonstrates the importance of a historical lens for understanding the deep lineages of antiracism and reveals the myriad ways-trans...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300289534)
A major new history of revolutionary Iran, from the 1940s to the present Irans revolution in 1979 shook the world. The Pahlavi dynasty came crashing down, and the Islamic Republic rose in its place. But what led to this seismic event? How did the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691282909)
The often-forgotten global story of how the Confederacy lost its bid for sovereign nationhoodIn 1861, proslavery secessionists severed ties with the United States, launched the Confederacy, and readied their new government to join the international c...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691287492)
The often-forgotten global story of how the Confederacy lost its bid for sovereign nationhoodIn 1861, proslavery secessionists severed ties with the United States, launched the Confederacy, and readied their new government to join the international c...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Law, Rights and Justice
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040525289)
Time is an essential dimension of our shared understandings of the historical significance or fairness of a particular event or situation. The ways time is constructed, however, are characterized by a plurality of diverse and sometimes inconsistent r...Loe edasi...
Sari: Routledge Studies in Law, Rights and Justice
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040673577)
Time is an essential dimension of our shared understandings of the historical significance or fairness of a particular event or situation. The ways time is constructed, however, are characterized by a plurality of diverse and sometimes inconsistent r...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503646483)
In 1975, Kuwaiti workers orchestrated arguably the most powerful citizen-led movement for noncitizen rights in the history of the Persian Gulf. Their efforts built on decades of wide-ranging struggle over the meanings and outlines of citizenship. Dur...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503646483)
In 1975, Kuwaiti workers orchestrated arguably the most powerful citizen-led movement for noncitizen rights in the history of the Persian Gulf. Their efforts built on decades of wide-ranging struggle over the meanings and outlines of citizenship. Dur...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235037793)
Aramean Arise: Semitic Kings of Levant is a sweeping historical exploration of one of the ancient Near Easts most dynamic yet often overlooked peoples—the Arameans. Emerging from the fractured world that followed the collapse of the Bronze Age...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235482753)
Zhou Bronze Age: Chinas Feudal Foundations is a sweeping exploration of one of the most formative eras in early Chinese civilization, tracing how the Zhou dynasty shaped the political, social, ritual, and moral foundations that would influence China...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 21-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798235354272)
Xia Dynasty Dawn: Mythical First Chinese Rule is a sweeping exploration of one of the most mysterious and fascinating beginnings in Chinese civilization—the legendary Xia Dynasty. Standing at the threshold between myth and history, the Xia has...Loe edasi...
Have you ever considered the mechanical miracle required to keep a heavily carbonated beverage perfectly sealed under intense internal pressure, yet easily opened by the casual flick of a human finger? The modern aluminum beverage can is an unsung ma...Loe edasi...
Warum sind die Tasten auf jedem modernen Computer, Tablet und Smartphone vollig unlogisch angeordnet, anstatt einfach und intuitiv dem Alphabet zu folgen? Diese allgegenwartige, globale Ineffizienz ist ein reines Relikt physikalischer Schadensbegrenz...Loe edasi...
What happens when a rapidly expanding energy monopoly violently prioritizes extraction speed over basic human survival? The catastrophic consequences of this corporate greed culminated in the Monongah mining disaster of 1907, which remains the deadli...Loe edasi...
Why does almost every digital template, website mockup, and brochure draft feature the exact same block of nonsensical, pseudo-Latin text? The ubiquitous presence of "e;Lorem Ipsum"e; is not a random developer error, but a highly calculated p...Loe edasi...
In the past two and a half decades, capoeira has experienced a remarkable global expansion. However, its challenging to quantify its full extent. This book aims to explore the diverse reconfigurations and resignifications that capoeira has undergone...Loe edasi...
In the past two and a half decades, capoeira has experienced a remarkable global expansion. However, its challenging to quantify its full extent. This book aims to explore the diverse reconfigurations and resignifications that capoeira has undergone...Loe edasi...
Zweihundert Jahre nach Heinrich Heines Harzreise macht sich Steffen Kopetzky, dessen Route folgend, auf durch eine faszinierende deutsche Seelenlandschaft: Im Harz spiegelt sich unser Land - er ist poetischer Marchenort und Brennpunkt der Klimakris...Loe edasi...
Une "e;colonie modele"e;Contrairement a lEtat independant du Congo (EIC) sous Leopold II (1885-1908) et lEtat postcolonial depuis juillet 1960, le Congo belge (1908-1959) etait connu comme une "e;colonie modele"e; et un "e;parad...Loe edasi...
250. Geburtstag der USA - 4. Juli 2026Von der Grundung zu Trump, vom Imperialismus zum Isolationismus, vom Glucksversprechen des Massenkonsums zum Klimawandel, von der Vormacht zum chaotischen Faktor, von der Verhei ung zur Gefahr: die gemischte Bila...Loe edasi...
From the mid-seventeenth to early eighteenth century, a wide network of English-speaking men, women, and children took up residence in the Ottoman Maghrebi regencies of Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. There they formed expatriate communities, engaged wi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040466841)
The sources in this volume concentrate on British investments in Latin America-both material and imaginative-including new post-independence opportunities for tourism. Excerpts from the narratives of British entrepreneurs such as Francis Bond Head, J...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040697764)
The sources in this volume concentrate on British investments in Latin America-both material and imaginative-including new post-independence opportunities for tourism. Excerpts from the narratives of British entrepreneurs such as Francis Bond Head, J...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691289335)
A groundbreaking account of how firearms changed Europe and the worldIn Renaissance Italy, the gun was not only a tool of war but also a desirable object, a luxury item carried at court. Guns were in use on the battlefield by 1440; later in that cent...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691272696)
A groundbreaking account of how firearms changed Europe and the worldIn Renaissance Italy, the gun was not only a tool of war but also a desirable object, a luxury item carried at court. Guns were in use on the battlefield by 1440; later in that cent...Loe edasi...
