How the demise of the Habsburg Empire, postwar sovereignty, and new diplomatic frontiers shaped the nature of citizenship, identity, and belonging across Europe
This book is a collective portrait of twenty-one key statesmen who came of age during the Habsburg Empire. They include the cofounder ...
How the demise of the Habsburg Empire, postwar sovereignty, and new diplomatic frontiers shaped the nature of citizenship, identity, and belonging across Europe
This book is a collective portrait of twenty-one key statesmen who came of age during the Habsburg Empire. They include the cofounder ...
The first book to examine the iconic depiction of evolution, the "march of progress," and its role in shaping our understanding of how humans evolved
We are all familiar with the "march of progress," the representation of evolution that depicts a series of apelike creatures ...
The first book to examine the iconic depiction of evolution, the "march of progress," and its role in shaping our understanding of how humans evolved
We are all familiar with the "march of progress," the representation of evolution that depicts a series of apelike creatures ...
The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940, altered the course of the history of the twentieth century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue what became known as the Second World War. The ...
The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940, altered the course of the history of the twentieth century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue what became known as the Second World War. The ...
This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) to life for a new generation of readers by exploring the emperor's fascinating psychological journey. Donald J. Robertson examines Marcus's relationships with key figures in his life, such as his mother, Domitia Lucilla, and the ...
This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) to life for a new generation of readers by exploring the emperor's fascinating psychological journey. Donald J. Robertson examines Marcus's relationships with key figures in his life, such as his mother, Domitia Lucilla, and the ...
A spirited defense of the Enlightenment against assaults from both the left and the right that explains its urgent implications for our contemporary politics
Ours is an age when optimism about politics is hard to come by. Ian Shapiro explains why this is so and ...
A spirited defense of the Enlightenment against assaults from both the left and the right that explains its urgent implications for our contemporary politics
Ours is an age when optimism about politics is hard to come by. Ian Shapiro explains why this is so and ...
The story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific
Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could ...
The story of the sixteenth-century's epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific
Spices drove the early modern world economy, and for Europeans they represented riches on an unprecedented scale. Cloves and nutmeg could ...
An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves
In Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that Jocasta, queen of Thebes, has killed herself. To ...
An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves
In Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that Jocasta, queen of Thebes, has killed herself. To ...
Personal religion in Domestic Contexts during the New Kingdom compiles artefacts and fixed emplacements in domestic settings during the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt that, from a comparative approach, are interpreted as examples of religious practices, contributing to the study of the so-called 'Archaeology of ...
Personal religion in Domestic Contexts during the New Kingdom compiles artefacts and fixed emplacements in domestic settings during the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt that, from a comparative approach, are interpreted as examples of religious practices, contributing to the study of the so-called 'Archaeology of ...
Throughout much of history, the Jewish way of life has been characterized by strict adherence to the practices and prohibitions legislated by the Torah: dietary laws, ritual purity, circumcision, Sabbath regulations, holidays, and more. But precisely when did this unique way of life first emerge ...
Throughout much of history, the Jewish way of life has been characterized by strict adherence to the practices and prohibitions legislated by the Torah: dietary laws, ritual purity, circumcision, Sabbath regulations, holidays, and more. But precisely when did this unique way of life first emerge ...
Documents how initial Mapuche-Spanish alliances were built and how they were destroyed by increasingly powerful slave-trading elites operating like organized crime families
The history of Spanish presence in the Americas is usually viewed as a one-sided conquest. In Mapuche Resistance to Spanish Enslavement, 1598-1687, Eugene ...
Documents how initial Mapuche-Spanish alliances were built and how they were destroyed by increasingly powerful slave-trading elites operating like organized crime families
The history of Spanish presence in the Americas is usually viewed as a one-sided conquest. In Mapuche Resistance to Spanish Enslavement, 1598-1687, Eugene ...
Navigating the Spanish Lake examines Spain's long presence in the Pacific Ocean (1521-1898) in the context of its global empire. Building on a growing body of literature on the Atlantic world and indigenous peoples in the Pacific, this pioneering book investigates the historiographical "Spanish ...
Navigating the Spanish Lake examines Spain's long presence in the Pacific Ocean (1521-1898) in the context of its global empire. Building on a growing body of literature on the Atlantic world and indigenous peoples in the Pacific, this pioneering book investigates the historiographical "Spanish ...
University Of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque (NM), 2024
Studies of seventeenth-century New Mexico have largely overlooked the soldiers and frontier settlers who formed the backbone of the colony and laid the foundations of European society in a distant outpost of Spain's North American empire. This book, the final volume in the Coronado ...
