Amongst the Ruins explores the loss of ancient civilizations, the collapse of ruling elites, and the disappearance of more recent communities and their local traditions. Some of these are now sealed under 3,000-year-old peat, others lost to rising seas or sands, and the carcasses ...
Amongst the Ruins explores the loss of ancient civilizations, the collapse of ruling elites, and the disappearance of more recent communities and their local traditions. Some of these are now sealed under 3,000-year-old peat, others lost to rising seas or sands, and the carcasses ...
Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second World War-some, like those of Warsaw and Frankfurt, had to be rebuilt almost completely. They are now centers of peace and civility that attract millions of tourists, but the ...
Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second World War-some, like those of Warsaw and Frankfurt, had to be rebuilt almost completely. They are now centers of peace and civility that attract millions of tourists, but the ...
Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second World War-some, like those of Warsaw and Frankfurt, had to be rebuilt almost completely. They are now centers of peace and civility that attract millions of tourists, but the ...
Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle of Europe were devastated during the Second World War-some, like those of Warsaw and Frankfurt, had to be rebuilt almost completely. They are now centers of peace and civility that attract millions of tourists, but the ...
The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history ...
The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insists that any full American history ...
This is the first major study to comprehensively analyse English encounters with the New World in the sixteenth century and their impact on early English understandings of America and changing approaches to exploration and settlement. The book traces the dynamism of early English encounters with ...
This is the first major study to comprehensively analyse English encounters with the New World in the sixteenth century and their impact on early English understandings of America and changing approaches to exploration and settlement. The book traces the dynamism of early English encounters with ...
A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River-exploring the long conflict over water supply
Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has diverted the River Jordan via pipes and canals to build a successful modern state ...
A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River-exploring the long conflict over water supply
Access to water has played a pivotal role in the Israel-Palestine dispute. Israel has diverted the River Jordan via pipes and canals to build a successful modern state ...
Did India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have a shared regional identity prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late fifteenth century? Manan Ahmed Asif tackles this contentious question by inviting us to reconsider the work and legacy of the influential historian Muhammad Qasim Firishta, a ...
Did India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have a shared regional identity prior to the arrival of Europeans in the late fifteenth century? Manan Ahmed Asif tackles this contentious question by inviting us to reconsider the work and legacy of the influential historian Muhammad Qasim Firishta, a ...
Hybrid War, Grey Zone Warfare, Unrestricted War: today, traditional conflict-fought with guns, bombs, and drones-has become too expensive to wage, too unpopular at home, and too difficult to manage. In an age when America threatens Europe with sanctions, and when China spends billions buying influence ...
Hybrid War, Grey Zone Warfare, Unrestricted War: today, traditional conflict-fought with guns, bombs, and drones-has become too expensive to wage, too unpopular at home, and too difficult to manage. In an age when America threatens Europe with sanctions, and when China spends billions buying influence ...
Economic sanctions dominate the landscape of world politics today. First developed in the early twentieth century as a way of exploiting the flows of globalization to defend liberal internationalism, their appeal is that they function as an alternative to war. This view, however, ignores the ...
Economic sanctions dominate the landscape of world politics today. First developed in the early twentieth century as a way of exploiting the flows of globalization to defend liberal internationalism, their appeal is that they function as an alternative to war. This view, however, ignores the ...
How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challenge This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that ...
How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challenge This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that ...
Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan-a scenario few Western commentators anticipated. But after a twenty-year-long bitter war against the Republic of Afghanistan, reestablishing control is a complex procedure. What is the Taliban’s strategy now that they ...
Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan-a scenario few Western commentators anticipated. But after a twenty-year-long bitter war against the Republic of Afghanistan, reestablishing control is a complex procedure. What is the Taliban’s strategy now that they ...
«Con este libro rindo tributo a mi padre y a mi abuelo; ambos médicos psiquiatras, escritores y excepcionales maestros en el arte de disfrutar aprendiendo y gozar enseñando. Continúo la serie de «Locos egregios» que iniciase mi abuelo Antonio y continuase mi padre, Juan Antonio ...
«Con este libro rindo tributo a mi padre y a mi abuelo; ambos médicos psiquiatras, escritores y excepcionales maestros en el arte de disfrutar aprendiendo y gozar enseñando. Continúo la serie de «Locos egregios» que iniciase mi abuelo Antonio y continuase mi padre, Juan Antonio ...