A sweeping history of humanitys most fundamental creationthe homeand its effects on the land, cities, and people themselves.From tiny pithouses in the Levant and Mesoamerica thousands of years ago to soaring skyscrapers in Dubai, New York, and Shangh...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503646346)
Needs That Bind reconsiders the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire and the construction of new regimes in the decade after World War I, to understand the consequential connections that remained among the new republican regime in Turkey and neighboring...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503646346)
Needs That Bind reconsiders the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire and the construction of new regimes in the decade after World War I, to understand the consequential connections that remained among the new republican regime in Turkey and neighboring...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233504228)
What if the story of the modern world is more complex than we have been led to believe In 1492, the voyages of Christopher Columbus marked a turning point in global history—one that reshaped economic systems, political structures, and patterns...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis, ISBN-13: 9781040455777)
This book demonstrates that Rabindranath Tagore, the poet-educator, was an intensely political figure with a distinctive vision of politics.Its innovative approach treats the educational pedagogy of Tagore practised at his ashram in Santiniketan as t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis, ISBN-13: 9781040718407)
This book demonstrates that Rabindranath Tagore, the poet-educator, was an intensely political figure with a distinctive vision of politics.Its innovative approach treats the educational pedagogy of Tagore practised at his ashram in Santiniketan as t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798232646288)
In the third century BCE, a boy born in exile, raised as a hostage in an enemy kingdom, and thrust onto the throne of a frontier state at the age of thirteen, did what no human being in the history of East Asia had ever accomplished: he conquered six...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233686719)
Across the windswept expanse of the Eurasian steppe, where empires rose and fell not in stone and mortar but in leather and iron, one of historys most consequential and least celebrated civilizations forged a political tradition that would shape the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233070433)
In the fertile heartland of ancient Syria, along the banks of the Khabur River and its tributaries, there once stood an empire so powerful that the mightiest pharaohs of Egypt sought its daughters in marriage, so militarily formidable that Hittite em...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233412370)
In the shadow of the great empires of the ancient world — Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, and the Hittites — there lived a people whose civilization was as rich, as sophisticated, and as historically consequential as any of its more celebrated c...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Distributed via Draft2Digital, ISBN-13: 9798233272981)
For too long, the story of ancient feminine power along the Nile has been told through a single face — the serene, iconic profile of Egypts Nefertiti, whose limestone bust has become the universal symbol of ancient queenship. Yet south of Egyp...Loe edasi...
Francisco Xavier de Gamboa, Alberto Perez-Amador Adam
(Ilmumisaeg: 10-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Bonilla Artigas Editores SA de CV, ISBN-13: 9786075904900)
Despues de varias decadas se lograba a mediados del siglo XVIII la tan anhelada fundacion de la Colegiata de Guadalupe en Mexico. La fundacion conllevo un gravisimo problema juridico en relacion al patronato real, que involucraba a la Corona como tam...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197827529)
A detailed account of the siege and fall of Constantinople in 1453, a watershed year that closed the book, once and for all, on the Roman Empire and confirmed for Europeans their worst fears about an expanding Ottoman Empire. Anthony Kaldellis offe...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197827512)
A detailed account of the siege and fall of Constantinople in 1453, a watershed year that closed the book, once and for all, on the Roman Empire and confirmed for Europeans their worst fears about an expanding Ottoman Empire. Anthony Kaldellis offe...Loe edasi...
Giulia Albanese, Filippo Focardi, Matteo Millan, Marco Mondini
Sari: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040529638)
This comprehensive collection of chapters provides a nuanced and multifaceted analysis of the global impact of the March on Rome, offering valuable insights into the spread and adaptation of Fascist ideologies in different cultural and political cont...Loe edasi...
Giulia Albanese, Filippo Focardi, Matteo Millan, Marco Mondini
Sari: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
(Ilmumisaeg: 08-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Taylor & Francis Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781040643327)
This comprehensive collection of chapters provides a nuanced and multifaceted analysis of the global impact of the March on Rome, offering valuable insights into the spread and adaptation of Fascist ideologies in different cultural and political cont...Loe edasi...
David Eltis, David Richardson, Philip Misevich, Toyin Falola, David Brion Davis, David W. Blight
Sari: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300289411)
A monumental cartographic history of the African slave trade, updated and expanded in a new edition In the first edition of Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, two leading historians explored details of the 350-year history of African slave tra...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Apr-2026, EPUB+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781049800516)
Red Missionaries explores the communication strategies of French and German Socialist parties during the inter-war period (1920-1939). With the help of eighteen newspapers - ten Bavarian and eight Breton - alongside a rich variety of both primary and...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Apr-2026, PDF+DRM, Kirjastus: University of Toronto Press, ISBN-13: 9781049800509)
Red Missionaries explores the communication strategies of French and German Socialist parties during the inter-war period (1920-1939). With the help of eighteen newspapers - ten Bavarian and eight Breton - alongside a rich variety of both primary and...Loe edasi...