University Of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque (NM), 2024
Studies of seventeenth-century New Mexico have largely overlooked the soldiers and frontier settlers who formed the backbone of the colony and laid the foundations of European society in a distant outpost of Spain's North American empire. This book, the final volume in the Coronado ...
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2024
In antebellum New Orleans, at the heart of America's slave and cotton kingdoms, epidemics of yellow fever killed as many as 150,000 people. With little understanding of the origins of the illness-and meager public health infrastructure-one's only hope if infected was to ...
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Cambridge (MSS), 2024
In antebellum New Orleans, at the heart of America's slave and cotton kingdoms, epidemics of yellow fever killed as many as 150,000 people. With little understanding of the origins of the illness-and meager public health infrastructure-one's only hope if infected was to ...
A new English translation of Raghuvamsa by the celebrated Sanskrit poet Kalidasa, who inspired such modern writers as Goethe and Tagore.
For a millennium and a half, Kalidasa's works-from The Cloud Messenger to The Recognition of Shakuntala-have delighted audiences in India and beyond. Although ...
A new English translation of Raghuvamsa by the celebrated Sanskrit poet Kalidasa, who inspired such modern writers as Goethe and Tagore.
For a millennium and a half, Kalidasa's works-from The Cloud Messenger to The Recognition of Shakuntala-have delighted audiences in India and beyond. Although ...
What makes historical writing distinctive? In Representation, Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit-the preeminent figure in the philosophy of history today-offers a deeply original way of understanding the practice of historical writing and a powerful vindication of history as an empirical discipline. Based on a new reading of ...
What makes historical writing distinctive? In Representation, Franklin Rudolf Ankersmit-the preeminent figure in the philosophy of history today-offers a deeply original way of understanding the practice of historical writing and a powerful vindication of history as an empirical discipline. Based on a new reading of ...
Timely and controversial, The Patriots' Dilemma confronts longstanding interpretations of U.S. history that emphasize a fundamental conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery interests. By 1776, influential American patriots acknowledged that slavery was incompatible with the ideals of the republic. But a republic for whom?
As ...
Timely and controversial, The Patriots' Dilemma confronts longstanding interpretations of U.S. history that emphasize a fundamental conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery interests. By 1776, influential American patriots acknowledged that slavery was incompatible with the ideals of the republic. But a republic for whom?
As ...
El antisemitismo está aumentando de forma alarmante en todo el mundo. Los judíos son atacados en las calles de ciudades como Nueva York y París, acosados en campus universitarios occidentales, asesinados en sinagogas, escuelas judías y locales kósher en lugares como Nueva Jersey, Toulouse, Pittsburgh ...
El antisemitismo está aumentando de forma alarmante en todo el mundo. Los judíos son atacados en las calles de ciudades como Nueva York y París, acosados en campus universitarios occidentales, asesinados en sinagogas, escuelas judías y locales kósher en lugares como Nueva Jersey, Toulouse, Pittsburgh ...
Tras una década de preparación, "Hombres fósiles" es una historia de detectives científicos basada en la anatomía y la historia natural del cuerpo humano: el primer relato completo del descubrimiento de un antepasado humano asombrosamente imprevisto, más de un millón de años mayor que Lucy ...
Tras una década de preparación, "Hombres fósiles" es una historia de detectives científicos basada en la anatomía y la historia natural del cuerpo humano: el primer relato completo del descubrimiento de un antepasado humano asombrosamente imprevisto, más de un millón de años mayor que Lucy ...
A LA VENTA A PARTIR DEL 16 DE MAYO.
Imperio y reputación es el primer libro en relatar el épico viaje de los hermanos Nodal al estrecho de Magallanes y la Tierra del Fuego (1618-1619) desde un enfoque global que aborda las claves de su ...
A LA VENTA A PARTIR DEL 16 DE MAYO.
Imperio y reputación es el primer libro en relatar el épico viaje de los hermanos Nodal al estrecho de Magallanes y la Tierra del Fuego (1618-1619) desde un enfoque global que aborda las claves de su ...
Un banquero, un general convertido en marqués, un diputado y una joven idealista son los ejes centrales de esta comedia. Cuando Leonardo dejó pasar la ocasión de corresponder al amor por su prima Fernanda no podía imaginar que al cabo de los años esta regresaría ...
Un banquero, un general convertido en marqués, un diputado y una joven idealista son los ejes centrales de esta comedia. Cuando Leonardo dejó pasar la ocasión de corresponder al amor por su prima Fernanda no podía imaginar que al cabo de los años esta regresaría ...
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