Today, history is increasingly written in the first person. A growing number of historical works include an autobiographical dimension, as if writing about the past required exploring the inner life of the author. Neither traditional history nor autobiography, this hybrid genre calls the norms of ...
Today, history is increasingly written in the first person. A growing number of historical works include an autobiographical dimension, as if writing about the past required exploring the inner life of the author. Neither traditional history nor autobiography, this hybrid genre calls the norms of ...
Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos. (B.A.C.). Madrid, 2023
Con ocasión del tricentenario del nacimiento de Junípero Serra (2014), el autor publica una compleja y autorizada biografía que cuenta la historia completa de un hombre cuya vida y legado continúan siendo celebrados y cuestionados. La vida entera de Serra, fascinante e instructiva por sí ...
Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos. (B.A.C.). Madrid, 2023
Con ocasión del tricentenario del nacimiento de Junípero Serra (2014), el autor publica una compleja y autorizada biografía que cuenta la historia completa de un hombre cuya vida y legado continúan siendo celebrados y cuestionados. La vida entera de Serra, fascinante e instructiva por sí ...
An original account, drawing on both history and social science, of the causes and consequences of the American Revolution
With America before 1787, Jon Elster offers the second volume of a projected trilogy that examines the emergence of constitutional politics in France and America. Here ...
An original account, drawing on both history and social science, of the causes and consequences of the American Revolution
With America before 1787, Jon Elster offers the second volume of a projected trilogy that examines the emergence of constitutional politics in France and America. Here ...
The Mongols, their khans, and the empire they built and ruled in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries exert an enduring fascination. Caricatured as a marauding horde that ravaged surrounding peoples, in reality the Mongols created institutions, trading networks, economic systems, and intellectual and technological exchanges ...
The Mongols, their khans, and the empire they built and ruled in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries exert an enduring fascination. Caricatured as a marauding horde that ravaged surrounding peoples, in reality the Mongols created institutions, trading networks, economic systems, and intellectual and technological exchanges ...
Un libro de viajes a Japón que recoge las impresiones del autor neerlandés en sus cuarenta años recorriendo sus paisajes, su arquitectura, su poesía y su historia. Ciertos viajes tienen el objetivo secreto de «alejarte de tus orígenes», de «trastocarte la existencia»: «Solo entonces te ...
Un libro de viajes a Japón que recoge las impresiones del autor neerlandés en sus cuarenta años recorriendo sus paisajes, su arquitectura, su poesía y su historia. Ciertos viajes tienen el objetivo secreto de «alejarte de tus orígenes», de «trastocarte la existencia»: «Solo entonces te ...
Que los rituales son un rasgo básico y compartido del ser humano lo ha aprendido Ignacio Jáuregui de la manera más directa: a base de encontrárselos por todos los rincones del mundo. De los bar mitzvah celebrados junto al Muro de las Lamentaciones al funeral ...
Que los rituales son un rasgo básico y compartido del ser humano lo ha aprendido Ignacio Jáuregui de la manera más directa: a base de encontrárselos por todos los rincones del mundo. De los bar mitzvah celebrados junto al Muro de las Lamentaciones al funeral ...
Mientras Ulises recorre el mundo y relata sus hazañas, Penélope permanece inmóvil, soporta la espera, teje y desteje su obra, permaneciendo de paso fiel a su marido: cuando el hombre se va, la mujer espera su regreso. Y es que la historia clásica de los ...
Mientras Ulises recorre el mundo y relata sus hazañas, Penélope permanece inmóvil, soporta la espera, teje y desteje su obra, permaneciendo de paso fiel a su marido: cuando el hombre se va, la mujer espera su regreso. Y es que la historia clásica de los ...
Para un occidental, Japón es la gran experiencia posible del «otro». Pocos países se muestran tan alejados culturalmente. Pero esa máxima sensación de otredad no deriva de sus diferencias: las hay, muchas, enormes, pero no mayores que respecto a otras culturas. En Japón vemos gente ...
Para un occidental, Japón es la gran experiencia posible del «otro». Pocos países se muestran tan alejados culturalmente. Pero esa máxima sensación de otredad no deriva de sus diferencias: las hay, muchas, enormes, pero no mayores que respecto a otras culturas. En Japón vemos gente ...
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