| |
Africa throughout its postcolonial history has been plagued by human rights abuses ranging from intolerance of political dissent to heinous crimes such as genocide. Some observers consequently have gone so far as to suggest that human rights are a concept alien to...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-12-17
ePub
|
This book analyses the artistic and cultural legacy of Western Islamic societies and their interactions with Islamic, Christian and Jewish societies in the framework of the late medieval Mediterranean, from a range of multi-disciplinary perspectives. The book, organised...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-16
PDF, ePub
|
The book shows how the Franciscans in Jerusalem in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries wrote works which standardized the cultural memory of the Holy Land. The experience of the late medieval Holy Land was deeply connected to the presence of the Franciscans of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-16
Collection :
The New Middle Ages
PDF, ePub
|
A monograph on the social history of meat in Poland under the Communist regime (1945–1989). Based on an extensive archival research, which included the records of state institutions and the Communist party, the authors trace back the social and economic aspects of the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-12-15
PDF, ePub
|
A comprehensive introduction to Yemen's current crises, major players, and potential solutions to an ongoing civil war.
In 2014, a tribal alliance from Yemen's northern regions seized the capital city of Sana'a and overthrew a republic that had ruled since 1962....
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-12-15
PDF, ePub
|
This book presents cross-national insights into spatial fragmentation in post-socialist cities in Europe. Trying to rethink the heritage of the last 30 years of transformation and grasp current processes taking urban units of various categories as examples, the book...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-12-15
Collection :
The Urban Book Series
PDF, ePub
|
This edited collection examines how Western European countries have responded and been influenced by the apartheid system in South Africa. The debate surrounding apartheid in South Africa underwent a shift in the second half of the 20th century, with long held positive,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-12
Collection :
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
PDF, ePub
|
This book explores and comparatively assesses how Armenians as minorities have been represented in modern Turkey from the twentieth century through to the present day, with a particular focus on the period since the first electoral victory of the AKP (Justice and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-12
Collection :
Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe
PDF, ePub
|
This Palgrave Pivot showcases new research on M.K. Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi, and the press, telegraphs, broadcasting and popular culture. Despite Gandhi being the subject of numerous books over the past century, there are few that put media centre stage.This edited...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-10
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
PDF, ePub
|
"An engrossing portrait" IndependentBased on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist and author Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent.Focussing on nine cities...
Editeur :
Arcadia Books
Parution :
2020-12-10
ePub
|
From the jaws of defeat, incredible victories.AT ALL COSTS! transports you to the battlefront for over two centuries of astonishing military confrontations.From the Battle of Minden in 1795 to dramatic second world war stories and the Battle for Goose Green in the...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2020-12-10
ePub
|
SEIZE AND HOLD vividly demonstrates how military objectives can be seized by clever tactics and ruthless action.From the First World War to Vietnam, this collection gives exciting, atmospheric descriptions of eleven twentieth-century battlefield triumphs. Portraying...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2020-12-10
Collection :
W&N Military
ePub
|
In the mountain of books that have been written about the Third Reich, surprisingly little has been said about the role played by the German nobility in the Nazis' rise to power. While often confidently referred to, the 'fateful' role played by the German nobility is...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-12-10
ePub
|
In the mountain of books that have been written about the Third Reich, surprisingly little has been said about the role played by the German nobility in the Nazis' rise to power. While often confidently referred to, the 'fateful' role played by the German nobility is...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-12-10
PDF
|
This book explores the history of public land tenure records, which first began in colonial Massachusetts as English settlers and Native Americans tried to resolve differing ideas about rights to land in the seventeenth century. In South Australia, a similar method...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-09
PDF, ePub
|
This handbook explores anti-communism as an overarching phenomenon of twentieth-century global history, showing how anti-communist policies and practices transformed societies around the world. It advances research on anti-communism by looking beyond ideologies and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-07
PDF, ePub
|
Als durch die Reformpädagogik geprägter «politischer Pädagoge» steht der Schwelmer Pädagoge und Schulreformer Fritz Helling (1888-1973) für eine Existenz im bewegtesten und spannendsten Jahrhundert der deutschen Geschichte. Helling war ein engagierter Teilnehmer am...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2020-12-07
PDF, ePub
|
“This is a timely contribution to some of the most pressing debates facing scholars of Jewish Studies today. It forces us to re-think standard approaches to both antisemitism and liberalism. Its geographic scope offers a model for how scholars can “provincialize” Europe...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-12-05
Collection :
Palgrave Critical Studies of Antisemitism and Racism
PDF, ePub
|
During the Second World War, all contact between German soldiers and Polish women – considered an ‘inferior race’ – was officially banned. Sexual encounters frequently took place, however. Some were consensual, while others were characterised by brutal violence, and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2020-12-03
ePub
|
This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of imperialism...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-12-02
PDF, ePub
|