Based on an extensive body of Russian and German sources, this book reconstructs the fate of the approximately 1.5 million soldiers and officers of the Russian army held in German prisoner of war camps during the First World War. Moving beyond insti...Loe edasi...
This book examines the forgotten proposal to make Constantinople the headquarters of the League of Nations after the First World War, in order to rethink the origins of modern international order. By tracing the debate between liberal internationali...Loe edasi...
This book examines the enduring appeal of Odysseus in artistic representation from antiquity to the present. The volume aims to provide a sense of how this character changes from ancient Greek myth through modern poetry, and how this capacity for ch...Loe edasi...
This book examines the development of social policy in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan through the framework of bureaucratic regimes. It traces the institutional continuity from the colonial Indian Civil Service to its post-colonial successors - the...Loe edasi...
Abraham Lincoln and the American Experiment in Self-Government revisits the most pressing question of the republics past and present: Can a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality sustain itself through crisis? Leveraging an interdi...Loe edasi...
This volume gathers different disciplinary, methodological and thematic perspectives on architecture understood as a cultural, critical and design practice. Through an articulated dialogue between history and contemporaneity, theory and practice, de...Loe edasi...
Emphasizing the emergence of new institutional realities from the encounter between colonizers and colonized people, this book highlights the capacity of indigenous communities, as well as settlers themselves, to shape and transform laws and legal...Loe edasi...
During the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and enslaved valet Robert Hemmings spent several months at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia. The editors and contributors to Declaration House reflect on the history o...Loe edasi...
Australia is gaining a reputation as the proverbial canary in the coal mine of global environmental change. The driest inhabited continent on earth, Australia is now exposed to rising planetary temperatures and an increase in disastrous events suc...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781032608075)
This volume explores the ways in which religion in the South Asian literary landscape play a significant role in the creation of political structures and secular democracies in South Asia. It highlights how the concepts of nation, nationalism, and se...Loe edasi...
Through the lens of whiteness as applied to White-body supremacy, this book examines the role racism played in shaping American dance from the late nineteenth century to the present. Thus, this book centralizes the actions of White dancers/choreogra...Loe edasi...
Sari: Race In Nineteenth-Century Literatures And Cultures
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198905950)
Fermanis argues that nineteenth-century settler fiction encodes complex and mobile interrelationships between settlers and migrants across the colonial southern hemisphere. By focusing on novels that depict short-term movement, this book demonstrate...Loe edasi...
This open access book examines how Piedmont, in early modern Italy, developed silk production into a distinctive system of technological and social innovation. It explores the ways in which this fragile yet economically significant material shaped r...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Sheet music, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780193573192)
This anthology celebrates the rich legacy of Black composers from the nineteenth century to the present day. Highlighting music that has often been overlooked, it places the repertoire in its historical context and serves as a compelling introduction...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Allen Lane, ISBN-13: 9780241761083)
Utopia is not somewhere you can go. But neither is it an idle fantasy. It runs through history and literature from Plato to Thomas More, Margaret Cavendish to Ursula Le Guin. Utopia, this book shows, was for them a tool for exploring the h...Loe edasi...
A cultured, engaging collection of historical vignettes ranging from prehistoric times to the early 20th century - all focused on the ancient roads, tracks and pathways of Europe For a million years people have been traveling throu...Loe edasi...
A brilliant, kaleidoscopic cultural history of Diana, her many lives and the world she created The best thing Ive ever read about Princess Diana and Ive read all of it, including her own books - Marina Hyde A wide-ranging cu...Loe edasi...
The untold history of the extraordinary women who drove the modern dance movement and changed cultural narratives about sex, power and womens rights....Loe edasi...
From the ancient world expert and author of Goddess with a Thousand Faces Jasmine Elmer, comes a distinctive and revelatory historical and mythological exploration of dragons, the stories and cultures around them, and the fierce women who slayed the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192890672)
Through deep historical analysis and numerous compelling stories, the book unveils the complex dynamics of race, ethnicity, class, and nationality, shedding light on how boxing has shaped--and been shaped by--the struggles of those seeking to make t...Loe edasi...
**SHORTLISTED FOR 2025 THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION**A startling exploration of slavery in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the presentSlavery in the Islamic world has a long, diverse and controversial history...Loe edasi...
A stunning global history of West Africa ... with this new tour de force, Green confirms himself as the most innovative historian, writer, and thinker of his generation Ana Lucia Araujo, author of Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History o...Loe edasi...
