This book conducts an in-depth exploration of the dissemination of Chinese characters in East Asia and the formation and development of Chinese character-based writing systems, emphasizing the unique contributions of various ethnic groups within the...Loe edasi...
A revelatory look at one of Americas most progressive cities—Minneapolis—as journalist Justin Ellis returns to his hometown to grapple with the quiet history of white supremacy there in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, and in turn uncov...Loe edasi...
Between the 1830s and 1930s, companies established by Beirut-based businessmen emerged among the largest shareholders in major British manufacturing and trading companies. These companies transformed from small family partnerships to large sharehold...Loe edasi...
Sari: Stanford Ottoman World Series: Critical Studies in Empire, Nature, and Knowledge
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503645967)
Between the 1830s and 1930s, companies established by Beirut-based businessmen emerged among the largest shareholders in major British manufacturing and trading companies. These companies transformed from small family partnerships to large shareho...Loe edasi...
From award-winning journalist Nicole Carr comes a landmark narrative revealing the untold history of Black medical professionals who have long fought to heal their communities—while confronting a system built to exclude th...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197789551)
Out of the Ballpark strips away the mythology that has accumulated around baseball in the United States to better appreciate the different sites of the sports development and the various sources of its appeal. It explores baseballs function as a m...Loe edasi...
This book examines how various Australians understood or expressed their experience of the Great War and early war commemoration in transcendent terms, and in so doing contributed to the creation of an Australian foundation myth, Anzac. The signific...Loe edasi...
From the late eleventh to the early fourteenth century, western Europeans established the crusader states of the Levant and had unprecedented commercial, cultural, and military exchanges with the Middle East. Through a focused analysis of fifty ob...Loe edasi...
From the late eleventh to the early fourteenth century, western Europeans established the crusader states of the Levant and had unprecedented commercial, cultural, and military exchanges with the Middle East. From the late eleventh...Loe edasi...
This open access volume explores the history of short-term employment and precarious work in pre-industrial Northern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, stable, long-term employmentpotentially lasting decadeswas uncommon in Northern Europe until the...Loe edasi...
This book presents a comprehensive overview of womens activities in various spheres of life in medieval Poland and its neighbouring countries, seeking to move beyond the commonly accepted perspective of queens and higher nobility from the social...Loe edasi...
This book explores the tangible societal contributions of Zhu Xi (11301200) and his disciples during their lifetimes, alongside the enduring impact of their practices on contemporaries and subsequent generations. A towering Neo-Confucian philosopher...Loe edasi...
This book attempts to map the vernacular diffractions of longing in Spain and Portugal in order to explore their political, aesthetic and social role in the national and cultural imagination of the past two centuries. Special attention is paid not o...Loe edasi...
This book highlights all the women who have received the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from 1970 - 2007 (a companion book continues through 2024). The book provides an overview of the life of each woma...Loe edasi...
This volume, the first of its kind, investigates the representation of women in the travel accounts of European travellers from the Age of Explorati...Loe edasi...
It is rare to write about history as it unfolds. A coronation at Westminster Abbey is at once a ceremony steeped in over a thousand years of tradition, dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period, and an event firmly of the present era. Coronations are mo...Loe edasi...
This book offers a compelling archaeological exploration of Chinas millennia-old civilization. It masterfully synthesizes material evidence with classical texts such as The Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), anchored by 15 iconic cultural artifacts. These rang...Loe edasi...
This book breaks new ground by exploring regional scenes beyond London during the years 1965 to 1975. Whilst many accounts of this era have tended to focus on the Capital, John Griffiths journeys beyond its boundaries to assess how far the cultures...Loe edasi...
This book focuses on the historical evolution of Bangzi opera, also known as Clapper opera, now collectively referred to as Hebei Bangzi. This form of Chinese opera enjoyed significant popularity primarily in Beijing and Tianjin during the four deca...Loe edasi...
An illuminating overview of the past, present, and future of political activism and engagement of American youth. Explore the past, present, and future of political activism and engagement of American youth in this illuminating encyclop...Loe edasi...
The acclaimed historian of Russia offers his compelling analysis of a dramatic turning point in recent Russian history: the August Coup of 1991....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192870889)
This book explores the influence of perceived lessons from national history, particularly the resonance between these lessons at the elite level and memory discourses in society, on Germanys grand strategy...Loe edasi...
Female convents in early modern Lisbon were important economic, cultural, social and even political spaces which housed generations of elite women. Until now they have received much less attention than comparable institutions across the early mode...Loe edasi...
This book conducts an in-depth exploration of the dissemination of Chinese characters in East Asia and the formation and development of Chinese character-based writing systems, emphasizing the unique contributions of various ethnic groups within the...Loe edasi...
A revelatory look at one of Americas most progressive cities—Minneapolis—as journalist Justin Ellis returns to his hometown to grapple with the quiet history of white supremacy there in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, and in turn uncov...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Getty Research Institute,U.S., ISBN-13: 9781606069899)
This volume presents the first visual history of the people and organizations that led the fight for change during the civil rights era in Los Angeles....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The University Press of Kentucky, ISBN-13: 9781985903340)
Self-Rising: The Magic Rise Behind Biscuit and Cornbread Culture reveals how a combination of simple ingredients sparked a quiet culinary and cultural revolution. Self-rising flour and cornmealpre-mixed blends of flour or meal, baking powder, and sa...Loe edasi...
Between the 1830s and 1930s, companies established by Beirut-based businessmen emerged among the largest shareholders in major British manufacturing and trading companies. These companies transformed from small family partnerships to large sharehold...Loe edasi...
Sari: Stanford Ottoman World Series: Critical Studies in Empire, Nature, and Knowledge
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Stanford University Press, ISBN-13: 9781503645967)
Between the 1830s and 1930s, companies established by Beirut-based businessmen emerged among the largest shareholders in major British manufacturing and trading companies. These companies transformed from small family partnerships to large shareho...Loe edasi...
From award-winning journalist Nicole Carr comes a landmark narrative revealing the untold history of Black medical professionals who have long fought to heal their communities—while confronting a system built to exclude th...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 16-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197789551)
Out of the Ballpark strips away the mythology that has accumulated around baseball in the United States to better appreciate the different sites of the sports development and the various sources of its appeal. It explores baseballs function as a m...Loe edasi...
This book examines how various Australians understood or expressed their experience of the Great War and early war commemoration in transcendent terms, and in so doing contributed to the creation of an Australian foundation myth, Anzac. The signific...Loe edasi...
From the late eleventh to the early fourteenth century, western Europeans established the crusader states of the Levant and had unprecedented commercial, cultural, and military exchanges with the Middle East. Through a focused analysis of fifty ob...Loe edasi...
From the late eleventh to the early fourteenth century, western Europeans established the crusader states of the Levant and had unprecedented commercial, cultural, and military exchanges with the Middle East. From the late eleventh...Loe edasi...
This open access volume explores the history of short-term employment and precarious work in pre-industrial Northern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, stable, long-term employmentpotentially lasting decadeswas uncommon in Northern Europe until the...Loe edasi...
