Red Cloud's War was one conflict in the long series of Indian Wars fought between the United States and the indigenous nations of North America. As white Americans scrambled for wealth and land further and further west, the people who had inhabited these regions for centuries fought to maintain their autonomy and wa...

In the nineteenth century, France forcibly took Vietnam as a colony and proceeded to strip it of its natural resources. Over the decades that followed, the Vietnamese mounted various attempts to rid themselves of the French, but each attempt proved fruitless until the Second World War came and made changes to the wo...

Michael Faraday is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern physics. His work in the field of electromagnetism revolutionized society, leading to new avenues of study and developments of technology that would leave the world changed forever. Without Faraday's discoveries, there would be no electronics or el...

The Norman invasion of England in 1066 and the subsequent rule of William the Conqueror are among the best-remembered and often-documented events in European history. What is much less well known is that less than fifty years before the Norman invasion, England was invaded, conquered, and ruled by Scandinavian kings...

為了應對和適應環境發生的週期性變換，古人總結對氣候、物候的觀察和日常生活的經驗，發展出在特定時間進行特定活動，也歸結用一歲、四時、八節、十二月令、二十四節氣、七十二候紀時的時間觀，從而以曆法、季節為依據，展開各種相對應行事和節日文化。 清朝是草原民族建立的政權，在入關前就接觸明朝典章制度，入關後對漢族傳統時令和節慶，...

歷史上有許多「無聲之聲」。他們不見得在文獻裡被詳細記載，卻一樣行過土地、參與時代，擁有獨一無二的人生故事。 在往昔以男性為中心的傳統社會裡，女性經常是相對無聲的一群。然而，女性如何立足於歷史？他們留下哪些足跡？這次例行展就從女性史主題出發，以在小說或戲劇中依然令人熟悉的「清朝公主」為主題，來嘗試摸索這些課題。 展覽內...

⚔️ "Era el mejor de los tiempos, era el peor de los tiempos…" Con esta frase inmortal comienza Historia de dos ciudades, una de las novelas más leídas y recordadas de Charles Dickens. Ambientada en Londres y París durante la Revolución Francesa, la obra entrelaza el destino de personajes inolvidables en un mundo mar...

「歐盟必須幫助烏克蘭，卻不能打敗俄羅斯。」 　　 歐洲的未來，將變成什麼模樣？ 最受推崇的歷史評論家約翰．赫斯特給了終極答案（新増新版序）。 　　 出版至今，連續10年，年年再版， 景美女中、西松高中、臺北商業大學……最多國中、高中和大學的指定參考書， 彌補條列式資料陳述的不足，把過往強記死背的歷史來龍去脈，一次補齊！ 　　 時...

Een wervelende en persoonlijke geschiedenis over Amerika en Europa in turbulente tijden, vol dilemma's over democratie, economie en oorlog. In Europa kent bijna niemand hem. Toch hoort Harry Hopkins bij de handvol mensen die bepalend waren voor het lot van ons continent en ons land. Hopkins was een voormalige welzij...

【作者新版序言+新増史證修訂】 《人類大歷史》為什麼能夠在國際暢銷書榜上爆衝？ 原因很簡單，它處理的是歷史的大問題、現代世界的大問題， 而且，它的寫作風格是刻骨銘心的生動。你會愛上它！ ーー戴蒙（Jared Diamond），普立茲獎巨著《槍炮、病菌與鋼鐵》作者 十萬年前，地球上至少有六個人種， 但今日，只剩下一個人種：智人（Homo sapi...

大蒙古國，是歷史上第一個治理遼闊國土與多民族的跨域帝國 十三、十四世紀的蒙古時代，顛覆了世界史，更是歷史上游牧文明的頂點 蒙古時代是世界史的分水嶺，理解世界史不可缺少的重要構成 日本長銷經典！臺版絕版多時，十週年紀念重現經典 從蒙古等游牧民國家的角度看中國史，結論也令人跌破眼鏡。ーー杉山正明 真相不在歷史課本上。 課本上...

Prolific munitions production keyed America's triumph in World War II but so did the complex economic controls needed to sustain that production. Artillery, tanks, planes, ships, trucks, and weaponry of every kind were constantly demanded by the military and readily supplied by American business. While that relation...

In 1976 Maj. James Capers Jr. welcomed new men and their families into a force reconnaissance company. 'Only the most capable Marines are selected for this duty due to rigid mental and physical demands. A very thorough screening of each applicant is conducted … to test alertness and endurance. The result is a small ...

**One of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction From 2024 The first volume in a two-book series about each of the atomic bomb drops that ended the Pacific War based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors to tell a story of devastation and resilience** In this vividly rendered historica...

This study explores how Dante represents violence in the Comedy and reveals the connection between contemporary private and public violence and civic and canon law violations. Although a number of articles have addressed particular aspects of violence in discrete parts of Dante’s oeuvre, a systematic treatment of vi...

A distinguished Chinese economist offers a timely, essential exploration of China’s perspective on economy, government, society, and its position in the world. Dr. David Daokui Li has served as an advisor to senior Chinese Communist Party leaders as well as major multinational corporations and international economic...