Perth Then and Now accurately matches historic photographs of the city with specially commissioned contemporary views that show how each site looks today....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008347574)
Sanctuary is an ancient right. But what does it mean today? Drawing on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures, Marina Warners Sanctuary is an ambitious attempt to grapple with the sharpest ques...Loe edasi...
A heart-stopping epic of grief and hope, and one family blown apart across the globe, across time, across parallel possibilities by war....Loe edasi...
A searching look at the rise and fall of the youth club by renowned cultural documentarian Emma Warren, highlighting the seismic impact they have had on UK culture and why we need to ensure their existence for future generations....Loe edasi...
Based on an extensive body of Russian and German sources, this book reconstructs the fate of the approximately 1.5 million soldiers and officers of the Russian army held in German prisoner of war camps during the First World War. Moving beyond insti...Loe edasi...
This book examines the forgotten proposal to make Constantinople the headquarters of the League of Nations after the First World War, in order to rethink the origins of modern international order. By tracing the debate between liberal internationali...Loe edasi...
This book examines the enduring appeal of Odysseus in artistic representation from antiquity to the present. The volume aims to provide a sense of how this character changes from ancient Greek myth through modern poetry, and how this capacity for ch...Loe edasi...
This book examines the development of social policy in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan through the framework of bureaucratic regimes. It traces the institutional continuity from the colonial Indian Civil Service to its post-colonial successors - the...Loe edasi...
Abraham Lincoln and the American Experiment in Self-Government revisits the most pressing question of the republics past and present: Can a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality sustain itself through crisis? Leveraging an interdi...Loe edasi...
This volume gathers different disciplinary, methodological and thematic perspectives on architecture understood as a cultural, critical and design practice. Through an articulated dialogue between history and contemporaneity, theory and practice, de...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Choir Press, ISBN-13: 9781789636222)
From Nazi Berlin to postwar Britain, Werner and Lotte Ackerman rebuilt shattered lives through handmade chocolates, creating a beloved royal-warranted British brand...Loe edasi...
From Nazi Berlin to postwar Britain, Werner and Lotte Ackerman rebuilt shattered lives through handmade chocolates, creating a beloved royal-warranted British brand...Loe edasi...
Emphasizing the emergence of new institutional realities from the encounter between colonizers and colonized people, this book highlights the capacity of indigenous communities, as well as settlers themselves, to shape and transform laws and legal...Loe edasi...
During the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and enslaved valet Robert Hemmings spent several months at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia. The editors and contributors to Declaration House reflect on the history o...Loe edasi...
Australia is gaining a reputation as the proverbial canary in the coal mine of global environmental change. The driest inhabited continent on earth, Australia is now exposed to rising planetary temperatures and an increase in disastrous events suc...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 03-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Routledge India, ISBN-13: 9781032608075)
This volume explores the ways in which religion in the South Asian literary landscape play a significant role in the creation of political structures and secular democracies in South Asia. It highlights how the concepts of nation, nationalism, and se...Loe edasi...
Through the lens of whiteness as applied to White-body supremacy, this book examines the role racism played in shaping American dance from the late nineteenth century to the present. Thus, this book centralizes the actions of White dancers/choreogra...Loe edasi...
A definitive social history of modern Ireland. How did Catholic bishops lose their control over Irish women and Irish life? T.P. OMahony traces seven decades of ChurchState conflict in Ireland, from the Mother and Baby crisis to the Magdalene laund...Loe edasi...
Enthralling Lucy Worsley Wonderful Judith Flanders A whirling, waltzing panorama through the last carefree age of British nobility New Statesman Adrian Tinniswood opens the doors on the excess, intrigue and absur...Loe edasi...
Sari: Race In Nineteenth-Century Literatures And Cultures
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jul-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198905950)
Fermanis argues that nineteenth-century settler fiction encodes complex and mobile interrelationships between settlers and migrants across the colonial southern hemisphere. By focusing on novels that depict short-term movement, this book demonstrate...Loe edasi...
During the early 19th century, Spain was losing its grip on her American colonies, resulting in an explosion of privateering and West Indian piracy. British Royal Navy ships hunted and destroyed pirates wherever they could be found, especially...Loe edasi...
On November 28, 1729, Natchez warriors walked into Fort Rosalie, Louisiana, and opened fire on French colonists. Within an hour, nearly 250 French were dead, and as many women and children were taken hostage. After several punitive expeditions...Loe edasi...
